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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in California

4 Colleges
$41,222 Avg Salary
$20,983 Avg Student Debt

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is the #14 most popular major in California with 1,055 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Colleges.

#1

Unitek College

Fremont, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Unitek College the most popular online school in California for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Fremont, Unitek College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 82% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

Practical Nursing majors at Unitek College take out an average of $20,602 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $184, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in California. Located in the city of San Mateo, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 152 students majoring in practical nursing at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, 9% are male and 91% are female.

The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts take out while working on their Associate Degree is $18,804.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at University of Antelope Valley helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in California. UAV is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Lancaster.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the # 3 spot on the list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 113
Nevada 0

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, practical nursing and nursing assistants has other similar majors worth exploring.

Practical Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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