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Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, practical nursing and nursing assistants was ranked #21 in the country. In fact 84,274 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Nursing & Nursing Assistants Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 school in the Plains States Region offering online associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online practical nursing associate degree programs at this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Minnesota to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Plains States Region . Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a small private for-profit school located in the city of St. Cloud.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Rasmussen University - Minnesota Report

Explore the most popular online practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 22
Nebraska 0
South Dakota 0
North Dakota 70

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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 values are for the top school 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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