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Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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$16,197 Avg Salary
$20,910 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree School for You

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 Nursing & Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at each school on the list.

The school below is the most popular for practical nursing majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

#1

Oakwood University

Huntsville, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Oakwood University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their bachelor’s degree. Oakwood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Huntsville.

Of the 15 students majoring in practical nursing at Oakwood, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 0
Tennessee 14
Kentucky 47
Alabama 15
Louisiana 21
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 31

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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