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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine

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$36,841 Avg Salary
$15,480 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate 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.

Check out the practical nursing undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Maine.

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Maine Community College the most popular school in Maine for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 88% of the practical nursing majors at the school.

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Out of the 2 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine College of Health Professions landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lewiston, MCHP is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in practical nursing at MCHP, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 5
New Hampshire 4

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 2 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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