2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Associate Degree School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Wyoming with 397 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Wyoming to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Wyoming Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing
Our analysis found Casper College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a associate degree in Wyoming. Casper College is a small public school located in the small city of Casper.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Casper College are $3,480 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at Casper College accumulate an average of around $17,764 in student debt.
Casper College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Wyoming Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list. WWCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Rock Springs.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WWCC are $3,600 per year. Nursing majors at WWCC take out an average of $16,794 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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Out of the 7 schools in Wyoming that were part of this year’s ranking, Laramie County Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Cheyenne, LCCC is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LCCC are $4,613 a year. On average, nursing graduates from LCCC take out $21,026 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
LCCC also made our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Wyoming Community College District. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list. Northern Wyoming Community College District is a small public school located in the remote town of Sheridan.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northern Wyoming Community College District are $4,590 a year. Nursing majors at Northern Wyoming Community College District take out an average of $19,276 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Northern Wyoming Community College District also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming rankings.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Northwest College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Wyoming. Located in the remote town of Powell, Northwest Community College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northwest Community College are $4,862 a year. Nursing majors at Northwest Community College take out an average of $22,752 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Northwest Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list.
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Eastern Wyoming College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming ranking. Eastern Wyoming College is a small public school located in the town of Torrington.
Eastern Wyoming College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Central Wyoming College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the remote town of Riverton, CWC is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CWC are $4,680 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, nursing graduates from CWC carry an average student debtload of $18,793.
CWC also made our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list, coming in at #5.
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Request InformationBest Value Nursing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 6,496 |
Utah | 17,535 |
Idaho | 1,593 |
Montana | 745 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 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).
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