2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 26,717 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'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 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing
Our analysis found Glendale Community College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Glendale, GCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GCC are $7,531 per year. Nursing majors at GCC take out an average of $22,175 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
In addition to its great value ranking, GCC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pasadena City College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, Pasadena City College is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pasadena City College are $7,596 a year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Victor Valley College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Victor Valley College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Victorville.
Victor Valley College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,374 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saddleback College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Mission Viejo, Saddleback College is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Saddleback College are $10,292 a year.
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Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Oregon | 1,502 |
California | 18,329 |
Washington | 3,851 |
Nevada | 2,015 |
Hawaii | 535 |
Alaska | 177 |
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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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.
More about our data sources and methodologies.