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2023 Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Schools Ranked
$10,851 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$12,510 Avg Student Debt*

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 and bootcamps 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 Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nevada to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for healthcare students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

44 Total Awards
$10,620 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Truckee Meadows Community College the best value school in Nevada for healthcare students working on their undergraduate certificate. Truckee Meadows Community College is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 44 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Truckee Meadows Community College are $10,620 a year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $9,840 in loans while pursuing their degree.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Truckee Meadows Community College. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Truckee Meadows Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list.

Full Truckee Meadows Community College Report

#2

Great Basin College

Elko, Nevada
21 Total Awards
$10,399 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Great Basin College is a great place for healthcare students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Elko, Nevada, the small public school handed out 21 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Great Basin College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,399 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $11,332 in student loans.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Great Basin College. In 2019-2020 about 96% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Great Basin College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list.

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#3

College of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada
54 Total Awards
$11,534 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Nevada. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list. This large public school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 54 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at CSN are $11,534 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,460 in student loans.

Some students may be able to take online classes at CSN. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 66% took at least some of their classes online.

CSN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list.

Full College of Southern Nevada Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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