by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nursing Assistant Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide is the 712th most popular major in the country with 34,557 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 3,272 nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nursing Assistant Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide. That schools that top this list have a program in nursing assistant/aide and patient care assistant/aide in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The nursing assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nursing Assistant Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree nursing assistant students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coconino Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nursing Assistant Major in the Southwest Region. Coconino Community College is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 57 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide at Coconino Community College
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nursing Assistant Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #2 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nursing assistant degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
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