by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 84,274 people earned their degree in practical nursing and nursing assistants, making the major the 187th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, practical nursing and nursing assistants graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,863 and had an average of $15,708 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 8,155 practical nursing and nursing assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,909 and $13,948 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 211 practical nursing and nursing assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in practical nursing and nursing assistants. That schools that top this list have a program in practical nursing and nursing assistants in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Platt College - Tulsa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region. Platt College - Tulsa is a small school located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that handed out 33 associates’s practical nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Oklahoma College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region list. Central Oklahoma College is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 associates’s practical nursing degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coconino Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, this small public school handed out 57 diplomas to qualified associates’s practical nursing students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Del Mar College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region. DMC is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 97 associates’s practical nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico Junior College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, and it awarded 6 associates’s practical nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Coastal Bend College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region list. Beeville, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s practical nursing degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Carlsbad landed the #5 spot on the list. NMSU Carlsbad is a public institution located in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s practical nursing degrees to 71 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region. NMSU Dona Ana is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 42 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wharton County Junior College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region list. Wharton, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s practical nursing degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Practical Nursing Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Institute of Medical Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s practical nursing students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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