by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate” 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 Minnesota, there were 2,176 practical nursing and nursing assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,647 and $18,172 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 practical nursing and nursing assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,091 and $24,039 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in practical nursing and nursing assistants. To top this list, a school must have a successful practical nursing and nursing assistants program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hennepin Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate. Located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s practical nursing students in 2020-2021.
Full Hennepin Technical College Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate list. Saint Paul College is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Saint Paul College Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dakota County Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate list. Dakota County Technical College is a small school located in Rosemount, Minnesota that handed out 114 associates’s practical nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Dakota County Technical College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate list. Fergus Falls, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s practical nursing degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rasmussen University - Minnesota. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Practical Nursing Major in Minnesota for an Associate. St. Cloud, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s practical nursing degrees to 103 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Rasmussen University - Minnesota Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Report
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