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Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

37 Colleges
$2,417 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,153 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 37 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for practical nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Top 10 Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools

$1,926 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found McDowell Technical Community College to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the rural area of Marion, McDowell Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

McDowell Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,926 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$2,152 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Forsyth Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Forsyth Tech are $2,152 a year. While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at Forsyth Tech accumulate an average of around $14,375 in student debt.

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Out of the 37 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, South Piedmont Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Polkton, South Piedmont Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South Piedmont Community College are $2,015 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, South Piedmont Community College also did well on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$2,228 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 37 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Durham Technical Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, Durham Technical Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Durham Technical Community College are $2,228 a year. On average, practical nursing graduates from Durham Technical Community College take out $22,050 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$2,538 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Montgomery Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in North Carolina. Located in the rural area of Troy, MCC is a public college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MCC are $2,538 a year.

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College of the Albemarle

Elizabeth City, NC
$2,228 Average Tuition & Fees

College of the Albemarle landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. Located in the distant town of Elizabeth City, College of the Albemarle is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of the Albemarle are $2,228 per year.

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Alamance Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. ACC is a small public school located in the rural area of Graham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ACC are $2,310 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ACC also did well on our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$2,289 Average Tuition & Fees

Guilford Technical Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in North Carolina ranking. Guilford Technical Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Jamestown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Guilford Technical Community College are $2,289 a year. Practical Nursing majors at Guilford Technical Community College take out an average of $26,138 in student loans while working on their egree.

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$1,944 Average Tuition & Fees

Vance-Granville Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the town of Henderson, Vance-Granville Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vance-Granville Community College are $1,944 per year.

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$2,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Davidson County Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value practical nursing and nursing assistants programs. DCCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Thomasville.

DCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,226 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 0
Tennessee 14
Kentucky 47
Louisiana 21
Arkansas 31
Alabama 15
Mississippi 0

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).

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