2023 Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Associate Degree School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Wyoming. In total, 397 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Wyoming.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Wyoming to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing 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.
Best Wyoming Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Casper College the best value school in Wyoming for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Casper, Casper College is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Casper College are $3,480 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at Casper College accumulate an average of around $17,764 in student debt.
Casper College also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Wyoming Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list. Located in the remote town of Rock Springs, WWCC is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WWCC are $3,600 per year. Nursing majors at WWCC take out an average of $16,794 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WWCC is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in Wyoming.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Laramie County Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list. LCCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Cheyenne.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LCCC are $4,613 a year. On average, nursing graduates from LCCC take out $21,026 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
LCCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Wyoming Community College District. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list. Located in the remote town of Sheridan, Northern Wyoming Community College District is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northern Wyoming Community College District are $4,590 a year. Nursing majors at Northern Wyoming Community College District take out an average of $19,276 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Northern Wyoming Community College District did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Northwest College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Wyoming. Northwest Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Powell.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwest Community College are $4,862 per year. Nursing majors at Northwest Community College take out an average of $22,752 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Northwest Community College also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming rankings.
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With a ranking of #6, Eastern Wyoming College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Torrington, Eastern Wyoming College is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Wyoming College are $4,290 per year.
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Central Wyoming College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Wyoming ranking. CWC is a small public school located in the town of Riverton.
CWC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, nursing graduates from CWC carry an average student debtload of $18,793.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 6,496 |
Utah | 17,535 |
Idaho | 1,593 |
Montana | 745 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Public Health | 40,596 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 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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