2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 21,862 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Tarrant County College District the best value school in Texas for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tarrant County College are $3,402 a year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Trinity Valley Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Texas. Located in the distant town of Athens, TVCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TVCC are $4,920 a year.
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Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 12,966 |
Oklahoma | 3,009 |
New Mexico | 1,390 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Nursing
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 2 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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