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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

2 Colleges
$57,601 Avg Salary
$21,889 Avg Student Debt

With 322,592 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online nursing associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our analysis found Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Far Western US Region . Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of San Mateo.

Women make up 84% of the nursing majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts take out while working on their Associate Degree is $20,947.

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#2

Compton College

Compton, CA

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Compton College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Compton College is a small public school located in the suburb of Compton.

About 91% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 9% are male.

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Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 18,329
Washington 3,851
Oregon 1,502
Nevada 2,015
Hawaii 535
Alaska 177

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One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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