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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in California

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

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 18,329 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online associate degree.

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 California. Located in the medium-sized city of San Mateo, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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

Nursing majors at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts take out an average of $20,947 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#2

Compton College

Compton, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Compton College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Compton, Compton College is a public college with a small student population.

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

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

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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