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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

1 College
$57,601 Avg Salary
$21,889 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 1 school in the Southwest Region offering online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The school below is the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online associate degree.

#1

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Amarillo College the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 204 students majoring in nursing at Amarillo College, 15% are male and 85% are female.

While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at Amarillo College accumulate an average of around $22,468 in student debt.

Read full report on Nursing at Amarillo College

Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 21,862
Arizona 12,966
Oklahoma 3,009
New Mexico 1,390

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

Majors Similar to Nursing

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 values are for the top school 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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