2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree School for You
With 322,592 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #3 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States 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.
2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the online nursing associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .
Most Popular Online Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in Nursing
Our analysis found Northwest Technical College to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Plains States Region . NTC is a fairly small public school located in the town of Bemidji.
Of the 77 students majoring in nursing at NTC, 9% are male and 91% are female.
Nursing majors at NTC take out an average of $32,265 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia College is a great place for nursing students working on their online associate degree. Columbia College Missouri is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbia.
Women make up 90% of the nursing majors at the school.
While working on their Associate Degree, nursing majors at Columbia College Missouri accumulate an average of around $31,440 in student debt.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Minnesota West Community and Technical College is a great place for nursing students working on their online associate degree. Located in the town of Granite Falls, Minnesota West is a public college with a small student population.
Women make up 78% of the nursing majors at the school.
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Request InformationMost Popular Online Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online nursing colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 6,840 |
| Minnesota | 14,890 |
| Kansas | 2,633 |
| Iowa | 2,966 |
| Nebraska | 1,908 |
| North Dakota | 976 |
| South Dakota | 1,022 |
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Nursing Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 averages are for the top 3 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.