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Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

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

Nursing is the most popular major in Minnesota with 14,890 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Minnesota 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northwest Technical College the most popular online school in Minnesota for nursing students working on their associate degree. Located in the remote town of Bemidji, NTC is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 91% of the nursing majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at NTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $32,265.

Read full report on Nursing at Northwest Technical College

Out of the 2 online programs at schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota West Community and Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Minnesota West is a small public school located in the remote town of Granite Falls.

About 78% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 22% are male.

Full Nursing at Minnesota West Community and Technical College Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 6,840
Kansas 2,633
Iowa 2,966
Nebraska 1,908
North Dakota 976
South Dakota 1,022

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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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