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Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada

2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$3,553 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,116 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Associate Degree School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in Nevada with 4,207 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Truckee Meadows Community College to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a associate degree in Nevada. Truckee Meadows Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Reno.

Truckee Meadows Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,934 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Truckee Meadows Community College also made our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #3.

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#2

College of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Southern Nevada. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list. Located in the city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public school with a very large student population.

CSN undergraduate students pay an average of $3,848 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CSN is ranked #2 for overall quality for health professions in Nevada.

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#3

Western Nevada College

Carson City, NV

Out of the 10 schools in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Nevada College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carson City, WNC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WNC are $3,748 per year.

WNC also took the #1 spot in our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada rankings.

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Out of the 10 schools in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Basin College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Great Basin College is a small public school located in the remote town of Elko.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Great Basin College are $3,683 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Great Basin College is ranked #4 for overall quality for health professions in Nevada.

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#5

Las Vegas College

Henderson, NV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Las Vegas College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list. Las Vegas College is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Henderson.

Las Vegas College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,731 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Career College of Northern Nevada did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Sparks, Career College of Northern Nevada is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Career College of Northern Nevada also made our Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list, coming in at #5.

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#6

Nevada Career Institute

Las Vegas, NV

Nevada Career Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Carrington College, Reno did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their associate degree. Carrington College, Reno is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Reno.

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Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada ranking. Located in the city of Las Vegas, PMI Las Vegas is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Carrington College, Las Vegas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Nevada list. Carrington College, Las Vegas is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 54,872
Washington 10,021
Oregon 5,865
Hawaii 1,126
Alaska 578

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
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
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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