2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,550 people earned their degree in nursing practice, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 403 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nursing practice programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree nursing practice students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Las Vegas College

Henderson, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Las Vegas College landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Vegas College is a private for-profit institution located in Henderson, Nevada. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Las Vegas College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nursing Practice Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Nursing Practice at Las Vegas College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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