2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing practice programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing practice program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nursing Practice Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Las Vegas College landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Vegas College is located in Henderson, Nevada and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 associates’s nursing practice degrees to qualified students.

Las Vegas College also made our “Best Nursing Practice Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.

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 (With Aid)

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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