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Most Popular Schools for Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to perform routine nursing-related services to patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities, under the training and supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 William Rainey Harper College 699 20% $4,784
2 Northeast Wisconsin Technical College 676 22% $6,439
3 Madison Area Technical College 671 18% $6,367
4 Gateway Technical College 620 35% $6,414
5 Fox Valley Technical College 563 16% $6,525
6 Johnson County Community College 521 17% $4,350
7 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 519 28% $6,689
8 College of Southern Nevada 512 10% $4,667
9 Columbus State Community College 497 8% $5,813
10 Mountainland Technical College 468 26% $1,692
11 Waukesha County Technical College 456 24% $6,365
12 Minnesota West Community and Technical College 454 43% $18,292
13 Washtenaw Community College 436 12% $3,528
14 Davis Technical College 433 30% N/A
15 Northcentral Technical College 420 19% $16,142
16 Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology 409 19% $7,104
17 College of Lake County 406 13% $5,124
18 City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College 404 25% $5,404
19 Chippewa Valley Technical College 381 14% $6,324
20 College of DuPage 339 6% $5,464
21 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus 338 12% $7,520
22 Western Technical College 324 19% $16,315
23 Western Iowa Tech Community College 315 16% $14,325
24 Front Range Community College 312 7% $5,786
25 Lincoln Land Community College 297 16% $4,284
26 Sinclair Community College 295 5% $3,830
27 Lake Superior College 291 25% $6,666
28 Moraine Park Technical College 288 23% $6,363
29 Central New Mexico Community College 280 3% $3,066
30 West Georgia Technical College 278 11% $4,085
31 Truckee Meadows Community College 277 11% $4,229
32 Southwest Wisconsin Technical College 275 34% $17,480
33 Savannah Technical College 267 10% $4,044
34 Washburn Institute of Technology 266 24% $8,832
35 Rio Grande Valley College 260 64% N/A
36 Kansas City Kansas Community College 257 20% $20,342
37 Arapahoe Community College 256 15% $5,918
38 Ogden-Weber Technical College 250 29% N/A
39 Highland Community College 240 35% $13,984
40 Community College of Denver 235 16% $6,550
41 Manhattan Institute 235 20% N/A
42 Aims Community College 233 13% $3,310
43 Milwaukee Area Technical College 227 7% $7,039
44 Mid-State Technical College 224 26% $6,392
45 Heartland Community College 219 20% $5,490
46 Apollo Career Center 217 32% N/A
47 Rock Valley College 210 13% $4,965
48 Lakeshore Technical College 208 19% $6,207
49 Dixie State University 207 10% $18,755
50 Illinois Central College 204 12% $5,700
51 Neosho County Community College 203 23% $15,792
52 Kaskaskia College 203 21% $5,907
53 Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County 203 57% N/A
54 Southwestern Illinois College 198 8% $5,292
55 Fort Scott Community College 197 33% $14,067
56 Milan Institute-Las Vegas 196 64% N/A
57 North Iowa Area Community College 192 21% $16,103
58 International Training Careers 192 100% N/A
59 Salina Area Technical College 189 45% $8,822
60 Cloud County Community College 187 33% $12,544
61 McHenry County College 187 15% $4,894
62 Richland Community College 186 17% $5,730
63 Coastal Pines Technical College 184 13% $3,298
64 Lansing Community College 180 6% $4,330
65 John A Logan College 179 21% $5,292
66 Central Georgia Technical College 179 4% $4,378
67 Illinois Valley Community College 173 18% $5,400
68 Modesto Junior College 170 6% $3,082
69 Saint Paul College 167 12% $6,761
70 Anoka Technical College 165 22% $6,784
71 Pima Medical Institute-Mesa 164 27% N/A
72 Iowa Central Community College 163 15% $16,531
73 Best Care College 157 59% N/A
74 Pueblo Community College 153 5% $7,179
75 Seward County Community College 149 26% $12,641
76 Southern Crescent Technical College 147 5% $5,842
77 Great Basin College 146 17% $14,698
78 Parkland College 145 9% $6,120
79 Kishwaukee College 143 18% $6,120
80 Western Nevada College 142 15% $4,558
81 Yavapai College 142 9% $16,446
82 Bridgerland Technical College 142 18% N/A
83 Prairie State College 140 17% $6,676
84 Sauk Valley Community College 138 23% $5,890
85 Career Quest Learning Centers-Lansing 137 38% $10,900
86 Joliet Junior College 135 5% $5,880
87 Red Rocks Community College 134 4% $5,958
88 Trinity School of Health and Allied Sciences 134 77% N/A
89 Triton College 133 11% $5,610
90 Dakota County Technical College 132 16% $6,913
91 Arlington Career Institute 130 64% N/A
92 Waubonsee Community College 129 7% $4,880
93 Nicolet Area Technical College 128 25% $6,004
94 Highland Community College 128 23% $5,207
95 Southwestern College 127 5% $3,255
96 Cowley County Community College 125 16% $14,700
97 Florida Vocational Institute 125 28% N/A
98 Ogeechee Technical College 124 8% $3,600
99 Barton County Community College 123 14% $17,594
100 Ozarka College 120 25% $15,344

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.