Connecticut contains sixteen schools that offer nursing assistant programs. Stone Academy, the highest-ranking nursing assistant school in CT, has a total student population of 360 and is the 3334th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 16 nursing assistant schools in Connecticut, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Stone Academy comes out as the most expensive ($28,691/yr), with Middlesex Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,918/yr.
Nursing Assistant students from Connecticut schools who go on to become nursing assistants, medical assistants, medical office assistants, physician assistants, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,438,010 people working as nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $24,980. Also, Physical therapist aides make on average $24,990 per year and there are about 44,160 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Connecticut alone, there are 530 employed physical therapist aides earning an average yearly salary of $27,750. Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants in this state earn $30,040/yr and there are 24,670 employed.
Also, within the nursing assistant schools in Connecticut, the average student population is 1,939 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from nursing assistant, there are 2145 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,319 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,907, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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