Student loans...how much do you owe?

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I went to a private college for my BSN and I'm in the hole nearly $45K :eek:

Looking back, I wish I would have not been so impatient and applied at a nearby public university...but I was afraid I'd be stuck on a waiting list for ever and a day. Ah, well.

How about you?

In this economy, I am curious as to what major metropolitan possibly favors a ADN to a BSN. Its not that one is superior to another, but hiring managers can afford to say "BSNs only" right now. This is temporary, but if you surf the net on the top 20 teaching hospitals in the USA, you will not see ADN preferred anywhere. If you find one, show me the link lol

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Specializes in med/surg/tele/LTC/geriatrics.

Did you see this http://news.nurse.com/article/20100222/NY01/102220022 it states New York and New Jersey would like legislation to make a BSN the entry level and require ADNs to receive their BSN within 10years from initial licensure if they would like to continue to practice in the state. They call it the "BSN in 10"

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BSN and NP 90K. I'm not looking forward to it!

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Specializes in Geriatrics, MR/DD, Clinic.

For my LPN, around $5-6K. Now I am going back and after generals and my associates, I plan on spending another $10-15K. I want to get my BSN down the road, but hope to pay for the majority of that out of pocket.

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i am about to graduate from medical assistant/ x ray tech school. I owe about 13,000 then i want to go to lpn school, thats another like 13,000 then i want to bridge over and get my RN, that being 18,000 . So when im all done it will be AROUND 45,000 . :) JOY! lol

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Owe $65k, but then you can add roughly another $15k just for interest over 25 years; and that was just from my non-nursing B.S. degree! This time around I'm playing it smart. Instead of attending an accelerated BSN program, which is very costly in my area, I will be attending a $14k diploma RN program starting this Fall and paying in cash!

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Did you see this http://news.nurse.com/article/20100222/NY01/102220022 it states New York and New Jersey would like legislation to make a BSN the entry level and require ADNs to receive their BSN within 10years from initial licensure if they would like to continue to practice in the state. They call it the "BSN in 10"

BSN will be the minimum level of entry in the major metro areas...not sure if this will happen in outlying areas.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Patient Safety.

I will have over 100,000K with my generalist MSN degree. Hope to get a job where my employer offers tuition assistance to get my postmaster's certificate so that I can get this paid off faster.

If I had to do it all over again I would NOT have done this program - I would have waited and reapplied to less expensive programs. I think I was anticipating being able to go almost straight through to become an NP and/or it being a lot easier to get a job.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Patient Safety.
I will have over 100,000K with my generalist MSN degree. Hope to get a job where my employer offers tuition assistance to get my postmaster's certificate so that I can get this paid off faster.

If I had to do it all over again I would NOT have done this program - I would have waited and reapplied to less expensive programs. I think I was anticipating being able to go almost straight through to become an NP and/or it being a lot easier to get a job.

Geez, I meant 100K, not 100,000K.

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Specializes in ICU, M/S,Nurse Supervisor, CNS.

I'm at about $63,000 and that includes my ADN, BSN and MSN. Now, because of a new job, I have to get my CNS within 3 years, but I'm not taking out anymore loans!

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So far I will owe about $20k when I graduate in September 2010.

The program was around $45k total for a two year ASN program and I paid half in cash and the rest in student loans.

There are a few in my class I feel bad for because they tried to get into programs at the city colleges and racked up a lot of debt on prereq classes, got waitlisted, took more classes while waiting on the waitlist just to ultimately switch to a private program with no waitlist but they had to start all over with several thousand dollars worth of debt.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I only had about $8K from my BS which I paid off early. I'm estimating it's gonna cost me around $10K to get my ADN. Since I'll be working FT as well, I'm going to be paying on it as I go. Someone mentioned earlier that it didn't make any sense for someone who already has a bachelors to go get an ADN. Normally I would agree however I can't afford to quit my job & go to school FT & I haven't found an evening BSN program in this area. So I'm stuck with getting the ADN first so I can get my foot in the door. Most employers are all about continuing education & are willing to provide tuition assisance.

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