I'm looking to start nursing school next year but in the meantime I'm trying to figure out what is going to be the best way for me to have the military pay for my schooling. I already have a BS in Marketing and I have decided that Corporate America just isn't working out for me. I want to join the AF as a nurse after I finish nursing school. However...I am open to other branches of the military as well. I am hoping to attend Emory which cost about $40K per year. Its a 3 year program that would allow me to finish as a NP. So thats about $120K! Which neither the nurse candidate program or ROTC would cover that full cost. And with the loan repayment program they tax it so much that I would still have over $30K of loans left after the repayment. Then I even looked into the HPSP but I was told they only cover the Master's portion. So bascially they would only cover my final year of the program ($40K). Which would still leave me with the remaining $80K. Can any of these programs be combined? Please help me figure out what would be the best option for me to finance nursing school.
And...I know there are other nursing programs that don't cost nearly as much. I found one that cost like $10K for the entire program. But I would only be able to finish with a BSN and not an MSN. If I can't find a way to finance Emory then I will most likely take that option but I wanted to at least see if there was a way to pay for schooling at Emory first before I eliminated them as an option.
