Survey: Would you pay $43,000 to a College to become an RN in 22 months?

U.S.A. Nevada

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I want to become a nurse just like most of you. I am considering Apollo but the price scares me:o!! It's super fast!! It'll be great to be done in 22 months. What do you guys think?

Specializes in CNA, RN Student.

Everybody's needs are different and that is the important factor in this issue. FYI, I have a friend who is in his first clinical semester at Apollo and loves it. I went to school full-time for 2 years (with my final semester having 17 credits) just to get into the ADN program at CSN this fall. My friend not only started after me, but will finish before me and will be working and making money before me too. I have a friend who is a single mother and has to work full-time and who started 2 years before I did and is going to CSN part-time taking her prerequisites. She doesn't have the option to go full-time. So she started those 2 years before me and probably won't be in the RN program until after I graduate. So to get done fast, Apollo seems like a wonderful option for people who have other priorities. Here's one thing that a fellow classmate pointed out to me: he said that in hindsight he would have done something like Apollo because he is older and realistically knows he will not pursue anything further than his RN because he doesn't have many more working years to go in his career. So the whole accreditation thing would never apply to him because he would never need a University or another state to acknowledge his RN degree anyway. Some people want to continue on and become Nurse Practitioners or work in Administration and the "accreditation" is pertinent to their careers. Others just want to get the show on the road and will be satisfied and happy with their RN---which in itself is a very rewarding and prestigious title already! So as long as you can tag those 2 letters to the end of your last name...you should be proud of yourself regardless of what road you took the get there. The loan is pretty darn hefty but so is your salary as a nurse. And hopefully Apollo and other schools like Touro and USN will become accredited in the near future--we need more options because we need more nurses--period.

Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

i agree it dosen't matter where you get your RN, the hospitals don't ask care where you went to school. as long as you have RN after your name , you could of attened the clown college school of nursing and got your RN and if you pass boards they don't care. rebaba i am so happy you are in a program you can work with, and i am sure you will be signing RN after your name soon. it's a good feeling ... my prayers are with you and your family. keep me posted on how you are doing.

that is ver expensive. how would you like to graduate as a rn in less time with almost half the cost???

www.iia-online.com

18 months

$27,000

that is ver expensive. how would you like to graduate as a rn in less time with almost half the cost???

18 months

$27,000

No offense, but at only 1 post to your name and your first post sounding like an ad, this seems like spam...

Secondly, there are multiple threads regarding that college to be definitely sub-par. This one for example from an actual student who did graduate, but would not go back in hindsight:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f135/ethel-bauer-school-nursing-phoenix-145235-4.html#post2561887

With a pass rate falling to 41% now and reviews like the one in the above link, sounds like regarding private colleges you get what you pay for.

That said, I'm really interested in Apollo here in AZ. I'm still doing pre-reqs and can't officially submit apps for a few months, but I'm using those few months to really see where I need to go to accomodate my full time working schedule and single parenting.

If any more Apollo students want to comment on costs and whatnot, folks like me are still interested :)

I just checked the AZBON site. Ethel Bauer and Northland Pioneer College in Show Low are tied for the lowest NCLEX pass-rate of any school in AZ.

http://www.azbn.gov/documents/nclex/Annual%20Statewide%20NCLEX%20Pass%20Rates%202002-2006.pdf

By the way, just to be fair..

If you completed your pre-reqs at a community college, I believe they transfer and the bill for the RN course goes down to mid 20's?

Still a whole hell of a lot to pay for classes, but if it's the only way you can do it.. it's still an option. I'd like to hear more :)

Maybe someone can confirm that 24k or something figure.. I could have sworn someone on here was talking about their experience with Apollo and that they only paid mid 20's after doing their pre-reqs elsewhere..

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Many private schools one year tuition is around $25-$35,000.

Eleven month ACE program for those already having bachelors is about $35,000. Howver they are an established school with NCLEX pass rate of 98.5%.

I would not pay that type tuition for new unproven school.

No. I wouldn't pay that much. The only way If you want to do the ADN I would recommend CSN. They have the best pass rates in southern nevada,

Dee

Where did you get your pass-fail statistics for Southern Nevada RN schools? Can you post a link to your information here please?

The entrance exam is easy, and I'm not the best at taking exams. There were 3 sections and each one had between 20 to 40 questions. The exam was $20. Questions were about math, eng and science.

Apollo College doesn't sound like a very good RN school if their RN entrance exam is easy. CSN entrance exam is very hard and is given through the NLN(national league of nursing). It is not an easy test to pass and if you don't score high enough then CSN will not let you in their program. This is one reason why CSN graduates pass the NCLEX exam after graduating.

Keep in mind that just because you go through 2 years of nursing school does not make you a nurse. You still have to pass the NCLEX exam to call yourself an RN and get jobs as an RN. So what good is going to an easy RN school such as Apollo if you aren't going to be able to pass the NCLEX exam. It would just be a waste of 43K.

CSN is a much harder school to get into because you have to pass the NLN exam. If you can't pass the NLN RN pre-entrance exam, then most likely you won't be able to pass the NCLEX exam after you graduate.

Looks like their last grad rate (according to AZ BON NCLEX records: http://www.azbn.gov/NCLEX.aspx) was 11/13 or 84.62%.

Not amazing, but definitely an improvement over their earlier scores..

Looks like their last grad rate (according to AZ BON NCLEX records: http://www.azbn.gov/NCLEX.aspx) was 11/13 or 84.62%.

Not amazing, but definitely an improvement over their earlier scores..

The above pass rate is impossible since Apollo has not graduated a class yet. They opened less than a year ago so they don't have a pass ratio yet. The student was not asking about Arizona. She was asking about the state she lives in.

Specializes in Psych.
Where did you get your pass-fail statistics for Southern Nevada RN schools? Can you post a link to your information here please?

If you go to the Nevada State Board of Nursing website they have it there as a pdf file. It gives several years worth of pass rates for the various schools.

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