A Question for ADN Students and Grads

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I am trying to narrow down my list of prospective schools for an ADN degree and there seems to be a huge variance in cost from one to the next. I am just wondering how much you paid for your ADN degree, total (tuition, books, labs, everything). Thank you for your help! - Sarah

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Rehab.

Tuition and fees (basically everything paid to the school): ~$28000 total

Books: $752 so far, probably another $250 before I graduate

Uniforms: $190

PDA (required): $550

So overall $29,750 total. This is for a 3-year private school. I took 4 gen-ed classes and 4 nursing classes. It would've been more if I didn't transfer in 6 classes from my previous degree.

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I go to a "for profit" career college. $34,000 for everything. Includes uniforms, all books (and you can keep them), NCLEX fees, even prereqs. It's much higher than most schools, but after two months of prereqs, the "nursing" program is only 15 months. Worth the cost to me to be working a full year or more earlier had I gone to a traditional school. Good luck!

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Specializes in E.D..

I'm going to a small community college. My entire degree with all miscellaneous fees/book/uniforms/... will be less than $7,500.

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Specializes in ICU.

The university I am shooting for will probably cost around $12k for tuition (including all pre-reqs) but I don't know how much for books and other misc stuff.

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The cost of 2 year degree at a community college is so reasonable. So far, to complete the program with tuition, books and lab fees, it will be around 3,500.00. I consider that very cheap to get a great education and come out with a degree that is marketable.

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Specializes in ICU.

The cost of 2 year degree at a community college is so reasonable. So far, to complete the program with tuition, books and lab fees, it will be around 3,500.00. I consider that very cheap to get a great education and come out with a degree that is marketable.

That is awesome! I looked at the local CC we have that overs the ADN and it would be around $7500. I would definately go that route if the waiting list wasn't 2 years long.

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That is awesome! I looked at the local CC we have that overs the ADN and it would be around $7500. I would definately go that route if the waiting list wasn't 2 years long.

The local community college has about a year of pre recs and then there is about a 2 year wait list to get into the nursing program. I do not really want to wait 3 years to start the program. I have checked out a couple of private schools and they are running about 35K for everything. I am coming to the conclusion that time is more expensive than dollars.

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Specializes in ICU.

Thats the way I think too. The quickest way for me is to go through a private career college at almost $50K, but it would only save me about 6 months, so the state university I am at is the next best choice. About 1/3 the cost and my second quickest route.

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Community college here. I am guessing about the same $7500 for school, books, uniforms, ect.... The child care actually costs significantly more! Ug!

I am really glad my school only had a one semester wait! I am lucky that the first time I applied was for last spring, knowing I would have to say no if I got in for that semester. I was pregnant with twins due in April. They were born in March. There is no way I could have started then. So the first semester I could start, I got in for! :yeah:

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Specializes in Family medicine, Cardiology, Spinal Cord Injury.

Tuition for me was about $425 a semester after school and lab fees. Then probably about $700 in books and uniforms.

So in the end, about $2500 or so for 4 semesters of an ADN program. This was at a community college.

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