Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

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Okay, I realize that none of the programs are cheap but I was accepted to John's Hopkins last year and deffered it for a year. I am a 45 yo male that is switching careers. I am wondering if it is really worth going to a name brand school with a $62,000 price tag (not including living expenses) or should I look for something less expensive. I am in California so anyplace I go I will be an out of state student. I would appreciate any thoughts from a guys perspective as well as any recommendations for schools.

Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.
Perhaps the people who are going for the NP want to do so for the increased responsibility and independence that comes with the title, or the future earning potential of the degree.

*** There isn't any increased responsibiliety or independence or future earning potential for DNP NPs vs MSN NPs.

I'll also go ahead and "respectfully" throw the BS flag on your hospital in rural WI offering new grads $64k.

*** OK I am sure you know better than me.

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Specializes in ED.
*** There isn't any increased responsibiliety or independence or future earning potential for DNP NPs vs MSN NPs.

"If I wanted to spend 8 years in college, plus spend at least a couple years getting experience I would expect to make a LOT, LOT more than $100K."

This is the statement to which I was referring, not the MSN NP vs. DNP.

As far as salary is concerned, I am just interested as to how you arrived at that number for new grads. A quick search online reveals that the average staff nurse (not new grad) in Milwaukee WI makes $63k. See here:

Salary.com Salary Wizard- Do you know what you're worth?

This site seems fairly accurate based upon what it says for my area. I'm not saying that you are misleading anyone; I'm saying that it's counterintuitive that at a rural hospital (fewer beds, lower acuity patients from lower level trauma certification, fewer surgeries, less revenue) they could afford to pay new grads more than the average staff nurse at a hospital in the largest city in the state.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

"If I wanted to spend 8 years in college, plus spend at least a couple years getting experience I would expect to make a LOT, LOT more than $100K."

This is the statement to which I was referring, not the MSN NP vs. DNP.

*** But that statement was only made in relation to the DNP NP. 8 years in school plus a couple years experience isn't required for MNS NP.

As far as salary is concerned, I am just interested as to how you arrived at that number for new grads. A quick search online reveals that the average staff nurse (not new grad) in Milwaukee WI makes $63k. See here:

Salary.com Salary Wizard- Do you know what you're worth?

This site seems fairly accurate based upon what it says for my area. I'm not saying that you are misleading anyone; I'm saying that it's counterintuitive that at a rural hospital (fewer beds, lower acuity patients from lower level trauma certification, fewer surgeries, less revenue) they could afford to pay new grads more than the average staff nurse at a hospital in the largest city in the state.

*** Live in rural area, work in the city. I am rural, hopital isn't.

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