I was scheduled to start my BSN schooling last month and the school I had selected was Univ. of Phoenix online. The total cost for my BSN and MSN came to around $60k. My mom about blew a gasket when I was telling her this. However, I have a pre-teenager and a one year old and was looking for something I could do online at my own pace. My mom says now is a terrible time to have a loan out for anything...she goes through the roof whenever I mention it...granted, she has financially helped me out of some uncomfortable jams, but I'm paying her back.
So I told the school I wanted to change my start date to Jan. of '09. Of course they wanted to know why and I told them it was for personal reasons. Actually, I wanted to "work" on my mom because I will really need her support.
I guess my question is: is everyone else's schooling this pricey and if so, how do you plan to pay back the money? UOP says I don't have to pay it back until 6 mos. after graduating with my MSN...that is several years down the road of course...and hopefully by then, my one year old will be starting full time school enabling me to start full time work again.
I guess I want to see if anyone here is putting off their education because of the way things are financially in the country right now? Or does it really matter so much?
I would never put off my education to "just work".Pushing my way through nursing school is the only way I'm going to get out of my economic crisis. Things are only going to get worst, which is why I'm so determined to finish school. Ofcourse, I didn't choose nursing just for the money, but its definetly going to help
I second that opinion. Have you looked into 4 year colleges near you? If this would be an option that would appeal to you, sometimes they have childcare options available on campus for the the hours that you are in class. When you are doing your ADN to BSN it isn't quite so many hours, since their isn't any clinicals.
If you just get your prereqs then have to transfer you might as well go to your closest cheapest community college.
How do you take clinicals? This is a hands on profession. I worry you would spend all that money and not be able to get a job because hospitals wont want to train you.
I am getting my 2 year and the total tuition for my nursing classes is $10,000 for both years. Then you need to factor in the Pre-Req but I have finished those
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I second that opinion. Have you looked into 4 year colleges near you? If this would be an option that would appeal to you, sometimes they have childcare options available on campus for the the hours that you are in class. When you are doing your ADN to BSN it isn't quite so many hours, since their isn't any clinicals.