Cheapest Psych NP Program?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, International Health, Psych.

Greetings,

Any idea on the cheapest Psych NP MSN Program? I thought I narrowed it down to the Unversity of Alabama at Birmingham and the Unversity of North Dakota, at $200 per credit for online courses. Does anyone have any other ideas? I am not interested in programs at the University of Phoenix or Drexel, etc. Any insight and input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Specializes in critical care.

Just curious... why not Drexel?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, International Health, Psych.

Why Drexel? Are you a Drexel graduate?

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Specializes in critical care.

No, I was accepted to their Accelerated BSN program, but am attending a different school instead. I know several Drexel nursing students and grads though (all BSN).

I plan on continuing on to become a psych NP, but I'd prefer the family specialization, and I think Drexel only offers adult.

Just curious as to why you ruled it out, and not quite sure why you grouped it in with University of Phoenix.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, International Health, Psych.

It's $1,000 per credit.

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Specializes in critical care.

I don't think it's quite that expensive! If you are a member of the ANA, they offer a discount. It's about $600/credit for online. Still not pocket change but not too shabby either.

Not that I am trying to push you toward Drexel; I honestly don't care one way or the other, haha. Just making sure you have all the info you need. :)

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Specializes in Med/Surg, International Health, Psych.

I know, you were sounding like a commerical there. Thanks for writing. I'll find something. Take care.

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I too read (or misread) a grouping of "University of Phoenix, Drexel, etc" together. It's my understanding that Drexel is a not-for-profit (http://www.elearners.com/college/drexel-university/) and U of Ph. is a for-profit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Phoenix).

That makes them two very different animals in my book.

While you may have other reasons to be ruling out Drexel, just hope you weren't ruling them out on accord of association to the high price tag nearly "for sale" degrees of places like Uni. Phoenix. Drexel is a good school for the sciences in general - engineering, medicine, nursing - from what I hear their Psych program is good. And as others have said, @ ~600-700/credit not the cheapest of the cheap but not the most expensive by any means.

P.S. I have no associate with Drexel - just researched it a bit in my personal search for Psych MSNs.

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So what did you end up deciding? Now I'm trying to work out the same thing!

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Specializes in Med/Surg, International Health, Psych.

I wound up being accepted by one the most expensive schools. It has been a challenge paying the tuition, but it is a wonderful reputable program and I have learned a lot. Looking forward to finishing up as quick as possible.

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What was the program you decided on?

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