Excelsior Students- how did you pay for it?

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Hey i was just wondering how everyone paid for the excelsior lpn to rn program??? i was hoping to be able to take out a loan for the whole program is this possible? also is it like a regular student loan where you can take out extra to buy your own books ect.... what did everyone do and how did you do it???? thanks so much

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Specializes in EMS.

Paid in cash, little by little, finishing up last CLEP on Friday, and the best part is when I get done with it all, NO STUDENT LOANS to pay back:yeah:

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I work an average of 100 hours a week, so money really is not a problem. Cash

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Specializes in Revenue Integrity, Rehab, RAC Auditor.

I am using tuition reimbursement from work for the test, the rest is out of pocket. But when I am done no student loans to pay!!! :yeah::yeah::yeah:

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Specializes in Hospice.

Paying cash here too. Hooray for no loans to pay back!

As far as getting loans to pay for an Excelsior ADN, they would probably have to be private loans, since federal student loans can not be used to pay for the examination based program.

If you need to use federal student loans, you might look at doing the Indian State University LPN-BSN program, which I think you CAN use federal student loans for. (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about that....)

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I used a combination of my own cash, a scholarship, and employer reimbursement.

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Paid in money earned by working. Never occurred to me to take out loans.

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Lot's of o.t. baby! No student loans. Planning to do the same for BSN. If you plan to apply for financial aid do it, because Excelsior offers scholarships to some people based on that. I received one, and it helped out so much.

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Specializes in Otolaryngology-ENT.

tuition reimbursement from employer

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I used their payment plan, but I don't think that they offer that anymore. You basically pay $130 a month and all of your test fees and everything are included in with that in a year's time.

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VA benefits. :)

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Specializes in pulm/cardiology pcu, surgical onc.

I took out a personal loan, enough for everything like books, airfare, hotel, etc. I have paid it off too.

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