I'm applying to NYU's accelerated second degree nursing program to attend in the fall 2015. It would be a dream come true to live in NYC and go to NYU (I may be silly to be so attracted to the prestige of the name, but out of all of the accelerated programs in NYC, this one has the most positive feedback from students, by FAR- other than Hunter of course which is nearly impossible to get into).
However, I am petrified of the price tag. I have never taken out student loans or applied for a scholarship, etc. in my entire scholastic career and don't have a penny of debt to my name. So, from what I understand, NYU (tuition alone for the 15 months) will run me about $70,000.
My question is: how did/do NYU nursing students pay for this? Private loans? If so from who and how much do you get? Scholarships/grants? If you receive any of these things how much money (sorry for the bluntness) do you receive and how hard is it to qualify? And lastly, do you really think we will be paying off these student loans (supposing I don't get any scholarship money) until we retire? Please help! I'm getting discouraged. This is a huge investment.
