How Expensive Is Nursing School?

[__patiently_waiting]

Hi all,

I haven't even applied to nursing school yet, I'm still finishing up my pre-reqs. I'm just curious to find out just how expensive nursing school is. Some people say is really expensive, others say it's not. How much is your program going to cost you? Difference of costs in BSN & ADN program?

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

[Stephalump]

My ADN is running about $4500, and my RN-BSN is about $8,000. So about $12,500. Between scholarships and tuition reimbursement, it'll cost me about $800. Not to shabby!

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

How expensive is RN school? Mine is supposed to run about $5000 all-told. However, your cost could very easily be different, depending upon your scholarship situation (there are nursing scholarships), grants awarded, and whether you have some kind of tuition waiver. Where I'm at, my tuition is supposed to be somewhere around $500/semester (with fees and whatnot), but I end up paying about $26/semester because of a tuition waiver.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

It all depends. Some people pursue associate degrees in nursing at local community colleges and end up paying less than $5,000 for their educations. Others pursue BSN degrees at state colleges and end up paying in the $15,000 to $30,000 range. Some attend private universities and end up more than $100,000 in debt because the tuition was about $25k per semester.

Still, other students attend nursing programs at the private-for-profit colleges that advertise on television. These places tend to be staggeringly expensive. One school offers an associate degree in nursing with tuition in the $55k to $60k range, and other school offers a BSN degree for $132,000.

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

Just to add a little to what TheCommuter said, there were two private, for-profit (not that they're necessarily bad...) schools that offered ADN programs that were in the $80k-$96k range. Those were generally two-step programs where you did LVN, went "outside" to a local college to get your prerequisites (A&P, Chemistry, and Micro), and returned for your RN, at the conclusion of which, you were awarded an ADN. Going to a 4 year public university would have been MUCH cheaper.

[Best_Name_Ever]

I'm in a 4 year BSN program at a state college. It costs me roughly $3000 a semester. No financial assistance (grants, need based scholarships) because my household makes too much money. So it'll put me at around 24k for the whole program.

[akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P]

That's still a whole lot better than a $95k bill for an ADN program...

[laylarose]

My Lpn will be 30,000..depends on where you go to school.Around here private schools are the only option unless you want to be on a waiting list for 3 years...My Lpn to BSN will be 14,000

[Shorty11, BSN, RN]

My BSN will cost me around $28,000. I attend a public university in Texas.

[CLUVRN, MSN, RN]

My LPN education was around $5K. Paid in full thanks to a government workforce investment grant. My LPN-RN bridge program (which starts in two weeks--yikes!) is a little over $15K (most of the cost paid for with a federal loan, the balance I had to pay for out of pocket).

[Julesmama28]

Mine is more expensive as a BSN at the local University. ( After 2 years of pre reqs) Im paying 3500$ a semester for tuition and fees. I have had really good luck with the scholarships though, so very little out of pocket. Total for 5 semesters it'll be roughly 17,500$

[Mandy0728]

For our ADN program at the community college, it costs roughly $2k per semester. For our BSN program that I'm applying to, it costs around $5500 per semester. When it's all said & done, I'll owe roughly $60,000.