How to have the Military help pay for nursing school. Please help

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Hi guys, 

 

I'm a pre-nursing student. I'm almost done with my 1st bachelors degree and I plan to apply to an ABSN program but I'm so worried about how I am going to finance tuition and my cost of living. I am independent but more importantly I have no family or close friends who would co-sign for a private loan so I'm thinking of the military but I'm not finding much info for people who aren't already nurses or already in a nursing program. I just want to know if I'm accepted to nursing school and am willing to commit anytime to any branch how can they help me? Has anyone done it? Any tips?

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You could either get your nursing degree and apply to a military loan repayment program or you could enlist and serve the minimum amount of time necessary to qualify for the military tuition grant program and/or the GI bill.

Best of luck. 

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Specializes in oncology.
On 11/3/2021 at 10:34 PM, tryingtofigureitout said:

I'm almost done with my 1st bachelors degree

What is that degree in?

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Specializes in Nurse anesthetist.

If you have a bachelors degree then you can be commissioned as an officer in the national guard or army reserves.Then you should be able to apply for the strap program which pays a monthly stipend & in return you agree to give 2 years of service for each year you receive assistance. I used this years ago to go back for anesthesia school & I think it still exists but it should be easy to find out. I don’t know about active duty. I only had to do my once a month drill. I don’t no where you are located but in Nc there was a math and science loan program that is forgivable if you agree to work in a underrepresented  area for 2 years. Hope this helps. Best of luck.

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I would talk with a recruiter about your options. If you go guard or reserve I believe every state pays different amounts for your schools. I was in the Air Force and looked into the nursing program they have for enlisted members. Pretty sure you have to already be active duty before you can apply, they would then send you to school for nursing (any 4 year you want), as long as you commit to a certain amount of time with them after. This was 5 years ago that I talked to my education officer on base about this so things could have changed. Best route would probably be guard or reserves. 

You could also just do minimum years in the military, get out and use the GI bill to pay for it.

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