How much did your nursing program cost overall? (LPN, ADN, BSN, etc.)

Look into community colleges. They're usually much cheaper.

A lot of them only offer 2-year ASN, but you can easily do an online BSN bridge program.

My 2 year ADN was about 9k with all books, uniforms and prereqs. 60k is crazy. I would go for ADN then bridge online to BSN....could be done for 20k total or less

Best of luck!

My ADN through a junior college is costing about $11K. The RN-BSN bridge I plan on attending is about another $10K. That includes all the pre-reqs, books, uniforms, etc for both programs.

Hi everyone! I am curious to how much you all had to pay to get your nursing in licensure. I am asking this because their are certain nursing programs I would like to attend, but I'm very apprehensive on paying well over 60,000 for a BSN or any other diploma/associates/degree.

Or should I just focus more on the quality of the education? Because I live in the heart of Chicago and there's no close BSN program near me that isn't below the cost of 60,000+.

Please respond.

My alma mater costs over $60k per year. So current students are spending close to $250K for a BSN degree. I got mine for around $150K, graduated with $90K in debt.

250k for a bsn!

*faints

Adn 15k for a year

My university was about $34k a year (so $135k+ after meal plan, etc) but through merit-based financial aid, I was able to graduate with approximately $27k in student loans. I've paid 85% of them off over the past 4 years. I would have written the school off based on price alone if I hadn't investigated financial aid first, which made it very affordable.

My ADN program is only costing me $5,000 which includes tuition ($46/unit), books, and uniforms. I am attending an ADN program in Southern California and I am also attending an RN-BSN program at the moment too. The ADN program does not have class in the summer term, but they have a relationship with a local university which allows us to get a head start on our BSN before we have an RN license. It seems to work out really well. I wish you the best of luck!

$20K total for ABSN

Community colleges r usually cheaper but here in NYC, they make u take non nursing related classes. I go to a semi-private school n the tuition for associates is around $25/yr for 2 yrs. that's not including the pre-req which has to b taken from other schools.

My ADN is going to end up right around 12k. This includes prereqs, books, uniforms, nursing courses, ATI fees, physical and immunizations...everything. I could not imagine paying 250k. A friend of mine (and her husband)graduated pharmacy school with about 350k each in student loans. Yikes!! Would not be so bad if they were both practicing pharmacy. If the job market in your area is not great I would be careful with how much debt you acquire.