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+.
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.
Since most of the hospitals in Chicago are magnet status or "BSN preferred" it will be so difficult for me to find a job with just an ADN. Here my ADN program cost 11k for annually plus the 7k for pre-reqs. That is still ridiculous expensive for a community college. So I just thought about doing the BSN totaling 60k since I would be able to find a job much faster + with a CNA license.
Got my ASN for $18,000 but I took an additional $10,000 out in loans so I didn't have to work my first year. Getting my BSN at St. Pete College now for an additional $7,000.
Woah that is mega cheap. I wish something like that was out here in Chicago but nothing is cheap in Chicago. I mean it literally costs $1.15 for a small cup of tap water at McDonald's.
Specializes in TCU, Post-surgical, Infection Prevention.
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!
*waving*
Me too! Except my ADN is only $512 a semester and CSUDH (Rn-BSN) is going to be about 3k/semester.
So my total nursing education should only cost good old Governor Brown about $11-16K
Specializes in TCU, Post-surgical, Infection Prevention.
Since most of the hospitals in Chicago are magnet status or "BSN preferred" it will be so difficult for me to find a job with just an ADN. Here my ADN program cost 11k for annually plus the 7k for pre-reqs. That is still ridiculous expensive for a community college. So I just thought about doing the BSN totaling 60k since I would be able to find a job much faster + with a CNA license.
No doctors offices, clinics, etc in your area?
I am greatful to live in Southern California, where everyone has a chronic health condition or is always pregnant ~ a million little mom/pop clinics within a 50 mile radius...
My BSN will be about 23k total (2 yrs). I have money saved for living expenses and I plan on working as soon as I can once school starts to help cover as much as I can. I also am waiting to hear back from several scholarships which will, prayerfully, lower the cost significantly. I have no debt from my 1st bachelor's degree so for that, I am grateful and I won't freak out too badly if I have to take out 23k in loans for this degree. I'm trying to avoid that though.
ADN here is about 10-11k. I didn't want to do a bridge program because I just want to finish school at one time. My area has BSN required for a lot of job postings, hospital or not. If not for the market, I would have totally gone for my ADN and called it a day. I have a friend who just finished her program and from what she's told me they are extremely well prepared with amazing clinical skills.
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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.