How much per semester did you nursing school cost?

[5860TomCat]

Hello,

I noticed on the "how did you pay for your nursing school" forum that some people needed drastically different amounts of money to get through school.

So I am curious,

what type of degree did you get, BSN, LPN etc..

once in you major how long does it take to graduate going full time

and how much does it cost per semester?

I am getting a BSN, My school raised tuition last fall, it is now a little over 9,000 dollars a semester and it takes 5 semesters to graduate, once you get into the program...

What is like at differnt universitys/ schools/programs?:welcome:

[cmyersRN]

Let's see, I have one year left of my ADN program and I've averaged around $1300-1400 in tuition per semester depending on how many credits the class is for (some of our nursing theory classes are 2 credits and Microbiology or any Anatomy/Physiology classes are 4 credits). But then I spend usually between $250-400 in books per semester as well. So total comes to somewhere between $1500 and $1800. I go to a technical college in southwest Wisconsin.

[cakeordeath]

My program awards an AAS, takes 2 years, and costs $1850.00 a semester plus books, ATI testing and other misc.

Books for this semester alone cost almost $500!!!.

Can anyone explain why I have to spend 80 dollars on a PAPERBACK book???? Just seems a tad excessive....:icon_roll

[OHRN4Kids]

i put myself through school, (no help from mom or financial aidf) grad in 2006 at age 20, i went to a smaller branch of a large university and only got my adn, (cheaper- cheapest in my area) it was $2700 per semester just for classes, plus books, uniform, supplies, etc. no dorms there- had to pay for my own place too. needless to say i have a lot of student loans.

[allnursebill]

the cheapest way to get a nursing degree in the USA is the community college route. Make sure you do the calculations...time spent vs cost. There doesn't seem to be a logical reason for getting an RN at a University because of the cost. A US comm college can cost you something like 1/7 the cost of some Universities which is the difference between no or little debt, and $50k debt when you get through.

The military will give you free nursing school if you have a bachelors degree, and they might have other programs for enlisted who get good marks on thier entry test(ASVAB) - .

Also if you have a certain number of college credits then there are accelerated 1 year programs in Omaha, Nebraska at Creighton and in Henderson NV (at UnivSouthernNevada?), and I'm sure other places. the question you might want to focus on is "is the pace of the program what I want?", because you will earn $40k+ the year you won't be going to school with a 1yr accelerated program, and that money will pay for any extra expenses involved in an accelerated program.

There are also extended programs that seem tailored for working people who don't mind taking 8 semesters to get a RN that you otherwise could get in 4 semesters.

Check which prerequisite classes you need to enter a nursing program, and also when they evaluate entrants, so you aren't surprised and forced to take an extra semester or two before entering. The prereqs and the timing of when they admit new students can be a factor. I discovered I only need two biology classes before I enter the program I'm looking at, but since the deadline for entry is midsemester, I will have to take the classes next semester, then take a semester off simply because they evaluate candidates while the semesters are going on.

[DutchRN09]

I rented my books from Chegg, about 80 dollars a semester, tuition was about 1100 (CC) reimbursed by employer, currently enrolled on line BSN completion, about 135 a credit hr, again reimursed by employer, still rent my books, was 47 dollars this semester.

I have no student loans and don't want any, I do work FT.

[NoCircRN]

I spent about $950 a semester for graduate school, as I did an accelerated masters program and got my RN and MSN in 3 years. That included summer classes and after 2 years, I could take my NCLEX. That same program costs about twice as much now, as I graduated about 15 years ago. It was at San Francisco State University. I did all of my prerequisites at community colleges so saved a lot of money that way. The other requirement for the progam was to already have a bachelors degree. Good luck to you.

[Clovery]

I'm in an ADN program and it's about $1500 per semester, including books. That's x4 semesters, assuming you have all the prereqs done. The school charges about $120 per credit including general fees, but then the nursing classes have additional lab fees and such. Each nursing class is 9 to 11 credits per semester.

[turnforthenurse, MSN, NP]

BSN program. I lived on campus for 3 years, so for the first 3 years it was around $8,000/semester. My last year was half that, about $4,000/semester.