How much is school costing you?

[tbell2]

I am going to a community college in the suburbs of Chicago. Total (pre-reqs and nursing classes, plus childcare) it will cost me about $20,000. I am including the childcare because it is more than half. Just for classes and books would be about $7000. But since I have three kids who are not yet school aged, I have to have daycare while I am in class. It would be 4x more expensive to have them at a daycare center, so I am lucky to have someone come to my house to watch them

[tfleuter, BSN, RN]

Federal student loans are non-bankruptable-able-able (hehe). You file, but that debt still stays with you. Not sure how it works for private loans though.

[profstudent4life]

My accelerated ADN is 43K including books

$43k for an ADN?!?!?!?!?!

[NSALVADORE]

I go to a private 3yr Hospital program, $30,000 for the 3 years plus books and uniforms and whatnot! I've saved a little though because I've taken some of the classes already! I'm half way through now Woo Hoo. If I were to include daycare for my 2 little ones and all those miscellaneous expenses I don't even want to know LOL!

[Miss_TT]

I am getting my ASN at a public CC. The nursing program is 4 semesters. One semester is about $1400. I get federal pell grant every semester. The grants are more than the cost of the tuition, so I get to keep whatever is left over. I do not have to pay the grants back. They are given to me because I am a low-income student with a family (one daughter) and have good grades. My pell grants are usually $2500-$2900 each semester. So far I do not have a debt. I am so thankful for these grants.