How much did you take out in student loans?

[jewelshouse]

May be personal question but I was wondering what the "average" nurses take out in student loans?

[shippoRN]

well i have about 16 G ive been paying back over the past 4 yrs from my first useless degree, i paid for all of my pre-reqs out of pocket, and now I might have to take out between 10 and 15 G in loans to cover tuition, supplies, and other stuff

[Itshamrtym]

HI New nurse Jess your pepper is hilarious. How do you do that??

anyway student loan. Lpn and then Rn just paid out of pocket Yuk!!!

A friend of mine owes 60,000 to Johns Hopkins for her BSN whooo!!

I'm starting on my BSN havn't decided how I'll pay for it yet.

[abundantjoy07, RN]

35k

(35,000)

That's the total for the loans I took out for my BSN program at a private Christian university. I was in school a total of 6 years getting my degree.

Oh woe to debt.

[ididit]

May be personal question but I was wondering what the "average" nurses take out in student loans?

Roughly 10,000 for LPN program.....will be paying for quiet awhile!

[caliotter3]

Don't remember the exact amount. Seems it was around seven thousand between two separate loans. I do, however, remember that I took the maximum amount that I was approved for. Also maxed out the cash advances on every credit card that came my way. Along with my multiple jobs, I was busy. Those were the days.

[loricatus]

$40,000.00 for 2 bachelor's degrees. After consolidation, it runs almost $200.00/month.

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

Prepare to be amazed: My BSN program was $13 semester hour. I did 2 1/2 years there til hubby got drafted & we moved away.

When we returned I did a 2 semester ASN for less than $900.

Of course that was while the dinosaurs were dominant and I rode to school on the back of a mastadon.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I borrowed $20,000 to attend a private LVN program at a Southern California vocational school in 2004; however, this loan has since been paid off. I am currently paying for my classes at the local community college at $50 per credit hour with cash as I go, so I currently have no student loan debt. In less than 1 year, I have accrued 31 credit hours and am very proud of myself!

[KatC07]

I have a total of 7500 in loans from an ADN program. The hospital I will be working at will pay for my BSN degree, I would not have it any other way. There are scholarships out there for nurses, and I received one from the Illinois department of public health. Money is out there to aid nurses to earn their degree and I would recommend everyone to take advantage of what is available.