I have always wondered what amount of nurses paid for their education through financial aid, student loans, or on their own.
The main reason for this thread is to provide information for people who cant afford expensive tuition. I recieved pell grants, student loans and worked part time to get myself through nusing school. Alot of people arent aware of the resources that are availible. I want to see the percentages of nurses who recieved financial aid to get through school
Please share how you paid for nursing school. Give any links or resources that you may have. Thanks!
Likely by just hard earned cash to pay to get my RN. I may consider working at underserviced hospital which will pay my tuition but I have to look a lot closer at that option.
Also, when I was in school to be an LPN, I made sure I had very good marks despite comments by some of my school friends but I knew I would need very good grades to get into a BSN program that is near where I live.
Back in 1961 I went all thru school on loans from the local Church, thru Catholic Daughters of America...My first year was 650.00 including tuition room and board, uniforms and books. The second was 350.00 and the third year 150.00 neat huh? Back then that was a lot of money to me. Today we put our daughter thru nursing in CA for about 3000.00 total.
Worked my way through school-went to school/clinical during the day and then worked 3-11pm, 32 hours a week. All in all it cost me about $6000. It was great to graduate and not owe one penny.
When I graduate I won't owe money, but I'll owe lots of time..one of the big hospitals here in Tucson is paying my tuition in full in exchange for 4 years when I graduate with my RN
Personal loan through Sallie Mae and Government loan (subsidized and unsubsidized) all of which I start paying back 6 mths after graduation. Not one cent was "given" to me. GRRRR!
But in my opinion, the $ spent is SO well worth the end result!! :mortarboard:
Once I have my license to be an LPN, I plan on seeking out a place that has tuition assistance programs to further my education that I can see myself working for the time frame they expect for paying for my RN.
Specializes in DIALYSIS, ICU/CCU, ONCOLOGY, CORRECTIONS.
I went to a diploma school of nursing, graduated in 1975. My school costs were $900 ist year and $365 the 2nd and 3rd year. This included books uniforms room and board for the entire 3 year program. I also had to purchase bandage scizzors and 2 pairs of nursing shoes, 1 pair of nursemates and one pair of formal nursing shoes that had a 1 inch heel. I obtained PHEAA loans at the time and paid it off by 2 years after graduaion.
I am using stafford loans and pell grants to cover tuition, and private loans to cover the cost of living expenses this year (my first year!). Next year I will be able to get tuition reimbursement from my school if I agree to work at the hospital for 2 yrs after I graduate ( I still get paid!). I wont have to take out any personal loans next year because I'll still get the pell grants. I'm also looking into some scholarships on fastweb. I hope to apply for at least 3-5, and hopefully get 1 of them! even $1000 would be nice! My program is around $3000 per semester, and there are 3 semesters per year for 2 years + 1 semester making it 2.5 years.
I'm 24, no degree. I work in banking. My husband has his first job after graduating college (not too much $$), and I'm going to be working 2 days per week the first semester, then 1 day a week thereafter. Things are a little tight right now, but it will be worth it in the long run!
I hope to be able to get whomever i work for to pay for my BSN!
I worked and paid cash. It was the late 80's and early 90's and it was a community college and it was about $25.00/credit hour. Years later when I went for my BSN it was $250/hour and I borrowed $7000 from Sallie Mae. I'm paying it back now for $52.00 month for the next ten years. :)
i worked full time nights and went to school full time. pell grants and loans, i applied 3 years in a row and i was awarded loan forgiveness for working in ltc in a rural area from the state of mn. it amounts to $15,000 can’t tell you how happy it made me to get that.
working in ltc is no hardship for me as that is where i want to work. i love it.!! i am applying for a hersa scholarship to continue as i am planning to enter a rn to ms program. i would like to teach.
good morning! i paid for my lpn schooling with student loans and some stock shares from a previous "life". working part-time to at least pay "at" the gas to and from school, and a hubby that was very supportive emotionally. it wasn't easy, but the outcome (licensure!) was definitely worth the struggle. with the "nursing shortage", i wish that more monies were available to provide assistance to those of us who have gone into nursing. definitely not for a hand out, but just to make it a little easier financially. good luck and good nursing to all of us!!!
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Likely by just hard earned cash to pay to get my RN. I may consider working at underserviced hospital which will pay my tuition but I have to look a lot closer at that option.
Also, when I was in school to be an LPN, I made sure I had very good marks despite comments by some of my school friends but I knew I would need very good grades to get into a BSN program that is near where I live.