I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

[Sam. W]

I had my ADN in 2014, then I went back to school two months later for BSN, now I just graduated from BSN, and the student loan I owe is little over 60 grand..Oh load. I had to pay over 600 a month for 10 payment. That seems a lot to me. Any suggestions? any programs that can reduce or forgive my loan? Thank you very much!

[NurseNHowell]

Hearing this story more and more; I worked with a new grad ADN who owes $45,000 for her LPN/ADN. She came from Cuba, had to earn and learn, hence the LPN. Now she is finding the hospitals are requiring BSN or that she be enrolled or they wont give her more than PRN. She is now a single mom. She's been quoted as much as $50,000 and 3 years to $9000 for her BSN. Now she's having issues getting schools to take her previous credits. Some of these Schools are providing lousy education and massive debt. Depressing actually. I read an article that it is impossible to qualify enough BSN's in time to make up the shortfall for retiring RN's and people leaving the profession. So making it expensive and difficult seems to make no sense at all.

University of Texas at Arlington offers an accelerated online only ADN to BSN for $9,000. I'm confused though on the fact your coworker is an ADN new grad but works as a LPN which aren't the same at all. Until Wednesdays of last week I was a LVN(LPN) and now am a ADN RN. I'm doing UTA since it's cheap at $9k and you are done in 9 months.

[NurseNHowell]

in PI its either you work as a nurse or work in Angeles City.

PI? I'm local to you but not sure what PI is or Angels City?

[carolinapooh, BSN, RN]

My state U charges $611 per credit, without room and board. The Community College is $275 pet credit.

I hear you - but $275 per credit hour over eight semesters (assuming an ADN took that long) at 12 hours per semester is STILL less than $30K ($26,400). And there's no way an ADN would take eight semesters. Not full time, anyway.

[carolinapooh, BSN, RN]

University of Texas at Arlington offers an accelerated online only ADN to BSN for $9,000. I'm confused though on the fact your coworker is an ADN new grad but works as a LPN which aren't the same at all. Until Wednesdays of last week I was a LVN(LPN) and now am a ADN RN. I'm doing UTA since it's cheap at $9k and you are done in 9 months.

But you have to qualify to get into UT first. $9K doesn't mean much if you don't qualify.

What the person said was this person owes a fortune for her LPN to ADN degree, not that she's working as an LPN. It sounds like she went to a place like ITT Tech.

[Chazzie_Made_It, ADN]

Off topic: I'm interested in ADN-MSN programs. May I know what school you went to?

I'm not the one you responded to but I am planning on doing an ADN - MSN program once I am done. I am currently looking into University of Arizona's program. Its all online.