Is college of the mainland any good?

KALFRN14 · Apr 30, 2016

How much should I be expecting to pay for tuition. San jac won't tell me exactly how much they are and I think com is around 9000. My dad feels like that's a lot. What's the average tuition cost for adn programs?

That's something you have to research. Tuition does change from year in some cases. COM is going to btw 6-8k for me but I started last year so that may change. Either way you won't find a ADN nursing program that is going to be super cheap most are about 8-10k and that's not including books, supplies, etc. that you will need. There is financial aid, loans, scholarships, or you may have to work part time while in the program. If you want to be a nurse, nursing school is going to be a sacrifice. In the end it'll be more than worth it.

lilleecey · May 20, 2016

Well I will begin the transition program on Monday. Just picked up my scrubs yesterday. I cannot wait to get this party started lol

guest940422 · Feb 1, 2018

Hi, I'll be finishing my LVN program in Dec and plan to move to Houston after that. Perhaps I will continue with RN school (toured Univ of St Thomas and Chamberlain Pearland last month). Could you expound further about Houston not hiring new ADNs? It doesn't surprise me, and I'll be hitting H-town with an LVN and BS in another field. Any info would be appreciated, thanks so much!

They all say they aren't going to hire ADN's. They are all so understaffed they do anyway. This is mostly just the main medical center hospitals. The only hospital that won't let you apply without a BSN is Methodist (they also don't hire smokers). But Houston has dozens of regional hospitals that pay just as good scattered through the suburbs who will scoop you up in a minuit.

If you have your heart set on a big medical center job, just apply to an RN-BSN program when you graduate. (UT Arlington takes anyone) if you are already enrolled they don't care how long it takes you to graduate, they are happy.

I went to Alvin, I know back then San Jac had a better reputation than Mainland because they had better clinical sites. When you graduate, your clinical sites are the only thing on your resume, so you want to go to a school that is going to give you a good clinical rotation. But at the end of the day, you're going to get out of your program what you put into it. Get a part time job as a PCA at your dream hospital to get your foot in the door if your school has crappy clinical sites, they won't care where you went to school or what degree you have. If you're in good standing and licensed, you'll be hired.