Need help choosing the right path for my future as a nurse!

[angieee]

I am currently at Golden West Community College in Southern California. I do not like living here and I want to go away to college, but I want to make sure I make the right decision for my future. I am considering moving to Nothern California, Oregon, Idaho, or Washington. I am trying to avoid long wait lists at community colleges while also not ending up in a bottomless hole of debt. I want to start school somewhere in the fall, but most universities arent taking student for fall semester anymore, just spring. I have looked at some technical schools like Apollo College and Unitek College, but they are extremely expensive and I have no idea how credible they are! I am looking for advice on a route I should take and nursing programs that would be good for me.

I am only interested in RN programs, and I want to try and start in the fall of 2010, but I am not opposed to anything starting in the spring of 2011. I am also trying to avoid anything that is going to be more than $30,000 a year but also dont want to be stuck on a wait list. Any help or information I can get would be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks!

Angelica.

[Snwbdr]

Well if you want to start ASAP (Fall) then private schools are pretty much your only option.....most public universities have deadlines well before the start of the semester.....

with that being said, you also mentioned cost....well unless you want to pay out-of-state tuition fees, you're pretty much limited to California....Northern California is nice though, depending upon which part you want to go to. I'm a Norcal transplant living in Socal, so I think I have a gist of both sides of the state.

Either way, good luck with your decision

[angieee]

Thanks so much for the help! Very much appreciated!

I am looking into attending Pacific Union College in Northern California. It is religious and all, which I am not, but I do not think it will hinder my ability at all to get a good education and have a successful future as a nurse.

The tuition is about $32,000 a year which is not too much for my budget at this point because my family will be helping me pay the tuition and the program is only two years.

Have any of you guys heard anything about PUC?