Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a ‘Professional Degree'

[Red Shirt 6, CNA]

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The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."

The move has sparked significant uproar among nurses and nursing groups, with the American Nurses Association saying, ...

 

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Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a 'Professional Degree' by Trump Admin

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

The only real impact of this is limitations on the dollar amount of student loans. I don't see too many graduate nurses needing $200,000 in loans to graduate. If any graduate nursing student is spending that much for their education they are going to the wrong school.

[SunnyNYBSN, BSN]

kbrn2002 said:

The only real impact of this is limitations on the dollar amount of student loans. I don't see too many graduate nurses needing $200,000 in loans to graduate. If any graduate nursing student is spending that much for their education they are going to the wrong school.

Thank you for this insight. I did see doctorate degree in nursing cost $100,000+ a year. So for 2 year is over 200k.  Like you said, we should look elsewhere.