Paying for NP school

Tuition reimbursement from employer- I took advantage of this by taking one class per semester early on, and rolling the money over to the next semester so I had my first several classes totally paid for.

now that i'm about to start the final few semesters and going to be leaving my job, i am doing small student loans and planning (and praying) that i land one of the dozens of positions in my area that qualify for total loan forgiveness (rural AND underserved!)

I know of one poster on here (can't remember the name), who told me he financed NP school also with tuition reimbursement. He told me they paid 20K. Holy smokes. In AZ.

I'm taking out private loans and busting my ass per diem to pay for CNM school. However, I did a gestational surrogacy during nursing school to help pay for that. I have a friend who donated her eggs to help pay for her doctorate.

Obviously this is NOT something you do to make a quick buck. It is time consuming and takes a serious amount of emotional investment. But my surrogacy was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and the extra money made a BIG difference in getting me through nursing school.

Mine was free here in Texas due to a little known Act for veterans. Check out if you qualify for something like that. I have two other friends who had college paid for. One was a woman who somehow found a benefit for single mothers (not sure what it was). And another friend who qualified for financial aid by the state due to being laid-off.

Mine was free here in Texas due to a little known Act for veterans. Check out if you qualify for something like that. I have two other friends who had college paid for. One was a woman who somehow found a benefit for single mothers (not sure what it was). And another friend who qualified for financial aid by the state due to being laid-off.

I'm prior service and have exhausted my GI Bill. What Act are you referring to?

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I paid for my NP program the old fashioned way. Worked my butt off doing at least 40 hours a week in critical care, and applied for several scholarships. The total cost of my FNP program in a large public university was about $20k. $4000 was covered as tuition reimbursement from my employer, I got about $4000 in scholarships, and paid the remaining $12k out of pocket over the 6 semesters it took me to get my degree. It was the hardest I have ever worked in my life, but now that it's all over, I have my life/sanity back, and ZERO tuition debt. Totally worth the struggle in the end.

Hazlewood Act, only available in Texas.

Ribnurn3 what kind of scholarships did you apply for?

I started with full tuition reimbursement by my employer but then went per diem to have more freedom to actually study well. So now am maxing out my federal loan but I live in an underserved area so will qualify for loan repayment programs no matter where I work.

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