Pre req Tuition

leenak · Apr 16, 2012

You will have to check with your school. I go to a local community college and my science classes are about $540. My non-science classes are about $420. That doesn't include books or anything, just tuition.

Mama_Cashew, ASN, RN · Apr 16, 2012

Where I did my pre-reqs, they were about $350 per class and I paid for half of it with a small student loan and my employer paid for the other half.

jocy_anne · Apr 17, 2012

Unfortunately I've had to rely on credit cards to pay for my prereqs...it's not the best way, but that was the only way I could do it. Especially when it came to the summer classes...my community college makes you pay everything up front for summer classes. I signed up for Microbiology this summer and it was $725...yeah, I definitely don't have $725 just lying around. I hate how much money I've spent on these classes, but I just keep telling myself that it will all be worth it when I start my full-time Nursing program this Fall!

SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP · Apr 17, 2012

I am finishing my pre-reqs at the local community college. Only $79 per credit hour. Most of the classes are 4 credit hours each. I'm paying out-of-pocket using my savings. I figure...I'm investing in myself. I'm not thrilled to use up so much of my savings, but I can rebuild it once I'm working as an RN.

melc0305 · Apr 17, 2012

I am paying for my pre-reqs with a combination of savings and credit card. At my local community college, it is $100 per credit hour. So I'm paying $700 for 2 classes this summer. Watch out for the book prices though! My AP 1 book costs $300 and you have to buy it there. With all the books, I am paying almost as much for the books as the classes.

When I actually get into nursing school, I will have to take out loans. I am also married and I have 2 kids, mortgage, car etc.

Hoosier69 · Apr 17, 2012

At Ivy Tech, it's around $110 per credit hour. For 4 classes during a semester right now, the charges are around $1,500.00. I received a Pell Grant and Frank O'Bannon grant last semester (fall) and this semester (spring) but won't be eligible for a Frank O'Bannon grant for the next 2 semesters due to the fact that I didn't get my FAFSA completed online before 3/10/12.

Good luck!

PrayToTheUnicorn · Apr 17, 2012

My cc classes run $90 per credit hour but all science classes have their own lab fees, usually another $50 fee for each. Remember to try to rent books for a huge savings! I used Chegg.com for multiple semesters and saved hundreds. For example my A&P book was a $60 rental.

mysonsmama · Apr 18, 2012

Tuition at my cc is $72 per credit for every class (plus lab and/or technology fees where applicable). I receive a full pell grant every school year that covers my classes and books with a good amount left over. I am assuming I will have to take out a loan for living expenses and quit my job once I start the program in January :-(

rocketberger · Apr 18, 2012

I am in the same predicament, i will be starting to take my first prereqs this fall. and the cost at our CC is around $46/unit. ive been saving for almost a year already but that money goes to my nursing program, ill be working at the same time to help pay for my prereqs classes until i get into a nursing program and quit my job(ill be using my savings to pay for these and some loans). i still live with my mother so my living expense is 70% covered. i dont have to worry about rent and other stuffs, i just have to worry about myself my classes and how am i going to pay for all of em. I hope you could find a way to make things fit on your own style. GOOD LUCK! :)