The accelerated program is very challenging as you have to do the regular amount of work in a shorter amount of time. And a lot of times, students that also have jobs are taking the accelerated program. This becomes very stressful, and time management can be difficult, because you have to juggle your job responsibilities with classwork. And some people don't have the desire to come home from work and sit in front of a computer doing classwork until bed. You lose a lot of your free time, and you don't have the time to enjoy the things you are used to doing. That is why more people drop out of the accelerated program. There may also be a financial reason to do the accelerated program. And there are a few benefits - you get your degree faster and you can start applying for jobs sooner. Financially, you still have to purchase school related items such as textbooks. For me, I was able to get money back by selling my nursing textbooks to buyback websites like Mybookcart.com. Any side money you can make during your nursing program definitely helps.