I was super lucky! I attended a program in so cali...i only paid for tuition only $1800!! I paid about 250 for books, about 50 for uniforms, and of course all the stuff you pay for the boards (backround checks, livescan, application fee and the test itself) that was probably another 350-400. So all in all i paid almost 3000. Still very cheap. I am so thankful because i was planning to go to a 25,000 school who i know now has horrible pass rates. My school averages 95-100% pass rate.