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No the 54k was for a private university for the accelerated program. It's three semesters straight through the year for 18k each semester. The state school was the one I was interested in and that's around 15k per year. I will definitely look into scholarships. That is something I did not think of. Thanks for the help everyone!

The problem is I never used my bachelors in business. I graduated 9 years ago and got pregnant right before graduating so I took a work from home job to raise my kids. Now I'm ready to start a career because my work at home job just isn't paying the bills anymore (never get raises). I could go into business (which I now know I have no interest in), but who is going to hire me with zero experience in the field and having graduated 9 years ago? I would have to start at the very bottom, making half what I make now. The income factor aside, the medical field is what I could really see myself doing, but the cost of it and the economy is making this decision difficult. The school I want to go to is a state school. The private ones are much more. The accelerated program is private and is $54k for one year. I doubt I could do the program with a family and work. I live in a fairly large area with four hospitals and many urgent care clinics and surgery centers that always have lots of job ads on their site for nurses, but there are also many nursing schools in the area. So I don't know what to do!

I want to become a nurse, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea with the amount of debt I have. I have a bachelors degree in business with $35k in student loans. I want to be a nurse, but it seems a BSN is the way to go and I would need to take student loans to go back to school, $40k. Am I crazy to take on that much for a nursing degree? I considered ADN first and get BSN later because most hospitals in my area say they accept associates. However, I'm afraid by the time I finish school, that will change. Honestly, what would you do?