Nursing school is hard, I've already figured out. I am struggling to study enough, but working 22 hrs a week at a job that offers tuition assistance has kept me out of debt. Is it worth going into 30K of debt to not have to work? If that amount of debt is doable, that's all I need to know. I have always been a hard worker and a saver, and as long as it's not impossible to pay off that amount on a nurse's salary, I'll get it done. However, I don't want to be in debt for 20 years. How much did you take out, how quickly did you pay it off, and were you single or not?