I'm planning to start the program whenever I finish the prerequisites. It's a school with a good reputation regionally and everyone I know who graduated is employed which is true for most nursing schools. The total cost for the ABSN program is a little less than $40,000. There are as good, less expensive options, but the cost for me is offset by being able to live at home. Wheeling is probably a normal place to live, but there are bad parts so be wary of cheap apartments. Pipeline workers are coming in from out of town and infrequently causing problems, for example a WJU student was killed by two at a bar. That said, I doubt you'll be able to get fish sandwiches as good as Coleman's in Brooklyn. Here's a list of ABSN/AMSN programs - http://www.aacn.nche.edu/leading-initiatives/research-data/BSNNCG.pdf / http://www.aacn.nche.edu/leading-initiatives/research-data/GENMAS.pdf. WJU student killed - Wheeling Jesuit University student's beating death began as argument - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette