Rasmussen A-BSN

Buyer beware, BSN · Aug 29, 2016

@krm7,

The problem with soliciting information from anyone is that depending on who who ask, you will always get their version of reality and not necessarily the one that pertains to you. So I would refer you to the Department of Education sponsored site (collegescorecard.ed.gov).

This info is reported by the schools listed to the Feds making it a reliable unbiased perspective (if that's possible) on important things like tuition costs, graduation and retention rates. These stats are the most important to know because they give meaning and context to NYCLEX pass rates and other measurements of a school's quality. Things like being accredited are important though secondarily so and these days by no means alone the good housekeeping seal of approval. Many recent and soon to be failed schools of nursing such as ITT's Breckenrich are accredited but not for long as they like many other for-profits are seeing decreased enrollments and therefore revenues.

So:

1. The trick is to go to nursing school as frugally as possible. Take prerequisite courses at a community college and save tens of thousands of dollars.

2.The for-profits require an arbitration agreement to be signed by you as a condition of enrollment. Don't do it. It will negate your right to be heard by a court of law if you have a disareement with them. Most for-profits require it and it is sleazy.

3. I don't recommend for-profits because they are all about enrollment numbers and marketing and so much less about student success. If you do the research rather than depend on anecdotal claptrap, you will be able to come to your own conclusions and feel good about making a well-informed decision.

Forewarned is always forearmed. Especially in Florida.