School prices

USA987, MSN, RN, NP · Feb 28, 2003

I paid $4500 in NJ for my LPN...that included EVERYTHING..uniforms, books, stethoscope, shoes, etc. The program was 11 months full-time (M-F 0800-1510). It was very intense. Then I continued on to the community college to get my prereq's for RN down. Cost was $60 per credit hour plus all kinds of fees, books, etc.

I'm now in CA in my last semester of a bridge program and pay $11 per credit hour plus the cost of books and uniforms...very inexpensive!

It's sad to think that I could have gone through the whole regular RN program here for less than what I have paid for my LPN! Then again, my LPN training was the most intense, invaluable training I have ever gotten, so I guess in hind-sight it was worth every penny!

:lol2:

Angella Walker · Feb 28, 2003

I am a BSN student and I am paying 15000 semester, transfering to a public college in the summer. God does work miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BTW this does not include equipment

Hidi74 · Feb 28, 2003

15,000 a SEMESTER!!!! wow! OMG I guess I better stop complaining....lol

surely I am reading that wrong..... :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

emily_mom · Feb 28, 2003

Angella, I think I know where you go! I also attended private school and it was about that too. Thank God for scholarships!

I pay 61.50/credit plus fees and all the other goodies...

onlyaPre-nurse · Feb 28, 2003

The LPN program here is tuition=$3,100

misc.expen=$1,200

here it is taught at our tech schools so it follows the same sched. as the school ie:summers off but is 270 days.

The RN program at our community college is $1,764 per year not including any books ,or stuff ya need.

jschut, BSN, RN · Feb 28, 2003

I think it cost about $4500 here for the whole thing. Maybe with all the "added" expenses it was up and around $5000.

Worth every single cent.......

PS Tonicareer? Thanks....and you know what for..... :)

Rootbear76 · Feb 28, 2003

In Oklahoma the RN program at Rose State is $6,290.00. At OSU it's $6,600.00 for the RN program. I have about $10,000 to use from my montgomery GI Bill. I didn't know WHAT to do with it at first, but since my heart is set on nursing, it wil pay for my RN. Now to get my BSN, that's a different story.

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KAYfutureLPN · Feb 28, 2003

My school is a 12 month program. Total cost to be about 9,000.

(eeeekkk!)...It's going to be super hard because my hubby is going to be the only one working & we will have to pay for daycare for our two children....

essarge · Feb 28, 2003

I go to a state university and it is about $1800 per semester, 300-500 for books and supplies, $35 for uniform (really ugly I might add), $100 for student activity fees (which I don't attend because I'm a commuter), and $30 for lab fees. We don't have an LPN program nearby but you can attend the community college and sit for your LPN boards after the first year. Mine is a BSN program. Oh, by the way, in the summer, it is $187 per credit hour...so they get you no matter what!! LOL!

TeresaRN2b · Mar 1, 2003

The community college in Michigan where I go is $6500 for the 2 year RN program. They offer the first half as an LPN so it would be roughly $3500 for the LPN portion of the program. This includes everything books, tuition, uniform in their estimate. The LPN program is two semesters plus prereqs which would be another semester so basically one full year if you went during the summer. (There is a wait list, but time wise spent in class would equal about a year for the LPN portion.)

AmyLiz · Mar 1, 2003

The 2-year ADN program I am going to be going through to become an RN only costs around $6000 (give or take $$) including books, uniforms, insurance, etc. The classes are only $34.75 per credit hour for residents of the county.