130k Student debt for Entry MSN worth it?

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I would like to practice one day and this would put me a year of schooling away from that, but I also think I would be happy being an ED nurse going through community college and taking an online bachelors for MUCH less.

I am stressing about this terribly to the point of considering dropping my seat before the quarter starts.

I know there are many nurses out there with similar amounts of debt.

How did you find peace with 100k+ debt!?

Thanks

Specializes in Med-Tele; ED; ICU.

The only way that debt is worth it is if you (a) can't get into a subsidized program in the next couple of years otherwise, and (b) you manage to get a job in NorCal where the pay rates can help you service such, and © you get into the ED (which typically offers OT opportunities) and work a ton of OT over the next 5 years in order to knock that debt down.

It also depends on what kind of interest you'll be paying.

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