Tuition Prices

smattles1of2 · Oct 9, 2006

Mine is going to cost about $5000 a semester. I'm in SC.

lizmatt · Oct 9, 2006

my school is just under 10,000 a semester - it is so crazy the difference in prices from a private and public institution

Our community college is $75 a credit

But the way I look at it: I would have been on the waiting list for 3 years at the community college and the difference in income for that three years - I was making about 13$ an hour before, and should make around 25 as an RN, so 3 years of 12$ an hour difference is around 75,000 (rough estimates of projected salary, taxes etc) For 2 years the difference in price is about 36,000 which is much less than the 75,000 more I can make in those three years after I become an RN.

If there were no waiting lists I would have gone the community college route because of $$. I was fortunate enough to get a decent scholarship so I don't have to worry about the price difference and I will be a nurse 3 years earlier.

AZmom · Oct 9, 2006

CC I'm taking classes with right now is $65/credit (non-nursing courses). The one I'll probably be transferring to is $47/credit (non-nursing) and $57/credit (nursing).

There's one cc in our state which for its non-nursing courses, umm, you can take up to six credits and it'll cost you $100 total. I kid you not. Don't ya'll wish you could take prereqs through there!

catzy5 · Oct 9, 2006

Hi my local community college raised there tuition two dollars to $65 a credit hour. The other private BSN school/hospital's tuition rate is $9000. a semester... WOW
How much are the tuitions in your area?

There is something to be said for CC in California, they raised our tution my first year here nearly doubling it in 04 I now pay a whopping 26 dollars a credit. They really get ya on books though more then double my tuition.

mvanz9999, RN · Oct 9, 2006

Community colleges are $75.00/credit hour. 4 year colleges are roughly $9,000 - $10,000 per semester. Graduate schools roughly $15,000 per semester.

ChargeNurseAmy74 · Oct 9, 2006

my school is just under 10,000 a semester - it is so crazy the difference in prices from a private and public institution
Our community college is $75 a credit
But the way I look at it: I would have been on the waiting list for 3 years at the community college and the difference in income for that three years - I was making about 13$ an hour before, and should make around 25 as an RN, so 3 years of 12$ an hour difference is around 75,000 (rough estimates of projected salary, taxes etc) For 2 years the difference in price is about 36,000 which is much less than the 75,000 more I can make in those three years after I become an RN.
If there were no waiting lists I would have gone the community college route because of $$. I was fortunate enough to get a decent scholarship so I don't have to worry about the price difference and I will be a nurse 3 years earlier.

$10,000.00 a semester? YIKES too much denero!!

S.N. Visit, BSN, RN · Oct 9, 2006

My C.C is $91.00 per credit hour.

LydiaNN · Oct 9, 2006

There is something to be said for CC in California, they raised our tution my first year here nearly doubling it in 04 I now pay a whopping 26 dollars a credit. They really get ya on books though more then double my tuition.

I took a class at MiraCosta Community College in 1988... it was a whopping $5 a credit!!! And I remember people being outraged at *that* because they thought tuition should stay free.

4evrhisma · Oct 9, 2006

My CC in CA for this semester was $26/credit, but I heard it's going down to $20 for next semester.:wink2: It was only $13 when I went 10 years ago.

nurse4theplanet, RN · Oct 10, 2006

CC $850/semester + $56 Nursing Fee + $40 Lab Fee

Tuition was only $600/semester back when I took pre-req's

Total cost of education: under $7000 (including books)

...well, at least until I start applying for license and NCLEX at the end of this semester:chair:

sockmonkey70 · Oct 10, 2006

I goto Northwestern State University in Louisiana and I pay about $5000 per semester. Geeeeez how do you other guys pay for University education?? I had no idea Louisiana schools were so reasonable. I thought I had it bad! We have a program called TOPS that pays our tuition if we did really well in highschool and took certain courses.