UNLV is doubling fees for their nursing progrm only!

greatlakes · Nov 12, 2011

This is very typical. Schools know they can jack tuition rates up for nursing because people will still pay them, hoping to have a "guaranteed job" once they graduate.

caliotter3 · Nov 12, 2011

Huh. Students paying for the financial aid of other students. I would have liked to have met any students that paid for me. But then, there couldn't have been any.

Leafhouse · Nov 17, 2011

I think they're doing this because nursing is the most expensive program/major for a school to fund. At least that's the case for the California State University system.

BlurryIllusion · Jan 4, 2012

From their website:
The Board of Regents of the State of Nevada approved a proposal in December 2010 for the School of Nursing at UNLV to implement differential tuition for nursing students in the professional nursing program beginning in January 2012. All students taking classes from NURS 300 or above will be levied the differential tuition (NURS 140 and 299 will not be included). Differential tuition means that a school charges a rate of tuition above that which the university charges, in this case, the differential will be twice that of UNLV regular tuition. Revenue from differential tuition will support enhancement of key student programs.
Students will pay differential tuition only if they are in the professional nursing program at the undergraduate and graduate level. They will not pay differential tuition if they are prenursing students. By Board of Regents mandate, 15 % of the additional tuition revenue will go directly toward financial aid for School of Nursing students.
(http://nursing.unlv.edu/)

Actually, Nursing is UNLV's most expensive undergraduate program. Doesn't surprise me one bit...

Nevada_GEO_OSN · Oct 24, 2013

It's not just UNLV, it's Orvis in Reno as well. I was pretty heartbroken and blindsided by this. I've been taking pre-reqs for about 4 years, and saving up money. I've worked really hard at this, sacrificing time and money while taking classes while also working and raising kids. I have straight As in all my classes and had enough money to pay for tuition, and then I found out this past summer about the tuition doubling when I went in to see an advisor. I don't have enough money now. I'm middle class, and not just graduating high school, so aid options are pretty limited. I considered moving out of state but I'm stuck in Reno. I'm surprised more people aren't really upset about this. Seems like people I talk to are just like "Oh well, I'll just borrow it" like it's play-money or something. Major bummer of a situation.