What are you paying per credit hour????

[bucknangler]

I'm questioning whether I should accept fall entry to a grad school program here in the deep south. They want $584 per credit hour, while public school grad programs for the comparitive degree want around $225-300 per credit hour. Not sure what to do.

Is $22,000 for grad school (MSN in Management) tuition competitive?

[SparklyGirl]

I think I am paying around $900

[ERNurse752, RN]

MSN/FNP program, private school, midwest: $540/credit hour

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

My ACNP program = $800-ish for in state, $900-ish for out of state.

[bucknangler]

thanks guys...the private school I'm going to attend said their prices were competitive. I guess they are right. But knowing I could the equivalent degree from a neighboring public unversity for $12,000 less is tempting.

But I'm really impressed so far with the private school.

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

It is tempting, and as much as I wouldn't want a name to sway my decision, the program I was accepted into just seems like a great fit for my life at the moment, as well as my goals as an NP. I also spoke with some graduates of the program, who all had nothing but good things to say about it, which impressed me.

[SteveNNP, MSN, NP]

$1042 didactic

$1474 clinical

[BBFRN, BSN, PhD]

$1042 didactic

$1474 clinical

Wow. That's per credit hr without outlying fees?

I feel fortunate to be paying $456/credit hr in my public university, then. I'll quit griping about that from now on.

[marachne]

They just recently changed our fees, as the state lost it's tort cap and the institution (medical, dental, nursing schools, plus hospital, clinics & research programs) has to come up with an extra 30 million/year for insurance.

So, residents it's $470/credit. Non-residents it's $625/credit. One thing I'm not noticing people stating is if it's quarter or semester, or what their fees are (sometimes that can make a BIG difference). OHSU is on a quarter system. Full time (9-credits), including fees comes to $5792.80. Non-resident it is $7187.80. Both of these include health insurance coverage which can be waived if you have other coverage.

There used to be no difference at the graduate level for residents/non-residents. One nice thing is that non-residents who were matriculated before summer of 2007 don't have to pay non-resident costs

[SteveNNP, MSN, NP]

Wow. That's per credit hr without outlying fees?

I feel fortunate to be paying $456/credit hr in my public university, then. I'll quit griping about that from now on.

Yep....

Thank goodness for tuition reimbursement and union wages....