You paid HOW MUCH for nursing school??!!

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I can't believe some of the outrageous tuitions I see people paying on this site! My school costs about 1700 a semester not including any extras or books. I cant imagine paying 40,000 or more. Are people paying this much bc they can't get into cheaper colleges?? Whats going on..?

Area, area, area, where are you all from?? That makes a Big difference too.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Flight.

im paying around $6-7K/ semester.. its a private catholic college/hospital based BSN program.

Im gonna have to strip on the weekends after i become an RN, just to survive (live & pay off my loans lmaoo)

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It's an ADN program at a CC. I'll have a little debt when I'm done but not much :)

I am going the same route, I will be a DEBT FREE ADN-RN w/ my AA degree.

My views on why people pay exorbitant tuition -- they aren't good enough students to get into a cheaper program. Many of the programs around here that are private (Some of them seriously cost $60k/ year) most cost around $30K/yr. These programs will let you walk in off the street with nothing but the money in your pocket -- this is why I feel people are attracted to them.

Instead of just putting in an extra year or two of work at a CC then graduating with little to no debt they take EASY street and graduate with $125k in debt. All I can say is, I know I will be glad I have zero debt when I graduate (My mortgage is enough debt)

By doing it this way I come out WAY ahead of anyone graduating from one of those sucker schools. I can put all of my RN pay towards the principal on my mortgage, which of course will save me a TON of money, So it's a win win.

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studentgolfer,

Once again you didnt state where you came from (State) in the New York,New Jersey area, your Pre-requisite class (you know ,Psy,Bio's,Math,English,Micro. etc.) run anywhere from 1,000- 1,700 depending if you have a lab. Our actual nursing class with clinical and other fee's is around 5,700. You must either work for a hospital who is paying your tuition,your parents are,you have money or get student finacial aide..

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.
I am going the same route, I will be a DEBT FREE ADN-RN w/ my AA degree.

My views on why people pay exorbitant tuition -- they aren't good enough students to get into a cheaper program. Many of the programs around here that are private (Some of them seriously cost $60k/ year) most cost around $30K/yr. These programs will let you walk in off the street with nothing but the money in your pocket -- this is why I feel people are attracted to them.

Instead of just putting in an extra year or two of work at a CC then graduating with little to no debt they take EASY street and graduate with $125k in debt. All I can say is, I know I will be glad I have zero debt when I graduate (My mortgage is enough debt)

By doing it this way I come out WAY ahead of anyone graduating from one of those sucker schools. I can put all of my RN pay towards the principal on my mortgage, which of course will save me a TON of money, So it's a win win.

Wow, thats quite the statement which I hope I am taking wrong. Where I live the university's are just as hard if not harder to get into then the community colleges. You have more pre-req's, entrance exam, and essays to write all for a 20-30% chance to get accepted into their competitive entry programs/schools.

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Specializes in Tele.

I'm paying 10,000 a semester but that's because it's the closest and only available school to me..it's not like I want to pay that much. Penn State is close but I just moved back to the state so I would have to py out of state tuition.. which would have been more...

On another not, I only had to pay for about half...Mount Aloysius gave me a good many grants luckily. The books..that was painful...

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Wow, thats quite the statement which I hope I am taking wrong. Where I live the university's are just as hard if not harder to get into then the community colleges. You have more pre-req's, entrance exam, and essays to write all for a 20-30% chance to get accepted into their competitive entry programs/schools.

I thought maybe he/she was referring to the career colleges like ITT and Phoenix?

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My friend is paying 60k at a private college for her ADN. she looked me dead in the eye and told me she would be able to pay it off once she start working as a nurse. Her husband went to a shark school for computer tech and has a 75k loan that he is currently, paying off. So she has 60k and her husband has 75k and she doesn't see anything wrong with that. She is convince that her nursing salary will be enough to take care of her debt. Chances are she will have to return to school to get a BSN to remain competitive. So that's another X amount that will be tagged on to that 60k.

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The first year after completing my pre-req I applied to every CC college in my local area and was rejected by all of them. My G.P.A. was 3.5 so I wasn't quite competitive. I tried the following year and was accepted by two of the 3 CCs I applied to (both of these schools change their policy and admit students based on test scores and not GPA). A former classmate with a 3.8 GPA, and I tested for both schools. I did really well on both tests, she didn't and is now attending a private/profit college paying 60k for her ADN.

A relative of mine who works at a private college, told me that every since the local CCs have insinuated admission based on testing they are getting more application and might have to start a waiting list. Granted some people choose these school's because they are more flexible with their schedule. My former classmates does her clinical on Saturday's and she has the option of taking her courses morning or evening.

The real issue I have with my former class mate school is that they have to take an exit test at the end of every course in order to continue in the program. According, to her everyone in her class failed the exit test for fundamentals. The school can not get rid of the exit exam, so they told the students that the higher up's have schedule a meeting and will mostly likely lower the passing score range. This is the first year that this school insinuated this exit exam. Rather, then lose these student money the school is lowering it's requirement. When I ask my classmate what her test scores were like for in class exam----she stated she never scored lower than a 95 and the lower 80’s are the average for the class. After I stop laughing, I ask her what book does her school use for fundamentals and to my surprise her school uses the same book my CC use. Our class started with 150 students, we are entering our 3rd semester with 70 students left. My highest score in fundamentals was an 88, so if her class average test scores are in the 80’s why are they having a hard time passing the exit exam. I'm not saying all private schools operate this way, I just talking about this one.

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The first year after completing my pre-req I applied to every CC college in my local area and was rejected by all of them. My G.P.A. was 3.5 so I wasn't quite competitive. I tried the following year and was accepted by two of the 3 CCs I applied to (both of these schools change their policy and admit students based on test scores and not GPA). A former classmate with a 3.8 GPA, and I tested for both schools. I did really well on both tests, she didn't and is now attending a private/profit college paying 60k for her ADN.

A relative of mine who works at a private college, told me that every since the local CCs have insinuated admission based on testing they are getting more application and might have to start a waiting list. Granted some people choose these school's because they are more flexible with their schedule. My former classmates does her clinical on Saturday's and she has the option of taking her courses morning or evening.

The real issue I have with my former class mate school is that they have to take an exit test at the end of every course in order to continue in the program. According, to her everyone in her class failed the exit test for fundamentals. The school can not get rid of the exit exam, so they told the students that the higher up's have schedule a meeting and will mostly likely lower the passing score range. This is the first year that this school insinuated this exit exam. Rather, then lose these student money the school is lowering it's requirement. When I ask my classmate what her test scores were like for in class exam----she stated she never scored lower than a 95 and the lower 80's are the average for the class. After I stop laughing, I ask her what book does her school use for fundamentals and to my surprise her school uses the same book my CC use. Our class started with 150 students, we are entering our 3rd semester with 70 students left. My highest score in fundamentals was an 88, so if her class average test scores are in the 80's why are they having a hard time passing the exit exam. I'm not saying all private schools operate this way, I just talking about this one.

in-sin-u-ate Verb/inˈsinyo͞oˌāt/

1. Suggest or hint (something negative) in an indirect and unpleasant way.

2. Maneuver oneself into (a position of favor or office) by subtle manipulation.

When you use the word "insinuated" do you mean "instituted" as in "This is the first year the school has instituted the exit exam"?

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I thought maybe he/she was referring to the career colleges like ITT and Phoenix?

I hope so :eek:

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.
I hope so :eek:

Me too :uhoh3:

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