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In reply to the discussion: A Sanders Voter, Weary of Debt at 29: 'I Have Nothing to Lose' [View all]exboyfil
(17,914 posts)In fact she paid for extra clinical hours to enhance her resume.
Tuition, fees, and books were about $42K for a 15 month program BSN (this was after needing to acquire about 66 hours of college credit in prerequisites). This was also three years ago. Note this number does not include room and board and transportation.
Fortunately my daughter had me, a first generation college student. I had the resources to pay for college classes while she was still in high school. I also knew how to determine the critical path for classes and carefully monitor the transfer rules. The high school did pay for some of the college classes (again a big part of that was through my guidance - they would have had her in the useless AP hamster wheel). I am guessing I spent about another $10K for her to acquire the 70 of so hours she had when she graduated from high school.
She lived at home and finished in 15 months after high school graduation. She has been working 2 1/2 years now (took two months to after graduation until she found a job).
A $100K especially if you go to a private college for the first two years is probably about right. My daughter had college friends who did a three year plus 15 month program that led to both a BS at a private church college and then the nursing degree. That approach probably cost considerably more than $100K.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden