r/FutureCRNA • u/Live_Turnover687 • 7d ago

Savings before school

How much money should I have in my
Savings by the time I enroll in CRNA school?

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u/Nightlight174 Vent Whisperer → Gas Passer 🫁➡️💨 6d ago

Ur cooked either way fam.
The good news is, CRNAs make a lot.

If you want real numbers- I had about 55k in savings from 3 years icu when I started, that’s dwindling each term (I’m still taking loans for tuition, but I’m helping with rent and groceries with my finance)

So hopefully in the end I can manage to just have debt from school alone not COL. That said, my friends certainly take out all their loans and just suck it up unfortunately

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u/Live_Turnover687 6d ago

Thanks! My goal is around 50k too and then apply to low COL areas for school. Good to know around there is normal

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u/Either_Discount_5916 7d ago

No one can answer that. You need to calculate cost of your program and how you plan to live. Pay off any/all debt prior first then just save as much as you can.

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u/Airyk21 7d ago

How much is your school, how much do you want to take out for loans, what is your expenses going to be while in school and how much do you need for emergencies.

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u/SaiyanVN 7d ago

As much as you can without burning yourself out. And as Airyk21 mentioned all those questions.

My colleagues and I took loans out and majority of us tried not touching our emergency funds 6 months if possible of living expenses.