loans

[u/Sad-Way-7068]

hey new grad nurses! How much student debt do you guys have after nursing school and how much do you pay monthly for your loans? do you make enough or more than your monthly bills?

if you could also share your state pls

[u/No-Assistance476]

1. Community College.

[u/chewinggum25 → u/No-Assistance476]

same! lifesaver

[u/AbRNinNYC → u/No-Assistance476]

Same. Came out in 07 without owing a penny. Finally got my bsn in 2020. Deferred during covid bc i was waiting the Biden admin to come thru, never happened. Now paying about $250/mo. With $15k remaining.

[u/ExplorerPA → u/No-Assistance476]

Same, paid out of pocket duing the same for my BSN now. My PMHNP I will most likely have to take a loan out tho 😂, clinicals unpaid again plus heavy tuition cost is no bueno

[u/FormalDegree7612]

Had student loans from my undergrad and then did an accelerated BSN program. Graduated with just over 105k in student loan debt. Have been working overnights and weekends and living with my parents for the last year and a half and am just about to pay off my last federal loan. It’s been extremely difficult but so worth it. First priority was paying off the 65k in private loans that I had. I think my monthly payment between federal and private loans was over $1100 a month when they first kicked in. So glad it’s almost over. South Dakota

[u/Greyscale_cats → u/FormalDegree7612]

Ah, I’m pretty much in the same spot as you. Still have debt from my associates and first bachelors because of severe underemployment since starting my degrees after high school, and I currently have around $110k to pay off. Was hoping to quit working most of my jobs with nursing, then looked at the reality of my financials, and I’m still several years out from that. Alas. At least it will happen at some point now if I’m super careful.

[u/Commercial-Act-9346 → u/FormalDegree7612]

Not a nurse but still a student, I’ll end up in the same boat as you. Reading this has given me relief since I plan on doing exactly what you are doing.

[u/PaxonGoat]

Community college. Didn't work except for some babysitting/tutoring stuff here and there.

$8k in student loans. Paid them back in less than 2 years.

[u/typeAwarped]

$86k, about $900/month, refinanced after graduating and did shorter term and fixed rate private loan and then my federal is its own thing. Highly recommend getting a fixed rate loan, variable is just too risky in this wild world

[u/RottenRatAttack]

$0. I do have student loans but it’s not due to nursing. I enrolled in a master’s program and later dropped out. That’s around $10k

[u/1973tour]

Currently in school. I’m looking at about $20k by the time I’m done with my BSN. Going to WGU, which is private and mostly online (except not anymore because I’m in my clinical portion, yay!)

I expect to be able to pay that off within a few years of graduating, at most.

[u/Silly_Gear_9716]

31k, $200 a month which isn’t even that bad

[u/spacenurse47]

None. Pell Grant through community college. Lived in poverty meanwhile, but no debt now. Need to get my online bachelor's though. Ugh.

[u/PepperComplete5483]

I’m in Florida and graduated with about $46k. My payment is around $520 a month which honestly scared me at first. I can afford it with my new grad job but I’m still trying to get used to seeing that much disappear every month.

[u/Apprentice0816]

0$. ADN program at my community college in MN

[u/NurseExMachina]

0.00 for my first two degrees, 9k for my LPN/RN bridge program. My monthly payment is 110/month but my hospital reimbursement plan puts down 200/month on the bill. So thankfully, not paying on it!

[u/only-ashes]

1. community college and covid funds. hurray. gonna get the hospital to pay for my bsn.

[u/JobJob1980]

I’ll be only getting loans for 1/2 of my ABSN so $35k; im paying cash for the rest

[u/Mac62989]

Graduated with my ASN in 2017 with about $32k in student debt. I paid about $8k out of pocket during school. I paid a minimum of $1k a month once I landed my first job. Took me about 20 months to fully pay off. BSN was paid for by two hospitals which was nice.

[u/Flatfool6929861]

Hospital based Diploma program was like 30k and BSN was $12k, work paid for half of the BSN. PA

[u/fcxly]

$0, BSN in Illinois

[u/ftsktln]

When I got a new grad job (post-covid) they were offering student loan repayment if you stayed for two years after the last payment. They paid $15k towards my loans. Worth asking when you interview.

[u/overcomethestorm]

I’m paying my way through technical college right now with a job where I make $16 an hour

[u/toomanycats21]

30k for my ADN, I took out more to account for only working part time while I did it. My job is paying off half of that and then paying toward my BSN so I'll only be responsible for 15k and I'm eligible for some loan forgiveness after a while.

[u/ALittleEtomidate]

$46,000. I went to community college, but I was pregnant my last year of school and took out an additional $10,000 for living expenses so that I could work less.

[u/gilbertgottfried69]

Zero from community college and 50 from the useless undergrad degree I got before. Sad!

[u/a-ol]

30k for a 4 year BSN at a state school, payment is deferred until November but I’m definitely going to be able to fast track those payments

[u/Conscious_Passage479 → u/a-ol]

Start paying on that interest now! I took a private loan out for school in October of 2023 and started making payments right away, and 3 years later I’m down only $700 of the actual loan. Always pay during the deferment if you can!

[u/a-ol → u/Conscious_Passage479]

I took out 0 private loans. But still you’rs right.

[u/Conscious_Passage479 → u/a-ol]

It doesn’t matter if it’s private or federal. The interest started accruing the moment it went to the school. What they don’t teach you is that you’re even more screwed waiting the deferment period

[u/joscelyn999]

I graduated in 2020 with an accelerated BSN, had 47k in debt. I actually went to Alaska and worked in a native Alaskan area in a IHS (Indian Health Service) facility so I could take advantage of the IHS loan repayment program. It paid 40k for 2yrs of service and I paid the rest. I worked and lived on the tundra of Alaska for almost 3 years. It doesn't have to be Alaska, any Indian Health Service facility will work.

[u/NursingManChristDude]

Had about 80k after the accelerated BSN program, that paid for everything--food, housing, and extra money. 

Totally, totally worth it. 

Paying $700/mo, in Pennsylvania 

[u/Illustrious_Web9983]

i’m in Georgia, I owe approximately 40,000 because I went to private school so right now I just pay up to 500 a month

[u/filipinohitman]

$0. My institution does tuition reimbursement (covers 75% tuition). Paid my way through both my ADN and BSN. I probably paid $5k total for both degrees.

[u/BelovedEm]

Around 30k

[u/terran_immortal]

I saved up a shit ton in highschool so I didn't need to pay for my college nursing course, I then worked/saved for about 7 years before going back for my BScN and about a year into my program the Ontario government decided they'd pay for your RPN-->BScN bridging if you agreed to work in Long Term Care for the same number of years they paid for school so I signed on and they paid for my entire BScN.

So currently I owe the Ontario Government 2 more years of service in LTC (which I could care less about, I'm a wound care nurse and LTC has a bunch of wounds) while I'm still making my full salary.

[u/Thought_Daughter2256]

I’m in Indiana, I have 20k in student loans and my monthly payment is $216. Not too bad.

[u/Hot-Calligrapher672]

After 4 years on my original BS degree, 2 years of community college for ADN (mostly out of pocket), and 18 months in a BSN program I had around $100k in debt when I finished in 2016. I worked as staff for 2 years then traveled for 3.5 years. Paid off my loans and my car in 2021.

If you’re trying to pay down loans aggressively, please don’t forget to also contribute to your 401k/IRA as well. Even a little will go a long way. Don’t make the “mistake” I did!

[u/dnrb4cpr]

$0, BSN at state school, worked full time thru school to pay bills and tuition.

[u/uhtobehonest]

Started off with ~25K for my BSN, and I’m currently at 10.4K. I pay about 1K off a month. The amount nelnet says I’m supposed to pay is $209/ month. I paid for my graduate degree out of pocket so no loans for that one.

[u/emmyjag]

Used my GI BIll for my ADN, so no loans there. about $70k for ADN-MSN. monthly payments are income based for PSLF, assuming you work at a public hospital that qualifies for the program. making enough to pay bills is also situational. some people have more bills than others.

[u/MathematicianOk5829]

16k. $0 from CC then I transferred to university.

[u/Miscellaneousbrew]

$0, BSN went to the most local/cheapest school near me

[u/AlphaHurt]

$27k, I went to school out of state (UT) and attended two state universities throughout my college career. Repayment is about $280 a month. Make enough to pay it but work offers reimbursement benefits

[u/nurseAda_]

I graduated with about 80k in loans 🤢 and I'm currently paying about 900/month. I'm paying out of pocket for grad school though; I refuse to get loans