Nurses React to Advanced Nursing Degrees No Longer Being Considered Professional Federally

Nurses react to advanced nursing degrees no longer being considered professional federally

As of last month, the U.S. Department of Education has decided to no longer designate nursing degrees as professional, which places a cap of $100,000 on federal student loans for graduate-level nursing degrees. This change, part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, aims to help reduce the costs of graduate programs and the national [...]

Lawmakers say advanced nursing should count as a ‘professional degree’

A group of lawmakers is pushing back on proposed regulatory language that would limit federal student loans for graduate nursing programs to $100,000.

Oswego County TodayGILLIBRAND, COLLEAGUES LEAD BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL EFFORT TO OPPOSE NEW LIMITS ON STUDENT LOANS FOR NURSES

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), along with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), joined a bipartisan group of over 140 lawmakers to sound the alarm over a proposed framework by the U.S. Department of Education to declassify nursing degrees as “professional” and undermine the entire future…