Nursing Grants and Scholarships for a Rewarding Career
While nursing school can be expensive and lead to loans, recent nursing school graduates can look forward to a rewarding and profitable career as a travel nurse.
As a recent nursing school graduate, your main goal is to have a rewarding nursing career as a registered nurse. However, nursing school can be expensive and lead to loans. Luckily, graduate nurses have the opportunity to get great pay, full benefits and nearly unlimited job prospects across the nation, all while helping others in their time of need. This rewarding career is called travel nursing.
A question that many potential nursing students asked themselves is, “how will I pay for nursing school and still have money for living expenses?” When it comes to a travel nursing career, your living expenses will be covered. As far as your education, fortunately, there are multiple ways to finance higher learning in the United States. The U.S. Department of Education invests $150 billion in student loans, grants and scholarships to more than 15 million students annually in the form of:
Student loans – the higher wages that RNs earn in travel nursing can be used to pay off student debt at a much faster rate upon graduation and that’s in addition to the wide range of clinical experience gained!
Nursing school scholarships – Scholarships are available from a wide variety of sources from colleges and universities to local community organizations.
Nursing school grants are issued based on a student’s financial need and can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars per semester.
Federal nursing education grants are issued by the US Department of Education. A non-governmental source for nursing grants and scholarships is “The Campaign for Nursing’s Future” sponsored by Johnson &
Johnson and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. State grants for nursing school may also be available and can easily be found on your state’s official website.
Other federal government student aid for nursing may be accessed under specific conditions such as:
- Military service men and women and their family members.
- AmeriCorps volunteers
- John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program helps current and former foster care youth through the Educational and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program.
- The IHS Loan Repayment Program (LRP) repays IHS clinician’s eligible student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment to practice in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
- Research grants from the National institutes of Health.
- National Health Service Corps (NHSC) offers financial and other support to primary care providers and sites in underserved communities.
- Federal Work-Study Aid — provides part-time jobs for students with financial need to help pay education expenses.
As you can see, there are multitudes of financing options that will help you cover the cost of attending nursing school. Nursing grants and scholarships are by far the most attractive option because they do not have to be repaid, but competition is intense. Obtaining them is do-able with a well-defined strategy. You’ll increase your odds of success by casting a wide net and applying to a variety of funding sources.
The U.S. Department of Education’s FAFSA4caster estimates the amount of student aid you might receive for nursing school. For more information on nursing scholarships and grants, visit the Student Aid website. Applicants can file for federal student aid with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®).
A Rewarding Career after Nursing School
Graduate nurses, with a minimum of 1 -2 years of acute care hospital experience, are able to apply for high pay travel nurse jobs and work at some of the country's top facilities. You can choose jobs close to home or anywhere across the nation. The and benefits package can be lucrative and exciting way to explore a variety of clinical settings..
Contact us now to learn how you can travel the country and earn above average wages with travel nurse jobs.
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Last Modified On: Sep 17, 2020
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