| Nursing education is a very vast field. There | | | | for the undergraduates |
| are different types of nursing education | | | | |
| programs starting from the basic nursing | | | | 2. There are also loan programs like Federal |
| education, nursing and midwives program to | | | | Perkins Loans, Federal Family of Education |
| advanced nursing education programs. The | | | | Loans and William Ford Federal Direct loan. |
| nursing education has become very much | | | | These loan programs are made available to |
| popular in the recent past and there are many | | | | both the undergraduates and the graduates. |
| different nursing education sponsorships also | | | | |
| available. The nursing education has become | | | | 3. Federal Work-Study Program is a student |
| very much popular due to the shortage of | | | | employment program which is awarded to |
| quality nurses. | | | | undergraduate and graduate students. |
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| The students who are keen on pursuing the | | | | The student scholarships and the student |
| nursing education should find a way to pay | | | | grant are considered to be gifts to the right |
| for that education and that is an essential | | | | candidate and do not have to be repaid. |
| part of planning. The reason is that the | | | | However, the student loans are borrowed money |
| nursing education is a four year course and | | | | that has to be repaid with interest after |
| the expense would include the tuition fees, | | | | graduation. The students are paid for the |
| books, lodging and boarding, transportation | | | | work they do in the student employment |
| and miscellaneous expenses. The nursing | | | | programs. For the graduate students, the |
| education at the undergraduate level or the | | | | student employment includes fellowships, |
| post graduate level is very much expensive | | | | reduced or free tuition and paid stipend for |
| ranging from $25000 to $30000. Therefore, it | | | | living expenses. |
| would not be a bad idea to go for the nursing | | | | |
| education sponsorship in the form of | | | | Eligibility for Financial Sponsorship Of |
| financial aid. The financial aid is made | | | | Nursing Education |
| available to the students by the government | | | | |
| and other sources to help the students | | | | The students who plan to undergo the nursing |
| financially. Most of the financial aid is | | | | education and need to be sponsored have to |
| given to students who are not well off. | | | | fill out an application for the student aid. |
| Financial aid is also provided on the basis | | | | This application is free of cost and the |
| of merit and also to the students who display | | | | student is required to fill in the family |
| talents and show extraordinary promise. | | | | income, assets and the other required |
| | | | details. This is the part of the process |
| Types of Nursing Education Sponsorship | | | | called need analysis to determine student |
| | | | awards. This is to know what is the |
| Basically there are three types of | | | | contribution of the family towards the |
| sponsorship or aid for any level of nursing | | | | education expenses. This is mostly |
| education. Many of the sponsorship programs | | | | applicable for the undergraduates who are |
| are made available to the students on the | | | | dependent ton their parents. |
| need-basis. The government too has some | | | | |
| sponsorship programs. The government | | | | However, for the graduates, they are |
| financial sponsorship programs include the | | | | considered to be independent and only their |
| following: | | | | income and assets are taken into account. If |
| | | | they are married the assets of the spouse are |
| 1. Federal Pell Grants and Federal | | | | also considered. |
| Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants | | | | |