The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would enable students in those programs to access higher federal ...

For millions of Americans, the outcome of the legal battle could shape both education costs and access to care.

A new Department of Education rule will exclude most nursing programs from the “professional degree” category.

Graduate students pursuing degrees in nursing, architecture face lower caps on the amount they can borrow from the federal government after the Trump administration refused to expand its list of ...

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a spending bill Tuesday that would force the Education Department to classify advanced nursing programs as professional degrees, a designation that would ...

Some fear new federal limits on student loans for graduate student nursing degrees could worsen shortages of nurse ...

How long does it take? Once in the nursing program, choose from three bachelor's degree options ranging from 12 to 16 months in length. Open to all active students who have a high-school diploma or ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Education has excluded nursing from its definition of "professional degree" programs as it implements student loan changes under President Donald Trump's "One Big ...

In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Education made a list of graduate programs it considered “professional degrees.” Some nurses were outraged to see nursing programs weren’t on the list. The ...

New York, Arizona, North Carolina, Kentucky and Nevada are among the states challenging a rule that limits federal student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and more.

Late yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee advanced its Labor, Health and Humans Services, and Education (LHHS-ED) Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 spending bill. The American Association of Colleges of ...