If you're in or are going to graduate school, did you pay out of pocket? Does your company reimburse you? Do you get stipends or grants? Also, are/were you in graduate school for a masters or PhD?

I'm in a Master's program right now, and I"m paying with student loans. At my old job they used to have tuition reimbursement and it was great, I took a couple of classes towards my masters and took advantage of it. But then alas the company closed and everyone was laid off, so I lost that priviledge :(. My job now doesn't offer anything like that so it kinda sucks. I'm not really feeling the pinch of the $1,300 per class price yet because I'm paying with student loans, but you bet in a year or two when I finish the program I'll start feeling those payments towards that $35,000 loan, LOL.

When it comes time to go through graduate school to become a nurse practitioner, the hospital I work at will pay for it. That's the great thing with the hospitals, once you are employed, they pay for your higher education. That will save me a buttload of money since if I get my BSN and then go for my Masters, that's easily over $100,000 +

When it comes time to go through graduate school to become a nurse practitioner, the hospital I work at will pay for it. That's the great thing with the hospitals, once you are employed, they pay for your higher education. That will save me a buttload of money since if I get my BSN and then go for my Masters, that's easily over $100,000 +

My hospital won't. :sadeyes Or rather, they'll pay back part of what you take for your classes, but you have to sell your soul to them in the process. Like you contract with them for like 5-10 years or something like that.

My hospital won't. :sadeyes Or rather, they'll pay back part of what you take for your classes, but you have to sell your soul to them in the process. Like you contract with them for like 5-10 years or something like that.

That stinks!!!! :( I've had a lot of class mates that are employed at Kaiser Permanente that aren't nurses and were able to get 100% of their tuition reimbursed as long as it was in the health care field. I also know nurses at Kaiser that get it paid 100% as well. But like you mentioned, there are a few hospitals out here that require you to sign a long contract with them to have them pay for your college.

That stinks!!!! :( I've had a lot of class mates that are employed at Kaiser Permanente that aren't nurses and were able to get 100% of their tuition reimbursed as long as it was in the health care field. I also know nurses at Kaiser that get it paid 100% as well. But like you mentioned, there are a few hospitals out here that require you to sign a long contract with them to have them pay for your college.

I think that for a lot of nurses having a contract or agreement to stay at this hospital for a long period of time would actually be welcome though because its pretty prestigious. But for someone like me who was looking into clinical research, it would be more financially beneficial to leave and work for a company.

When it comes time to go through graduate school to become a nurse practitioner, the hospital I work at will pay for it. That's the great thing with the hospitals, once you are employed, they pay for your higher education. That will save me a buttload of money since if I get my BSN and then go for my Masters, that's easily over $100,000 +

Really? My best friend is currently an RN at Sharp here in San Diego (she's been for about 3 years now), and is working towards her Bachelor's. But the hospital won't pay for her schoolling. They have tuition reimbursement up to a certain amount per class, but they won't pay for the whole thing, just a small percentage.

I went to grad school for elementary education and I paid it all out of pocket :(

I'm planning on going in January. I don't qualify for much aid and ZI haven't decided if I want to take out more school loans. I'm currently payin back for my BA. I could have my job pay, but you have to commit to staying with the company for three years after completing. I'm not sure I want to make that commitment. Part of the reason I'm going back is to get a better job.

I paid for my bachelor's through loans and scholarships, which carried over to about 20% of my master's program. I am a music teacher and getting my masters in music education. Since I teach during the school year, I have been attending a summer's only masters program for the last few years. I've paid for every summer out of my pocket. I have had to save up all year to be able to do it. My school district won't pay a dime of it. I fact, my state requires us to also do this professional certification program within our first 5 years teaching (another couple grand out of my pocket) just to get a continuing teaching certificate. The masters is separate from that and it is the only way to get anywhere on the state pay scale.