The Education Department will lower graduate loan caps to $100,000 in 2026, while “professional” programs are allowed higher ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of ...

Federal loan limits for graduate nursing students could be cut in half under proposed changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill, ...

The Trump administration will no longer consider nursing a professional degree, limiting the amount of federal loans students can borrow. New Mexico health and education officials worry the move could ...

Nursing programs may no longer be considered professional degrees, which would limit student loan borrowing limits. What does ...

The proposal has drawn pushback from the nursing community, which argues the reclassification could limit students’ financial access to advanced nursing degrees.

Pushback is mounting against new federal student-loan reforms passed under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with lawmakers warning the policy could further strain the nursing workforce. In a Dec. 12 ...

Nursing isn't considering a professional degree for the purposes of student loans. Will this impact the industry?

The Education Department's definition of professional degrees has been criticized for excluding some fields, with industry groups urging reconsideration.

The “professional” label would allow students to borrow larger amounts of federal loans to pursue graduate degrees in those ...

A new federal policy classifying advanced nursing degrees as ‘nonprofessional’ will likely hurt the profession and patient ...

Eights students will march down the aisle Friday set to receive their degrees in the University of North Carolina Pembroke's ...