While many see exclusion from the Department of Education's list of professional degrees as a loss of status and access, ...

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 ...

More than 100 members of Congress signed a letter submitted Dec. 12 to the Department of Education on concerns about the department’s proposal to omit post-baccalaureate nursing degrees from the ...

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

A new proposal from the Trump administration could increase financial barriers for graduate students pursuing degrees in ...

A plan released by the U.S. Department of Education would place caps on student aid borrowing for graduate programs based on whether the program is deemed professional.

A technical definition inside federal student loan rules has become the focus of a growing dispute in Washington. A ...

Here is what students and borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education’s new proposed definition of ...

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

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

Some nursing jobs require no advanced degree, and research shows nurses typically complete their degrees with loan amounts ...

US graduate student loan limits are changing in 2026. Discover the 11 professional degrees eligible for the new $200,000 federal borrowing limit.