Other than federal aid, what other financial aid is available to nursing students?
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Locate your local One-Stop Career Center. Use the link. Contact them and ask about job training programs (Workforce Investment Act, Wagner Peyser).If your hell bent to avoid federal programs, contact your local nursing school or college ,they may have other programs as well.
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Go To www.fasfa.com   \n\nalso try your financial aid office at the college you want to attend. There are so many scholarships out there and other types of assistance, sometimes you can work at the school and receive assistance so you don't have to pay it back.
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Many online colleges administer federal aid, so you could at least be eligible for the Federal Stafford Loan and the Federal Pell Grant if you show a lot of need.  Some schools (if they're been around for a while) will also offer Federal Perkins Loans and Federal SEO Grants.  \n\nPlease, though, if you want to apply for these types of aid, don't go to fafsa.com -- it's a huge scam.  You should only ever file the FAFSA by going to the Dept. of Ed's website, here: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov . If you need assistance or have questions, there is free help available in a lot places: check out FinAid (http://www.finaid.org ) or contact your school, former high school, or library.\n\nThere are numerous scholarships available from a wide variety of sources.  Try any or all of these scholarship search engines:\n\nhttp://www.fastweb.com\nhttp://www.srnexpress.com\nhttp://www.scholarships.com\nhttp://www.scholarships101.com\nhttp://www.finaid.org/scholarships\nhttp://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\nhttp://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\nhttp://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp
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Only if you go into teaching or nursing, there are programs for loan forgiveness. I have included the sources for loan forgiveness.
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fill out the fasfa.  The school can tell you about the aid you can get and do a search for grants
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Private aid or institutional aid.  \n\nMany schools have their own pools of money that they allocate to their students.  These funds can come in the form of grants, scholarships, or low/no-interest loans.  Institutional money can be based on need, merit, or both -- but it's up to the school to decide who is eligible.  Many schools (but not ALL schools) will require their students to complete the FAFSA (or the CSS profile) in order to be eligible.  Schools that based their instituitional scholarship aid on merit alone may not require it, so if you are ineligible for Federal Aid, you might do well at a school that offers merit-based aid.\n\nThere are numerous private scholarships out there are well -- just do a little digging.  Try any of the following scholarship search engines for ideas:\n* http://www.fastweb.com/\n* http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\n* http://www.scholarships101.com/\n* http://www.srnexpress.com/\n* http://www.scholarships.com/\n* http://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\n* http://www.finaid.org/scholarships\n* http://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp\n\nFinally, there is a private loan out there for almost everyone -- public school, private school, good credit, bad credit, etc.!  Many lenders won't require their applicants to have filed the FAFSA.  Keep in mind that private loan interest rates and/or fees are almost always higher than Federal loan fees.  If you can borrow federal aid, go that route first.  For options, check out Finaid's large list of private educational loans, here: http://www.finaid.org/loans/privatestudentloans.phtml
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Go to the college and visit their financial aid office. They can give you information and applications for grants and loans.
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www.fastweb.net\n\nAnd, check with the financial aid office of your college.
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The best thing to do is to go on the website to the closest University/College near you that teaches nursing, their registrars website should have all the information necessary for you including education and fees and estimated income after graduation. The other place you could look is www.cno.org but this site is for Ontario, Canada. I'm sure America has its own nursing organizations too... ciao!
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http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/\nhttp://studentaid.ed.gov\nhttp://www.fafsa.org/
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if you're in the USA, check out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.  http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
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What kind of funding sources?  Federal? Private? Loan? Grant?\n\nFederal Loans & Grants:\nIf you don't have an allocation of Campus-Based Aid like Federal Perkins, Federal SEO Grant, and Federal Work-Study, apply for it using the FISAP (it's not a fun application and you may not get much, but every dime helps, right?) Apply here: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/IFAPWebApp/currentCBPMaterialsListPag.jsp?p1=FISAP+Form%2FInstructions&p2=c\n\nPrivate Loans:\nFor private loan options, FinAid.org has a great list of private loans that your students can select from: http://www.finaid.org/loans/privatestudentloans.phtml . And if you need loan brochures, contact your lender rep and you'll get more than you could ever imagine needing.  For our students, we weighed all our options and picked Sallie Mae's Signature Loan, Citibanks' CitiAssist, and the TERI loan through Citizens Bank.  Every school seems to pick different loans, though -- your choices have to reflect the lifestyle of your students.  Are they going to enter high-paying jobs?  Or are they likely to have difficulty keeping track of their payments.  I picked one loan (not listed above, since it's specific to Massachusetts schools) specifically because it offers a fixed-rate option that I thought would benefits our students who won't take the time to monitor their every-changing interest rates.  But it really depends on your and your students.  You should, however, keep your students' interests at heart, as tempting as it can sometimes be to focus on what you as a school might prefer (i.e. ease of processing).\n\nPrivate Scholarships/Grants:\nThere are so many of these that you can't possibly spend all your time tracking them down for your students.  You can give them a taste of what's out there by sending them here: http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/ (to click on all the links)\n\nThen tell them to look for their own private scholarships at their local libraries, churches, clubs/associations, and high schools, as well as online at any of these sites.\nhttp://www.fastweb.com\nhttp://www.srnexpress.com\nhttp://www.scholarships.com\nhttp://www.scholarships101.com\nhttp://www.finaid.org/scholarships\nhttp://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\nhttp://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\nhttp://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp\n----------------------\nFor advice of this ilk, I highly recommend joining up with a professional financial aid association.  Every state has their own and there are regional and national (NASFAA) associations.  These associations provide wonderful forums for sharing ideas, solving problems, establishing outreach programs, and networking. For a list of these associations, try: http://www.nasfaa.org/annualpubs/regstateweb.html
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The school that you plan to attend should have a list of available grants and applicatuon procedures.  If not, go to  http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/2005-2006/english/types-loans.htm  and you should get all the information that you want.\n\nGood luck!
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It all depends on what kind of nurse you want to be.  RNs have more schooling than LPNs and nursing assistants have even less that that.\nif you want to be an RN, then i suggest going to a four year school and going through their nursing program, then you will graduate with your bachelor's of science in nursing...that's a good thing!\n\nSince you mentioned financial aid, a 4 year school may not be in your game plan and that's o.k.! But, LOTS of poeple go to 4 year schools with financial aid...it's not an issue for some, but smaller schools and tech schools tend to be less expensive.  you can check out technological schools or community colleges in your area that have nursing programs. \n\nFinancial aid is a way a school can provide you with tuition assistance based on your income, or if you are supported by your parents, then it's based off of their income.\n\nalso, look into sholarships that may be available to you. if you're still in high school, then, your guidance office can help you with that!\n\nGOOD LUCK in the future!
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Well, I know someone extremely close to me that is going to college to become a nurse. Evidently, since you are smart enough to get on Yahoo answers, and ask a question, you can be a nurse. You are smart enough, apply for a pell grant so you don't have to pay for helping people. Don't worry, the doctor you work for will still have enough money to buy an available island of his choice.
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If you are going for an AA degree in nursing (The AA degree is the most basic degree where you can take the NCLEX and be a registered nurse), community colleges is your best bet. And yes, you can go to school "free" by applying for financial aid by getting money from the government. And if you qualify, you can apply for a BOG waiver and all your tuition fess will be waived, of course this is only available for US citizens and permanent residents. The best way to know more about your financing options is to see your financial aid advisor in your chosen community college. \n\nI think the nearest community college in Northridge is Los Angeles Pierce College.\n\nGood luck!
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Aside from FAFSA http://www.fafsa.ed.gov  and Pell Grant http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/2004_2005/english/types.htm , you may want to explore private foundation grants\n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online http://gtionline.fdncenter.org . It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) and their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices."