Healthcare DIVE December 15, 2025
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing back against new reforms from the Trump administration that would lower borrowing caps for advanced nursing degrees.
Dive Brief:
- A bipartisan group of lawmakers are advocating for the Education Department to classify post-baccalureate nursing degrees as “professional degrees” after a proposed student aid rule would limit the amount of loans advanced nursing students could borrow.
- Under a proposed framework, advanced nursing programs would be classified as “graduate degrees” rather than “professional degrees,” which would cap student loans for new nursing borrowers at $100,000 total, rather than $200,000 offered for professional programs.
- In a letter sent to Education Under Secretary Nicholas Kent on Friday, lawmakers said the framework could exacerbate an existing worker...
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