and there was I thinking studying and gaining a nursing degree was professional

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Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree. See how it affects student loans

already understaffed and overworked, this makes it even harder for potential nurses to become trained and qualified. disgusting.

According to the Association of American Universities, Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," which was signed in July of this year, imposes a lifetime cap of $100,000 in borrowing for graduate students and $200,000 for professional students.

Under the new rules, graduate students can borrow up to $20,500 a year, and professional students can borrow up to $50,000 a year. Starting July 1, 2026, the law will also end Grad PLUS loans — the program many students have relied on to cover education costs not covered by other financial aid.

In a statement from the American Nurses Association, Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, president of the American Nurses Association, lamented the affect this bill will have on the healthcare institution.

Nursing was not explicitly included in the federal government's regulatory definition of a “professional degree" established in 1965. The regulation lists several fields, such as law, medicine and veterinary medicine, and notes that the definition is “not limited to” the examples provided. That phrasing has left it unclear whether nursing was ever meant to fall under the category.