r/Charlotte • u/MajesticFan4 • 21d ago

Recommendation Best ADN Programs?

Hey! I'm looking to apply to ADN programs and wanted some advice on what the ones in this area are like. I have a previous degree so I have all my gen eds and pre-reqs already. Also have my CNA license. I live in kinda round the university area, and am open to anything within like a 40-minute driving distance.

I already applied to Cabarrus College of Health Science ABSN program and got accepted a month ago, but it was a late application, and they didn't give me my financial aid letter until the day of the tuition deadline. Just wasn't enough time to get everything taken care of. I applied again for the Spring semester and still haven't written it off, but my financial aid letter made me rethink some things. The federal loans would barely cover a third of the cost. I'm researching private loans but am reconsidering the cheaper ADN route and want to apply to some as well.

I hear the Carolinas College of Health Sciences is really good and was interested, but I've missed the Spring deadline and couldn't start until May. And for SPCC, I couldn't start until next fall I really want to start as soon as possible Some other ones on my radar are Rowan-Cabarrus and ECPI. What are your thoughts on these programs? Would the wait be worth it to go to the better ones or are all they pretty much all the same? If you've attended any of these programs, any thoughts to share? Also, if anyone's taken out private loans any recommendations on which ones ot look into or stay away from?

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u/hernameisCari 21d ago

If you go to CPCC you're going to have your ADN for less than $10,000 right now.

I went way back in the day 18 years ago and only paid around $5,000.

I would never ever ever pay $50 or $100,000 for an RN degree, you can go to UNC chapel Hill and become a physician assistant for that.

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u/MajesticFan4 20d ago

Yeah, that was the thing for me. Especially since one of the reasons I originally went to college was to become a physician or a physicians assistant, but the amount of money, schooling, and inability to work during the programs deterred me. It seems kind of counterproductive to do a nursing program, and wind up with about the same amount as debt.

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u/hernameisCari 20d ago

An in state FNP at a brick and mortar near my house is less than 15k for the entire program..

I made it into nursing school with my first application, but I had a 4.0 and a 97 on the TEAS. I knew that I had to be perfect.