Nursing No Longer Classified as a Professional Degree: What’s at Stake . . . A recent change in federal education policy has raised concerns across the healthcare and academic communities The U S Department of Education has removed nursing from its list of recognized “professional degree” programs, a move that may have significant implications for students, schools, and the future of the nursing workforce While this change doesn’t affect the licensure or legal
Full List Of Degrees No Longer Considered ‘Professional . . . - Times Now The Trump administration’s implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill redefines which programs qualify as “professional,” resulting in several major fields, such as nursing, architecture, accounting, and education, losing that status and risking reduced student loan access
Nursing Excluded as Professional Degree By Department of Education Graduate nursing students will lose access to higher federal loan limits previously available to professional degree programs Nursing students will be excluded from certain loan forgiveness programs reserved for professional degrees These changes create significant financial obstacles for students pursuing advanced nursing education
Nursing no longer considered a professional degree by Trump . . . The Trump administration is no longer considering nursing as a professional degree That means getting financial help to complete advanced degrees in nursing could become more difficult at a time when Wisconsin is facing a shortage
Fact Check: Is nursing a profession - factually. co Nursing is widely treated as a profession by major international and national organizations and by occupational authorities: the World Health Organization calls nurses “the largest occupational group” and frames nursing as an essential workforce for universal health coverage [1]; encyclopedias and labor outlets describe nursing as a