WASHINGTON — The Department of Education has excluded nursing from its definition of "professional degree" programs as it implements student loan changes under President Donald Trump's "One Big ...

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Five nursing and physician associate associations said they are “profoundly dismayed” and “deeply concerned” by the Education Department’s ruling to cap student loans and classify nursing and PA ...

In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Education made a list of graduate programs it considered “professional degrees.” Some nurses were outraged to see nursing programs weren’t on the list. The ...