The Trump administration's definition of a "professional degree" may not include nursing. Here's what the term means and who could be impacted.

The department's proposal may impact how much money student loan borrowers can receive depending on the graduate degree they ...

I don’t know why we would take this away,” said the president of one of several organizations to speak out about the change ...

Nurses warn proposed loan changes would restrict access to graduate nursing education, risking faculty shortages and care gaps in underserved areas.

The proposed changes would lower federal loan limits for graduate nursing students and has sparked widespread backlash from ...

The U.S. Department of Education states that Nursing will no longer be classified as professional degree programs which will ...

Under the newly revamped definition of “professional degree” programs, nursing and other key healthcare jobs have been ...

The Trump administration has excluded nursing and several other fields from its list of “professional degrees” while applying ...

Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how ...

Registered nurses play a critical role in patient care, performing physical exams, administering medication and helping to coordinate a team of health professionals. But states across the U.S. have ...

Without the professional degree classification, nursing students no longer have access to federal loans for graduate programs ...

"To not be considered a profession is a real blow to all of us," said Serena Bumpus, CEO of the Texas Nurses Assoc., of ...