I am currently attending the Universit of Phoenix. I will be graduating in June with my Associates degree in Healthcare Administration. I have already enrolled to start in July on my Bachelors degree specializing in Long Term Care Heathcare Administration. However, I am also currently working as a home health care aide and I would like to also get a degree and become a Registered Nurse. Is it possible to do the online classes and also do a traditional school for the nursing? How would the financial aide work on a situation like this if is possible?
why would you want to waste your money on UoP?
I enjoy taking classes with UoP. The instructors help out a lot and they even call to check on how you are doing. This is great. Every college costs a lot. However, by attending UoP I am able to do my school work, have a full time job, and still be able to spend time with my family all of those are important to me. Having a small child going to a traditional college was out of the question when I am also working. If I would do that I would never be home to be with my kid. My family means too much to me to attend somewhere that will cost me more time away from them.
Not every college costs a lot. Community colleges are relatively inexpensive and their credit usually transfers without much problem to other traditional colleges. I just don’t see how an online-only program can train you for some of these careers.
Here is something University of Phoenix would rather you not know:
- You can take a ton (if not all your courses) online through a traditional school without the possible stigma currently associated with All-Online institutions.
- You can finish your degree at a serious discount compared to UoP way overpriced tuition. (Expect to spend about $13,000 for two semesters a year at Phoenix. At my local community college its about $1600, with full time classes including summer!)
- University of Phoenix has had multiple investigations by the US Department of Education and the US Government for scamming financial aid from the government, high pressure sales tactics to get/keep students.
- Despite appearances of caring, this school is well known, over-priced scam. Their aim is to take you for every dollar they can for a degree that is relatively worthless.
Don’t take what I say in the wrong way, I just want you to have the knowledge that you can get a much cheaper online education through your local community college whom are paid by the government and have no incentive to sweet talk/scam you. Plus a community college is much more respected, highly recommend you transfer asap.
Save some money for your child! 
Wow, you people are terrible. You know, I check out these forums for time to time. And I usually never say a word. But this person is asking a simple question about financial aid. You have NO business cutting down where they are studying or their reasons for doing so.
If you do not have an answer to the OP’s original question, they stay the heck out of it. If you don’t have something nice to say, keep your mouth shut.
Rude.
You call us rude, yet we are trying to help OP save a ton of money and from getting ripped off by a well-known garbage school.
There is a difference between “cutting down a school” and mentioning that one can get the same education at 900% less cost with a more publicly accepted degree. Read my post again if you think otherwise.
Stick to lurking.
There are dual degree programs out there for a thing or two.
However. You would have to think long and hard as to where you could go to pull off both things at once, because you would (from what I can infer) like to have a fin aid package for both.
As near as I can gather you could maybe look at earning your LVN through a Community College or a state run tech school in your area first. Then, you could do your BS in Long Term Care Healthcare Administration. There are clinicals and proper state tests one must pass to earn a RN, LVN, or what have you and all of that would totally eat up your time a very great deal.
Realistically speaking, you need to do one before the other.
daysmommy -
There are limits to the kinds of federal financial aid you can get for a second bachelor’s degree. If you decide to pursue a BSN after completing your bachelor’s with U of Phoenix, that BSN will be almost entirely on your own dime. It might make more sense for you to complete an LPN program at your closest community college, then get a job with a healthcare facility that offers tuition reimbursement for further studies. I don’t know of any on-line nursing programs. It would be difficult to arrange for the laboratory classes and practical experiences.
Wishing you all the best.