<p>I have been attending a community college in Western Pennsylvania for about 1 year and 1/2 now. I have almost all the prerequisites required to get into the nursing program for the fall, but now I'm having a change of heart and I have the desire to attend school out of state. I am thinking New Jersey because it's not too far from home but there's also a lot of racial diversity, which my college lacks. I have a 4.0 as of right now, and I would like to know what schools in New Jersey have pretty good nursing programs. I'm trying to attend a 4 year institution. I will most likely be staying in a dorm, and my parents will most likely not help financially because they won't agree to me moving out of the state, and home. Please feel free to suggest colleges. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Rutgers but if you can’t afford an OOS school you should probably stay in-state</p>
<p>I’m sure schools like Penn State, Pitt, and Temple have plenty of diversity</p>
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You can’t afford to go OOS. Colleges will expect your parents to contribute. The max you can borrow on your own is $7500.</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad is right. Unless you can get funding somewhere, you need to stay local. You can send in your applications and see if any OOS school give you any financial and or scholarships, but transfers and OOS students are usually last to get anything. Also most OOS schools provide for their own first. Even if your parents won’t pay for your education, living with them and commuting is a huge savings and contribution. That and the in state rates with Stafford loans, Pell if eligibile, any state monies, and in college awards just might get you by.</p>
<p>How far are you from Pittsburgh? From Ohio or West Virginia? (I know the area.)</p>
<p>I live in Pittsburgh, but I feel that if I stay in Pittsburgh I’ll be trapped here and this is not the city for me. I’ve been living here for 10 years, and it’s definately time for something new.</p>
<p>You may want something new, but you shouldn’t go somewhere new if means going into unnecessary debt, even if it is feasible (which it doesn’t appear as though it is) for you to do so.</p>
<p>TCNJ would be on the cheaper end of oos publics also look at schools like richard stockton, rowan, farleigh dickinson, and other smaller publics in nj.</p>
<p>Stick it out for two years at a sch. you can afford. If you get a nursing degree, you can apply for jobs all over the country when you graduate.</p>