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Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a 'Professional Degree' by Trump Admin [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Published Nov 20, 2025 at 09:15 AM EST updated Nov 20, 2025 at 02:22 PM EST

The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." The move has sparked significant uproar among nurses and nursing groups, with the American Nurses Association saying, as reported by Nursing World, that "limiting nurses’ access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care."

In the regulatory definition of a professional degree (34 CFR 668.2) from 1965, nursing was not definitively listed as a professional degree, although the text lists a number of professions, but says a professional degree is "not limited to" those mentioned.

It is therefore not clear in the text if nursing was previously classified as a professional degree, but now that the term it is forming part of student loan determinations, its omission is having an impact. Newsweek has contacted the Department of Education via email for comment.

Why It Matters

The change will impact hundreds of thousands of students—there are over 260,000 students currently enrolled in entry-level Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs and around 42,000 enrolled in Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), according to data collected by the American Nurses Association.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-professional-degree-trump-admin-11079650

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Nursing Is No Longer Counted as a 'Professional Degree' by Trump Admin [View all] BumRushDaShow Thursday OP

WTAF. Alice B. Thursday #1

Seriously, WTAF NotHardly Thursday #10

Of course nurses are professionals rampartd Thursday #2

That IS a good question! yardwork Thursday #31

i would put teachers on the same pay scale as linebackers. rampartd Thursday #34

It is time the nurses stood up to this bullshit popsdenver Thursday #41

I'm a nurse and I have had maga coworkers. I wonder what kinda mucifer Thursday #3

If you get any interesting explanations from them, please post about it. 3catwoman3 Thursday #33

Just said the same below without reading your post. Sorry I missed it. AllyCat Friday #74

DIsgusting. I hope he and all his admin are cared for by whatever person they can find sans any training hlthe2b Thursday #4

It sounds like another Project 2025 pursuit Submariner Thursday #5

Men are nurses too Jilly_in_VA Thursday #9

MAGA don't care IronLionZion Thursday #20

MAGA would say they aren't real men DBoon Thursday #42

"Presidenting" is no longer considered a professional job FakeNoose Thursday #6

As far as I can tell... llmart Thursday #15

Now that is insulting to real pigs! mwmisses4289 Friday #52

I know. Pigs are actually cuter than him. llmart Friday #60

He's a pig RazorbackExpat Friday #62

A lot smarter, too Jilly_in_VA Friday #65

No way. llmart Friday #72

Pigs can be trained Jilly_in_VA Friday #76

They'll change their mind in a few days. Silent Type Thursday #7

SERIOUSLY, YOU ASSHOLES? Jilly_in_VA Thursday #8

Nursing is the most trusted profession. yardwork Thursday #30

Let's see how fast AI can get you your pain meds Jilly_in_VA Friday #48

They claim they're Making America Healthy Again but it's a scam. yardwork Friday #49

Shooting the healthcare sector in the foot, I'd say, since Registered Nurses are always the #1 job posted, PatrickforB Thursday #11

An RN is considered a professional degree. patphil Thursday #12

The Trump administration disagrees Wiz Imp Thursday #27

Trump and I don't agree about much. Mainly because he's ignorant and I'm not. patphil Thursday #45

Do you agree that nurses are not professionals? AllyCat Friday #75

I didn't say that was my view, that's how it's defined. patphil Friday #80

Okay, thank you for clarifying. AllyCat Friday #81

Yeah, I wasn't really clear enough...one of the problems with the written word. patphil Saturday #83

Happens to us all. That's why I asked. AllyCat Saturday #85

Obviously trying to ruin healthcare. Irish_Dem Thursday #13

Well, for all but his cronies and himself. OldBaldy1701E Friday #50

What a load of bull. greatauntoftriplets Thursday #14

If it were that easy to be a nurse there wouldn't be a shortage and a projected shortage for years to come. twodogsbarking Thursday #16

Neither is teaching. valleyrogue Thursday #38

Don't need nurses in a Republican future with no healthcare. Beartracks Thursday #17

Can't have them wimmenz think they're better mcar Thursday #18

Talk about making a bad situation much, much worse. There is a shortage of nurse as it is! Vinca Thursday #19

MAGA health plan is "die quickly" IronLionZion Thursday #21

Fuck ismnotwasm Thursday #22

Was literally thinking about you too BumRushDaShow Thursday #25

So much of what doctors used to do has been delegated to nursing professionals. valleyrogue Thursday #23

When I was in my peds NP program in 1975, our instructors had this advice... 3catwoman3 Thursday #35

One more middle finger to women. God forbid they should get a professional degree in medicine. Fla Dem Thursday #24

So there has been a number of US nurses who have been recruited in Canada, I wonder if those Bev54 Thursday #26

They really are determined to kill millions of Americans.... Wiz Imp Thursday #28

The hell they say! yardwork Thursday #29

Thats just great DiverDave Thursday #32

They're also eliminating teaching and social work degrees LuvLoogie Thursday #36

Newsweek has contacted the Department of Education via email for comment. mdbl Thursday #37

Trump doe not have a proffesional degree, so he's just jealous. Martin68 Thursday #39

Denigrating and demoting the status of nursing as a profession is unconscionable, but I'd like to point out that nursing Martin68 Thursday #40

You know I_UndergroundPanther Thursday #43

RN is a 5 year degree Nigrum Cattus Thursday #44

One can become an RN with a 2 yr ADN degree, a 4 yr BSN degree... 3catwoman3 Friday #78

Geeeebbzzz, another WTF from me this DU session! electric_blue68 Friday #46

We should also consider... returnee Friday #47

I'd trade a nurse for many doctors C_U_L8R Friday #51

Yet second rate actors who pretend to wrestle on the tv machine are still called professionals. Hugin Friday #53

Lawsuits..................... Lovie777 Friday #54

Not just nursing. Includes physician assistants (associates), psychology.. Medical_Mom Friday #55

My niece has a Masters. Historic NY Friday #56

That looks like a BS article Bluetus Friday #57

You need to read farther into the Newsweek article FakeNoose Friday #68

It says nothing. Bluetus Friday #70

Another diversion by this creep. HE WANTS US MAD. CTyankee Friday #58

My profession is also on the list. I would LOVE to see a few of those assholes go through the Scrivener7 Friday #59

An unstated but crucial point: these professions comprise the vast majority of mandated reporters of abuse. Scrivener7 Friday #61

Accounting is now a five-year degree LetMyPeopleVote Friday #63

RISE UP! Jilly_in_VA Friday #66

I hope a considerable number of nurses have long, vengeful memories. (nt) Paladin Friday #64

sexism de rigor for the fat piggy. pansypoo53219 Friday #67

In other news, "Up" is No Longer considered to be "Up" by Trump Admin thought crime Friday #69

Like i stated a couple days ago. bluestarone Friday #71

All the fantastic nurses I work with are pissed AllyCat Friday #73

I saw my nephrologist today and told him Jilly_in_VA Friday #77

And another thing....(I'm on a tear about this) AllyCat Friday #79

the evil dumbass administration strikes again! Just how many people CAN they piss off? LymphocyteLover Saturday #82

What About Running A Fake Wrestling Organization While Enabling Child Sexual Abuse? DrFunkenstein Saturday #84