Trump Defines 'Professional Degree' As Anything He Likes, Nurses Get Ripped Off
KEY POINTS
- â˘President Trump's July 2025 spending bill introduced borrowing caps: $20,500 annually for graduate students, $50,000 for professionals.
- â˘The Dept. of Education reclassified professional degrees to just 10 fields, including medicine, law, dentistry, and surprisingly theology.
- â˘Advocates worry excluding nursing from higher loan caps will worsen healthcare shortages in the US.
- â˘Medical and law school tuition exceeds these new caps, forcing some students to riskier private loans or skip advanced degrees.
In a plot twist worthy of a political sitcom, Trump's Dept. of Education redefined 'professional degrees' just in time for Thanksgiving arguments. The new borrowing caps hit: $20,500 annually for grads, $50,000 for the lucky 'professional' 10 programs â think law, medicine, and interestingly theology (because God needs loans too). Nurses, despite a historic shortage and burning scrubs, get lumped outside the VIP financial club, with the American Nurses Association calling it a threat to patient care. Preston Cooper of AEI chimes in, saying only 'exorbitantly pricey' nursing programs suffer, conveniently ignoring the $286K sticker shock for medical school. The public can complain next year, probably after Halloween candy is gone.
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Trump's student loan caps say theology and chiropractic get VIP passes, nurses get the boot. Because when healthcare struggles, why not add a side of bureaucracy?
If only healthcare were a church or a skeleton fix-up, then maybe nurses would get full loan perks. Until then, thanks for walking.
Setting $200K loan limits when med school costs $286K is like putting a splash guard on a tsunami. Nice effort, though.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/28/2025 | Author: Ayelet Sheffey
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