The College of Nursing receives limited student financial aid monies from a HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) Nurse Faculty Loan Program, to support educational expenses associated with graduate study in nursing.  The purpose of the loan program is to encourage nurses to go into nursing education to help relieve the national shortage of nursing faculty. 

To be eligible for this program, students must:
      (1) be admitted to one of the graduate programs (MSN, DNP-post BSN, and PhD) at
           USC-Columbia,
      (2) commit to completing a two-course sequence in nursing education,
      (3) enroll in full time study in the degree program, and
      (4) commit to teaching in a nursing education program for four consecutive years
           following graduation. 

Students who obtain these loans and meet the commitments will be eligible for a waiver of 85% of the loan. The remaining 15% repayment carries a very low interest rate.  If, after loans are provided to students, commitments are not met, the waiver would not apply.

For more information contact the College of Nursing, Office of Academic Affairs.
Phone: 803-777-9505   or email:  ColvinLJ@gwm.sc.edu