Forgivable Loan Programs

There is full tuition funding available through the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) for individuals who want to pursue a career as nursing faculty.

The University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science receives funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to operate a student loan fund to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty. Up to 85% of the principal and interest of the NFLP loan may be forgiven after a student completes the Post-MSN PhD program in advanced nursing education and works as a full-time tenure-track or clinical-track faculty member in an accredited School of Nursing.  As a condition of this loan, recipients are required to complete six units of coursework in preparation for the faculty role at the University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science.

To be eligible for the Nursing Faculty Loan Program, applicants must:

1. Be a U.S. Citizen or national of the U.S.
2. Be a full-time student in good standing in an advanced nurse education doctoral program
3. Have no judgment liens entered against him/her based on the default on a Federal debt. 28 U.S. C. 3201 (e)

The FAFSA and the NFLP application are required.  The Nursing Faculty Loan program applications are available through the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science.  Please call (619) 260-4548 or email nursing@sandiego.edu to request the forms.

The Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program (NCLRP) supports registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and nurse faculty by paying up to 85% of their unpaid, qualifying, nursing education debt. Nurses who work at a qualified facility or serve as nurse faculty in an eligible school of nursing may receive 60% of their student loans debt paid over two years. Once the initial two-year service contract is completed, nurses may be eligible for a third year for an additional 25% of their loans paid by the NCLRP program.

Please visit the Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program website for more information.

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) offers primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health care providers the opportunity to have their student loans repaid, while earning a competitive salary, in exchange for providing health care in urban, rural, or tribal communities with limited access to care.

The NHSC LRP offers two levels of funding, based upon the need of the community in which a provider works, as defined by a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) score. Primary Care Nurse Practitioners (Family, Adult, Pediatric, Psychiatric-Mental Health) are eligible.

Please visit the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program website for more information.

The Health Professions Education Foundation (HPEF) improves access to health care in underserved areas of California by providing scholarships and loan repayments programs to health professional students and graduates who are dedicated to providing direct patient care in those areas. In return for this support, recipients agree to provide direct patient care in a medically underserved area of California for a period of one to three years.

Those awarded funding from the Advanced Practice Healthcare Loan Repayment program may receive up to $25,000. If awarded, recipients agree to continue practicing full time, direct patient care at a qualified facility in California for up to a twenty-four (24) month service obligation. Applicants can be awarded up to three (3) times.  Graduates of the Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner programs are eligible.

Please visit the Health Professions Education Foundations, Advanced Practice Healthcare Loan Repayment Program website for more information.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) provides cost-sharing grants to more than 30 states to operate their own loan repayment programs. These state programs offer loan repayment to primary care providers working in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).  The maximum award amount per clinician = $50,000 for a two-year full-time service commitment.

Please visit the California State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) website for more information.