Many healthcare employers offer loan forgiveness to their employees who have graduated a nursing program and incurred student loans.

Not sure where to start? We’ve created a list of questions for you to take to your HR representative to get the ball rolling:

• Do you offer any type of student loan forgiveness program (to pay for your loans after you’ve gotten a degree/certificate)?

• Do you offer any type of tuition reimbursement program (to help pay for college while you’re an active employee there)?

• Do you offer any type of student loan program (to help pay for a future degree/certificate)?

• Are you a PSLF-Qualifying (Public Service Loan Forgiveness) Employer? If so, can you help me through the process of applying?

• Are there any other resources that you know of to help me with paying off my student loans?

If you are a student in your last year of medical, nursing, or dental school, you may be eligible to receive loan repayment assistance from the NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (NHSC S2S LRP).In return, you provide at least three years of service at an NHSC-approved site in a designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA). 

Visit here for more information and to apply.

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Rural Community Loan Repayment Program (LRP) is for providers working to combat the opioid epidemic in the nation’s rural communities. 

The NHSC Rural Community LRP will make loan repayment awards in coordination with the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP). This will provide evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, assist in recovery, and prevent overdose deaths across the nation. 

Visit here for more information and to apply.