Ohio State or Case Western for Nursing

wposeycpa
Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:26:35 +0000

My daughter has been accepted to Ohio State and to Case Western for nursing. My question is: is the additional cost of Case worth it?

The advantages to CWRU are that my daughter is already accepted to the upper Nursing college. At OSU, she is pre-nursing and will need to apply at the end of her freshman year. 49% of pre-nursing major applicants were accepted to the nursing college in 2012. She will also have significantly more clinical hours at Case. If she chooses OSU, she is not guaranteed to be accepted into the nursing college.

We do not qualify for any aid at OSU, but at Case, we will have to pay about $35k per year. OSU is $22k. Over the course of 4 years, I estimate the difference in cost to be about $25k total.

OSU has an excellent nursing program, but not quite as good as CWRU. CWRU also has an arrangement with University Hospitals that give CWRU graduates preferential treatment in hiring for nurse positions.

We are local to northeast Ohio, so college setting is not really an issue.

Any thoughts as to if Case is worth the additional cost?