Should I become a nursing practitioner? and other questions

Texas has a lot of great nursing schools. I’ve worked with graduates of the following programs and all of them have a good reputation:

TWU
UT Arlington
UT Tyler
Stephen F Austin
Texas Tech

I’m an Aggie and I know A&M now has a nursing school, I just don’t know much about their program.

What is your budget i.e. how much have your parents specifically said they can pay per year?