Programs Differences in age of nursing students seeking a baccalaureate degree are evident in the table below. All other ethnic groups appear to have comparable enrollments in both educational categories. The top two reasons reported for by Baccalaureate students for nursing program selection are reputation and location but ordered differently for each educational group. Overall, the factors assessed appear to provide greater obstacle for admission than they do for graduation in both educational categories. There appear to be no differences in perceptions of students in both educational categories that finances and access to childcare are obstacles to entrance and graduation.
Finances appear to be an obstacle for a significantly greater number in both groups.
While approximately the same proportion of students in both educational groups perceive finances as an obstacle to entering into and graduating from a nursing program there are significant differences in financial aid in the two groups. Within a few yrs.