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[quote=Anonymous]I'm an NP, worked as an RN for 6 years before becoming an NP.

I would caution you that the job market for nurses is not static.  I graduated in 2006 and had my pick of jobs but during the recession a lot of RNs who were out of the workforce came back.  Also, outpatient practices, rehabs/long-term care, nursing homes, etc etc will use MAs or LPNs rather than RNs so those nursing jobs do not exist anymore.  I heard from younger friends that it was much, much harder to get a decent hospital-based nursing job in 2010 as a new grad and that continued for some time.

Also, there are more people who want to be NPs than there are clinical sites/spaces and there's also a shortage of nurse educators.  So I would not take it as a given that she can get into a masters program with an undergrad from literally anywhere.

All of that said, since your only in-state option is (I guess) UDC, you are going to pay a lot even for her to go to GMU, right?  I agree with PPs that I would not pay top dollar but I would look for a reputable program at a decent school.  I do not know of anyone who got tuition repaid in exchange for taking a job after graduation although that sort of thing was around shortly before I went into the field.[/quote]

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