The Department of Education’s proposal to remove nursing from the “professional degree” category and cap graduate borrowing is more than a financial issue. It is a direct hit to the future of the nursing workforce and to the institutions that train them. Under the new rule, nursing graduate students would be limited to 20,500 a year and 100,000 total, even though NP and CRNA programs can cost double that. That leaves students with two options: take on high-interest private loans or walk away fro