Full List of Degrees Not Classed As ‘Professional’ by Trump Admin
Students doing certain degrees may no longer receive the same amount of reimbursement for their studies now that the Department of Education is implementing various measures from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.
One measure coming into action is that whether a degree is considered "professional" will influence how much reimbursement a student receives for their higher education.
However, there are a number of what many see as "professional" degrees missing from the new list, such a nursing, which sparked
significant concern among nurses and nursing organizations.
Newsweek has contacted the Department of Education via email outside of regular hours for comment.
Why It Matters
The costs of doing a college degree are getting higher and higher—over the last 30 years the average tuition for both public and private colleges has doubled after adjusting for inflation, according to a report by NPR.
In just the last decade, costs of undergraduate tuition in public universities have also gone up by 30 percent, according to the University Herald, and some colleges were also set to bring in 4 percent cost hikes for this academic year as well.
List of Degrees Not Classed as 'Professional' by Trump Admin
- Nursing
- Physician assistants
- Physical therapists
- Audiologists
- Architects
- Accountants
- Educators
- Social workers
Certain students may no longer receive the same loan for their studies as what counts as "professional" will determine how much they get.
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