Judge blocks Trump plan that would limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields

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Source: AP

Updated 8:54 PM EDT, June 25, 2026


A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields.

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, one of the groups that sued, described the ruling in a Facebook post Thursday as “an important step for NP students, the future health care workforce and the patients who depend on them.”

At issue are caps on federal student loans that were passed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and set to take effect in July. While graduate students could previously borrow loans up to the cost of their degree, the new rules set limits. Programs that were designated as “graduate” programs face a loan cap of $100,000, while professional degrees are capped at $200,000.

The Education Department defined the following fields as professional programs: pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, law, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, podiatry and theology. Eight groups sued, representing nurse practitioners, therapists, public health workers, speech language pathologists, physician assistants and more. All were left out of the new definition.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-borrowing-limits-lawsuit-graduate-degrees-c9ab4ad4f696822516720523f0389875

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Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.292690/gov.uscourts.dcd.292690.46.0.pdf

Link to American Association of Nurse Practitioners PRESS RELEASE - Federal Court Grants Preliminary Relief in Challenge to Department of Education Rule

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[Scrivener7]

1. Theology but not physical therapy or speech therapy. Mmmkay, assholes.

[Midnight Writer]

2. Nurses are one of the most valuable assets in our labor force.

Limiting them, denigrating them, underpaying them, mistreating them is insanity.

[irisblue]

3. Women currently make up 87-89% of nurses, typically a respected well paid profession.

https://usafacts.org/answers/how-many-nurses-are-there-in-the-us/

Women make up approximately 87% to 89% of the nursing workforce in the United States. Men currently account for about 11% to 13% of nurses, which reflects a steady increase in male representation in the profession over the last few decades.Gender breakdown by specific nursing roles:Registered Nurses (RNs): ~87% are womenNurse Practitioners: ~90% are womenLicensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPNs/LVNs): ~90% are women


More there


The ReligiousRightwing authoritarian currently in power fear educated women, more education = less subservance