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CurtEastPoint

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Sat Nov 22, 2025, 09:56 AM
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Degrees no longer considered "professional" under the Trump administration's new definition include nursing, physician assistant, physical therapy, audiology, architecture, accounting, and education. This change impacts student loan eligibility, as some of these programs will now be capped at lower limits.

Nursing: Includes programs such as nursing, nurse practitioners, and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees.
Health Sciences: Excludes physician assistants, physical therapists, and audiologists.
Other fields: Also excludes architecture, accounting, and education.

The change is due to new regulations from President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," which specifically lists the following as professional degrees: medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, law, veterinary medicine, osteopathic medicine, podiatry, chiropractic, theology, and clinical psychology.

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