This is not a new programme. It is a fragmented one.
Students already do this. Philippine universities already accept them, families already arrange it, and it already works. What it runs on is word of mouth, a relative who knows someone, and individual agents of wildly varying quality. It is a supply chain, and it is fragmented.
What we are doing is institutionalising it. Not inventing a route, not projecting a market, not asking anyone to believe a forecast. Taking something that already happens and giving it the structure it currently lacks: published facts, named institutions with real detail behind them, and honest answers to the questions families actually ask.
Nobody has to believe a projection for that to be worth something. They only have to compare it with what they can find on their own today.
01
Publish what is true
Sourced, dated and checkable. Every figure on this page links to where it came from, including the figures that make the route look harder.
02
Name the institutions
Only the ones we hold agreements with, and only once we can publish the detail behind them. A name with nothing behind it is worth nothing to a family.
03
Answer real questions
A survey to learn who is being turned away and what they need, and an assistant that answers the specific questions families have rather than a brochure.
The problem, in numbers
A capacity problem, not a standards problem
93,176
Qualified US nursing school applications turned away
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, May 2026
$39,200
Four-year tuition and fees at a public US university, or about $108,400 all in
National Center for Education Statistics
$23,506
Median student loan debt for a US nursing graduate
SoFi, 2026
United States, four-year degree
$39,200
Tuition and fees only, at a public university. Room, board and other costs add roughly $69,200 across four years.
Philippines, four-year degree
$4,100 to $10,300
Tuition and fees at a private institution. Living costs add roughly $10,800 to $24,800 across four years.
A full four-year Philippine nursing degree costs roughly what one US semester costs. Compared like with like: tuition and fees against tuition and fees, with living costs stated separately on both sides, because mixing them is how these comparisons get dishonest.
Three things people get wrong
Cheaper is not the same as lesser
It is not a lesser degree
Most Philippine nursing programmes are bachelor’s-prepared. Many US nurses still enter the profession through a two-year associate degree, while US hospitals increasingly require a bachelor’s. The Philippine route produces the more marketable credential, not the cheaper compromise.
It is not an unusual path
Filipino-trained nurses are roughly 27 percent of all foreign-born nurses in the United States. American hospitals know this pipeline well. Nobody will be puzzled by the credential.
Licensure rules vary by state, and that matters most
Some states require nursing theory and clinical practice to be taken in the same term. Programmes that separate them can leave a graduate ineligible to sit the licensing exam in those states. This is the single biggest failure point on this route, and it is a curriculum design question a partner institution can answer in advance. It is why we ask about it before we list anyone.
What we will not tell you
This route is real and it is not effortless
Anyone presenting it as easy is selling something. No recruitment agency publishes the list below, because every item on it costs them conversions. That is exactly why it is here.
Four things to know before you consider this
If any of these is a dealbreaker for your family, better to find that out now than in year two.
Partner institutions
We would rather publish three schools with real detail than ten names with nothing behind them
We are not a study-abroad broker sending students to whoever will take them. Institutions appear here once we can publish what actually matters about them, and not before. Agreements are in place; the detail behind them is being confirmed.
Institution to be named
Detail being confirmed before publication
Institution to be named
Detail being confirmed before publication
Institution to be named
Detail being confirmed before publication
What we will publish for each, or it does not appear
- Programmes offered
- Board and licensing exam pass rates
- Annual tuition
- Whether nursing theory is taught concurrently with clinical practice
- Whether they have enrolled US students before
- Language of instruction and intake dates
Signed memoranda of understanding are in place with six institutions. We are not naming them until the list above is confirmed for each, because a name a family cannot check is not information.
The assistant we are building
Every family’s situation is different, and most of the questions are specific
Which state you intend to practise in, what prior education you have, what you can afford, which school you are considering. A brochure cannot answer that. An assistant can, within limits we are setting deliberately.
What it will do
- Answer questions about cost, timelines and the application route
- Explain what a state board requires, and point at the board’s own source
- Say what is known, what is not, and what depends on your circumstances
- Tell you when a question needs a person rather than an assistant
What it will never do
- Estimate whether you personally will pass licensing or be eligible to practise
- Recommend one partner institution over another
- Make any claim about earning while studying, until counsel has answered
- Present a probability as a promise
What we would ask you
Tell us your situation
We are building the picture of who is being turned away and what they need, and it decides which programmes and which states we prioritise. Filipino-American families are where this started, and the questions below work whether or not you have any connection to the Philippines.
Six questions, about a minute
This shapes what gets built. It is not an application, and nothing here commits you to anything.
- 01Which state do you intend to practise in eventually?Licensure rules vary by state, and this is the single biggest factor in whether a programme works for you.
- 02Where are you in the process: applied and not accepted, applied and waiting, on a waiting list, or not yet applied?Tells us how urgent the need is and what stage to build for first.
- 03What prior education do you have?Changes which programmes are open to you and how long the route takes.
- 04What are you hoping to study?Nursing is where we started, and it is not the only programme these institutions run.
- 05Do you have any family connection to the Philippines?Optional. It changes what practical support is useful, not whether the route is open to you.
- 06What worries you most about this route?The one that tells us which uncomfortable truth to publish next.
The seat exists. It is in another country.
Ninety-three thousand qualified people were turned away last year for want of capacity. The capacity is not missing. It is somewhere else, and it costs a fraction of what it costs here.