Who pays for a nursing program’s testing platform?
Usually the student. Testing platforms typically cost students $165–$1,050 per semester, almost always billed as a fee [1].
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- 1Testing platforms are usually paid by students, as a fee, every semester.
- 2Cost is an access question, and access is part of student success.
- 3NurseSavvy Program is priced below typical testing fees, and every faculty member on a class is included.
A cost that lands on the students we work hardest to keep
One public contract charged $1,655 per incoming ADN student [2]. Those costs land on students who are already working, borrowing and commuting, the same students programs work hardest to retain.
Cost is an access question, and access is part of student success. NurseSavvy was built so evidence-based nursing education does not depend on what a student can afford, which is why Program is priced below typical testing fees.
$165–1,050
typical student cost of a testing platform, per semester
$1,655
one public contract, per incoming ADN student
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Which NurseSavvy plan replaces a program’s testing platform?
What we built
Student Success works beside your current platform and LMS. Program replaces it, for less than typical testing fees: course exams with item analysis, remediation to mastery and NCLEX readiness reporting. Every faculty member on the class is included.
— David Zimmerman, MSN, RN, founder of NurseSavvy
Sources
- Public school fee schedules and board contracts, 2020–2027 (NurseSavvy research, October 2026).
- City Colleges of Chicago board report 34043 (2020).