AACN Releases 2017 Graduate Nursing Student Debt Report Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Last winter, AACN conducted the 2017 Graduate Nursing Student Loan Survey on student loan debt acquired by postgraduate nursing students, which make up 32% of AACN’s student population within member schools. After receiving IRB approval, the survey was disseminated to more than 12,000 individuals. The resulting report, The Numbers Behind the Degree: Financing Graduate Nursing Education, included data on 2,235 students in 328 schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Key findings of the report provide insight on graduate nursing student loan debt, loan repayment, and financial support. Read the report. Categories: Policy & Advocacy