Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Assistance
Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Assistance aims to strengthen nursing education in Texas by encouraging qualified nurses with advanced degrees to serve as faculty at eligible colleges and universities.
How to Apply?
The 2024-2025 Nursing Faculty Loan Repayment Assistance Program application is closed. Please check back in spring 2026 for details on how to apply for 2025-2026.
Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for assistance, you must:
- Apply by the application deadline.
- Hold a master’s or doctoral degree in nursing.
- Be licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing for the state of Texas.
- Be currently employed, and have been employed for one service period* during the last year, as a faculty member in a nursing program at a Texas institution of higher education or private or independent institution in a position requiring an advanced degree in professional nursing.
Applicants may be eligible based on full- or part-time employment. Full-time employment is considered an average of at least 32 hours per week.
*Service Period is a minimum of nine months within a 12-month academic year.
Assistance Amount
Each year, your repayment assistance is based on whichever is lower: the maximum annual assistance amount (see below) or one-fifth of your eligible loan balance at the time you first receive repayment assistance through the program.
Maximum Annual Assistance Amount for 2025-2026: $16,000
- You may be eligible for loan repayment assistance for a maximum of five years.
- If you are employed part time, your repayment assistance will be prorated based on the proportion of hours you work compared to the average hours worked by a full-time employee.
- If the loan repayment assistance you receive does not cover the full amount owed, you are responsible for the remaining loan balance.
- Loan repayment assistance is reported to the Internal Revenue Service by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board).
Eligible Loans
To be eligible for repayment, your loans must:
- Be evidenced by a promissory note that required you to use the loan proceeds to pay for the cost of attendance for your undergraduate, graduate, or professional education.
- Not have been made during your residency or to cover costs incurred after you completed your graduate or professional education.
- Not be in default at the time you apply.
- Not have an existing obligation to provide service for loan forgiveness through another program.
- Not be subject to repayment through another student loan repayment assistance or loan forgiveness program, or through repayment assistance provided by your employer while receiving Nursing Faculty loan repayment assistance.
Note: Participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program does not affect eligibility for Nursing Faculty loan repayment assistance. PSLF requires 120 qualifying payments before loan forgiveness is considered, and verification occurs after those payments are completed. You may still receive loan repayment assistance before completing all 120 payments on your federal loans.
What to Expect After Applying
Your application will remain in a pending status until the Coordinating Board receives verification of your service from your CAO. Applications are processed in the order in which service verifications are received; however, priority is given to prior recipients over new applicants.
If additional information is needed, you will be contacted by email using the address provided on your application. If approved, the Coordinating Board will mail a paper check directly to your lender and notify you by mail. If your application is not approved, you will be notified by email and may reapply in future years.
Note: The Coordinating Board cannot send payments electronically or by Automated Clearing House (ACH).
Additional Information
Program Statute: Texas Education Code, Title 3, Subchapter JJ
Clarifying Rules: Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 23, Subchapter G
Contact Us
To speak to a customer service representative regarding loan repayment assistance, call 833-597-0454, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT.
Online Inquiries: LoanRepaymentPrograms@highered.texas.gov