Tuition & Fees

Fees Developing Countries 2023/2024

All amounts are in United States Dollars ($). Local exchange rates will not be taken into account.

Tuition: $3,000.- per academic semester, full-time BSN-level program.

Administrative Fees:

Application Fee (one-time fee, non-refundable) $100.-
Uniform (5 polo-shirts, 3 pairs of scrubs, 3 lab-coats) and basic Nurse Kit $250.-
Health and Liability Insurance (group insurance, per year, estimated) $500.-
Immigration Processing Fee (average, non-refundable, government entrance fee) $750.-
Registration Fee (yearly fee, non-refundable) $150.-
Total administrative fees, first year $1,750.-

Refundable government deposits will apply, upon immigration. Average yearly immigration renewal fee is $400.-.

Fines and special allowances:

Late Payment Fine Tuition: 3% of Tuition, for every full week after due-date,  minimum of . . . $90.-
Re-admission Fee (after withdrawal or academic dismissal) $100.-
Approved Leave Fee (per semester, upon request, to keep seat) $100.-
Unapproved Leave Fee (“no-show fee”, per semester, to keep seat) $250.-
Graduation Fee (one-time fee, upon Graduation Request) $350.-
Seat Deposit (30% of the first semester Tuition, one-time deposit, upon admission) $900.-

All fees, fines and allowances are subject to change, without prior notice.


Fees Developed Countries 2023/2024

All amounts are in United States Dollars ($). Local exchange rates will not be taken into account.

Tuition: $4,000.- per academic semester, full-time BSN-level program.

Administrative Fees:

Application Fee (one-time fee, non-refundable) $100.-
Uniform (5 polo-shirts, 3 pairs of scrubs, 3 lab-coats) and basic Nurse Kit $250.-
Health and Liability Insurance (group insurance, per year, estimated) $500.-
Immigration Processing Fee (average, non-refundable, government entrance fee) $750.-
Registration Fee (yearly fee, non-refundable) $150.-
(Total administrative fees, first year $1,750.-)

Refundable government deposits will apply, upon immigration. Average yearly immigration renewal fee is $400.-.

Fines and special allowances:

Late Payment Fine Tuition: 3% of Tuition, for every full week after due-date,  minimum of . . . $120.-
Re-admission Fee (after withdrawal or academic dismissal) $100.-
Approved Leave Fee (per semester, upon request, to keep seat) $100.-
Unapproved Leave Fee (“no-show fee”, per semester, to keep seat) $250.-
Graduation Fee (one-time fee, upon Graduation Request) $350.-
Seat Deposit (30% of the first semester Tuition, one-time deposit, upon admission) $1,200.-

All fees, fines and allowances are subject to change, without prior notice.


Estimated Expenses

Approximate expenses for equipment, textbooks, e-resources and other (printed) materials

$2,000.- per academic year (average).

Approximate fee for clinical rotations

$5,000.- per academic semester (USA hospital fee, including coordination by CUN).

At the time of publication of this document, (approximate) fees for clinical rotations in other countries were still under negotiation.

Average Cost of Student-housing (Curacao)

$350.- to $650.- per month.

Depending on location, living space, available facilities and shared or private accommodations.

Average Cost of Living (Curacao – cost of housing not included)

$500.- $750.-per month (depending on desired lifestyle!). 


List of developing countries, based on economic level.

The following are considered developing economies, according to the International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook Report, April 2014 and World Bank data.

 Algeria  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina
 Armenia  Azerbaijan  Bahamas
 Bahrain  Barbados  Belarus
 Belize  Benin  Bolivia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Brazil
 Brunei  Bulgaria  Cameroon
 Cape Verde  Chile  China
 Colombia  Comoros  Costa Rica
 Côte d’Ivoire  Croatia  Dominica
 Dominican Republic  Ecuador  Egypt
 El Salvador  Equatorial Guinea  Fiji
 Gabon  The Gambia  Georgia
 Ghana  Grenada  Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau  Guyana  Haiti
 Honduras  Hungary  India
 Indonesia  Iran  Jamaica
 Jordan  Kazakhstan  Kenya
 Kosovo  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon
 Lithuania  Macedonia  Malaysia
 Maldives  Marshall Islands  Mauritius
 Mexico  Micronesia (Federated)  Moldova
 Mongolia  Montenegro  Morocco
 Mozambique  Nicaragua   Niger
 Nigeria  Oman  Palau
 Panama   Papua New Guinea  Paraguay
 Peru  Philippines  Poland
 Qatar  Romania  Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and  Grenadines  Samoa
 São Tomé and Príncipe  Senegal  Serbia
 Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Solomon Islands
 South Africa  Suriname  Tajikistan
 Tanzania  Thailand  Togo
 Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Tunisia
 Turkey  Turkmenistan  Uganda
 Ukraine  Uruguay  Uzbekistan
 Vanuatu  Venezuela  Vietnam
 Zimbabwe  

Developing countries not listed by IMF: