For example, substance abuse counselors make a median salary of $39,370, with educational requirements ranging from a high school diploma to an advanced degree. School counselors typically will need a masterâs degree, and can expect to earn a median salary of $53,370.ccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for educational, guidance, school and vocational counselors as of May 2014, was $53,370, with those in the 90th percentile earning as much as $86,610.
A masterâs in nursing science usually takes four years for a full-time student. A doctoral program can take an additional three to four years. Many RNs who work full-time can only attend classes part-time, which may lengthen the time to an NP degree.
They're forgetting the fact that before you become NP you have to be an RN and also have at least a year of experience working as RN depending on the school. Nursing school alone require you to do more than 1000 clinical rotation hours. After that some RN will work for years before going for their NP program. Which means NPs doing less clinical hours than PAs make a lot a sense because they've already been exposed for years. They have an idea about every little thing in healthcare.