COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nursing and health care organizations in South Carolina are raising concerns about a new Trump administration plan that would limit how much certain graduate students can borrow in federal student loans.

Under the rule, several graduate programs, including nursing, physical therapy and education, would no longer be classified as professional degrees. That change would cap federal student loans at a lifetime of $100,000.

Federal officials say the cap is meant to encourage schools to lower tuition.

The Department of Education notes 95% of all nursing students already borrow below the proposed limit, saying in a Monday post to its website that “placing a cap on loans will push the remaining graduate nursing programs to reduce their program costs.”

But some nursing adv

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