NCLEX-RN Pass Rates - First Time CA Educated Exam Testers
The NCLEX-RN pass rates for the five annual periods (July 1 - June 30) listed in this section reflect results for CA educated nursing program graduates/completers of CA BRN-approved pre-licensure RN programs. Note: Annual rates include all first-time exam testers taking the exam in a given annual period, even first-time testers who did not take the exam immediately following program completion/graduation.
Following posting of annual rates on the BRN website each October, pass rate changes/corrections may occur. Please contact the individual nursing education program with any questions about a program's annual rates. Each BRN-approved nursing program's contact information is available on our RN Programs page.
School | 2016/2017 | 2017/2018 | 2018/2019 | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | |||||
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# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
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Allan Hancock College | 33 | 78.79% | 39 | 97.44% | 33 | 87.88% | 33 | 78.79% | 32 | 84.38% |
American Career College | 43 | 79.07% | 67 | 74.63% | 58 | 93.1% | 68 | 92.65% | 84 | 91.67% |
American River College | 101 | 98.02% | 67 | 94.03% | 80 | 100% | 68 | 91.18% | 67 | 92.54% |
American University of Health Sciences | 79 | 87.34% | 56 | 94.64% | 70 | 84.29% | 48 | 79.17% | 74 | 85.14% |
Antelope Valley College | 129 | 79.84% | 104 | 91.35% | 98 | 94.09% | 107 | 94.39% | 105 | 94.29 |
Azusa Pacific University - BSN | 346 | 86.42% | 367 | 86.92% | 390 | 83.08% | 363 | 83.75% | 469 | 80.38% |
Bakersfield College | 104 | 91.35% | 127 | 98.43% | 127 | 96.06% | 96 | 95.83% | 129 | 96.12% |
Biola University | 38 | 81.58% | 47 | 91.49% | 44 | 93.18% | 67 | 85.07% | 46 | 89.13% |
Brightwood College (Closed) | 160 | 74.38% | 171 | 71.93% | 116 | 68.97% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Butte College | 102 | 84.31% | 94 | 94.68% | 82 | 89.02% | 115 | 92.17% | 119 | 88.24% |
Cabrillo College | 56 | 80.36% | 57 | 82.46% | 57 | 91.23% | 62 | 75.81% | 66 | 71.21% |
California Baptist University - BSN | 141 | 87.94% | 142 | 90.14% | 150 | 90.67% | 162 | 84.57% | 155 | 87.74% |
California Baptist University - MSN | 36 | 94.44% | 37 | 83.78% | 38 | 84.21% | 40 | 85% | 42 | 85.71% |
California Career College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 38 | 78.95% | 20 | 95% | 49 | 89.8% |
CSU Bakersfield - BSN | 51 | 96.08% | 50 | 92% | 56 | 98.21% | 48 | 97.92% | 52 | 98.08% |
CSU Channel Islands | 41 | 92.68% | 57 | 100% | 58 | 98.28% | 61 | 96.72% | 59 | 91.53% |
CSU Chico | 64 | 96.88% | 84 | 97.62% | 76 | 98.68% | 75 | 97.33% | 77 | 96.1% |
CSU East Bay | 110 | 90.91% | 119 | 94.12% | 81 | 93.83% | 130 | 94.62% | 71 | 87.32% |
CSU Fresno - BSN | 98 | 85.71% | 112 | 90.18% | 114 | 92.98% | 159 | 93.08% | 113 | 92.04% |
CSU Fresno - MSN | 4 | 75% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 100% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
CSU Fullerton - BSN | 66 | 95.45% | 64 | 87.5% | 63 | 100% | 58 | 96.55% | 66 | 96.97% |
CSU Long Beach - BSN | 145 | 97.24% | 132 | 100% | 145 | 99.31% | 134 | 99.25% | 143 | 99.3% |
CSU Long Beach - MSN (Closed Option) | 9 | 100% | 1 | 100% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
CSU Los Angeles - BSN | 87 | 96.55% | 99 | 93.94% | 101 | 96.04% | 77 | 97.4% | 87 | 95.4% |
CSU Northridge | 57 | 89.47% | 56 | 94.64% | 2 | 100% | N/A | N/A | 39 | 97.44 |
CSU Sacramento - BSN | 102 | 95.1% | 147 | 98.64% | 153 | 97.39% | 136 | 98.53% | 150 | 97.33% |
CSU San Bernardino | 118 | 91.53% | 106 | 96.23% | 110 | 90% | 94 | 97.87% | 96 | 91.67% |
CSU San Marcos | 149 | 95.97% | 175 | 97.71% | 208 | 97.12% | 214 | 97.66% | 155 | 96.13% |
CSU Stanislaus | 68 | 98.53% | 73 | 97.26% | 117 | 100% | 56 | 98.21% | 92 | 97.83% |
Career Care Institute | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14 | 92.86% | 25 | 60% |
Carrington College | 62 | 74.19% | 62 | 77.42% | 69 | 78.26% | 53 | 71.7% | 63 | 73.02% |
Cerritos College | 79 | 92.41% | 81 | 86.42% | 74 | 86.49% | 71 | 94.37% | 51 | 94.12% |
Chabot College | 30 | 100% | 33 | 100% | 32 | 100% | 28 | 100% | 31 | 100% |
Chaffey College | 40 | 92.5% | 54 | 98.15% | 52 | 96.15% | 70 | 98.57% | 67 | 92.54% |
Chamberlain College, Rancho Cordova | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 59 | 93.22% | 91 | 97.8% | 98 | 95.92% |
Charles Drew University | 65 | 84.62% | 53 | 83.02% | 30 | 86.67% | 35 | 91.43% | 56 | 83.93% |
Citrus College | 27 | 92.59% | 28 | 96.43% | 29 | 86.21% | 29 | 93.1% | 38 | 84.21% |
City College of San Francisco | 73 | 97.26% | 84 | 91.67% | 78 | 92.31% | 75 | 90.67% | 86 | 93.02% |
CNI College | 111 | 78.38% | 125 | 87.2% | 109 | 84.4% | 109 | 88.07% | 112 | 83.93% |
College of Marin | 37 | 89.19% | 38 | 92.11% | 42 | 95.24% | 42 | 97.62% | 42 | 95.24 |
College of San Mateo | 36 | 77.78% | 46 | 95.65% | 47 | 97.87% | 44 | 86.36% | 48 | 93.75 |
College of the Canyons | 109 | 79.82% | 97 | 83.51% | 93 | 89.25% | 104 | 89.42% | 93 | 90.32% |
College of the Desert | 68 | 89.71% | 42 | 90.48% | 46 | 93.48% | 50 | 94% | 38 | 86.84% |
College of the Redwoods | 57 | 87.72% | 43 | 83.72% | 44 | 97.73% | 47 | 87.23% | 53 | 94.34% |
College of the Sequoias | 51 | 88.24% | 77 | 96.1% | 79 | 97.47% | 87 | 94.25% | 107 | 87.85% |
College of the Siskiyous | 29 | 93.1% | 19 | 89.47% | 30 | 96.67% | 20 | 100% | 25 | 96% |
Compton College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31 | 93.55% | 63 | 77.78% |
Concordia University Irvine | 76 | 90.79% | 69 | 98.55% | 113 | 99.12% | 98 | 98.98% | 67 | 95.52% |
Contra Costa College | 52 | 82.69% | 30 | 83.33% | 39 | 100% | 42 | 90.48% | 40 | 82.5% |
Copper Mountain College | 21 | 90.48% | 39 | 87.18% | 23 | 95.65% | 31 | 87.1% | 15 | 100% |
Cuesta College | 43 | 100% | 32 | 100% | 40 | 97.5% | 37 | 97.3% | 44 | 93.18% |
Cypress College | 87 | 94.25% | 92 | 93.48% | 89 | 91.01% | 86 | 89.53% | 88 | 85.23% |
De Anza College | 56 | 94.64% | 47 | 95.74% | 49 | 95.92% | 43 | 95.35% | 31 | 93.55% |
Dominican University of California | 81 | 92.59% | 77 | 90.91% | 98 | 85.71% | 83 | 89.16% | 118 | 84.75% |
East Los Angeles College | 98 | 73.47% | 93 | 75.27% | 75 | 74.67% | 54 | 72.22% | 54 | 64.81% |
El Camino College | 51 | 92.16% | 71 | 91.55% | 72 | 94.44% | 61 | 91.8% | 71 | 94.37% |
El Camino College - Compton Education Center (Closed) | 60 | 71.67% | 64 | 82.81% | 68 | 89.71% | 40 | 95% | 4 | 25% |
Evergreen Valley College | 65 | 93.85% | 60 | 95% | 75 | 96% | 60 | 95% | 82 | 90.24% |
Fresno City College | 205 | 84.39% | 209 | 81.34% | 186 | 84.95% | 200 | 86.5% | 207 | 80.68% |
Gavilan College | 16 | 100% | 26 | 73.08% | 21 | 100% | 18 | 94.44% | 19 | 100% |
Glendale Career College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 91 | 91.21% | 150 | 88% | 127 | 91.34% |
Glendale Community College | 73 | 90.41% | 79 | 94.94% | 81 | 96.3% | 79 | 98.73% | 87 | 97.7% |
Golden West College | 87 | 90.95% | 80 | 92.5% | 84 | 82.14% | 84 | 92.86% | 83 | 91.57% |
Grossmont College | 57 | 96.49% | 63 | 96.83% | 75 | 100% | 63 | 100% | 36 | 100% |
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Fresno | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 34 | 82.35% | 58 | 79.31% | 91 | 70.33% |
Hartnell College | 34 | 91.18% | 38 | 100% | 42 | 100% | 39 | 89.74% | 44 | 97.73% |
Holy Names University | 35 | 68.57% | 3 | 33.33% | 2 | 50% | 11 | 100% | 12 | 100% |
Imperial Valley College | 36 | 91.67% | 49 | 93.88% | 48 | 93.75% | 42 | 100% | 45 | 93.33% |
Loma Linda University - BSN | 139 | 94.96% | 156 | 94.23% | 174 | 90.8% | 154 | 91.56% | 176 | 90.34% |
Long Beach City College | 91 | 92.31% | 83 | 92.77% | 73 | 94.52% | 91 | 96.7% | 85 | 90.59% |
LA City College | 67 | 94.03% | 74 | 86.49% | 61 | 96.72% | 77 | 92.21% | 71 | 91.55% |
LA County College of Nursing & Allied | 95 | 95.5% | 79 | 89.87% | 108 | 94.44% | 101 | 92.08% | 87 | 93.1% |
LA Harbor College | 67 | 95.52% | 45 | 100% | 73 | 97.26% | 61 | 100% | 53 | 96.23% |
LA Southwest College | 39 | 69.23% | 46 | 76.09% | 38 | 81.58% | 35 | 74.29% | 55 | 85.45% |
LA Trade-Tech College | 43 | 95.35% | 66 | 81.82% | 66 | 87.88% | 63 | 80.95% | 71 | 78.87% |
LA Valley College | 75 | 82.67% | 67 | 88.06% | 68 | 95.59% | 72 | 94.44% | 68 | 85.29% |
Los Angeles Pierce College | 58 | 75.86% | 48 | 91.67% | 69 | 98.55% | 53 | 96.11% | 56 | 92.86% |
Los Medanos College | 43 | 88.37% | 38 | 89.47% | 42 | 100% | 37 | 81.08% | 40 | 75% |
Madera College | 8 | 100% | 12 | 100% | 11 | 100% | 13 | 84.62% | 7 | 100% |
Mendocino College | 33 | 90.91% | 23 | 95.65% | 19 | 84.12% | 26 | 100% | 23 | 95.65% |
Merced College | 65 | 92.31% | 60 | 78.33% | 53 | 94.34% | 48 | 89.58% | 66 | 81.82% |
Merritt College | 32 | 93.75% | 29 | 96.55% | 18 | 100% | 21 | 100% | 23 | 95.65% |
Mira Costa College | 39 | 92.31% | 44 | 97.73% | 55 | 100% | 49 | 97.96% | 45 | 95.56% |
Mission College | 28 | 60.71% | 29 | 86.21% | 26 | 76.92% | 30 | 70% | 27 | 81.48% |
Modesto Junior College | 113 | 91.15% | 99 | 91.92% | 111 | 96.4% | 96 | 92.71% | 122 | 94.26% |
Monterey Peninsula College | 30 | 93.33% | 41 | 100% | 23 | 100% | 29 | 100% | 31 | 93.55% |
Moorpark College | 54 | 94.44% | 84 | 98.81% | 60 | 95% | 65 | 100% | 78 | 100% |
Mount St. Mary's University - Los Angeles - ADN | 99 | 77.78% | 96 | 63.54% | 117 | 57.26% | 89 | 64.04% | 64 | 73.44% |
Mount St. Mary's University - Los Angeles - BSN | 159 | 78.62% | 141 | 81.56% | 135 | 89.63% | 124 | 91.94% | 142 | 85.92% |
Mt. San Antonio College | 111 | 88.29% | 128 | 94.53% | 105 | 95.24% | 106 | 96.23% | 65 | 89.23% |
Mt. San Jacinto College | 55 | 92.73% | 37 | 97.3% | 48 | 95.83% | 42 | 100% | 56 | 92.86% |
Napa Valley College | 25 | 92% | 29 | 93.1% | 30 | 96.67% | 30 | 93.33% | 32 | 93.75% |
National University - BSN | 273 | 92.31% | 265 | 93.21% | 298 | 89.6% | 269 | 88.85% | 282 | 89.36% |
Ohlone College | 34 | 82.35% | 31 | 96.77% | 32 | 96.88% | 33 | 100% | 35 | 88.57% |
Pacific Union College | 89 | 83.15% | 80 | 95% | 83 | 95.18% | 89 | 96.63% | 86 | 84.88% |
Palomar College | 72 | 91.67% | 67 | 95.52% | 69 | 92.75% | 72 | 90.28% | 39 | 92.31% |
Pasadena City College | 117 | 90.6% | 93 | 93.55% | 97 | 96.91% | 90 | 92.22% | 63 | 88.89% |
Point Loma Nazarene College | 67 | 80.6% | 86 | 82.56% | 57 | 87.72% | 40 | 82.5% | 71 | 78.87% |
Porterville College | 16 | 93.75% | 20 | 95% | 21 | 100% | 18 | 77.78% | 18 | 94.44% |
Rio Hondo College | 76 | 92.11% | 74 | 97.3% | 74 | 93.24% | 78 | 98.72% | 77 | 96.1% |
Riverside City College | 168 | 94.64% | 175 | 94.29% | 181 | 96.69% | 180 | 91.11% | 178 | 96.63% |
Sacramento City College | 42 | 97.62% | 60 | 95% | 58 | 98.28% | 67 | 92.54% | 59 | 100% |
Saddleback College | 112 | 98.21% | 113 | 99.12% | 108 | 97.22% | 99 | 96.97% | 82 | 95.12% |
Samuel Merritt University - BSN | 359 | 92.2% | 401 | 93.77% | 425 | 94.12% | 409 | 93.4% | 410 | 84.88% |
Samuel Merritt University - MSN | 95 | 87.37% | 102 | 91.18% | 86 | 90.7% | 81 | 86.42% | 97 | 82.47% |
San Bernardino Valley College | 75 | 78.67% | 92 | 86.96% | 75 | 85.33% | 78 | 88.46% | 85 | 81.18% |
San Diego City College | 37 | 91.89% | 52 | 98.08% | 65 | 98.46% | 52 | 100% | 52 | 100% |
San Diego State University | 158 | 96.84% | 102 | 98.04% | 115 | 97.39% | 115 | 93.91% | 143 | 95.8% |
San Francisco State University - BSN | 83 | 81.93% | 80 | 81.25% | 89 | 87.64% | 87 | 86.21% | 101 | 90.1% |
San Francisco State University - MSN | 18 | 88.89% | 30 | 93.33% | 39 | 89.74% | 38 | 97.37% | 35 | 91.43% |
San Joaquin Delta College | 102 | 91.18% | 93 | 91.4% | 98 | 92.86% | 128 | 91.41% | 76 | 82.89% |
San Joaquin Valley College | 101 | 80.2% | 97 | 83.51% | 129 | 83.72% | 95 | 86.32% | 86 | 88.37% |
Santa Ana College | 99 | 93.94% | 96 | 90.63% | 94 | 94.68% | 93 | 91.4% | 91 | 86.81% |
Santa Barbara City College | 68 | 94.12% | 61 | 86.89% | 73 | 98.63% | 56 | 94.64% | 79 | 96.2% |
Santa Monica College | 52 | 96.15% | 55 | 96.36% | 40 | 90% | 57 | 94.74% | 71 | 91.55% |
Santa Rosa Junior College | 112 | 95.54% | 110 | 98.18% | 109 | 96.33% | 110 | 92.73% | 55 | 96.36% |
Shasta College | 62 | 91.94% | 50 | 90% | 50 | 88% | 44 | 93.18% | 50 | 96% |
Shepherd University (Closed) | 33 | 90.19% | 26 | 80.77% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sierra College | 38 | 100% | 37 | 97.3% | 32 | 100% | 21 | 100% | 30 | 100% |
Simpson University | 21 | 100% | 30 | 96.67% | 28 | 92.86% | 30 | 100% | 39 | 92.31% |
Solano Community College | 31 | 90.32% | 41 | 92.68% | 45 | 86.67% | 38 | 94.74% | 48 | 91.67% |
Sonoma State University - BSN | 24 | 100% | 20 | 100% | 30 | 100% | 18 | 94.44% | 23 | 100% |
Southwestern College | 63 | 80.95% | 68 | 76.47% | 66 | 86.36% | 69 | 92.75% | 68 | 89.71% |
Stanbridge University | 57 | 100% | 40 | 100% | 58 | 94.83% | 78 | 98.72% | 74 | 95.95% |
The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University | 119 | 94.96% | 117 | 87.18% | 117 | 89.74% | 86 | 86.79% | 119 | 91.6% |
United States University - BSN (Closed) | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Unitek College - ADN | 188 | 72.34% | 155 | 87.74% | 122 | 90.16% | 115 | 89.57% | 1 | 0% |
UC Davis - MSN | N/A | N/A | 23 | 82.61% | 33 | 78.79% | 44 | 84.09% | 48 | 87.5% |
UC Irvine - BSN | 45 | 93.33% | 50 | 94% | 50 | 94% | 56 | 91.07% | 44 | 88.64% |
UC Irvine - MSN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19 | 94.74% | 18 | 100% |
UC Los Angeles - BSN | 44 | 84.09% | 53 | 96.23% | 44 | 97.73% | 45 | 95.56% | 44 | 90.91% |
UC Los Angeles - MSN | 56 | 92.86% | 62 | 95.16% | 71 | 88.73% | 69 | 97.1% | 68 | 82.35% |
UC San Francisco | 57 | 98.25% | 65 | 93.85% | 64 | 93.75% | 72 | 95.83% | 77 | 88.31% |
University of Phoenix at Modesto - LVN to BSN | 61 | 73.77% | 82 | 67.07% | 75 | 73.33% | 71 | 80.28% | 41 | 78.05% |
University of San Diego/Hahn | 32 | 96.88% | 54 | 92.59% | 61 | 95.08% | 56 | 96.43% | 55 | 98.18% |
University of San Francisco - BSN | 200 | 89% | 194 | 88.14% | 219 | 89.95% | 217 | 89.86% | 250 | 88% |
University of San Francisco - MSN | 64 | 87.5% | 115 | 88.7% | 105 | 89.52% | 118 | 98.31% | 104 | 95.19% |
Vanguard University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 24 | 91.67% |
Ventura College | 81 | 88.89% | 91 | 93.41% | 95 | 94.74% | 58 | 96.55% | 84 | 97.62% |
Victor Valley College | 65 | 98.46% | 57 | 100% | 51 | 100% | 69 | 98.55% | 30 | 93.33% |
Weimar University | N/A | N/A | 11 | 100% | 7 | 85.71% | 11 | 100% | 12 | 100% |
West Coast University - BSN | 1,284 | 93.69% | 1,288 | 92% | 1,426 | 91.23% | 1,630 | 90.55% | 2,132 | 87.1% |
Western Governors University | 34 | 97.06% | 36 | 97.22% | 49 | 97.96% | 52 | 96.15% | 22 | 95.45% |
Western University of Health Sciences | 53 | 90.57% | 54 | 90.74% | 56 | 91.07% | 60 | 93.33% | N/A | N/A |
West Hills College Lemoore | 34 | 79.41% | 32 | 96.88% | 36 | 94.44% | 24 | 91.67% | 30 | 90% |
Xavier College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20 | 95% |
Yuba College | 61 | 83.61% | 53 | 84.91% | 59 | 84.75% | 52 | 92.31% | 53 | 96.23% |