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. Annual rates include all first-time testers taking the exam in each annual period, even first-time testers who did not take the exam immediately following program completion/graduation. Please note, new BRN approved pre-licensure nursing education programs with no first-time NCLEX RN exam testers yet are not included in the list below.
Following the BRN website posting of annual rates in October/November, 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 | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | 2021/2022 | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | |||||
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# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
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Allan Hancock College | 33 | 78.79% | 32 | 84.38% | 33 | 87.88% | 34 | 85.29% | 46 | 97.83% |
American Career College | 68 | 92.65% | 84 | 91.67% | 62 | 88.71% | 112 | 87.5% | 242 | 98.76% |
American River College | 68 | 91.18% | 67 | 92.54% | 52 | 94.23% | 76 | 89.47% | 86 | 100.00% |
American University of Health Sciences | 48 | 79.17% | 74 | 85.14% | 103 | 75.73% | 83 | 84.34% | 73 | 90.41% |
Angeles College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 18 | 100.00% |
Antelope Valley College | 107 | 94.39% | 105 | 94.29 | 96 | 90.63% | 75 | 93.33% | 75 | 96.00% |
Arizona College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11 | 100.00% |
Azusa Pacific University - BSN | 363 | 83.75% | 469 | 80.38% | 514 | 80.16% | 515 | 80% | 470 | 89.15% |
Bakersfield College | 96 | 95.83% | 129 | 96.12% | 172 | 93.02% | 173 | 90.17% | 190 | 96.32% |
Biola University | 67 | 85.07% | 46 | 89.13% | 40 | 77.50% | 62 | 82.26% | 64 | 89.06% |
Butte College | 115 | 92.17% | 119 | 88.24% | 125 | 82.40% | 120 | 85.83% | 128 | 89.84% |
Cabrillo College | 62 | 75.81% | 66 | 71.21% | 71 | 64.79% | 33 | 93.94% | 44 | 84.09% |
California Baptist University - BSN | 162 | 84.57% | 155 | 87.74% | 161 | 85.09% | 234 | 85.47% | 177 | 91.53% |
California Baptist University - MSN | 40 | 85% | 42 | 85.71% | 37 | 83.78% | 37 | 81.08% | 41 | 95.12% |
California Career College | 20 | 95% | 49 | 89.8% | 39 | 79.49% | 61 | 78.69% | 54 | 98.15% |
CSU Bakersfield | 48 | 97.92% | 52 | 98.08% | 61 | 98.36% | 88 | 96.59% | 47 | 95.74% |
CSU Channel Islands | 61 | 96.72% | 59 | 91.53% | 79 | 91.14% | 76 | 94.74% | 70 | 92.86% |
CSU Chico | 75 | 97.33% | 77 | 96.1% | 83 | 92.77% | 95 | 90.53% | 68 | 98.53% |
CSU East Bay | 130 | 94.62% | 71 | 87.32% | 129 | 80.62% | 70 | 85.71% | 75 | 98.67% |
CSU Fresno | 159 | 93.08% | 113 | 92.04% | 122 | 92.62% | 132 | 89.39% | 116 | 96.55% |
CSU Fullerton | 58 | 96.55% | 66 | 96.97% | 75 | 98.67% | 64 | 96.88% | 68 | 98.53% |
CSU Long Beach | 134 | 99.25% | 143 | 99.3% | 143 | 97.20% | 160 | 97.5% | 133 | 100.00% |
CSU Los Angeles | 77 | 97.4% | 87 | 95.4% | 95 | 94.74% | 102 | 93.14% | 99 | 98.99% |
CSU Northridge | N/A | N/A | 39 | 97.44 | 86 | 84.88% | 79 | 89.87% | 82 | 96.34% |
CSU Sacramento | 136 | 98.53% | 150 | 97.33% | 155 | 93.55% | 97 | 94.85% | 135 | 97.78% |
CSU San Bernardino | 94 | 97.87% | 96 | 91.67% | 178 | 92.13% | 118 | 95.76% | 136 | 97.06% |
CSU San Marcos | 214 | 97.66% | 155 | 96.13% | 209 | 91.87% | 235 | 89.79% | 205 | 95.61% |
CSU Stanislaus | 56 | 98.21% | 92 | 97.83% | 105 | 96.19% | 117 | 94.87% | 87 | 94.25% |
Career Care Institute | 14 | 92.86% | 25 | 60% | 30 | 56.67% | 28 | 57.14% | 24 | 95.83% |
Carrington College | 53 | 71.7% | 63 | 73.02% | 74 | 83.78% | 70 | 72.86% | 83 | 93.98% |
Cerritos College | 71 | 94.37% | 51 | 94.12% | 73 | 87.67% | 53 | 92.45% | 55 | 100.00% |
Chabot College | 28 | 100% | 31 | 100% | 33 | 96.97% | 23 | 95.65% | 32 | 100.00% |
Chaffey College | 70 | 98.57% | 67 | 92.54% | 41 | 80.49% | 68 | 89.71% | 69 | 97.10% |
Chamberlain University, Irwindale | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84 | 89.29% |
Chamberlain University, Rancho Cordova | 91 | 97.8% | 98 | 95.92% | 108 | 88.89% | 151 | 88.08% | 179 | 92.18% |
Charles Drew University - BSN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19 | 68.42% |
Charles Drew University - MSN | 35 | 91.43% | 56 | 83.93% | 61 | 80.33% | 72 | 83.33% | 51 | 92.16% |
Citrus College | 29 | 93.1% | 38 | 84.21% | 30 | 93.33% | 32 | 93.75% | 29 | 100.00% |
City College of San Francisco | 75 | 90.67% | 86 | 93.02% | 83 | 91.57% | 78 | 84.62% | 86 | 100.00% |
CNI College - ADN | 109 | 88.07% | 112 | 83.93% | 208 | 86.06% | 87 | 81.61% | 1 | 100.00% |
CNI College - BSN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 77 | 93.51% |
College of Marin | 42 | 97.62% | 42 | 95.24 | 39 | 94.87% | 49 | 93.88% | 40 | 95.00% |
College of San Mateo | 44 | 86.36% | 48 | 93.75 | 53 | 92.45% | 51 | 84.31% | 59 | 94.92% |
College of the Canyons | 104 | 89.42% | 93 | 90.32% | 79 | 96.20% | 96 | 85.42% | 115 | 96.52% |
College of the Desert | 50 | 94% | 38 | 86.84% | 80 | 90% | 91 | 91.21% | 92 | 95.65% |
College of the Redwoods | 47 | 87.23% | 53 | 94.34% | 60 | 85% | 80 | 91.25% | 71 | 85.92% |
College of the Sequoias | 87 | 94.25% | 107 | 87.85% | 100 | 87% | 102 | 95.1% | 84 | 86.90% |
College of the Siskiyous (Closed) | 20 | 100% | 25 | 96% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | NA | NA |
Compton College | 31 | 93.55% | 63 | 77.78% | 62 | 79.03% | 55 | 67.27% | 54 | 90.74% |
Concordia University Irvine | 98 | 98.98% | 67 | 95.52% | 157 | 96.18% | 122 | 95.9% | 130 | 99.23% |
Contra Costa College | 42 | 90.48% | 40 | 82.5% | 36 | 83.33% | 50 | 86% | 35 | 94.29% |
Copper Mountain College | 31 | 87.1% | 15 | 100% | 27 | 74.07% | 23 | 78.26% | 27 | 85.19% |
Cuesta College | 37 | 97.3% | 44 | 93.18% | 82 | 97.56% | 47 | 95.74% | 42 | 100.00% |
Cypress College | 86 | 89.53% | 88 | 85.23% | 51 | 78.43% | 55 | 89.09% | 60 | 100.00% |
De Anza College | 43 | 95.35% | 31 | 93.55% | 51 | 86.27% | 44 | 95.45% | 39 | 97.44% |
Dominican University of California | 83 | 89.16% | 118 | 84.75% | 118 | 80.51% | 139 | 71.94% | 118 | 88.98% |
East Los Angeles College | 54 | 72.22% | 54 | 64.81% | 47 | 76.60% | 35 | 85.71% | 24 | 100.00% |
El Camino College | 61 | 91.8% | 71 | 94.37% | 77 | 93.51% | 86 | 91.86% | 66 | 96.97% |
El Camino College - Compton Education Center (Closed) | 40 | 95% | 4 | 25% | 1 | 0% | 1 | 0% | N/A | N/A |
Evergreen Valley College | 60 | 95% | 82 | 90.24% | 81 | 97.53% | 56 | 96.43% | 75 | 98.67% |
Fresno City College | 200 | 86.5% | 207 | 80.68% | 210 | 75.24% | 237 | 74.26% | 233 | 89.27% |
Fresno Pacific University | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14 | 64.29% |
Gavilan College | 18 | 94.44% | 19 | 100% | 21 | 100% | 18 | 100% | 22 | 86.36% |
Glendale Community College | 79 | 98.73% | 87 | 97.7% | 76 | 97.37% | 61 | 88.52% | 58 | 96.55% |
Golden West College | 84 | 92.86% | 83 | 91.57% | 76 | 97.37% | 80 | 92.5% | 103 | 97.09% |
Grossmont College | 63 | 100% | 36 | 100% | 70 | 95.71% | 68 | 98.53% | 76 | 97.37% |
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Fresno - ADN | 58 | 79.31% | 91 | 70.33% | 107 | 63.55% | 99 | 77.78% | 97 | 92.78% |
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Concord - BSN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50 | 70% | 98 | 87.76% | 70 | 78.57% |
Hartnell College | 39 | 89.74% | 44 | 97.73% | 38 | 92.11% | 40 | 82.5% | 47 | 93.62% |
Imperial Valley College | 42 | 100% | 45 | 93.33% | 28 | 92.86% | 26 | 100% | 62 | 95.16% |
Loma Linda University | 154 | 91.56% | 176 | 90.34% | 146 | 79.45% | 161 | 88.82% | 142 | 95.07% |
Long Beach City College | 91 | 96.7% | 85 | 90.59% | 67 | 85.07% | 65 | 84.62% | 60 | 93.33% |
LA City College | 77 | 92.21% | 71 | 91.55% | 78 | 74.36% | 48 | 81.25% | 64 | 89.06% |
LA County College of Nursing & Allied | 101 | 92.08% | 87 | 93.1% | 87 | 87.36% | 101 | 92.08% | 101 | 95.05% |
LA Harbor College | 61 | 100% | 53 | 96.23% | 55 | 94.55% | 46 | 93.48% | 41 | 100.00% |
LA Southwest College | 35 | 74.29% | 55 | 85.45% | 43 | 79.07% | 29 | 79.31% | 28 | 100.00% |
LA Trade-Tech College | 63 | 80.95% | 71 | 78.87% | 70 | 82.86% | 71 | 64.79% | 47 | 93.62% |
LA Valley College | 72 | 94.44% | 68 | 85.29% | 61 | 90.16% | 62 | 83.87% | 67 | 91.04% |
Los Angeles Pierce College | 53 | 96.11% | 56 | 92.86% | 47 | 95.74% | 37 | 89.19% | 37 | 100.00% |
Los Medanos College | 37 | 81.08% | 40 | 75% | 36 | 97.22% | 23 | 91.3% | 25 | 96.00% |
Madera College | 13 | 84.62% | 7 | 100% | 12 | 83.33% | 12 | 100% | 11 | 100.00% |
Marsha Fuerst School of Nursing at Glendale Career College | 150 | 88% | 127 | 91.34% | 107 | 92.52% | 155 | 85.16% | 221 | 91.40% |
Mendocino College | 26 | 100% | 23 | 95.65% | 31 | 96.77% | 27 | 96.3% | 14 | 100.00% |
Merced College | 48 | 89.58% | 66 | 81.82% | 62 | 82.26% | 53 | 83.02% | 46 | 93.48% |
Merritt College | 21 | 100% | 23 | 95.65% | 9 | 77.78% | 34 | 88.24% | 19 | 89.47% |
Mira Costa College | 49 | 97.96% | 45 | 95.56% | 52 | 92.31% | 40 | 92.5% | 73 | 98.63% |
Mission College | 30 | 70% | 27 | 81.48% | 33 | 69.70% | 30 | 83.33% | 25 | 96.00% |
Modesto Junior College | 96 | 92.71% | 122 | 94.26% | 129 | 83.72% | 86 | 93.02% | 89 | 96.63% |
Monterey Peninsula College | 29 | 100% | 31 | 93.55% | 32 | 96.88% | 34 | 94.12% | 46 | 100.00% |
Moorpark College | 65 | 100% | 78 | 100% | 70 | 97.14% | 62 | 100% | 62 | 98.39% |
Mount St. Mary's University - ADN | 89 | 64.04% | 64 | 73.44% | 103 | 70.87% | 82 | 60.98% | 1 | 0.00% |
Mount St. Mary's University - BSN | 124 | 91.94% | 142 | 85.92% | 136 | 77.21% | 169 | 81.66% | 186 | 91.40% |
Mt. San Antonio College | 106 | 96.23% | 65 | 89.23% | 103 | 94.17% | 115 | 88.7% | 114 | 96.49% |
Mt. San Jacinto College | 42 | 100% | 56 | 92.86% | 44 | 84.09% | 44 | 95.45% | 47 | 95.74% |
Napa Valley College | 30 | 93.33% | 32 | 93.75% | 32 | 71.88% | 37 | 89.19% | 32 | 96.88% |
National University | 269 | 88.85% | 282 | 89.36% | 239 | 79.92% | 227 | 75.77% | 233 | 91.42% |
Ohlone College | 33 | 100% | 35 | 88.57% | 35 | 100% | 34 | 73.53% | 35 | 88.57% |
Pacific College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 64 | 73.44% | 118 | 77.12% | 49 | 95.92% |
Pacific Union College | 89 | 96.63% | 86 | 84.88% | 92 | 90.22% | 78 | 85.9% | 111 | 94.59% |
Palomar College | 72 | 90.28% | 39 | 92.31% | 86 | 86.05% | 75 | 96% | 63 | 98.41% |
Pasadena City College | 90 | 92.22% | 63 | 88.89% | 96 | 89.58% | 66 | 90.91% | 54 | 98.15% |
Point Loma Nazarene University | 40 | 82.5% | 71 | 78.87% | 111 | 89.19% | 76 | 88.16% | 70 | 98.57% |
Porterville College | 18 | 77.78% | 18 | 94.44% | 30 | 76.67% | 22 | 90.91% | 4 | 50.00% |
Rio Hondo College | 78 | 98.72% | 77 | 96.1% | 53 | 98.11% | 68 | 94.12% | 63 | 100.00% |
Riverside City College | 180 | 91.11% | 178 | 96.63% | 177 | 96.05% | 150 | 95.33% | 167 | 98.80% |
Sacramento City College | 67 | 92.54% | 59 | 100% | 67 | 94.03% | 58 | 94.83% | 45 | 97.78% |
Saddleback College | 99 | 96.97% | 82 | 95.12% | 92 | 96.74% | 90 | 98.89% | 80 | 100.00% |
Samuel Merritt University - BSN | 409 | 93.4% | 410 | 84.88% | 433 | 85.45% | 468 | 82.05% | 410 | 85.85% |
Samuel Merritt University - MSN | 81 | 86.42% | 97 | 82.47% | 103 | 80.58% | 97 | 78.35% | 73 | 87.67% |
San Bernardino Valley College | 78 | 88.46% | 85 | 81.18% | 114 | 78.95% | 90 | 73.33% | 96 | 90.63% |
San Diego City College | 52 | 100% | 52 | 100% | 63 | 98.41% | 47 | 100% | 48 | 100.00% |
San Diego State University | 115 | 93.91% | 143 | 95.8% | 150 | 90.67% | 181 | 88.4% | 157 | 95.54% |
San Francisco State University - BSN | 87 | 86.21% | 101 | 90.1% | 60 | 88.33% | 103 | 85.44% | 94 | 95.74% |
San Francisco State University - MSN | 38 | 97.37% | 35 | 91.43% | 43 | 86.05% | 40 | 77.5% | 22 | 77.27% |
San Joaquin Delta College | 128 | 91.41% | 76 | 82.89% | 133 | 81.20% | 128 | 89.06% | 126 | 92.06% |
San Joaquin Valley College | 95 | 86.32% | 86 | 88.37% | 91 | 91.21% | 96 | 95.83% | 94 | 100.00% |
Santa Ana College | 93 | 91.4% | 91 | 86.81% | 87 | 90.80% | 97 | 90.72% | 91 | 96.70% |
Santa Barbara City College | 56 | 94.64% | 79 | 96.2% | 79 | 91.14% | 65 | 93.85% | 51 | 98.04% |
Santa Monica College | 57 | 94.74% | 71 | 91.55% | 71 | 91.55% | 31 | 83.87% | 71 | 98.59% |
Santa Rosa Junior College | 110 | 92.73% | 55 | 96.36% | 117 | 87.18% | 98 | 90.82% | 91 | 98.90% |
Shasta College | 44 | 93.18% | 50 | 96% | 70 | 90% | 59 | 88.14% | 59 | 93.22% |
Sierra College | 21 | 100% | 30 | 100% | 63 | 100% | 38 | 97.37% | 40 | 100.00% |
Simpson University | 30 | 100% | 39 | 92.31% | 46 | 91.30% | 60 | 95% | 47 | 100.00% |
Smith Chason School of Nursing | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47 | 100.00% |
Solano Community College | 38 | 94.74% | 48 | 91.67% | 47 | 80.85% | 39 | 87.18% | 29 | 93.10% |
Sonoma State University | 18 | 94.44% | 23 | 100% | 42 | 90.48% | 14 | 100% | 32 | 100.00% |
Southwestern College | 69 | 92.75% | 68 | 89.71% | 63 | 88.89% | 59 | 89.83% | 65 | 96.92% |
Stanbridge University - ADN | 78 | 98.72% | 74 | 95.95% | 84 | 96.43% | 129 | 90.7% | 1 | 100.00% |
Stanbridge University - BSN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 68 | 100.00% |
The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University | 86 | 86.79% | 119 | 91.6% | 119 | 93.28% | 185 | 90.81% | 112 | 99.11% |
Unitek College - ADN | 115 | 89.57% | 1 | 0% | 5 | 60% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Unitek College - BSN | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 151 | 84.11% | 292 | 81.16% | 315 | 88.25% |
UC Davis | 44 | 84.09% | 48 | 87.5% | 48 | 83.33% | 43 | 93.02% | 41 | 92.68% |
UC Irvine - BSN | 56 | 91.07% | 44 | 88.64% | 42 | 83.33% | 50 | 86% | 48 | 95.83% |
UC Irvine - MSN | 19 | 94.74% | 18 | 100% | 21 | 95.24% | 19 | 94.74% | 18 | 94.44% |
UC Los Angeles - BSN | 45 | 95.56% | 44 | 90.91% | 50 | 84% | 54 | 88.89% | 47 | 93.62% |
UC Los Angeles - MSN | 69 | 97.1% | 68 | 82.35% | 71 | 87.32% | 68 | 85.29% | 69 | 100.00% |
UC San Francisco | 72 | 95.83% | 76 | 89.47% | 77 | 87.01% | 75 | 86.67% | 47 | 87.23% |
University of Massachusetts Global | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 27 | 55.56% | 57 | 57.89% | 37 | 81.08% |
University of Phoenix at Modesto - LVN to BSN | 71 | 80.28% | 41 | 78.05% | 44 | 72.73% | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0.00% |
University of San Diego/Hahn | 56 | 96.43% | 55 | 98.18% | 65 | 96.92% | 50 | 88% | 35 | 100.00% |
University of San Francisco - BSN | 217 | 89.86% | 251 | 87.64% | 252 | 85.32% | 260 | 86.54% | 250 | 94.00% |
University of San Francisco - MSN | 118 | 98.31% | 104 | 95.19% | 125 | 88% | 131 | 86.26% | 101 | 95.05% |
University of the Pacific | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 36 | 97.22% |
Vanguard University | N/A | N/A | 24 | 91.67% | 36 | 66.67% | 30 | 80% | 41 | 87.80% |
Ventura College | 58 | 96.55% | 84 | 97.62% | 85 | 94.12% | 85 | 94.12% | 65 | 100.00% |
Victor Valley College | 69 | 98.55% | 30 | 93.33% | 64 | 96.88% | 68 | 91.18% | 58 | 98.28% |
Weimar University - ADN | 11 | 100% | 12 | 100% | 12 | 75% | 8 | 100% | 10 | 100.00% |
West Coast University | 1,630 | 90.55% | 2,132 | 87.1% | 2,581 | 80.58% | 2,925 | 81.09% | 2,889 | 92.94% |
Western Governors University (Closed) | 52 | 96.15% | 22 | 95.45% | 27 | 100% | 47 | 85.11% | 3 | 66.67% |
Western University of Health Sciences - MSN | 60 | 93.33% | N/A | N/A | 68 | 89.71% | 72 | 86.11% | 71 | 94.37% |
West Hills College Lemoore | 24 | 91.67% | 30 | 90% | 51 | 90.20% | 46 | 89.13% | 36 | 94.44% |
Westmont College | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35 | 94.29% |
Xavier College | N/A | N/A | 20 | 95% | 28 | 71.43% | 30 | 83.33% | 28 | 100.00% |
Yuba College | 52 | 92.31% | 53 | 96.23% | 65 | 96.92% | 65 | 93.85% | 68 | 92.65% |