Accreditation and Retention/Attrition Rates
The table below is categorized by survey year from the BRN Annual School Survey (August 1st - July 31st) and reflects the results of data provided by the program and includes graduates of all program tracks within the degree type (i.e., accelerated, traditional, etc.). For specific information about available programs/tracks, expected completion timeframes or possible changes in data, the BRN asks that you contact the individual programs directly for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Please refer to RN programs for a contact list of all BRN approved programs.
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| School | School Accreditation | Program Accreditation | 2011-2012 | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | |||||
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| Attrition Rate | Retention Rate | Attrition Rate | Retention Rate | Attrition Rate | Retention Rate | Attrition Rate | Retention Rate | Attrition Rate | Retention Rate | |||
| Allan Hancock College | WASCJC | None | 3% | 98% | 8% | 92% | 6% | 94% | 9% | 91% | 0% | 100% |
| American Career College | ABHES | None | First Graduates Expected 2016-2017 | |||||||||
| American River College | WASCJC | None | 9% | 82% | 13% | 70% | 29% | 51% | 32% | 50% | 10.5% | 71.1% |
| American University of Health Sciences | ACICS | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 21% | 48% | 13% | 72% | 29% | 51% | 30.1% | 69.9% |
| Antelope Valley College | WASCJC | None | 17% | 57% | 10% | 63% | 8% | 68% | 13% | 77% | 11.5% | 69% |
| Azusa Pacific University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 1% | 94% | 1% | 99% | 5% | 90% | 10% | 87% | 6.7% | 93.3% |
| Azusa Pacific University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 2% | 98% | 3% | 95% | 7% | 91% | 7% | 90% | 6.4% | 90.1% |
| Bakersfield College | WASCJC | None | 4% | 80% | 19% | 66% | 12% | 84% | 13% | 83% | 11.9% | 78.9% |
| Biola University | WSCUC | CCNE | 8% | 93% | 10% | 88% | 3% | 97% | 5% | 95% | 5% | 95% |
| Brightwood College | ACICS | None | 2% | 97% | 16% | 84% | 4% | 96% | 2% | 95% | 3.2% | 96.8% |
| Butte Community College | WASCJC | None | 4% | 96% | 9% | 91% | 19% | 81% | 5% | 95% | 6% | 94% |
| Cabrillo Community College | WASCJC | None | 17% | 83% | 5% | 81% | 13% | 87% | 17% | 83% | 10.5% | 87.7% |
| California Baptist University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 12% | 88% | 10% | 87% | 7% | 93% | 4% | 90% | 2.9% | 97.1% |
| California Baptist University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 82% | 11% | 89% | 0% | 100% | 3% | 97% | 2.5% | 90% |
| CSU Bakersfield | WSCUC | CCNE | 17% | 81% | 5% | 88% | 0% | 96% | 0% | 100% | 3.6% | 92.7% |
| CSU Channel Islands | WSCUC | CCNE | 13% | 78% | 5% | 74% | 18% | 82% | 0% | 95% | 6.1% | 93.9% |
| CSU Chico | WSCUC | CCNE | 5% | 95% | 6% | 94% | 5% | 95% | 0% | 99% | 5.3% | 94.7% |
| CSU East Bay | WSCUC | CCNE | 5% | 90% | 6% | 91% | 6% | 89% | 16% | 84% | 11.2% | 81.9% |
| CSU Fresno - BSN | WASCJC | CCNE | 8% | 84% | 8% | 84% | 15% | 85% | 4% | 96% | 0% | 100% |
| CSU Fullerton - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 8% | 93% | 9% | 89% | 8% | 92% | 8% | 90% | 7.3% | 92.7% |
| CSU Long Beach - BSN | WSCUC/CHEA | CCNE | 14% | 86% | 8% | 92% | 8% | 92% | 7% | 93% | 10.2% | 80.6% |
| CSU Long Beach - MSN | WSCUC/CHEA | CCNE | 13% | 87% | 11% | 89% | Not App | Not App | 13% | 87% | Not Avail | Not Avail |
| CSU Los Angeles - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 1% | 93% | 5% | 82% | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% | 3.4% | 91% |
| CSU Northridge | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 3% | 98% | 3% | 98% | 3% | 97% | 1.9% | 98.1% |
| CSU Sacramento | WSCUC | CCNE | 3% | 97% | 2% | 98% | 3% | 94% | 3% | 95% | 2.6% | 96.2% |
| CSU San Bernardino | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 3% | 94% | 6% | 94% | 4% | 91% | 4.7% | 94.3% |
| CSU San Marcos | WSCUC | CCNE | 9% | 91% | 7% | 92% | 7% | 93% | 13% | 85% | 2.5% | 90% |
| CSU Stanislaus | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | 9% | 91% | 3% | 91% | 7% | 93% | 10% | 90% |
| Carrington College | WASCJC | None | 13% | 66% | 4% | 65% | 4% | 88% | 14% | 62% | 35.6% | 59.3% |
| Cerritos College | WASCJC | ACEN | 18% | 79% | 22% | 71% | 17% | 75% | 25% | 72% | 18.7% | 64.8% |
| Chabot College | WASCJC | None | 30% | 69% | 38% | 54% | 30% | 70% | 36% | 64% | 20.6% | 79.4% |
| Chaffey College | WASCJC | ACEN | 6% | 81% | 6% | 83% | 6% | 90% | 12% | 78% | 13.3% | 73.3% |
| Chamberlain College of Nursing | HLC | CCNE | First Graduates Expected 2017-2018 | |||||||||
| Charles R. Drew University | WSCUC | CCNE | 23% | 51% | 3% | 90% | 3% | 98% | 6% | 94% | 16.1% | 82.1% |
| Citrus College | WASCJC | None | 29% | 63% | 7% | 93% | 15% | 85% | 10% | 90% | 15% | 85% |
| City College of San Francisco | WASCJC | None | 25% | 73% | 24% | 74% | 17% | 82% | 18% | 81% | 20.7% | 77% |
| CNI College | ABHES | None | First Graduates Completed 2014-2015 | 7% | 85% | 5.7% | 93.4% | |||||
| College of Marin | WASCJC | None | 13% | 87% | 11% | 89% | 7% | 93% | 4% | 96% | 7% | 88.4% |
| College of San Mateo | WASCJC | None | 33% | 57% | 15% | 81% | 15% | 69% | 24% | 62% | 11.6% | 86% |
| College of the Canyons | WASCJC | ACEN | 18% | 75% | 14% | 78% | 6% | 83% | 8% | 88% | 3.6% | 90.9% |
| College of the Desert | WASCJC | None | 15% | 76% | 27% | 67% | 34% | 66% | 20% | 75% | 6.8% | 88.1% |
| College of the Redwoods | WASCJC | None | 9% | 82% | 8% | 83% | 13% | 84% | 16% | 84% | 28.9% | 71.1% |
| College of the Sequoias | WASCJC | None | 1% | 99% | 7% | 92% | 5% | 87% | 4% | 92% | 16.2% | 77% |
| College of the Siskiyous | WASCJC | None | 0% | 100% | 7% | 93% | 4% | 96% | 3% | 97% | 3.3% | 96.7% |
| Concordia University Irvine | WSCUC | CCNE | 9% | 79% | 0% | 100% | 6% | 94% | 8% | 93% | 1.5% | 95.5% |
| Contra Costa College | WASCJC | None | 26% | 74% | 0% | 100% | 10% | 80% | 28% | 73% | 5.4% | 91.9% |
| Copper Mountain College | WASCJC | None | 29% | 71% | 47% | 53% | 22% | 78% | 4% | 96% | 9.5% | 90.5% |
| Cuesta College | WASCJC | None | 9% | 91% | 7% | 91% | 14% | 79% | 19% | 81% | 14% | 83.7% |
| Cypress College | WASCJC | ACEN | 14% | 77% | 6% | 89% | 7% | 80% | 12% | 81% | 7.2% | 83.5% |
| De Anza College | WASCJC | None | 25% | 67% | 23% | 70% | 32% | 58% | 26% | 68% | 27.7% | 53.8% |
| Dominican University of California | WSCUC | CCNE | 20% | 80% | 6% | 86% | 0% | 100% | 3% | 95% | 0% | 100% |
| East Los Angeles College | WASCJC | None | 0% | 80% | 15% | 76% | 4% | 91% | 7% | 93% | 0% | 97.7% |
| El Camino College | WASCJC | None | 47% | 30% | 38% | 45% | 33% | 41% | 16% | 73% | 15.1% | 68.6% |
| El Camino College - Compton Education Center | WASCJC | None | 29% | 52% | 19% | 60% | 48% | 46% | 35% | 58% | 23.5% | 52.9% |
| Evergreen Valley College | WASCJC | ACEN | 21% | 79% | 28% | 68% | 30% | 58% | 33% | 63% | 25% | 60.9% |
| Fresno City College | WASCJC | None | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% | 3% | 91% | 6% | 92% | 4.3% | 86.7% |
| Gavilan College | WASCJC | None | 41% | 59% | 9% | 91% | 5% | 95% | 14% | 86% | 0% | 68.2% |
| Glendale Career College | ABHES | None | First Graduates Expected 2017-2018 | |||||||||
| Glendale Community College | WASCJC | None | 22% | 78% | 13% | 83% | Not Avail | Not Avail | 7% | 89% | 13.7% | 76.7% |
| Golden West College | WASCJC | ACEN | 13% | 87% | 13% | 86% | 17% | 77% | 23% | 77% | 17.5% | 82.5% |
| Grossmont College | WASCJC | ACEN | 37% | 58% | 23% | 76% | 22% | 73% | 16% | 84% | 16% | 81.3% |
| Hartnell College | WASCJC | None | 12% | 84% | 19% | 75% | 16% | 77% | 15% | 74% | 17.6% | 76.5% |
| Holy Names University | WSCUC | CCNE | First Grads Completed 2012-2013 | Not Avail | Not Avail | Not Avail | Not Avail | Not Avail | Not Avail | Not Avail | Not Avail | |
| Imperial Valley College | WASCJC | None | 15% | 71% | 2% | 83% | 19% | 76% | 16% | 81% | 13.2% | 68.4% |
| Loma Linda University | WSCUC | CCNE | 20% | 80% | 16% | 84% | 11% | 88% | 18% | 82% | 11.9% | 80.1% |
| Long Beach City College | WASCJC | ACEN | 16% | 76% | 24% | 74% | 15% | 81% | 17% | 69% | 13.8% | 79.8% |
| L.A. City College | WASCJC | None | 36% | 64% | 21% | 66% | 13% | 85% | 10% | 87% | 19% | 77.2% |
| L.A. County College of Nursing and Allied Health | WASCJC | None | 40% | 40% | 27% | 53% | 20% | 54% | 9% | 75% | 25.9% | 67.9% |
| L.A. Harbor College | WASCJC | ACEN | 52% | 43% | 44% | 39% | 47% | 41% | 32% | 51% | 25.3% | 55.7% |
| L.A. Southwest College | WASCJC | None | 15% | 70% | 9% | 86% | 8% | 84% | 6% | 82% | 8.7% | 80.4% |
| L.A. Trade-Tech College | WASCJC | None | 44% | 39% | 40% | 40% | 29% | 44% | 43% | 43% | 45% | 37.5% |
| L.A. Valley College | WASCJC | ACEN | 17% | 68% | 19% | 58% | 11% | 65% | 24% | 69% | 20.2% | 60.7% |
| Los Angeles Pierce College | WASCJC | None | 9% | 85% | 24% | 63% | 12% | 70% | 5% | 93% | 19.4% | 80.6% |
| Los Medanos College | WASCJC | None | 27% | 68% | 3% | 97% | 18% | 73% | 25% | 75% | 18.8% | 81.3% |
| Mendocino College | WASCJC | None | 16% | 84% | 14% | 86% | 21% | 79% | 28% | 72% | 5.6% | 94.4% |
| Merced College | WASCJC | None | 12% | 88% | 31% | 69% | 26% | 71% | 33% | 65% | 19.6% | 78.6% |
| Merritt College | WASCJC | None | 55% | 41% | 51% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 12% | 83% | 23.8% | 69% |
| Mira Costa College | ACCSCT/WASCJC | None | 14% | 86% | 5% | 95% | 11% | 86% | 5% | 95% | 10.6% | 75.3% |
| Mission College | WASCJC | None | 3% | 97% | 5% | 95% | 13% | 88% | 10% | 90% | 6.7% | 93.3% |
| Modesto Junior College | WASCJC | None | 19% | 79% | 7% | 79% | 8% | 87% | 17% | 75% | 5.3% | 91.6% |
| Monterey Peninsula College | WASCJC | ACEN | 26% | 74% | 18% | 82% | 19% | 81% | 25% | 75% | 8.8% | 88.2% |
| Moorpark College | WASCJC | ACEN | 44% | 54% | 45% | 55% | 25% | 73% | 15% | 85% | 18.8% | 81.3% |
| Mount St. Mary's University-Los Angeles - AD | WSCUC | None | 0% | 100% | 13% | 75% | 13% | 87% | 18% | 82% | 17.4% | 73.9% |
| Mount St. Mary's University-Los Angeles - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 7% | 87% | 6% | 90% | 4% | 85% | 8% | 91% | 12.4% | 74.6% |
| Mount San Antonio College | WASCJC | None | 20% | 68% | 23% | 63% | 16% | 65% | 22% | 70% | 27.6% | 65% |
| Mount San Jacinto College | WASCJC | None | 11% | 83% | 9% | 92% | 16% | 53% | 29% | 60% | 22.5% | 65% |
| Napa Valley College | ACCSC | None | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 10% | 90% | 15% | 75% | 18.4% | 68.4% |
| National University | WSCUC | CCNE | 6% | 90% | Not Avail | Not Avail | 19% | 81% | 2% | 98% | 3.9% | 50% |
| Ohlone College | WASCJC | ACEN | 18% | 78% | 12% | 71% | 11% | 77% | 21% | 69% | 27.3% | 65.9% |
| Pacific Union College | WSCUC | ACEN | 17% | 72% | 17% | 81% | 23% | 77% | 18% | 78% | 11.4% | 78.6% |
| Palomar College | WASCJC | ACEN | 21% | 71% | 37% | 62% | 39% | 59% | 27% | 56% | 10.5% | 82.5% |
| Pasadena City College | WASCJC | None | 7% | 81% | 7% | 79% | 13% | 87% | 18% | 79% | 9.4% | 86.8% |
| Point Loma Nazarene University | WSCUC | CCNE | 12% | 74% | 13% | 77% | 21% | 79% | 12% | 88% | 18% | 73% |
| Porterville College | WASCJC | None | 15% | 85% | 5% | 95% | 25% | 75% | 42% | 58% | 36.8% | 52.6% |
| Reedley College at Madera Community College Center | WASCJC | None | 42% | 58% | 0% | 100% | 29% | 71% | 29% | 71% | 33.3% | 66.7% |
| Rio Hondo College | WASCJC | None | 38% | 58% | 37% | 52% | 23% | 71% | 19% | 77% | 27.7% | 66.3% |
| Riverside City College | WASCJC | ACEN | 14% | 80% | 10% | 86% | 14% | 84% | 7% | 88% | 4.5% | 86.5% |
| Sacramento City College | WASCJC | None | 7% | 85% | 20% | 77% | 23% | 78% | 13% | 83% | 1.6% | 98.4% |
| Saddleback College | WASCJC | ACEN | 13% | 84% | 11% | 84% | 23% | 73% | 21% | 79% | 20.3% | 69.5% |
| Samuel Merritt University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 2% | 94% | 2% | 94% | 6% | 91% | 5% | 91% | 5.7% | 81.3% |
| Samuel Merritt University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 3% | 84% | 1% | 91% | 4% | 91% | 4% | 86% | 5.2% | 89.7% |
| San Bernardino Valley College | WASCJC | ACEN | 11% | 88% | 13% | 88% | 0% | 100% | 3% | 84% | 4.2% | 83.3% |
| San Diego City College | WASCJC | ACEN | 28% | 72% | 20% | 72% | 16% | 81% | 18% | 80% | 18.5% | 78.5% |
| San Diego State University | WSCUC | CCNE | 2% | 89% | 16% | 77% | 7% | 92% | 8% | 83% | 10.8% | 84.7% |
| San Francisco State University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 1% | 71% | 0% | 95% | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% | 1.7% | 98.3% |
| San Francisco State University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | Not Avail | Not Avail | 0% | 24% | 0% | 100% | Not Avail | Not Avail | 5% | 90% |
| San Joaquin Delta College | WSCUC | ACEN | 7% | 89% | 7% | 92% | 5% | 95% | 9% | 91% | 4.7% | 93% |
| San Joaquin Valley College | WASCJC | None | 20% | 75% | 15% | 85% | 8% | 92% | 34% | 63% | 13.1% | 50% |
| Santa Ana College | WASCJC | ACEN | 17% | 66% | 24% | 61% | 17% | 71% | 21% | 65% | 13.3% | 68.9% |
| Santa Barbara City College | WASCJC | ACEN | 18% | 80% | 15% | 81% | 6% | 94% | 22% | 78% | 26.7% | 66.7% |
| Santa Monica College | WASCJC | ACEN | 31% | 65% | 31% | 61% | 31% | 51% | 17% | 65% | 22.1% | 62.3% |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | WASCJC | None | 3% | 91% | 7% | 91% | 7% | 90% | 8% | 91% | 5.2% | 89.7% |
| Shasta College | WASCJC | None | 19% | 68% | 26% | 69% | 4% | 91% | 14% | 81% | 6.7% | 91.7% |
| Shepherd University | ACICS | None | Not Avail | Not Avail | 18% | 82% | 20% | 70% | 24% | 57% | 41.7% | 33.3% |
| Sierra College | WASCJC | None | 7% | 93% | 8% | 93% | 10% | 88% | 15% | 85% | 15% | 80% |
| Simpson University | WSCUC | CCNE | 19% | 77% | 13% | 87% | 0% | 100% | 12.5% | 87.5% | ||
| Solano Community College | WASCJC | None | 36% | 57% | 45% | 55% | 22% | 69% | 21% | 79% | 19.6% | 80.4% |
| Sonoma State University | WSCUC | ACEN | 8% | 88% | 4% | 92% | 4% | 96% | 8% | 92% | 0% | 100% |
| Southwestern College | WASCJC | ACEN | 20% | 80% | 13% | 86% | 15% | 80% | 15% | 80% | 16.7% | 83.3% |
| Stanbridge University | ACCSC | None | First Graduates Expected 2015-2016 | 38.5% | 61.5% | |||||||
| The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 95% | 1% | 98% | 0% | 100% | 1% | 99% | 1.7% | 96.7% |
| United States University - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | Not App | Not App | 20% | 0% | Not App | Not App | Not Avail | Not Avail | 10% | 90% |
| United States University - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 100% | Not App | Not App | Not App | Not App | 13% | 88% | Not App | Not App |
| Unitek College | ACCSC | CCNE | 2% | 95% | 12% | 88% | 5% | 95% | 16% | 84% | 22.7% | 77.3% |
| University of California, Davis-Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing | WSCUC | CCNE | First Class Beginning 2016-2017 | |||||||||
| University of California Irvine | WSCUC | CCNE | 10% | 83% | 14% | 78% | 16% | 77% | 16% | 76% | 20.4% | 70.4% |
| University of California Los Angeles - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 2% | 97% | 2% | 89% | 4% | 92% | 8% | 78% | 4.3% | 85.1% |
| University of California Los Angeles - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 2% | 97% | 2% | 98% | 1% | 97% | 2% | 96% | 1.5% | 83.8% |
| University of California San Francisco | WSCUC | CCNE | 2% | 99% | 5% | 95% | 2% | 96% | 0% | 98% | 1.7% | 96.7% |
| University of Phoenix, Northern California Campus | HLC | CCNE | 17% | 65% | Not Avail | Not Avail | 6% | 86% | 17% | 54% | Not Avail | Not Avail |
| University of San Diego, Hahn School of Nursing | WSCUC | CCNE | 9% | 91% | 9% | 89% | 4% | 94% | 5% | 95% | 2.3% | 97.7% |
| University of San Francisco - BSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 22% | 78% | 19% | 75% | 5% | 87% | 6% | 77% | 13.8% | 71.3% |
| University of San Francisco - MSN | WSCUC | CCNE | 4% | 96% | 5% | 95% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 97% | 0% | 98.4% |
| Ventura College | WASCJC | ACEN | 36% | 58% | 31% | 61% | 27% | 72% | 25% | 65% | 19.5% | 65.5% |
| Victor Valley College | WASCJC | None | 20% | 55% | 17% | 72% | 18% | 70% | 17% | 70% | 16.5% | 74.1% |
| Weimar Institute | In Progress | None | First Graduates Expected 2016-2017 | |||||||||
| West Coast University | WSCUC | CCNE | 12% | 86% | 21% | 75% | 13% | 84% | 16% | 81% | 23.3% | 75.8% |
| West Hills College Lemoore | WASCJC | None | 17% | 83% | 17% | 83% | 20% | 80% | 12% | 84% | 10% | 83.3% |
| Western Governors University | NWCCU | CCNE | 23% | 53% | 9% | 72% | 0% | 88% | 20% | 67% | 15.8% | 63.2% |
| Western University of Health Sciences | WSCUC | CCNE | 0% | 98% | 0% | 100% | 5% | 95% | 8% | 82% | 1.6% | 98.4% |
| Yuba College | WASCJC | None | 41% | 47% | 0% | 97% | 8% | 92% | 12% | 83% | 6.7% | 93.3% |
Table Definitions
- School Accreditation: Accreditation of the institution by an agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education (as required by the BRN) to assure the public that the educational institution meets clearly defined objectives appropriate to education.
- Program Accreditation: Voluntary and self-regulatory advanced accreditation of a nursing education program by a non-governmental association.
- Attrition Rate: The total number of students who withdrew or were dismissed from the program and were scheduled to complete the program between August 1 and July 31, divided by the total number of students enrolled who were scheduled to complete during the same time period.
- Retention Rate: The total number of students who completed the program between August 1 and July 31 divided by the total number of students enrolled who were scheduled to complete during the same time period.
- Not App: Means "Not Applicable". The program did not have students completing in the given year between August 1 and July 31.
- Not Avail: Means "Not Available". The program did not provide data on the Annual School Survey to accurately calculate student retention and attrition rate in the given year between August 1 and July 31.
Program Accreditation Legend
- ACEN - Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
- CCNE - Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
- CNEA - Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation
School Accreditation Legend
- ABHES - Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
- WASCJC - Accrediting Commission for Community & Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools & Colleges
- ACCSC - Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges
- ACCSCT - Accrediting Commission of Career Schools & Colleges of Technology
- ACICS - Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges & Schools
- CHEA - Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- COE - Council on Occupational Education
- HLC - Higher Learning Commission
- NWCCU - Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities
- WSCUC - WASC-Senior College & University Commission