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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 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022
# Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass
Allan Hancock College 39 97.44% 33 87.88% 33 78.79% 32 84.38% 33 87.88%
American Career College 67 74.63% 58 93.1% 68 92.65% 84 91.67% 62 88.71%
American River College 67 94.03% 80 100% 68 91.18% 67 92.54% 52 94.23%
American University of Health Sciences - BSN 56 94.64% 70 84.29% 48 79.17% 74 85.14% 103 75.73%
Antelope Valley College 104 91.35% 98 94.09% 107 94.39% 105 94.29 96 90.63%
Azusa Pacific University - BSN 367 86.92% 390 83.08% 363 83.75% 469 80.38% 514 80.16%
Bakersfield College 127 98.43% 127 96.06% 96 95.83% 129 96.12% 172 93.02%
Biola University 47 91.49% 44 93.18% 67 85.07% 46 89.13% 40 77.50%
Brightwood College (Closed) 171 71.93% 116 68.97% N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 0%
Butte College 94 94.68% 82 89.02% 115 92.17% 119 88.24% 125 82.40%
Cabrillo College 57 82.46% 57 91.23% 62 75.81% 66 71.21% 71 64.79%
California Baptist University - BSN 142 90.14% 150 90.67% 162 84.57% 155 87.74% 161 85.09%
California Baptist University - MSN 37 83.78% 38 84.21% 40 85% 42 85.71% 37 83.78%
California Career College N/A N/A 38 78.95% 20 95% 49 89.8% 39 79.49%
CSU Bakersfield - BSN 50 92% 56 98.21% 48 97.92% 52 98.08% 61 98.36%
CSU Channel Islands - BSN 57 100% 58 98.28% 61 96.72% 59 91.53% 79 91.14%
CSU Chico - BSN 84 97.62% 76 98.68% 75 97.33% 77 96.1% 83 92.77%
CSU East Bay - BSN 119 94.12% 81 93.83% 130 94.62% 71 87.32% 129 80.62%
CSU Fresno - BSN 112 90.18% 114 92.98% 159 93.08% 113 92.04% 122 92.62%
CSU Fresno - MSN 1 100% 1 100% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
CSU Fullerton - BSN 64 87.5% 63 100% 58 96.55% 66 96.97% 75 98.67%
CSU Long Beach - BSN 132 100% 145 99.31% 134 99.25% 143 99.3% 143 97.20%
CSU Long Beach - MSN (Closed Option) 1 100% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
CSU Los Angeles - BSN 99 93.94% 101 96.04% 77 97.4% 87 95.4% 95 94.74%
CSU Northridge - BSN 56 94.64% 2 100% N/A N/A 39 97.44 86 84.88%
CSU Sacramento - BSN 147 98.64% 153 97.39% 136 98.53% 150 97.33% 155 93.55%
CSU San Bernardino - BSN 106 96.23% 110 90% 94 97.87% 96 91.67% 178 92.13%
CSU San Marcos - BSN 175 97.71% 208 97.12% 214 97.66% 155 96.13% 209 91.87%
CSU Stanislaus - BSN 73 97.26% 117 100% 56 98.21% 92 97.83% 105 96.19%
Career Care Institute N/A N/A N/A N/A 14 92.86% 25 60% 30 56.67%
Carrington College 62 77.42% 69 78.26% 53 71.7% 63 73.02% 74 83.78%
Cerritos College 81 86.42% 74 86.49% 71 94.37% 51 94.12% 73 87.67%
Chabot College 33 100% 32 100% 28 100% 31 100% 33 96.97%
Chaffey College 54 98.15% 52 96.15% 70 98.57% 67 92.54% 41 80.49%
Chamberlain College, Rancho Cordova - BSN N/A N/A 59 93.22% 91 97.8% 98 95.92% 108 88.89%
Charles Drew University - MSN 53 83.02% 30 86.67% 35 91.43% 56 83.93% 61 80.33%
Citrus College 28 96.43% 29 86.21% 29 93.1% 38 84.21% 30 93.33%
City College of San Francisco 84 91.67% 78 92.31% 75 90.67% 86 93.02% 83 91.57%
CNI College - ADN 125 87.2% 109 84.4% 109 88.07% 112 83.93% 208 86.06%
College of Marin 38 92.11% 42 95.24% 42 97.62% 42 95.24 39 94.87%
College of San Mateo 46 95.65% 47 97.87% 44 86.36% 48 93.75 53 92.45%
College of the Canyons 97 83.51% 93 89.25% 104 89.42% 93 90.32% 79 96.20%
College of the Desert 42 90.48% 46 93.48% 50 94% 38 86.84% 80 90%
College of the Redwoods 43 83.72% 44 97.73% 47 87.23% 53 94.34% 60 85%
College of the Sequoias 77 96.1% 79 97.47% 87 94.25% 107 87.85% 100 87%
College of the Siskiyous (Closed) 19 89.47% 30 96.67% 20 100% 25 96% 0 0%
Compton College N/A N/A N/A N/A 31 93.55% 63 77.78% 62 79.03%
Concordia University Irvine - BSN 69 98.55% 113 99.12% 98 98.98% 67 95.52% 157 96.18%
Contra Costa College 30 83.33% 39 100% 42 90.48% 40 82.5% 36 83.33%
Copper Mountain College 39 87.18% 23 95.65% 31 87.1% 15 100% 27 74.07%
Cuesta College 32 100% 40 97.5% 37 97.3% 44 93.18% 82 97.56%
Cypress College 92 93.48% 89 91.01% 86 89.53% 88 85.23% 51 78.43%
De Anza College 47 95.74% 49 95.92% 43 95.35% 31 93.55% 51 86.27%
Dominican University of California - BSN 77 90.91% 98 85.71% 83 89.16% 118 84.75% 118 80.51%
East Los Angeles College 93 75.27% 75 74.67% 54 72.22% 54 64.81% 47 76.60%
El Camino College 71 91.55% 72 94.44% 61 91.8% 71 94.37% 77 93.51%
El Camino College - Compton Education Center (Closed) 64 82.81% 68 89.71% 40 95% 4 25% 1 0%
Evergreen Valley College 60 95% 75 96% 60 95% 82 90.24% 81 97.53%
Fresno City College 209 81.34% 186 84.95% 200 86.5% 207 80.68% 210 75.24%
Gavilan College 26 73.08% 21 100% 18 94.44% 19 100% 21 100%
Glendale Community College 79 94.94% 81 96.3% 79 98.73% 87 97.7% 76 97.37%
Golden West College 80 92.5% 84 82.14% 84 92.86% 83 91.57% 76 97.37%
Grossmont College 63 96.83% 75 100% 63 100% 36 100% 70 95.71%
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Fresno - ADN N/A N/A 34 82.35% 58 79.31% 91 70.33% 107 63.55%
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Concord - BSN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 50 70%
Hartnell College 38 100% 42 100% 39 89.74% 44 97.73% 38 92.11%
Holy Names University 3 33.33% 2 50% 11 100% 12 100% 11 90.91%
Imperial Valley College 49 93.88% 48 93.75% 42 100% 45 93.33% 28 92.86%
Loma Linda University - BSN 156 94.23% 174 90.8% 154 91.56% 176 90.34% 146 79.45%
Long Beach City College 83 92.77% 73 94.52% 91 96.7% 85 90.59% 67 85.07%
LA City College 74 86.49% 61 96.72% 77 92.21% 71 91.55% 78 74.36%
LA County College of Nursing & Allied 79 89.87% 108 94.44% 101 92.08% 87 93.1% 87 87.36%
LA Harbor College 45 100% 73 97.26% 61 100% 53 96.23% 55 94.55%
LA Southwest College 46 76.09% 38 81.58% 35 74.29% 55 85.45% 43 79.07%
LA Trade-Tech College 66 81.82% 66 87.88% 63 80.95% 71 78.87% 70 82.86%
LA Valley College 67 88.06% 68 95.59% 72 94.44% 68 85.29% 61 90.16%
Los Angeles Pierce College 48 91.67% 69 98.55% 53 96.11% 56 92.86% 47 95.74%
Los Medanos College 38 89.47% 42 100% 37 81.08% 40 75% 36 97.22%
Madera College 12 100% 11 100% 13 84.62% 7 100% 12 83.33%
Marsha Fuerst School of Nursing at Glendale Career College - ADN N/A N/A 91 91.21% 150 88% 127 91.34% 107 92.52%
Mendocino College 23 95.65% 19 84.12% 26 100% 23 95.65% 31 96.77%
Merced College 60 78.33% 53 94.34% 48 89.58% 66 81.82% 62 82.26%
Merritt College 29 96.55% 18 100% 21 100% 23 95.65% 9 77.78%
Mira Costa College 44 97.73% 55 100% 49 97.96% 45 95.56% 52 92.31%
Mission College 29 86.21% 26 76.92% 30 70% 27 81.48% 33 69.70%
Modesto Junior College 99 91.92% 111 96.4% 96 92.71% 122 94.26% 129 83.72%
Monterey Peninsula College 41 100% 23 100% 29 100% 31 93.55% 32 96.88%
Moorpark College 84 98.81% 60 95% 65 100% 78 100% 70 97.14%
Mount St. Mary's University - ADN 96 63.54% 117 57.26% 89 64.04% 64 73.44% 103 70.87%
Mount St. Mary's University - BSN 141 81.56% 135 89.63% 124 91.94% 142 85.92% 136 77.21%
Mt. San Antonio College 128 94.53% 105 95.24% 106 96.23% 65 89.23% 103 94.17%
Mt. San Jacinto College 37 97.3% 48 95.83% 42 100% 56 92.86% 44 84.09%
Napa Valley College 29 93.1% 30 96.67% 30 93.33% 32 93.75% 32 71.88%
National University - BSN 265 93.21% 298 89.6% 269 88.85% 282 89.36% 239 79.92%
Ohlone College 31 96.77% 32 96.88% 33 100% 35 88.57% 35 100%
Pacific College - ADN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 64 73.44%
Pacific Union College - ADN 80 95% 83 95.18% 89 96.63% 86 84.88% 92 90.22%
Palomar College 67 95.52% 69 92.75% 72 90.28% 39 92.31% 86 86.05%
Pasadena City College 93 93.55% 97 96.91% 90 92.22% 63 88.89% 96 89.58%
Point Loma Nazarene College 86 82.56% 57 87.72% 40 82.5% 71 78.87% 111 89.19%
Porterville College 20 95% 21 100% 18 77.78% 18 94.44% 30 76.67%
Rio Hondo College 74 97.3% 74 93.24% 78 98.72% 77 96.1% 53 98.11%
Riverside City College 175 94.29% 181 96.69% 180 91.11% 178 96.63% 177 96.05%
Sacramento City College 60 95% 58 98.28% 67 92.54% 59 100% 67 94.03%
Saddleback College 113 99.12% 108 97.22% 99 96.97% 82 95.12% 92 96.74%
Samuel Merritt University - BSN 401 93.77% 425 94.12% 409 93.4% 410 84.88% 433 85.45%
Samuel Merritt University - MSN 102 91.18% 86 90.7% 81 86.42% 97 82.47% 103 80.58%
San Bernardino Valley College 92 86.96% 75 85.33% 78 88.46% 85 81.18% 114 78.95%
San Diego City College 52 98.08% 65 98.46% 52 100% 52 100% 63 98.41%
San Diego State University - BSN 102 98.04% 115 97.39% 115 93.91% 143 95.8% 150 90.67%
San Francisco State University - BSN 80 81.25% 89 87.64% 87 86.21% 101 90.1% 60 88.33%
San Francisco State University - MSN 30 93.33% 39 89.74% 38 97.37% 35 91.43% 43 86.05%
San Joaquin Delta College 93 91.4% 98 92.86% 128 91.41% 76 82.89% 133 81.20%
San Joaquin Valley College 97 83.51% 129 83.72% 95 86.32% 86 88.37% 91 91.21%
Santa Ana College 96 90.63% 94 94.68% 93 91.4% 91 86.81% 87 90.80%
Santa Barbara City College 61 86.89% 73 98.63% 56 94.64% 79 96.2% 79 91.14%
Santa Monica College 55 96.36% 40 90% 57 94.74% 71 91.55% 71 91.55%
Santa Rosa Junior College 110 98.18% 109 96.33% 110 92.73% 55 96.36% 117 87.18%
Shasta College 50 90% 50 88% 44 93.18% 50 96% 70 90%
Shepherd University (Closed) 26 80.77% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Sierra College 37 97.3% 32 100% 21 100% 30 100% 63 100%
Simpson University - BSN 30 96.67% 28 92.86% 30 100% 39 92.31% 46 91.30%
Solano Community College 41 92.68% 45 86.67% 38 94.74% 48 91.67% 47 80.85%
Sonoma State University - BSN 20 100% 30 100% 18 94.44% 23 100% 42 90.48%
Southwestern College 68 76.47% 66 86.36% 69 92.75% 68 89.71% 63 88.89%
Stanbridge University - ADN 40 100% 58 94.83% 78 98.72% 74 95.95% 84 96.43%
The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University - BSN 117 87.18% 117 89.74% 86 86.79% 119 91.6% 119 93.28%
United States University - BSN (Closed) 1 0% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 0%
Unitek College - ADN 155 87.74% 122 90.16% 115 89.57% 1 0% 5 60%
Unitek College - BSN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 151 84.11%
UC Davis - MSN 23 82.61% 33 78.79% 44 84.09% 48 87.5% 48 83.33%
UC Irvine - BSN 50 94% 50 94% 56 91.07% 44 88.64% 42 83.33%
UC Irvine - MSN N/A N/A N/A N/A 19 94.74% 18 100% 21 95.24%
UC Los Angeles - BSN 53 96.23% 44 97.73% 45 95.56% 44 90.91% 50 84%
UC Los Angeles - MSN 62 95.16% 71 88.73% 69 97.1% 68 82.35% 71 87.32%
UC San Francisco - MSN 65 93.85% 64 93.75% 72 95.83% 76 89.47% 77 87.01%
University of Massachusetts Global - BSN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 55.56%
University of Phoenix at Modesto - LVN to BSN 82 67.07% 75 73.33% 71 80.28% 41 78.05% 44 72.73%
University of San Diego/Hahn 54 92.59% 61 95.08% 56 96.43% 55 98.18% 65 96.92%
University of San Francisco - BSN 194 88.14% 219 89.95% 217 89.86% 251 87.64% 252 85.32%
University of San Francisco - MSN 115 88.7% 105 89.52% 118 98.31% 104 95.19% 125 88%
Vanguard University - BSN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 91.67% 36 66.67%
Ventura College 91 93.41% 95 94.74% 58 96.55% 84 97.62% 85 94.12%
Victor Valley College 57 100% 51 100% 69 98.55% 30 93.33% 64 96.88%
Weimar University - ADN 11 100% 7 85.71% 11 100% 12 100% 12 75%
West Coast University - BSN 1,288 92% 1,426 91.23% 1,630 90.55% 2,132 87.1% 2,581 80.58%
Western Governors University - BSN 36 97.22% 49 97.96% 52 96.15% 22 95.45% 27 100%
Western University of Health Sciences - MSN 54 90.74% 56 91.07% 60 93.33% N/A N/A 68 89.71%
West Hills College Lemoore 32 96.88% 36 94.44% 24 91.67% 30 90% 51 90.20%
Xavier College N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 95% 28 71.43%
Yuba College 53 84.91% 59 84.75% 52 92.31% 53 96.23% 65 96.92%