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 | |||||
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# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
# Taken | % Pass |
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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% |