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Below are the annual RN NCLEX pass rates for first-time test-takers. In each cell you will find the overall passing percentage above the number of students passing the NCLEX with the number of total students sitting for the test.


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  • All Program Types Summary

Associate Degree Programs
School Name 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Adirondack Community College 94.1%
80/85
88.5%
54/61
84.8%
67/79
81.3%
52/64
82.5%
66/80
Borough of Manhattan Community College 85.4%
152/178
83.2%
153/184
84.0%
136/162
82.7%
143/173
82.9%
170/205
Bronx Community College 86.0%
43/50
71.8%
28/39
90.6%
29/32
81.4%
48/59
86.0%
43/50
Broome Community College 93.4%
57/61
87.3%
62/71
88.4%
61/69
88.9%
56/63
94.2%
65/69
Cayuga County Community College 100.0%
49/49
100.0%
30/30
92.0%
46/50
96.9%
32/33
92.5%
37/40
Clinton Community College 100.0%
40/40
97.1%
34/35
97.0%
32/33
94.3%
33/35
80.6%
29/36
Cochran School of Nursing 84.2%
64/76
70.8%
68/96
62.4%
73/117
72.3%
115/159
69.7%
76/109
College of Staten Island 88.3%
128/145
78.0%
110/141
90.8%
89/98
84.7%
105/124
80.3%
122/152
Columbia-Greene Community College 86.7%
39/45
88.7%
47/53
88.2%
45/51
88.5%
46/52
78.6%
44/56
Corning Community College 89.4%
42/47
92.0%
46/50
97.4%
38/39
95.5%
42/44
92.3%
48/52
Crouse Hospital School of Nursing 95.8%
91/95
93.0%
80/86
95.6%
86/90
96.5%
83/86
97.5%
79/81
Dorothea Hopfer School of Nursing 95.7%
44/46
92.0%
46/50
84.6%
44/52
77.9%
46/59
62.7%
42/67
Dutchess Community College 86.3%
82/95
93.1%
94/101
91.8%
89/97
89.9%
80/89
96.5%
83/86
Ellis Hospital 93.9%
46/49
93.0%
40/43
97.7%
43/44
100.0%
41/41
88.6%
31/35
Erie Community College-
City
93.9%
62/66
90.0%
45/50
90.2%
37/41
88.2%
45/51
94.7%
36/38
Erie Community College-
North
83.9%
78/93
83.9%
52/62
80.0%
68/85
97.3%
71/73
92.2%
47/51
Excelsior College 85.7%
981/1,145
81.5%
1,336/1,639
81.6%
1,630/1,997
84.7%
1,788/2,110
85.7%
1,440/1,680
Finger Lakes Community College 90.3%
56/62
96.4%
53/55
90.6%
48/53
90.0%
45/50
80.3%
49/61
Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing 79.0%
30/38
89.7%
26/29
78.3%
18/23
   
Fulton Montgomery Community College 100.0%
32/32
86.7%
13/15
86.8%
33/38
76.9%
30/39
65.9%
29/44
Genesee Community College 97.6%
122/125
93.1%
94/101
84.6%
88/104
83.3%
45/54
95.2%
59/62
Helene Fuld College of Nursing 80.5%
169/210
77.8%
147/189
82.7%
153/185
80.8%
172/213
70.6%
137/194
Hostos Community College 88.0%
44/50
72.3%
34/47
68.4%
39/57
81.1%
30/37
84.6%
22/26
Hudson Valley Community College 90.5%
95/105
89.0%
89/100
90.0%
63/70
90.5%
38/42
85.5%
53/62
Jamestown Community College 91.1%
92/101
84.8%
78/92
85.4%
88/103
92.2%
83/90
89.7%
70/78
Jefferson Community College 95.0%
38/40
100.0%
32/32
89.7%
26/29
100.0%
20/20
95.0%
19/20
Kingsborough Community College 76.0%
120/158
80.7%
125/155
91.7%
121/132
91.7%
121/132
89.9%
107/119
La Guardia Community College 81.3%
113/139
76.9%
130/169
79.1%
106/134
85.7%
108/126
87.6%
113/129
Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing
CLOSED - 08/2011
    83.3%
55/66
82.6%
57/69
84.6%
44/52
Maria College 97.6%
82/84
80.5%
70/87
91.8%
78/85
90.0%
81/90
91.9%
68/74
Medgar Evers College 83.3%
40/48
89.1%
41/46
82.9%
29/35
100.0%
27/27
100.0%
14/14
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing 91.1%
41/45
79.6%
43/54
80.0%
32/40
88.6%
39/44
94.9%
37/39
Mohawk Valley Community College 65.3%
81/124
76.1%
51/67
74.0%
57/77
84.4%
76/90
71.3%
62/87
Monroe College 84.0%
21/25
72.0%
18/25
81.8%
9/11
90.0%
9/10
 
Monroe Community College 96.3%
131/136
96.9%
124/128
91.1%
123/135
91.5%
140/153
92.8%
128/138
Nassau Community College 92.7%
127/137
90.8%
158/174
87.4%
118/135
86.3%
145/168
86.8%
118/136
New York City Technical College 95.2%
98/103
91.5%
86/94
95.2%
79/83
82.1%
87/106
90.7%
97/107
Niagara County Community College 97.4%
113/116
91.4%
128/140
87.4%
132/151
92.7%
126/136
92.5%
99/107
North Country Community College-
Saranac Lake
81.5%
44/54
84.9%
45/53
86.0%
49/57
88.9%
32/36
86.1%
31/36
North Country Community College-
Ticonderoga
0.0%
0/4
0.0%
0/0
66.7%
2/3
   
Onondaga Community College 90.9%
40/44
96.9%
31/32
85.5%
47/55
91.4%
32/35
76.7%
33/43
Orange County Community College
-Day Format
96.4%
53/55
96.3%
52/54
88.9%
48/54
80.3%
49/61
77.8%
84/108
Orange County Community College
-Evening Format
100.0%
8/8
93.3%
14/15
100.0%
18/18
86.4%
19/22
 
Philips Beth Israel School of Nursing 91.7%
88/96
97.6%
82/84
96.9%
93/96
86.2%
106/123
84.6%
88/104
Queensborough Community College 92.7%
114/123
86.4%
114/132
79.8%
103/129
84.9%
113/133
89.4%
127/142
Rockland Community College 92.1%
70/76
92.3%
95/103
91.2%
93/102
96.3%
79/82
85.5%
71/83
Samaritan Hospital 93.5%
43/46
93.2%
41/44
97.4%
38/39
87.2%
34/39
91.7%
33/36
St. Elizabeths College of Nursing 85.7%
72/84
89.0%
89/100
92.3%
72/78
91.3%
63/69
90.4%
66/73
St. Josephs Hospital Health Center College of Nursing 98.2%
108/110
95.3%
102/107
85.6%
107/125
94.1%
112/119
96.0%
95/99
St. Paul's School of Nursing-
Queens
80.9%
106/131
86.1%
62/72
88.2%
60/68
   
St. Paul's School of Nursing-
Staten Island
75.2%
121/161
87.8%
72/82
80.8%
42/52
   
St. Vincents Catholic Medical Center- Queens
CLOSED - 2009
      91.5%
43/47
88.2%
45/51
St. Vincents Catholic Medical Center- Staten Island CLOSED - 2009       84.6%
33/39
84.0%
42/50
Suffolk County Community College
Brentwood
82.8%
82/99
78.8%
89/113
83.6%
107/128
81.1%
90/111
74.8%
92/123
Suffolk County Community College
Selden
88.1%
170/193
87.9%
175/199
90.3%
167/185
84.9%
175/206
81.8%
175/214
Sullivan County Community College 64.6%
31/48
72.4%
42/58
50.0%
29/58
59.4%
38/64
47.9%
23/48
SUNYC of Tech at Alfred 74.6%
41/55
87.0%
47/54
66.7%
26/39
85.2%
46/54
93.9%
46/49
SUNYC of Tech at Canton 78.8%
67/85
63.3%
62/98
80.0%
52/65
70.4%
50/71
71.7%
43/60
SUNYC of Tech at Delhi 80.9%
38/47
88.6%
31/35
84.6%
33/39
92.3%
36/39
71.8%
28/39
SUNYC of Tech at Farmingdale 94.6%
35/37
91.2%
62/68
72.7%
72/99
64.2%
77/120
74.7%
109/146
SUNYC of Tech at Morrisville 84.1%
53/63
83.8%
57/68
71.6%
48/67
71.4%
45/63
83.7%
36/43
Tompkins Cortland Community College 95.2%
59/62
89.1%
41/46
85.7%
42/49
86.8%
46/53
85.4%
41/48
Touro College 94.1%
16/17
86.2%
25/29
70.0%
14/20
66.7%
12/18
78.3%
18/23
Trocaire College 88.4%
168/190
 
83.5%
111/133
88.1%
89/101
89.1%
122/137
85.6%
113/132
Ulster County Community College 95.2%
40/42
86.1%
31/36
94.3%
33/35
78.1%
32/41
78.7%
37/47
Westchester Community College 92.7%
63/68
94.3%
66/70
94.3%
50/53
91.5%
54/59
97.3%
36/37

Associate Degree Program Summary
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 86.9%
5,509/6,336
84.7%
5,565/6,568
84.3%
5,642/6,696
85.3%
5,843/6,852
84.8%
5,295/6,271
United States 89.3%
75,466/84,480
87.0%
71,991/82,764
86.5%
70,567/81,618
87.6%
68,931/78,676
86.2%
65,111/75,545

Baccalaureate Degree Programs
School Name 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Adelphi University 82.9%
223/269
80.6%
174/216
84.4%
232/275
75.5%
231/306
61.4%
199/324
College of Mt St Vincent  73.7%
84/114
 69.7%
69/99
 77.8%
49/63
 84.1%
53/63
86.1%
37/43
College of New Rochelle 85.1%
74/87
79.2%
76/96
76.5%
62/81
81.2%
56/69
70.4%
76/108
Columbia University  94.6%
156/165
90.7%
137/151
 89.6%
172/192
91.5%
151/165
90.4%
160/177
Concordia College 97.0%
32/33
90.9%
30/33
83.3%
15/18
   
D'Youville College  83.2%
99/119
83.2%
94/113
 84.0%
68/81
 80.7%
71/88
81.5%
75/92
Dominican College  82.4%
56/68
 81.5%
66/81
62.7%
52/83
68.1%
47/69
61.3%
38/62
Elmira College 72.7%
24/33
85.3%
29/34
 93.8%
15/16
82.8%
24/29
95.2%
20/21
Excelsior College 100.0%
5/5
 82.4%
14/17
83.3%
5/6
87.5%
7/8
80.0%
8/10
Hartwick College 70.6%
24/34
75.9%
22/29
 80.8%
21/26
 85.7%
18/21
87.5%
14/16
Herbert Lehman College CUNY  88.1%
52/59
 90.0%
72/80
87.8%
36/41
81.5%
53/65
84.4%
81/96
Hunter College 95.9%
117/122 
75.8%
75/99
 90.1%
91/101
89.2%
91/102
91.9%
68/74
Long Island University 79.9%
135/169 
81.5%
132/162 
 89.5%
137/153
94.6%
140/148
91.6%
120/131
Molloy College  87.5%
203/232
66.9%
162/242 
76.0%
219/288
73.3%
173/236
72.4%
163/225
Mt St Marys College  90.8%
79/87
 82.7%
67/81
90.9%
60/66
88.1%
52/59
81.7%
49/60
Nazareth College  67.4%
31/46
 65.0%
39/60
72.6%
37/51  
68.1%
32/47
75.5%
37/49
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury
 84.6%
11/13
 50.0%
5/10
 63.6%
7/11
40.0%
2/5
38.5%
10/26
New York Institute of Technology
Manhattan
87.5%
7/8  
80.0%
4/5
71.4%
10/14  
60.0%
12/20  
46.2%
6/13
New York University 89.6%
396/442 
91.6%
327/357
 89.4%
244/273
88.5%
216/244 
86.1%
217/252
Pace University-
New York
 100.0%
6/6
87.5%
7/8  
98.2%
54/55
88.9%
8/9
93.2%
41/44
Pace University-
Pleasantville
 93.6%
88/94
 91.0%
91/100
84.3%
86/102  
88.5%
123/139 
78.3%
94/120
Roberts Wesleyan College  84.2%
16/19
80.5%
33/41  
 71.4%
20/28
 82.8%
24/29
75.9%
22/29
St John Fisher College 93.3%
111/119
 86.6%
103/119
 90.2%
74/82
88.3%
83/94
83.3%
55/66
SUC Brockport  87.7%
57/65
 88.0%
66/75
94.0%
63/67  
94.3%
50/53
87.7%
50/57
SUC Plattsburgh  88.1%
37/42
 95.0%
38/40
 91.2%
31/34
86.7%
26/30
72.5%
29/40
SUNY Binghamton  89.5%
136/152
79.1%
159/201
 84.9%
180/212
81.3%
143/176
79.9%
167/209
SUNY Buffalo 95.0%
132/139
 86.2%
112/130
84.7%
111/131
82.5%
118/143
81.7%
107/131
SUNY Health Science Center
Brooklyn
 100.0%
38/38
78.9%
41/52  
 87.9%
51/58
86.4%
38/44
82.1%
46/56
SUNY Health Science Center
Stony Brook
 90.2%
111/123
87.9%
94/107  
92.5%
111/120
 91.0%
91/100
88.8%
95/107
SUNY College of Tech at Farmingdale 75.0%
18/24
78.6%
11/14
60.0%
9/15
   
Syracuse University    0.0%
0/1
0.0%
0/1  
 50.0%
1/2
75.0%
3/4
The Sage Colleges  70.7%
41/58
80.0%
40/50  
 84.4%
38/45
67.2%
43/64 
68.0%
34/50
University of Rochester 95.2%
158/166 
93.8%
150/160 
91.6%
98/107  
93.3%
97/104
89.9%
89/99
Utica College  87.9%
29/33
54.1%
20/37  
72.2%
26/36  
 76.2%
16/21
70.0%
14/20
Wagner College 92.0%
46/50  
90.0%
45/50
 95.4%
41/43
71.7%
33/46  
65.6%
21/32

Baccalaureate Degree Program Summary
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 87.5%
2,826/3,228
82.7%
2,609/3,156
84.8%
2,525/2,976
82.8%
2,326/2,808
78.8%
2,246/2,849
United States 91.7%
57,312/62,525
89.1%
51,903/58,246
88.7%
49,147/55,414
89.5%
46,762/52,254
87.8%
43,547/49,739

Diploma Program
School Name 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital 87.5%
14/16
100.0%
8/8
92.9%
13/14
88.9%
8/9
83.3%
5/6

Diploma Program Summary
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 87.5%
14/16
100.0%
8/8
92.9%
13/14
88.9%
8/9
83.3%
5/6
United States 91.2%
2,893/3,173
89.7%
3,119/3,476
89.7%
3,365/3,753
90.8%
3,338/3,678
87.5%
3,209/3,666

Summary For All Program Types
  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
New York State 87.2%
8,349/9,580
84.1%
8,182/9,732
84.5%
8,180/9,686
84.6%
8,177/9,670
82.7%
7,546/9,126
United States 90.3%
135,671/150,178
87.9%
127,013/144,486
87.4%
123,079/140,785
 
88.4%
119,131/134,728
86.8%
111,867/128,950

If you do not see your program within this list, have found an error or have questions in regards to the above information please call New York State Education Department Professional Education Program Review at (518) 474-3817 ext. 360 or e-mail OPPROGS@nysed.gov and we will do our best to further assist you.