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Associate Degree Programs
School Name 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Adirondack Community College 84.6%
66/78
85.4%
88/103
90.5%
76/84
82.8%
77/93
89.1%
98/110
ASA College 63.0%
29/46
22.2%
10/45
29.2%
14/48
21.4%
3/14
100.0%
1/1
Borough of Manhattan Community College 81.4%
96/118
86.1%
99/115
75.4%
95/126
74.5%
117/157
74.3%
127/171
Bronx Community College 90.9%
20/22
86.49%
32/37
88.1%
37/42
75.9%
41/54
83.3%
30/36
Broome Community College 62.6%
57/91
74.4%
64/86
88.6%
62/70
71.7%
43/60
68.3%
56/82
Cayuga County Community College 98.0%
48/49
100.0%
54/54
100.0%
30/30
95.9%
47/49
100.0%
36/36
Clinton Community College 96.6%
28/29
97.2%
35/36
100.0%
33/33
87.5%
28/32
97.8%
45/46
Cochran School of Nursing 93.8%
30/32
91.7%
33/36
84.4%
27/32
90.5%
19/21
61.7%
29/47
College of Staten Island 94.3%
66/70
82.4%
84/102
79.3%
88/111
63.6%
82/129
70.0%
98/140
Columbia-Greene Community College 91.7%
44/48
78.7%
48/61
86.9%
53/61
77.2%
44/57
91.3%
42/46
Corning Community College 75.0%
39/52
90.9%
60/66
91.0%
61/67
85.2%
46/54
94.1%
48/51
Dorothea Hopfer School of Nursing- CLOSED     0.0%
0/2
90.9%
30/33
88.5%
46/52
Dutchess Community College 91.5%
54/59
87.3%
48/55
88.2%
60/68
86.6%
84/97
77.7%
73/94
Ellis Hospital- The Belanger School of Nursing 86.3%
44/51
87.5%
42/48
85.7%
48/56
88.0%
44/50
78.0%
46/59
Erie Community College-
City
93.2%
41/44
94.3%
33/35
94.6%
53/56

84.8%
50/59

95.5%
42/44
Erie Community College-
North
89.1%
57/64
94.8%
55/58
96.9%
63/65
83.9%
52/62
71.4%
60/84
Excelsior College 77.7%
469/604
75.4%
538/714
74.5%
580/779
74.1%
711/960
76.2%
736/966
Finger Lakes Community College 88.0%
66/75
88.5%
46/52
89.3%
50/56
82.8%
53/64
83.3%
55/66
Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing 80.0%
40/50
69.6%
48/69
86.2%
56/65
77.6%
38/49
73.5%
36/49
Fulton Montgomery Community College 85.2%
23/27
96.4%
27/28
92.0%
23/25
84.6%
22/26
90.3%
28/31
Genesee Community College 84.3%
107/127
91.7%
100/109
84.9%
118/139
83.7%
113/135
91.2%
124/136
Helene Fuld College of Nursing 81.7%
147/180
82.5%
113/137
72.2%
117/162
61.3%
119/194
71.1%
150/211
Hostos Community College 82.1%
32/39
69.8%
30/43
80.0%
32/40
74.1%
40/54
75.6%
31/41
Hudson Valley Community College 91.7%
77/84
95.7%
66/69
88.8%
79/89
91.2%
72/79
87.7%
71/81
Jamestown Community College 82.8%
96/116
81.0%
81/100
90.6%
96/106
97.5%
77/79
88.1%
74/84
Jefferson Community College 100.0%
25/25
100.0%
19/19
96.7%
29/30
100.0%
30/30
100.0%
29/29
Kingsborough Community College 87.5%
84/96
89.4%
93/104
75.6%
90/119
69.5%
91/131
60.2%
100/166
La Guardia Community College 97.2%
69/71
90.5%
76/84
89.7%
61/68
85.3%
99/116
79.5%
89/112
Maria College 92.7%
101/109
88.8%
111/125
93.6%
117/125
82.7%
81/98
79.1%
72/91
Medgar Evers College 59.4%
41/69
69.2%
36/52
55.6%
35/63
51.6%
33/64
74.5%
35/47
Memorial Hospital School of Nursing 96.5%
55/57
90.2%
46/51
98.3%
56/57
98.1%
51/52
86.1%
37/43
Mohawk Valley Community College 84.3%
43/51
70.5%
43/61
73.8%
62/84
67.1%
55/82
60.0%
60/100
Monroe College 92.9%
26/28
87.0%
40/46
83.3%
30/36
61.7%
29/47
35.3%
12/34
Monroe College- PN-ADN-BS     0.0%
0/1
100.0%
1/1
 
Monroe Community College 89.5%
94/105
81.3%
100/123
91.6%
130/142
90.7%
137/151
89.1%
123/138
Montefiore School of Nursing 89.4%
42/47
80.0%
32/40
63.0%
34/54
65.4%
17/26
 
Nassau Community College 88.2%
112/127
83.1%
128/154
75.8%
125/165
80.9%
110/136
81.8%
112/137
New York City Technical College 91.8%
89/97
87.5%
63/72
77.1%
54/70
87.1%
81/93
81.0%
68/84
Niagara County Community College 83.2%
89/107
92.5%
86/93
81.3%
87/107
83.2%
89/107
81.0%
85/105
North Country Community College-
Saranac Lake
95.9%
47/49
46.4%
29/45
71.9%
41/57
75.4%
46/61
51.8%
29/56
North Country Community College-
Ticonderoga
75.0%
18/24
44.4%
8/18
100.0%
3/3
100.0%
3/3
66.7%
2/3
Onondaga Community College 95.6%
43/45
89.8%
44/49
98.1%
51/52
91.4%
53/58
86.7%
39/45
Orange County Community College- Newburgh 83.3%
25/30
94.4%
34/36
     
Orange County Community College
-Day Format
83.3%
40/48
91.4%
53/58
95.9%
47/49
87.2%
75/86
95.7%
66/69
Orange County Community College
-Evening Format
  100.0%
1/1
85.2%
23/27
100.0%
14/14
100.0%
13/13
Philips Beth Israel School of Nursing 80.8%
63/78
74.1%
63/85
87.3%
89/102
77.6%
90/116
85.5%
100/117
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital 100.0%
57/57
89.1%
122/137
79.1%
91/115
80.0%
108/135
87.5%
98/112
Queensborough Community College 92.3%
72/78
92.9%
78/84
91.0%
81/89
90.9%
80/88
82.9%
87/105
Rockland Community College 98.7%
75/76
89.2%
58/65
90.0%
72/80
80.7%
88/109
89.7%
105/117
Samaritan Hospital 96.6%
56/58
93.4%
57/61
93.3%
56/60
91.7%
44/48
90.2%
37/41
SBI Campus- CLOSED 40.0%
2/5
47.1%
8/17
22.2%
2/9
50.0%
1/2
41.2%
7/17
St. Elizabeths College of Nursing 91.3%
63/69
92.1%
81/88
95.2%
59/62
94.6%
52/55
79.4%
73/92
St. Josephs Hospital Health Center College of Nursing- Syracuse 93.6%
116/124
88.7%
110/124
90.6%
135/149
91.7%
110/120
96.2%
128/133
St. Paul's School of Nursing-
Queens
79.9%
143/179
76.2%
128/168
55.8%
86/154
41.8%
74/177
58.6%
85/145
St. Paul's School of Nursing-
Staten Island
77.9%
81/104
61.0%
72/118
53.7%
103/192
43.9%
87/198
44.7%
92/206
Suffolk County Community College
Brentwood
74.0%
77/104
76.0%
76/100
77.7%
73/94
70.3%
64/91
77.2%
105/136
Suffolk County Community College
Selden
87.9%
145/165
82.0%
141/172
75.9%
123/162
69.5%
130/187
68.8%
106/154
Sullivan County Community College 60.9%
14/23
85.7%
12/14
81.8%
18/22
82.4%
14/17
56.0%
14/25
SUNYC of Tech at Alfred 89.2%
33/37
79.3%
42/53
83.3%
55/66
67.9%
38/56
72.3%
34/47
SUNYC of Tech at Canton 76.4%
55/72
67.1%
47/70
58.7%
44/75
57.6%
53/92
65.8%
48/73
SUNYC of Tech at Delhi 78.6%
11/14
83.9%
26/31
94.7%
18/19
78.3%
18/23
71.7%
33/46
SUNYC of Tech at Delhi- DDP 95.7%
22/23
  100.0%
1/1
100.0%
3/3
 
SUNYC of Tech at Farmingdale 0.0%
0/1
33.3%
1/3
76.2%
16/21
77.4%
24/31
81.3%
SUNYC of Tech at Morrisville 77.6%
59/76
84.1%
58/69
81.4%
57/70
87.3%
55/63
85.0%
51/60
Swedish Institute 68.6%
24/35
63.3%
19/30
53.5%
23/43
57.5%
27/47
46.2%
6/13
Tompkins Cortland Community College 92.3%
60/65
91.1%
51/56
96.6%
56/58
89.8%
53/59
89.5%
51/57
Touro College 66.1%
37/56
  100.0%
1/1
79.0%
15/19
71.4%
15/21
Trocaire College 67.0%
126/188
80.8%
173/214
73.6%
145/197
70.9%
156/220
80.1%
181/226
Ulster County Community College 80.7%
25/31
82.1%
32/39
76.0%
38/50
84.6%
44/52
87.2%
41/47
Westchester Community College 90.2%
37/41
93.6%
44/47
97.4%
37/38
85.4%
41/48
92.5%
37/40

Associate Degree Program Summary
  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
New York State 83.8%
4272/5099
82.0%
4374/5334
79.7%
4515/5663
76.0%
4616/6070
77.0%
4734/6152
United States 84.2%
66980/79508
81.7%
66765/81744

82.0%
69220/84417

79.3%
68463/86368
81.4%
70678/86805

Baccalaureate Degree Programs
School Name 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Adelphi University 78.4%
269/343
79.8%
293/367
79.4%
246/310
68.6%
175/255
68.1%
162/238
College of Mt St Vincent 72.6%
106/146
74.6%
88/118
47.6%
78/164
44.3%
81/183
63.9%
62/97
College of New Rochelle 88.9%
177/199
82.6%
100/121
80.5%
62/77
53.9%
48/89
66.3%
65/98
College of New Rochelle- ASDBS 100.0%
1/1
100.0%
2/2
     
Columbia University 92.7%
153/165
77.2%
166/215
86.9%
172/198
81.7%
138/169
88.2%
149/169
Concordia College 96.4%
53/55
95.0%
38/40
88.2%
45/51
87.8%
43/49
88.6%
39/44
D'Youville College 85.3%
81/95
79.4%
50/63
81.3%
126/155
72.0%
108/150
70.1%
108/154
Dominican College 71.4%
60/84
69.8%
67/96
61.5%
51/83
62.5%
45/72
67.1%
51/76
Elmira College 81.7%
49/60
78.4%
40/51
79.0%
45/57
80.0%
24/30
82.8%
24/29
Excelsior College 100.0%
1/1
50.0%
1/2
80.0%
8/10
92.9%
13/14
71.4%
5/7
Hartwick College 87.5%
56/64
79.0%
30/38
85.4%
41/48
86.4%
38/44
81.5%
22/27
Herbert Lehman College CUNY 87.1%
101/116
91.7%
66/72
81.2%
69/85
82.3%
51/62
70.7%
53/75
Hunter College 87.3%
103/118
89.0%
81/91
89.1%
82/92
83.7%
103/123
84.7%
117/139
Long Island University- Brooklyn 81.2%
186/229
85.7%
240/280
76.3%
167/219
75.4%
162/215
72.6%
114/157
Molloy College 91.8%
280/305
85.4%
228/267
78.6%
257/327
74.2%
241/325
80.5%
235/292
Mt St Marys College 80.9%
106/131
76.9%
100/130
79.0%
90/114
83.2%
104/125
89.2%
91/102
Nazareth College 95.2%
40/42
76.3%
29/38
94.0%
47/50
72.2%
26/36
62.5%
25/40
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury
83.8%
31/37
97.7%
42/43
89.5%
17/19
89.3%
25/28
80.0%
12/15
New York Institute of Technology
Manhattan- CLOSED
        75.0%
3/4
New York University 85.4%
344/403
80.4%
299/372
85.0%
339/399
82.5%
326/395
83.1%
360/433
New York University- ASDBS 81.8%
18/22
100.0%
20/20
85.7%
12/14
100.0%
1/1
 
Niagara University- Accelerated 80.8%
21/26
100.0%
17/17
50.0%
9/18
63.2%
12/19
66.7%
6/9
Niagara University- Traditional 59.6%
31/52
42.9%
9/21
25.0%
2/8
   
Niagara University- ASDBS   0.0%
0/1
33.3%
1/3
   
Nyack College 100.0%
6/6
82.8%
24/29
87.5%
14/16
65.4%
17/26
38.9%
7/18
Pace University-
New York
100.0%
1/1
  100.0%
1/1
100.0%
1/1
100.0%
2/2
Pace University- ASDBS-
New York
100.0%
1/1
100.0%
4/4
100.0%
4/4
   
Pace University-
Pleasantville
89.1%
123/138
91.9%
125/136
90.8%
118/130
91.7%
100/109
88.1%
96/109
Pace University- ASDBS-
Pleasantville
100.0%
3/3
100.0%
2/2
100.0%
3/3
   
Roberts Wesleyan College 80.9%
38/47
85.1%
40/47
82.2%
37/45
80.9%
38/47
84.1%
37/44
St. Francis College 83.3%
5/6
       
St John Fisher College 89.6%
155/173
98.2%
160/163
91.7%
143/156
90.1%
146/162
85.7%
114/133
St. Joseph's College 77.8%
14/18
       
SUC Brockport 86.5%
90/104
87.6%
78/89
86.7%
91/105
90.2%
83/92
90.9%
60/66
SUC Plattsburgh 90.2%
46/51
84.9%
45/53
89.3%
50/56
89.7%
35/39
87.2%
34/39
SUNY Binghamton 88.5%
154/174
75.6%
127/168
83.5%
142/170
78.1%
121/155
82.8%
144/174
SUNY Buffalo Accelerated 93.5%
43/46
       
SUNY Buffalo 97.3%
72/74
89.5%
102/114
90.6%
115/127
80.0%
100/125
89.4%
118/132
SUNY Health Science Center
Brooklyn
93.2%
68/73
89.2%
58/65
94.9%
56/59
90.9%
60/66
92.5%
49/53
SUNY Health Science Center
Stony Brook
97.4%
148/152
94.8%
145/153
92.2%
141/153
85.9%
122/142
79.0%
105/133
SUNY College of Tech at Farmingdale 93.9%
31/33
94.7%
36/38
  90.0%
9/10
90.5%
19/21
The Sage Colleges 87.7%
64/73
81.3%
65/80
86.8%
59/68
79.3%
42/53
83.7%
41/49
Touro College

100.0%
3/3

63.6%
7/11
50.0%
2/4
   
Touro College- ASDBS 100.0%
1/1
76.0%
19/25
76.9%
10/13
100.0%
3/3
 
University of Rochester 94.1%
174/185
90.5%
180/199
82.6%
180/218
91.8%
157/171
90.6%
155/171
Utica College 79.0%
30/38
74.4%
32/43
77.8%
49/63
66.7%
34/51
72.4%
21/29
Utica College- ASDBS 85.4%
88/103
97.0%
32/33
100.0%
4/4
93.3%
14/15
 
Wagner College 92.0%
92/100
91.4%
95/104
82.4%
75/91
82.1%
64/78
89.7%
61/68
York College 100.0%
29/29
68.4%
13/19
72.2%
13/18
66.7%
14/21
 

Baccalaureate Degree Program Summary
  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
New York State 86.6% 
3746/4326
84.0%
3395/4040
81.7%
3263/3992
78.0%
2925/3750
80.3%
2768/3448
United States 90.0%
68396/75961
87.8%
63799/72667
87.5%
62010/70886
84.9%
57899/68161
85.2%
55708/65402

Diploma Program
School Name 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital 66.7%
10/15
93.8%
15/16
90.0%
9/10
84.6%
11/13
70.0%
7/10

Diploma Program Summary
  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
New York State 66.7%
10/15
93.8%
15/16
90.0%
9/10
84.6%
11/13
70.0%
7/10
United States 90.2%
2005/2222
85.4%
2343/2744
85.8%
2236/2607
83.3%
2321/2787
83.4%
2369/2840

 

Summary For All Program Types
  2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
New York State 85.0%
8028/9440
82.9%
7785/9393
80.6% 7787/9665 76.8%
7552/9835
78.1%
7509/9610
United States 87.1%
137409/157728
84.6%
132938/157206
84.5%
133466/157910
81.8%
128699/157346
83.0%
128755/155047

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.