NATCHITOCHES – Two Northwestern State University nursing degree programs report nearly 100 percent pass rate of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), the exam that determines if recently graduated nursing students are safe to practice.
The Fall 2023 pass rate for graduates of NSU’s Associate of Science in Nursing graduates is 100 percent with 57 of 57 graduates passing the first attempt at the NCLEX. The ASN spring 2023 first time pass rate was 97.5 percent with 40 of 41 students passing. For the 2023 calendar year, the ASN program’s NCLEX exam first time pass rate was 98.9 percent, 97 of 98 graduates. For graduates of NSU’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing, first-time passage rate for Fall 2023 graduates is 96.7 percent, 84 out of 86 graduates. The summer 2023 BSN first time NCLEX exam pass rate was 99.1 percent, 114 of 115 that tested.