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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 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023
# Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass		 # Taken %
Pass
Allan Hancock College 33 87.88% 33 78.79% 32 84.38% 33 87.88% 34 85.29%
American Career College 58 93.1% 68 92.65% 84 91.67% 62 88.71% 112 87.5%
American River College 80 100% 68 91.18% 67 92.54% 52 94.23% 76 89.47%
American University of Health Sciences 70 84.29% 48 79.17% 74 85.14% 103 75.73% 83 84.34%
Antelope Valley College 98 94.09% 107 94.39% 105 94.29 96 90.63% 75 93.33%
Azusa Pacific University - BSN 390 83.08% 363 83.75% 469 80.38% 514 80.16% 515 80%
Bakersfield College 127 96.06% 96 95.83% 129 96.12% 172 93.02% 173 90.17%
Biola University 44 93.18% 67 85.07% 46 89.13% 40 77.50% 62 82.26%
Brightwood College (Closed) 116 68.97% N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 0% N/A N/A
Butte College 82 89.02% 115 92.17% 119 88.24% 125 82.40% 120 85.83%
Cabrillo College 57 91.23% 62 75.81% 66 71.21% 71 64.79% 33 93.94%
California Baptist University - BSN 150 90.67% 162 84.57% 155 87.74% 161 85.09% 234 85.47%
California Baptist University - MSN 38 84.21% 40 85% 42 85.71% 37 83.78% 37 81.08%
California Career College 38 78.95% 20 95% 49 89.8% 39 79.49% 61 78.69%
CSU Bakersfield 56 98.21% 48 97.92% 52 98.08% 61 98.36% 88 96.59%
CSU Channel Islands 58 98.28% 61 96.72% 59 91.53% 79 91.14% 76 94.74%
CSU Chico 76 98.68% 75 97.33% 77 96.1% 83 92.77% 95 90.53%
CSU East Bay 81 93.83% 130 94.62% 71 87.32% 129 80.62% 70 85.71%
CSU Fresno - BSN 114 92.98% 159 93.08% 113 92.04% 122 92.62% 132 89.39%
CSU Fresno - MSN (Closed Option) 1 100% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
CSU Fullerton 63 100% 58 96.55% 66 96.97% 75 98.67% 64 96.88%
CSU Long Beach 145 99.31% 134 99.25% 143 99.3% 143 97.20% 160 97.5%
CSU Los Angeles 101 96.04% 77 97.4% 87 95.4% 95 94.74% 102 93.14%
CSU Northridge 2 100% N/A N/A 39 97.44 86 84.88% 79 89.87%
CSU Sacramento 153 97.39% 136 98.53% 150 97.33% 155 93.55% 97 94.85%
CSU San Bernardino 110 90% 94 97.87% 96 91.67% 178 92.13% 118 95.76%
CSU San Marcos 208 97.12% 214 97.66% 155 96.13% 209 91.87% 235 89.79%
CSU Stanislaus 117 100% 56 98.21% 92 97.83% 105 96.19% 117 94.87%
Career Care Institute N/A N/A 14 92.86% 25 60% 30 56.67% 28 57.14%
Carrington College 69 78.26% 53 71.7% 63 73.02% 74 83.78% 70 72.86%
Cerritos College 74 86.49% 71 94.37% 51 94.12% 73 87.67% 53 92.45%
Chabot College 32 100% 28 100% 31 100% 33 96.97% 23 95.65%
Chaffey College 52 96.15% 70 98.57% 67 92.54% 41 80.49% 68 89.71%
Chamberlain University, Rancho Cordova 59 93.22% 91 97.8% 98 95.92% 108 88.89% 151 88.08%
Charles Drew University - MSN 30 86.67% 35 91.43% 56 83.93% 61 80.33% 72 83.33%
Citrus College 29 86.21% 29 93.1% 38 84.21% 30 93.33% 32 93.75%
City College of San Francisco 78 92.31% 75 90.67% 86 93.02% 83 91.57% 78 84.62%
CNI College - ADN 109 84.4% 109 88.07% 112 83.93% 208 86.06% 87 81.61%
College of Marin 42 95.24% 42 97.62% 42 95.24 39 94.87% 49 93.88%
College of San Mateo 47 97.87% 44 86.36% 48 93.75 53 92.45% 51 84.31%
College of the Canyons 93 89.25% 104 89.42% 93 90.32% 79 96.20% 96 85.42%
College of the Desert 46 93.48% 50 94% 38 86.84% 80 90% 91 91.21%
College of the Redwoods 44 97.73% 47 87.23% 53 94.34% 60 85% 80 91.25%
College of the Sequoias 79 97.47% 87 94.25% 107 87.85% 100 87% 102 95.1%
College of the Siskiyous (Closed) 30 96.67% 20 100% 25 96% N/A N/A N/A N/A
Compton College N/A N/A 31 93.55% 63 77.78% 62 79.03% 55 67.27%
Concordia University Irvine 113 99.12% 98 98.98% 67 95.52% 157 96.18% 122 95.9%
Contra Costa College 39 100% 42 90.48% 40 82.5% 36 83.33% 50 86%
Copper Mountain College 23 95.65% 31 87.1% 15 100% 27 74.07% 23 78.26%
Cuesta College 40 97.5% 37 97.3% 44 93.18% 82 97.56% 47 95.74%
Cypress College 89 91.01% 86 89.53% 88 85.23% 51 78.43% 55 89.09%
De Anza College 49 95.92% 43 95.35% 31 93.55% 51 86.27% 44 95.45%
Dominican University of California 98 85.71% 83 89.16% 118 84.75% 118 80.51% 139 71.94%
East Los Angeles College 75 74.67% 54 72.22% 54 64.81% 47 76.60% 35 85.71%
El Camino College 72 94.44% 61 91.8% 71 94.37% 77 93.51% 86 91.86%
El Camino College - Compton Education Center (Closed) 68 89.71% 40 95% 4 25% 1 0% 1 0%
Evergreen Valley College 75 96% 60 95% 82 90.24% 81 97.53% 56 96.43%
Fresno City College 186 84.95% 200 86.5% 207 80.68% 210 75.24% 237 74.26%
Gavilan College 21 100% 18 94.44% 19 100% 21 100% 18 100%
Glendale Community College 81 96.3% 79 98.73% 87 97.7% 76 97.37% 61 88.52%
Golden West College 84 82.14% 84 92.86% 83 91.57% 76 97.37% 80 92.5%
Grossmont College 75 100% 63 100% 36 100% 70 95.71% 68 98.53%
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Fresno - ADN 34 82.35% 58 79.31% 91 70.33% 107 63.55% 99 77.78%
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Concord - BSN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 50 70% 98 87.76%
Hartnell College 42 100% 39 89.74% 44 97.73% 38 92.11% 40 82.5%
Holy Names University 2 50% 11 100% 12 100% 11 90.91% 13 92.31%
Imperial Valley College 48 93.75% 42 100% 45 93.33% 28 92.86% 26 100%
Loma Linda University 174 90.8% 154 91.56% 176 90.34% 146 79.45% 161 88.82%
Long Beach City College 73 94.52% 91 96.7% 85 90.59% 67 85.07% 65 84.62%
LA City College 61 96.72% 77 92.21% 71 91.55% 78 74.36% 48 81.25%
LA County College of Nursing & Allied 108 94.44% 101 92.08% 87 93.1% 87 87.36% 101 92.08%
LA Harbor College 73 97.26% 61 100% 53 96.23% 55 94.55% 46 93.48%
LA Southwest College 38 81.58% 35 74.29% 55 85.45% 43 79.07% 29 79.31%
LA Trade-Tech College 66 87.88% 63 80.95% 71 78.87% 70 82.86% 71 64.79%
LA Valley College 68 95.59% 72 94.44% 68 85.29% 61 90.16% 62 83.87%
Los Angeles Pierce College 69 98.55% 53 96.11% 56 92.86% 47 95.74% 37 89.19%
Los Medanos College 42 100% 37 81.08% 40 75% 36 97.22% 23 91.3%
Madera College 11 100% 13 84.62% 7 100% 12 83.33% 12 100%
Marsha Fuerst School of Nursing at Glendale Career College 91 91.21% 150 88% 127 91.34% 107 92.52% 155 85.16%
Mendocino College 19 84.12% 26 100% 23 95.65% 31 96.77% 27 96.3%
Merced College 53 94.34% 48 89.58% 66 81.82% 62 82.26% 53 83.02%
Merritt College 18 100% 21 100% 23 95.65% 9 77.78% 34 88.24%
Mira Costa College 55 100% 49 97.96% 45 95.56% 52 92.31% 40 92.5%
Mission College 26 76.92% 30 70% 27 81.48% 33 69.70% 30 83.33%
Modesto Junior College 111 96.4% 96 92.71% 122 94.26% 129 83.72% 86 93.02%
Monterey Peninsula College 23 100% 29 100% 31 93.55% 32 96.88% 34 94.12%
Moorpark College 60 95% 65 100% 78 100% 70 97.14% 62 100%
Mount St. Mary's University - ADN 117 57.26% 89 64.04% 64 73.44% 103 70.87% 82 60.98%
Mount St. Mary's University - BSN 135 89.63% 124 91.94% 142 85.92% 136 77.21% 169 81.66%
Mt. San Antonio College 105 95.24% 106 96.23% 65 89.23% 103 94.17% 115 88.7%
Mt. San Jacinto College 48 95.83% 42 100% 56 92.86% 44 84.09% 44 95.45%
Napa Valley College 30 96.67% 30 93.33% 32 93.75% 32 71.88% 37 89.19%
National University 298 89.6% 269 88.85% 282 89.36% 239 79.92% 227 75.77%
Ohlone College 32 96.88% 33 100% 35 88.57% 35 100% 34 73.53%
Pacific College N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 64 73.44% 118 77.12%
Pacific Union College 83 95.18% 89 96.63% 86 84.88% 92 90.22% 78 85.9%
Palomar College 69 92.75% 72 90.28% 39 92.31% 86 86.05% 75 96%
Pasadena City College 97 96.91% 90 92.22% 63 88.89% 96 89.58% 66 90.91%
Point Loma Nazarene University 57 87.72% 40 82.5% 71 78.87% 111 89.19% 76 88.16%
Porterville College 21 100% 18 77.78% 18 94.44% 30 76.67% 22 90.91%
Rio Hondo College 74 93.24% 78 98.72% 77 96.1% 53 98.11% 68 94.12%
Riverside City College 181 96.69% 180 91.11% 178 96.63% 177 96.05% 150 95.33%
Sacramento City College 58 98.28% 67 92.54% 59 100% 67 94.03% 58 94.83%
Saddleback College 108 97.22% 99 96.97% 82 95.12% 92 96.74% 90 98.89%
Samuel Merritt University - BSN 425 94.12% 409 93.4% 410 84.88% 433 85.45% 468 82.05%
Samuel Merritt University - MSN 86 90.7% 81 86.42% 97 82.47% 103 80.58% 97 78.35%
San Bernardino Valley College 75 85.33% 78 88.46% 85 81.18% 114 78.95% 90 73.33%
San Diego City College 65 98.46% 52 100% 52 100% 63 98.41% 47 100%
San Diego State University 115 97.39% 115 93.91% 143 95.8% 150 90.67% 181 88.4%
San Francisco State University - BSN 89 87.64% 87 86.21% 101 90.1% 60 88.33% 103 85.44%
San Francisco State University - MSN 39 89.74% 38 97.37% 35 91.43% 43 86.05% 40 77.5%
San Joaquin Delta College 98 92.86% 128 91.41% 76 82.89% 133 81.20% 128 89.06%
San Joaquin Valley College 129 83.72% 95 86.32% 86 88.37% 91 91.21% 96 95.83%
Santa Ana College 94 94.68% 93 91.4% 91 86.81% 87 90.80% 97 90.72%
Santa Barbara City College 73 98.63% 56 94.64% 79 96.2% 79 91.14% 65 93.85%
Santa Monica College 40 90% 57 94.74% 71 91.55% 71 91.55% 31 83.87%
Santa Rosa Junior College 109 96.33% 110 92.73% 55 96.36% 117 87.18% 98 90.82%
Shasta College 50 88% 44 93.18% 50 96% 70 90% 59 88.14%
Shepherd University (Closed) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 0%
Sierra College 32 100% 21 100% 30 100% 63 100% 38 97.37%
Simpson University 28 92.86% 30 100% 39 92.31% 46 91.30% 60 95%
Solano Community College 45 86.67% 38 94.74% 48 91.67% 47 80.85% 39 87.18%
Sonoma State University 30 100% 18 94.44% 23 100% 42 90.48% 14 100%
Southwestern College 66 86.36% 69 92.75% 68 89.71% 63 88.89% 59 89.83%
Stanbridge University - ADN 58 94.83% 78 98.72% 74 95.95% 84 96.43% 129 90.7%
The Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San Jose State University 117 89.74% 86 86.79% 119 91.6% 119 93.28% 185 90.81%
United States University (Closed) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 0% N/A N/A
Unitek College - ADN (Closed Option) 122 90.16% 115 89.57% 1 0% 5 60% N/A N/A
Unitek College - BSN N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 151 84.11% 292 81.16%
UC Davis 33 78.79% 44 84.09% 48 87.5% 48 83.33% 43 93.02%
UC Irvine - BSN 50 94% 56 91.07% 44 88.64% 42 83.33% 50 86%
UC Irvine - MSN N/A N/A 19 94.74% 18 100% 21 95.24% 19 94.74%
UC Los Angeles - BSN 44 97.73% 45 95.56% 44 90.91% 50 84% 54 88.89%
UC Los Angeles - MSN 71 88.73% 69 97.1% 68 82.35% 71 87.32% 68 85.29%
UC San Francisco 64 93.75% 72 95.83% 76 89.47% 77 87.01% 75 86.67%
University of Massachusetts Global N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 27 55.56% 57 57.89%
University of Phoenix at Modesto - LVN to BSN 75 73.33% 71 80.28% 41 78.05% 44 72.73% 2 0%
University of San Diego/Hahn 61 95.08% 56 96.43% 55 98.18% 65 96.92% 50 88%
University of San Francisco - BSN 219 89.95% 217 89.86% 251 87.64% 252 85.32% 260 86.54%
University of San Francisco - MSN 105 89.52% 118 98.31% 104 95.19% 125 88% 131 86.26%
Vanguard University N/A N/A N/A N/A 24 91.67% 36 66.67% 30 80%
Ventura College 95 94.74% 58 96.55% 84 97.62% 85 94.12% 85 94.12%
Victor Valley College 51 100% 69 98.55% 30 93.33% 64 96.88% 68 91.18%
Weimar University - ADN 7 85.71% 11 100% 12 100% 12 75% 8 100%
West Coast University 1,426 91.23% 1,630 90.55% 2,132 87.1% 2,581 80.58% 2,925 81.09%
Western Governors University (Closed) 49 97.96% 52 96.15% 22 95.45% 27 100% 47 85.11%
Western University of Health Sciences - MSN 56 91.07% 60 93.33% N/A N/A 68 89.71% 72 86.11%
West Hills College Lemoore 36 94.44% 24 91.67% 30 90% 51 90.20% 46 89.13%
Xavier College N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 95% 28 71.43% 30 83.33%
Yuba College 59 84.75% 52 92.31% 53 96.23% 65 96.92% 65 93.85%