Board-reported · 2025
NCLEX Pass Rates — Colorado Nursing Schools (2025)
As of 2025, 2 Colorado schools reported first-time RN NCLEX pass rates of 86.0–86.0%, per Colorado Board of Nursing — Yearly NCLEX-RN Pass Rates (Associate Degree Programs). Dataset average 86.0% (national reference 86.7%). Only display-eligible cohorts of 10+ first-time candidates are shown.
- Colorado average
- 86.0%
- -0.7 pts vs national
- National
- 86.7%
- NCSBN 2025
- Schools reported
- 2
- Cohorts of 10 or more
- At 90% or higher
- 0
Board-reported outcomes
Every Colorado program the board reports, ranked by first-time pass rate. Schools listed on this site link to their profiles.
Colorado NCLEX pass-rate ranking
2 of 2
| # | School | Credential | Pass rateNational 86.7% marked | N | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arapahoe Community College | — | 86.0% | 86 | On site |
| 2 | Colorado Mountain College | — | 86.0% | 50 | On site |
Source: Colorado Board of Nursing — Yearly NCLEX-RN Pass Rates (Associate Degree Programs). Last verified Oct 1, 2026.
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Arapahoe Community College
86.0% first-time RN
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Already licensed? Next credentials for Colorado nurses
Pass rates and sticker price are for the first license. Working RNs in Colorado often stack an online RN-to-BSN, then an NP specialty. Online RN-to-BSN options serving Colorado include Walden University at $27,710 listed total tuition in our directory. Colorado grants nurse practitioners full practice authority: NPs can evaluate patients, diagnose, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and prescribe medications — including controlled substances — under the exclusive licensure authority of the state board of nursing, without a required physician collaboration agreement.
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