NCLEX Pass Rates — New York Nursing Schools (2024)
As of 2024, 14 New York schools reported first-time RN NCLEX pass rates of 74.3–97.1% , per NY State Education Dept, Office of the Professions — RN NCLEX Results 2023-2027. Dataset average 87.4% (national reference 87.5%). Only display-eligible cohorts of 10+ first-time candidates are shown.
Key takeaways
- National first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate reference: 87.5% (NCSBN).
- New York institutional average in our dataset: 87.4% (2024).
- 6 New York schools with latest-year pass rates at or above 90%.
- Small cohorts (fewer than 10 first-time candidates) are marked display-ineligible and not shown as headline rates.
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First-time NCLEX-RN pass rates — New York schools
As of 2024, 14 New York schools reported first-time RN NCLEX pass rates of 74.3–97.1% , per NY State Education Dept, Office of the Professions — RN NCLEX Results 2023-2027. Only display-eligible cohorts of 10+ first-time candidates are shown.
Pass rate
Showing 14 of 14 schools.
| Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing | 97.1% | 34 | 2024 |
| St. John Fisher University – Wegmans School of Nursing | 95.3% | 172 | 2025 |
| Finger Lakes Community College | 93.3% | 45 | 2025 |
| Monroe Community College | 92.9% | 98 | 2025 |
| Hudson Valley Community College | 92.8% | 97 | 2025 |
| Columbia University School of Nursing | 92.5% | 173 | 2025 |
| Onondaga Community College | 89.0% | 73 | 2025 |
| Rockland Community College | 88.1% | 143 | 2025 |
| Adelphi University – College of Nursing and Public Health | 86.3% | 306 | 2025 |
| Utica University – Accelerated Nursing | 85.3% | 61 | 2025 |
| NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing | 81.9% | 430 | 2025 |
| Medgar Evers College (CUNY) | 79.4% | 34 | 2025 |
| University of Mount Saint Vincent – Nursing | 75.0% | 64 | 2025 |
| Trocaire College | 74.3% | 148 | 2025 |
Source: NY State Education Dept, Office of the Professions — RN NCLEX Results 2023-2027
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