Arapahoe Community College
ACEN AccreditedArapahoe Community College at a glance
- Arapahoe Community College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 86% on 86 candidates (2025) — down 12.2 pts since 2012.
- Across 14 reported years (2012–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 94.5% over 924 total candidates.
- 3 nursing programs listed — ADN, LPN, RN-BSN offered on campus / online.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
86%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 86 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
94.5%
Candidate-weighted average, 2012–2025
Source: State board of nursing
- Programs Offered
- 3
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 86%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Arapahoe Community College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 14 years: 94.5% over 924 candidates.
Arapahoe Community College's latest reported year is 2025, and that 86% — from a cohort of 86 first-time candidates — is 1.5 points below the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86% | 86 |
| 2024 | 96.34% | 82 |
| 2023 | 100% | 72 |
| 2022 | 93.33% | 60 |
| 2021 | 90.76% | 65 |
| 2020 | 100% | 59 |
| 2019 | 98.48% | 66 |
| 2018 | 94.2% | 69 |
| 2017 | 93.44% | 61 |
| 2016 | 95.24% | 63 |
| 2015 | 88.89% | 54 |
| 2014 | 94.03% | 67 |
| 2013 | 95.38% | 65 |
| 2012 | 98.18% | 55 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Arapahoe Community College.
Nursing Programs at Arapahoe Community College(3)
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Admissions at Arapahoe Community College
- •Acceptance or Admission Rate
- •No stated acceptance or admission rate (percentage) is published on ACC’s official nursing program pages. No verified overall acceptance rate was found.
- •Minimum GPA for Nursing AAS (Associate in Applied Science – RN)
- •Applicants must achieve a combined GPA of at least 3.0 in the core prerequisite courses—ENG 1021, PSY 2440, BIO 2101, and HPR 1010 (or HWE 1050)—with no grade lower than a C
- •HESI Exam Requirements (Nursing AAS)
- •Applicants must take the HESI A2 exam covering Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary & General Knowledge (English composite), Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, and Math. Minimum scores required: at least 70 in Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary & General Knowledge (English Language), and at least 70 composite in Math.
- •Nursing AAS Point-Based Ranking System
- •After meeting minimum eligibility, admission is competitive and uses a point system to rank applicants, based on:
- •Prerequisite GPA (max 4 pts)
- •Healthcare employment hours (up to 10 pts)
- •Volunteer hours (up to 3 pts)
- •Completion of co‐requisite courses (up to 6 pts)
- •HESI science/Anatomy & Physiology/composite scores (up to 5 pts)
- •National certification or state license (up to 2 pts)
- •Additional HESI English composite and Math scores contribute to a total up to 80 pts.
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Arapahoe Community College
- •Courses across ACC—including nursing—are offered in multiple delivery formats:
- •On‑campus (classroom-based, in person)
- •Remote Real‑Time (live online via platforms like WebEx/Zoom, with scheduled meeting times)
- •Hybrid (combination of in‑person and online components, with attendance required as scheduled)
- •HyFlex (students choose to attend either in person or remotely in real time, per class session)
- •ACC also offers fully online courses where students complete work at their convenience via discussions, assignments, and online tests (asynchronous), with deadlines set by the instructor.
- •The nursing programs (RN‑BSN completion, Nursing AAS, Practical Nurse Certificate, LPN‑to‑ADN Bridge) are not specifically described as delivered online, hybrid, or with evening/weekend scheduling on official pages. ACC’s nursing page lists program tracks but does not detail delivery formats or schedule flexibility. Therefore, this information is unclear.
- •No mention of evening, weekend, or multiple cohort start options for the nursing programs is found on the nursing-s
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Admission is competitive and uses a point system for ranking applicants.
Courses are offered in multiple delivery formats including on-campus and online.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Certificate
Courses are offered in multiple delivery formats including on-campus.
RN-to-BSN Completion Program
Fully online courses are available where students complete work at their convenience.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.