Bellingham Technical College
ACEN AccreditedBellingham Technical College at a glance
- Bellingham Technical College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 100% on 50 candidates (2024) — up 1.9 pts since 2021.
- Across 4 reported years (2021–2024), the candidate-weighted average is 95.4% over 218 total candidates.
- 2 nursing programs listed — ADN, LPN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
100%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2024, 50 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
95.4%
Candidate-weighted average, 2021–2024
Source: State board of nursing
- Programs Offered
- 2
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 100%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Bellingham Technical College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 4 years: 95.4% over 218 candidates.
Bellingham Technical College's latest reported year is 2024, and that 100% — from a cohort of 50 first-time candidates — is 12.5 points above the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100% | 50 |
| 2023 | 93.22% | 59 |
| 2022 | 91.07% | 56 |
| 2021 | 98.11% | 53 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Bellingham Technical College.
Nursing Programs at Bellingham Technical College(2)
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Admissions at Bellingham Technical College
- •Prerequisite courses and grade minimums (per Nursing Application – Part Time and other official forms):
- •Courses requiring a minimum grade of 3.0 (B): English Composition I (ENGL& 101) or English Composition II (ENG& 102); Introduction to Statistics (MATH& 146); Lifespan Psychology (PSYC& 200); Human Anatomy & Physiology 1 (BIOL& 241); Human Anatomy & Physiology 2 (BIOL& 242); Introduction to Chemistry (CHEM& 121) or General Chemistry w/ Lab I (CHEM& 161); Microbiology (BIOL& 260).
- •Courses requiring a minimum grade of 2.0 (C): General Biology with Lab (BIOL& 160); General Psychology (PSYC& 100); Humanities electives (10 credits); Communication electives (5 credits; note: CMST& 210 not accepted).
- •Approved Healthcare Experience Verification required.
- •TEAS exam requirement status: As of April 12, 2023, Nursing (as well as Radiologic and Surgery Technology) programs at BTC no longer require the ATI TEAS assessment as part of admissions.
- •No official acceptance/admission rate (%): BTC’s official nursing program pages and handbooks do not publish an acceptance or admission rate.
- •Non-official sources (e.g., CollegeData, Counselor Corporation) provide general institutional acceptance data, but not program-specific, and are not on btc.edu.
- •Waitlist or selection pr
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Bellingham Technical College
- •Delivery Format (Online, Hybrid, On‑Campus)
- •The Associate Degree Registered Nursing (RN) Program is not an online program; it is delivered in-person only.
- •No mention of a hybrid or fully online delivery option for nursing programs was found.
- •Program Delivery Options & Cohort Start (Full‑time, Part‑time, LPN‑RN, etc.)
- •The full‑time RN Program begins cohorts in Fall, Winter, and Spring, each admitting approximately 20 students, for a total of around 60 seats per academic year.
- •The part‑time RN Program admits cohorts of approximately 10 students each Fall.
- •The part‑time Practical Nursing (PN) Program begins cohorts of 10 students in Fall and Spring.
- •The LPN‑RN option admits Licensed Practical Nurses into the second year, with cohort entry as demand dictates (no set schedule provided).
- •No evening‑only or weekend‑only cohort starts were detailed in sources.
- •Coursework Format: Asynchronous vs. Synchronous
- •No explicit information was found regar
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Minimum GPA: 3.0
No published acceptance rate or TEAS/HESI score thresholds.
In-person only; no online or hybrid format mentioned.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Certificate
Minimum GPA: 3.0
No published acceptance rate or TEAS/HESI score thresholds.
In-person only; no online or hybrid format mentioned.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.