Cleveland State Community College
ACEN AccreditedCleveland State Community College at a glance
- Cleveland State Community College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 91.89% on 37 candidates (2024) — down 3.1 pts since 2020.
- Across 5 reported years (2020–2024), the candidate-weighted average is 95.3% over 212 total candidates.
- 2 nursing programs listed — ADN, LPN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
91.89%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2024, 37 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
95.3%
Candidate-weighted average, 2020–2024
Source: State board of nursing
- Programs Offered
- 2
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 92%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Cleveland State Community College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 5 years: 95.3% over 212 candidates.
Cleveland State Community College's latest reported year is 2024, and that 91.89% — from a cohort of 37 first-time candidates — is 4.4 points above the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91.89% | 37 |
| 2023 | 95.38% | 65 |
| 2022 | 95.35% | 43 |
| 2021 | 97.87% | 47 |
| 2020 | 95% | 20 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Cleveland State Community College.
Nursing Programs at Cleveland State Community College(2)
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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Certificate
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Admissions at Cleveland State Community College
- •No official acceptance or admission rate (%) is published on the Cleveland State (.edu) site or related materials; no verified statistics were found.
- •Minimum GPA requirement: Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 2.75 in any of the completed 9 General Education courses.
- •TEAS Nursing Admission Exam: Applicants must achieve an overall score of at least 58.7% on the TEAS exam to be considered for admission.
- •Prerequisites & application steps:
- •Applicants must complete all required general education courses and learning support/co‑requisite courses, as determined by placement testing.
- •They must apply for admission to the college and select the “Allied Health Sciences Emphasis: University Parallel, A.S.” as their major, well in advance of starting the nursing program.
- •Waitlist information: No mention of a waitlist or related procedures was found in the reviewed materials.
- •If you’d like further details—like deadline dates, sequence-specific requirements (day/evening/LPN‑to‑AAS bridge), or access to the full admissions packet—I can continue looking or help you contact the program directly.
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Cleveland State Community College
- •Program delivery modes (online/hybrid/on‑campus):
- •The Nursing A.A.S. program is delivered on-campus at the Main Campus. There is no mention of an online or hybrid delivery format for the core nursing curriculum.
- •Schedule flexibility—delivery sequences:
- •There is a Day Sequence: structured over five semesters (Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring) to complete the A.A.S. degree in approximately two years.
- •There is an Evening Sequence: structured over six semesters (Spring, Summer, Fall, Spring, Summer, Fall), allowing students to start in Spring and attend mostly evening classes.
- •There is also an LPN to A.A.S. Bridge Sequence, offered in three semesters (Spring, Fall, Spring), enabling Licensed Practical Nurses to transition to RN status.
- •Evening, weekend, or multiple cohort starts:
- •Evening cohort exists as noted above; starts on a Spring term (offered “every other odd year” for evening sequence).
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Minimum GPA: 2.8
No official acceptance or admission rate (%) is published.
The Nursing A.A.S. program is delivered on-campus only. There is a Day Sequence and an Evening Sequence available.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.