College of Southern Maryland

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• Keiser University

  ADN

  On campus · 22 months · $32,000 total tuition

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• Concorde Career College

  ADN

  On campus · 22 months · $35,000 total tuition

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• American Career College

  Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

  On campus · 24 months

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Outcomes

NCLEX-RN pass rates by year

Board-reported first-time pass rates for College of Southern Maryland, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 3 years: 84.3% over 344 candidates.

College of Southern Maryland's latest reported year is 2025, and that 86.32% — from a cohort of 117 first-time candidates — is in line with the 86.7% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2025.

Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for College of Southern Maryland.

Admissions

Admissions at College of Southern Maryland

Competitive.

• No overall nursing acceptance or admission rate (%) is published on official CSM pages. Institution-wide data suggests open admission for general enrollment, but specific nursing program acceptance rates are not provided.
• Minimum GPA (Associate Degree in Nursing and LPN-to-BSN): A cumulative GPA of 3.0, including all program-required science and math credits (including transfer credits), is required for both the traditional ADN and LPN-to-BSN pathways.
• Unsuccessful attempts limit: No more than one unsuccessful completion (C‑, D, F, or withdrawal) of a program-required science and/or math course is allowed.
• Recency requirement for science courses: Program-required science courses must have been completed within the 5 years prior to the matriculation semester.
• PreNursing pathway & waitlist/conditional notes:
• – Students not meeting admission criteria are admitted into PreNursing, typically for up to one academic year, after which they must meet requiremen

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Format

Schedule and format at College of Southern Maryland

• Patient Care Technician (PCT) program:
• Delivered in a HYBRID format that includes in-person, remote, and asynchronous learning.
• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and Practical Nursing (PN) Certificate programs:
• Courses include independent and web‑enhanced study, lectures, demonstrations, skills practice, and simulation.
• The ADN and PN programs offer flexible scheduling, and the majority of students choose to attend part time, which may extend program completion time.
• ADN program admits students both in the fall and spring semesters.
• PN Certificate program admits students for the fall semester only.
• An RN Transition Pathway is available for working adul

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