Finger Lakes Community College
ACEN AccreditedFinger Lakes Community College at a glance
- Finger Lakes Community College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 93.33% on 45 candidates (2025) — down 1.6 pts since 2023.
- Across 3 reported years (2023–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 95.9% over 147 total candidates.
- 1 nursing program listed — ADN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
93.33%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 45 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
95.9%
Candidate-weighted average, 2023–2025
Source: State board of nursing
- Programs Offered
- 1
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 93%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Finger Lakes Community College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 3 years: 95.9% over 147 candidates.
Finger Lakes Community College's latest reported year is 2025, and that 93.33% — from a cohort of 45 first-time candidates — is 5.8 points above the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.33% | 45 |
| 2024 | 100% | 43 |
| 2023 | 94.9% | 59 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Finger Lakes Community College.
Nursing Programs at Finger Lakes Community College(1)
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Admissions at Finger Lakes Community College
- •No published overall acceptance or admission rate (%) was found on the official FLCC site or other verified sources.
- •Applicants with at least a 2.5 cumulative college GPA (or 2.0 if holding a bachelor’s degree) and a grade of C or higher in all required nursing coursework, plus completion of high school biology or one semester of college biology, are eligible to apply to the nursing program.
- •Admission is competitive and based on a point system. Students must generally earn at least 25 nursing admission points to be eligible for review.
- •For applicants scoring below the 25-point threshold, FLCC recommends taking the TEAS exam. A minimum TEAS score of 65% is required to become eligible for review under the point system.
- •Prerequisite coursework requirements include:
- •High school diploma or GED
- •Minimum high school GPA of 85 (for direct-entry from high school) or minimum college GPA of 2.5 (or 2.0 with bachelor’s degree)
- •Algebra (HS algebra ≥85%, or college algebra, or FLCC MAT 121/MAT 200)
- •Biology (HS biology ≥85%, or college biology, or FLCC BIO 171 with grade C or higher)
- •Chemistry (HS chemistry ≥85%, or co
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Finger Lakes Community College
- •Delivery modes (online, hybrid, in‑person) for nursing programs:
- •FLCC’s LPN certificate is delivered in person, as stated on the Nursing Department page (36 credits, certificate, in‑person).
- •The RN: Registered Nurse A.A.S. program is also delivered in person.
- •No mention is made of online or hybrid delivery for either nursing program on official FLCC pages.
- •Evening, weekend, or multiple cohort start options:
- •FLCC now supports a mid‑year (January) cohort in its RN program, made possible by the expanded Sands Family Center; the first mid‑year cohort began January 2023, with mid‑year graduates in December 2024 and again Fall 2025.
- •No references were found to evening or weekend class schedules specific to the nursing programs.
- •Asynchronous vs synchronous coursework:
- •The Nursing Student Handbook (2025) indicates that Brightspace (the online course platform) should be consulted daily for information on course, clinical, and lab — suggesting some online communication/announcements — but it does not specify whether coursework is asynchronous or synchronous.
- •No explicit details about whether lectures, discussions, or assignments are asynchronous or synchronous.
- •Transfer credit or advanced‑standing policies for nursing:
- •FLCC accepts transfer credits in general per
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Admission is competitive and based on a point system. Students must generally earn at least 25 nursing admission points to be eligible for review.
Nursing programs at FLCC are in-person only (no online or hybrid option mentioned).
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.