Gateway Community and Technical College
ACEN AccreditedGateway Community and Technical College at a glance
- Gateway Community and Technical College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 77.6% on 116 candidates (2025) — up 16.2 pts since 2021.
- Across 5 reported years (2021–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 75.1% over 527 total candidates.
- 2 nursing programs listed — ADN, LPN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
77.6%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 116 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
75.1%
Candidate-weighted average, 2021–2025
Source: State board of nursing
- Programs Offered
- 2
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 78%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Gateway Community and Technical College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 5 years: 75.1% over 527 candidates.
Gateway Community and Technical College's latest reported year is 2025, and that 77.6% — from a cohort of 116 first-time candidates — is 9.9 points below the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77.6% | 116 |
| 2024 | 90% | 110 |
| 2023 | 76.3% | 93 |
| 2022 | 69.2% | 107 |
| 2021 | 61.4% | 101 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Gateway Community and Technical College.
Nursing Programs at Gateway Community and Technical College(2)
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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Certificate
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Admissions at Gateway Community and Technical College
- •No official acceptance/admission rate (%) for the nursing program is published. Gateway Community & Technical College operates with open general admissions, but its nursing program uses a selective admission process. No rate was stated.
- •Minimum GPA requirement: A minimum cumulative nursing/general education GPA of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) is required. Applicants with a GPA below 2.5 are not admitted.
- •HESI A2 exam:
- •– Completion of the HESI A2 (Admission Assessment) is required. A recommended score of 75% or higher on all sections is strongly advised because lower scores correlate with lower success in the program.
- •– Additionally, the HESI A2 overall score contributes to the selective admission point system:
- •90+ earns 3 points
- •81–89 earns 2 points
- •75–81 earns 1 point
- •0–74 earns 0 points
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Gateway Community and Technical College
- •The Nursing program follows a two-day-per-week on‑campus schedule, plus the assigned clinical day, for Levels 1–4.
- •For Levels 2–4, specialty courses (Behavioral Health, Maternal Newborn, Pediatrics) are offered in a hybrid format—meaning part of these courses are online and part are in-person. However, lecture and lab still occur during the same two on‑campus days used for Medical/Surgical courses.
- •The program schedule is designed to support balance between college, working part‑time, and personal responsibilities, indicating a level of flexibility in scheduling.
- •Transfer credit: Students who have completed or are currently enrolled in core nursing courses at another program may be eligible to enter into the second semester of Gateway’s ADN program, subject to review based on space availability, course content applicability, and competency demonstration (via prior HESI/ATI assessments or equivalent)
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Selective admission process with a minimum GPA of 2.5 required.
Levels 2–4 specialty courses delivered in hybrid format during same on‑campus days.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Certificate
Selective admission process with a minimum GPA of 2.5 required.
Two-day-per-week on‑campus schedule plus clinical day.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.