Gonzaga University
CCNE AccreditedGonzaga University offers a robust selection of nursing programs designed for your professional advancement. With all programs delivered 100% online and accredited by the CCNE, you can pursue your education flexibly and with confidence in quality. The university's commitment to excellence and student support makes it an ideal choice for aspiring nurses.
Gonzaga University at a glance
- Gonzaga University's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 98.9% on 91 candidates (2024) — up 9.9 pts since 2021.
- Across 4 reported years (2021–2024), the candidate-weighted average is 92.9% over 325 total candidates.
- Opportunity Score: 88/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: NCLEX pass rate and Job market strength.
- Clinical placement access scores 19/100, based on the hospital systems this school places students into.
- Listed program tuition ranges from $16,200 to $38,880 total across 4 programs.
- 5 nursing programs listed — BSN, DNP, MSN, RN-BSN offered on campus / online.
- Programmatic accreditation: CCNE.
98.9%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2024, 91 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
92.9%
Candidate-weighted average, 2021–2024
Source: State board of nursing
88/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
19/100
Clinical placement access
Source: School-published clinical partners
- Programs Offered
- 5
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 99%
- Clinical Access
- 19/100
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Gonzaga University, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 4 years: 92.9% over 325 candidates.
Gonzaga University's latest reported year is 2024, and that 98.9% — from a cohort of 91 first-time candidates — is 12.2 points above the 86.7% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2025.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.9% | 91 |
| 2023 | 88.57% | 70 |
| 2022 | 93.9% | 82 |
| 2021 | 89.02% | 82 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Gonzaga University.
Nursing Programs at Gonzaga University(5)
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Gonzaga Universityoverall score
Strengths
- NCLEX pass rate
- Job market strength
- Graduation rate
Watch-outs
- Clinical partnerships
Score breakdown
- NCLEX pass rate99
- Job market strength96
- Graduation rate81
- Online flexibility74
- Tuition affordability79
- Clinical partnerships19
The Opportunity Score blends NCLEX pass rate, tuition affordability, graduation outcomes, schedule flexibility, hospital clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Missing inputs are excluded and remaining weights are redistributed proportionally. How we calculate this.
Gonzaga Universityclinical access
- Jointly operated DNAP program with Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center.
- Clinical placements for DNAP are coordinated by the program.
- Simulation center available for nursing training.
- Students in online programs must arrange their own clinical sites.
Named hospital & health-system partners
- Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
- Children’s Hospital
- Providence Holy Family Hospital
- Providence Mount Carmel Hospital
- Mann‑Grandstaff Veterans Medical Center
- Pullman Regional Hospital
- Kadlec Regional Medical Center
- MultiCare Deaconess Hospital
Sources: catalog.gonzaga.edu, gonzaga.edu, gonzaga.edu. How we score this
Admissions at Gonzaga University
- •No specific acceptance rate or admission rate percentage for the nursing program is published on Gonzaga’s official nursing program or admissions web pages.
- •Minimum GPA (academic performance thresholds):
- •Applicants are admitted as freshmen, and once enrolled, they must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better during their first two years.
- •Additionally, they must achieve a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) in all nursing prerequisite courses and associated labs.
- •Prerequisite courses & high school curriculum expectations:
- •Nursing applicants must indicate “Nursing” as their first academic interest on the Common Application and complete Section V of the Gonzaga Student Supplement.
- •The Office of Admission recommends that first-year nursing applicants take natural/physical laboratory science and mathematics all four years of high school, including senior year.
- •Waitlist / application deadlines:
- •Nursing applications must be submitted by the Early Action deadline of November 15.
- •Applications received after November 15 are placed on a nursing waitlist.
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Gonzaga University
- •Program Delivery Formats
- •Graduate-level nursing programs—including RN‑to‑MSN, MSN, Second Master’s, and DNP (post‑baccalaureate and post‑master’s)—are offered online.
- •The BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) is not explicitly mentioned as available online or hybrid; the site offers only online options at the graduate level.
- •Schedule Flexibility (semester/session structure)
- •Gonzaga’s graduate nursing programs operate on the standard semester schedule: Fall and Spring semesters are 16 weeks, Summer is 12 weeks.
- •Fall and Spring semesters are divided into A session (first 8 weeks) and B session (second 8 weeks), allowing some courses to be offered in shorter blocks; Summer’s 8‑week courses are only offered once, beginning at the start of the summer term.
- •It is unclear whether the BSN program uses evening/weekend scheduling or multiple cohort starts—no information found.
- •Course Format: Asynchronous vs. Synchronous
- •The graduate nursing pages indicate “Flexible Online Courses” for MSN tracks, but do not clarify whether these are asynchronous, synchronous, or a mix ([gonzaga.edu](https://www.gonzaga.edu/online-graduate-programs/online-programs/nursing-programs/master-of-science-in-
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
MSN — Nursing Administration
Minimum GPA: 3.0
No specific acceptance rate or admission rate percentage for the nursing program is published.
Graduate nursing programs are fully online, with short-term session options (8-week blocks) within the semester structure, and require some on-campus immersions and site visits.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.