Hudson Valley Community College
ACEN AccreditedHudson Valley Community College at a glance
- Hudson Valley Community College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 92.78% on 97 candidates (2025) — down 3.3 pts since 2023.
- Across 3 reported years (2023–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 93.6% over 265 total candidates.
- 1 nursing program listed — ADN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
92.78%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 97 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
93.6%
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 Hudson Valley Community College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 3 years: 93.6% over 265 candidates.
Hudson Valley Community College's latest reported year is 2025, and that 92.78% — from a cohort of 97 first-time candidates — is 5.3 points above the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.78% | 97 |
| 2024 | 92.31% | 91 |
| 2023 | 96.1% | 77 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Hudson Valley Community College.
Nursing Programs at Hudson Valley Community College(1)
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Admissions at Hudson Valley Community College
- •Admission is competitive, with more applicants than available seats.
- •All application materials—including the admissions application, transcripts from high school and college—must be submitted by February 1 to be considered. For 2026 applications, the HESI testing deadline is January 15.
- •Prerequisite requirements:
- •High School Courses (no time limit): Biology, Chemistry, and Algebra (or equivalent math) with minimum grades as follows:
- •75 or above in each course plus a passing Regents exam;
- •if no passing Regents exam: 85 or above;
- •for out-of-state/international schools: 75 or above;
- •adult education (non-Regents): 85 or above.
- •College-Level Equivalents (HVCC or other):
- •BIOL 105 or 109: grade of “C” or better;
- •CHEM 095: “B” or better; CHEM 100 or 105: “C” or better;
- •MATH 099: “B” or better.
- •Additional prerequisites for Evening & Weekend options (must be completed within 5 years of program start or prior to NUR 201):
- •BIOL 270 & 271 (Anatomy & Physiology I & II);
- •BIOL 205 (Microbiology);
- •ENGL 101 (English Composition I);
- •PSYC 100 (General Psychology);
- •PSYC 205 (Developmental Psychology).
- •HESI-A2 (Health Education Systems Inc. Admission Assessment Exam): Required for all applicants.
- •Must achieve at least a 70 % cumulative total score (day, weekend, evening, and one-year advanced options).
- •Applicants may submit up to two sets of HESI-A2 scores.
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Hudson Valley Community College
- •Weekend Option: Allows qualified students to complete the Nursing A.A.S. in the standard two-year timeframe by taking courses on weekends. Students must be available Fridays 4 – 10 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 7 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. Source: https://www.hvcc.edu/programs/all/health/nursing-aas/advanced.html
- •One‑Year Advanced Option: An accelerated, summer-start daytime-only option. Eligible students begin in May, condense Nursing 1 and Nursing 2 into the first term, continue with Nursing 3 in fall, and finish with Nursing 4 the following spring. Courses meet Monday through Friday, eight hours per day. Source: https://www.hvcc.edu/programs/all/health/nursing-aas/advanced.html
- •One‑Year Advanced Option continued (via admission guidelines PDF): Summer start (May) and completion the following May, for students with substantial college coursework. A bachelor’s degree by May start is preferred. Prerequisites required before enrollment: English Composition I; Anatomy & Physiology I and II; Microbiology; General Psychology. Source: https://www.hvcc.edu/programs/all/health/pdfs/nur-admissionguidelines.pdf
- •Day Option: Traditional two-year full‑time model, fall/spring format. Core and clinical nursing courses begin in the first semester; corequisites may be taken concurrently. Source: https://www.hvcc.edu/programs/all/health/pdfs/nur-admissionguidelines.pdf ([hvcc.edu](https://www.hvcc.edu/programs/all/health/pdfs/nur-admissionguidelines.pdf?utm_source=o
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Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Admission is competitive, with more applicants than available seats.
Delivery appears on-campus only, with scheduling options including Day, Weekend, Evening, plus an accelerated One-Year Advanced option.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.