North Arkansas College

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Outcomes

NCLEX-RN pass rates by year

Board-reported first-time pass rates for North Arkansas College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 5 years: 90.5% over 265 candidates.

North Arkansas College's latest reported year is 2025, and that 90.9% — from a cohort of 55 first-time candidates — is 4.2 points above 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 North Arkansas College.

Admissions

Admissions at North Arkansas College

• No specific admissions or acceptance rate (%) for the Registered Nursing (RN) or Practical Nursing (PN) programs was found on official North Arkansas College (.edu) pages. Source: official program pages and announcements – no rate published.
• For the Practical Nursing (PN) program:
• – Minimum cumulative GPA: 2.5 required for entry.
• – Application deadlines: April 15 for August class; October 15 for January class; February 15 for the high-school cohort for the May class.
• – Required transcripts: official high school transcript or GED, plus all college transcripts must be submitted.
• – Additional prerequisites and materials include: BIOL 1434 (Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology) or BIOL 2214 and BIOL 2224 with specified minimum grades (cutoff not fully visible).
• For the Registered Nursing (RN) AAS program:
• – Applicants must submit both the general Northark admissions application and a separate health professions application.
• – Application deadline: April 1.
• – To progress through the program and graduate, students must maintain:
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0,
• Grade of “C” or higher in all nursing curriculum courses,
• At least 79% exam average to pass theory components, and
• “Satisfactory” in clinical components, or else theory grade is lowered.
• – The entire nursing program must be completed within five years of admission, and re-entry is permitted once, provided readmission criteria are met.

Based on publicly available information. Source

Format

Schedule and format at North Arkansas College

• Registered Nursing (RN AAS)—On-campus only. No online or hybrid delivery available. Clinical experiences may be scheduled during day or evening hours at area facilities, requiring flexible availability. Source: official RN program page.
• Practical Nursing (PN TC)—On-campus only; not offered fully online. However, courses are described as "blended/online" (i.e., combining online and face-to-face instruction). Source: PN program page.
• PN Program Cohort Start Options—Two traditional start dates per year: one cohort begins in January and another in August. Source: PN program information packet (published last month).
• PN Instruction Mode Details—August cohort includes a mix of blended (online + in-person) didactic courses, face-to-face skills lab, and clinical components; summer includes fully online courses for certain topics. Source: PN curriculum breakdown for August and January cohorts.
• RN Program Format—Curriculum is structured as a full‑time, cohort‑based program; clinical schedules vary and may include days or evenings. No mention of evening‑only or weekend‑only cohorts; no indication of asynchronous vs. synchronous online components since the program is on-campus only. Source: RN program page.
• Online/Distance Learning Formats at UA No

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