Purdue University – School of Nursing

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Outcomes

NCLEX-RN pass rates by year

Board-reported first-time pass rates for Purdue University – School of Nursing, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 4 years: 95.2% over 717 candidates.

Purdue University – School of Nursing's latest reported year is 2025, and that 94.5% — from a cohort of 185 first-time candidates — is 7.8 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 Purdue University – School of Nursing.

Admissions

Admissions at Purdue University – School of Nursing

Programs here admit roughly 29% of applicants. Competitive.

• Acceptance (admission) rate for first‑year nursing applicants is approximately 28.9%.
• Middle 50% high school GPA for admitted nursing students is 3.84–4.00 (unweighted).
• Middle 50% SAT range: 1180–1320.
• Middle 50% ACT range: 26–31.
• The BSN program is direct‑admit and highly competitive, with limited space; applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early—no later than the November 1 Early Action deadline.
• Specific minimum GPA, TEAS/HESI thresholds, or prerequisite course GPA requirements (e.g., GPA in biology/chemistry, standardized test thresholds) were not found on the official Purdue Nursing site or associated admissions pages.
• For College of Health and Human Sciences (CODO) internal transfer consideration, general guidelines from a past advising page (note: this may not pertain directly to Nursing’s direct‑admit structure) suggested:
• – Minimum GPA: 3.0 overall, with ≥3.0 in six credits of biology and/or chemistry with labs.
• – Admission “on a space‑available basis,” reviewed only in May for admission the following academic year.
• – Students on academic probation are not accepted.
• If you need information on graduate-level nursing (MS, DNP, PhD), prerequisites, or other program-specific admiss

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Format

Schedule and format at Purdue University – School of Nursing

• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) graduate curriculum includes a mix of delivery formats:
• Hybrid (combination of online and classroom) for courses such as NUR 50000, NUR 50500, NUR 51000, NUR 61100, NUR 62200, NUR 67500, NUR 63200.
• Fully online (asynchronous) for courses like NUR 50200, and classroom for clinical components in some cases.
• Some courses listed simply as “Online” (without specifying asynchronous or synchronous), such as NUR 50700, NUR 51601.
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) graduate curriculum includes:
• Hybrid delivery (e.g., NUR 50000, NUR 50500, NUR 51000, NUR 55200, NUR 55300, NUR 67400).
• Online (asynchronous) delivery for select courses such as NUR 50200, NUR 50700, NUR 51100, NUR 51400, NUR 51500, NUR 67500.
• Some courses delivered online synchronously: NUR 52800 and NUR 52900.
• Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nu

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