Sierra College
ACEN AccreditedSierra College at a glance
- Sierra College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 100% on 33 candidates (2025) — held steady (+0 pts since 2021).
- Across 5 reported years (2021–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 99.5% over 204 total candidates.
- 1 nursing program listed — ADN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
100%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 33 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
99.5%
Candidate-weighted average, 2021–2025
Source: State board of nursing
- Programs Offered
- 1
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 100%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Sierra College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 5 years: 99.5% over 204 candidates.
Sierra College's latest reported year is 2025, and that 100% — from a cohort of 33 first-time candidates — is 12.5 points above the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100% | 33 |
| 2024 | 100% | 40 |
| 2023 | 97.37% | 38 |
| 2022 | 100% | 63 |
| 2021 | 100% | 30 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Sierra College.
Nursing Programs at Sierra College(1)
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Admissions at Sierra College
- •Acceptance rate (# admitted)
- •– The program admits 40 students into the Traditional RN cohort each Fall semester. There is no published percentage acceptance rate, only the number of slots available.
- •Waitlist or alternates
- •– Sierra College does not maintain a waitlist. Instead, they select 10 alternates, beyond the 40 admitted students, and the process ends once those are chosen. There is no waitlist maintained beyond that.
- •Minimum overall GPA
- •– Applicants must have completed at least 60 degree-applicable semester units (minimum 12 units at Sierra College) with an overall GPA of at least 2.0.
- •TEAS exam requirement & threshold
- •– The most recent version of the TEAS exam is required (TEAS VI or earlier is not accepted).
- •– A minimum cumulative score of 62% is required.
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Sierra College
- •– Delivery format for nursing (Registered Nursing ADN Program):
- •The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Program is described as a two‑year, full‑time program, with no mention of part‑time, evening, weekend, or cohort start date flexibility.
- •Clinical practice may occur days, evenings, nights, and weekends, assigned by nursing faculty.
- •– Online, hybrid, or on‑campus delivery for nursing:
- •The ADN nursing program page does not specify if courses are offered in online or hybrid formats; it appears to be an in‑person, campus‑based program.
- •In contrast, the broader college “Distance Learning” page confirms that Sierra College overall offers fully online, hybrid, and web‑enhanced courses—but does not explicitly mention nursing courses in that context.
- •– Evening, weekend, or multiple cohort start options:
- •No explicit mention of evening or weekend class schedules apart from clinical practice. No reference to multiple cohort starts, other than cohort size and selection process.
- •– Asynchronous vs synchronous coursework for nursing:
- •The program information
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Minimum GPA: 2.0
The program admits 40 students each Fall, but there is no published percentage acceptance rate.
The program is described as a two-year, full-time program with clinical practice occurring at various times, but no mention of online or hybrid formats.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.