Southwest Tennessee Community College
ACEN AccreditedSouthwest Tennessee Community College at a glance
- Southwest Tennessee Community College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 85.71% on 77 candidates (2024) — down 0.7 pts since 2020.
- Across 5 reported years (2020–2024), the candidate-weighted average is 79.4% over 412 total candidates.
- 1 nursing program listed — ADN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
85.71%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2024, 77 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
79.4%
Candidate-weighted average, 2020–2024
Source: State board of nursing
- Programs Offered
- 1
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 86%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Southwest Tennessee Community College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 5 years: 79.4% over 412 candidates.
Southwest Tennessee Community College's latest reported year is 2024, and that 85.71% — from a cohort of 77 first-time candidates — is 1.8 points below the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 85.71% | 77 |
| 2023 | 78.46% | 65 |
| 2022 | 67.42% | 89 |
| 2021 | 79.57% | 93 |
| 2020 | 86.36% | 88 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Nursing Programs at Southwest Tennessee Community College(1)
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Admissions at Southwest Tennessee Community College
- •No overall acceptance/admission rate (%) is published for the nursing program. Source: main Nursing page showing graduation/NCLEX outcomes, not admission percentages.
- •Admission to the nursing program is highly competitive and limited by clinical site availability; preference is given to applicants exceeding minimum requirements.
- •A minimum cumulative GPA (Quality Point Average) is required for program admission, but the specific threshold is not listed. Applicants must “meet cumulative Quality Point Average requirement of the program for which application is being made.”.
- •Applicants must submit NLN pre‑nursing exam scores (e.g., NEX or older PAX) taken within the past five years:
- •The PAX previously required a minimum composite score of 100.
- •The newer NEX exam requires at least a 50th percentile rank for consideration.
- •Retest rules: scores in the 45–49th percentile require Nursing Dept. approval to retest in 3 months; below 45 requires a 6-month wait. NEX scores are valid for 3 years; PAX for 5 years..
- •The ATI TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) is required and must be taken on-site at Southwest; remote or out-of-institution scores are not accepted..
- •No specific TEAS minimum score (e.g., percentage) is stated on Southwest’s official site. So while TEAS submission is required, a published threshold is not provided. Source: Testin
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at Southwest Tennessee Community College
- •Delivery formats available (general and for nursing)
- •Southwest offers on-campus, online, hybrid (“Split”), TN eCampus, and web-assisted (“WA”) course delivery formats.
- •Nursing program itself (A.A.S. in Nursing) is primarily structured as:
- •Generic Track: Day program (admits every fall) and Evening/Weekend program (admits every spring).
- •LPN Mobility Track: Day program (admits every summer).
- •Paramedic Mobility Track: Day program (admits every summer).
- •Evening, weekend, and multiple cohort start options
- •Evening/weekend nursing track admits in spring for the Generic Track.
- •Daytime Generic Track admits every fall.
- •LPN and Paramedic Mobility Tracks (day programs) admit every summer.
- •Evening and weekend classes (general) are offered in 14‑week traditional semesters as well as accelerated 7‑week formats.
- •Evening/weekend programs are available across campuses (Macon Cove, Union Avenue, Maxine A. Smith Center, Whitehaven Center) ([southwest.tn.edu](https://southwest.tn
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Admission is highly competitive and limited by clinical site availability.
Nursing program offers evening/weekend classes and various delivery formats.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.