Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Outcomes

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 points below 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 Southwest Tennessee Community College.

Admissions

Admissions at Southwest Tennessee Community College

Highly Competitive.

• 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

Format

Schedule and format 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

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