Unitek College
ACEN AccreditedUnitek College operates ACEN-accredited LVN, ADN, and BSN programs at California campuses in Fremont, Hayward, Sacramento, and Bakersfield. Focuses on vocational and pre-licensure nursing education.
Unitek College at a glance
- Unitek College's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 86.3% on 343 candidates (2025) — up 2.2 pts since 2022.
- Across 4 reported years (2022–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 85.2% over 1,101 total candidates.
- Opportunity Score: 68/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: Job market strength and NCLEX pass rate.
- Listed program tuition ranges from $24,000 to $62,000 total across 3 programs.
- 3 nursing programs listed — ADN, BSN, LPN offered on campus.
- Programmatic accreditation: ACEN.
86.3%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 343 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
85.2%
Candidate-weighted average, 2022–2025
Source: State board of nursing
68/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
- Programs Offered
- 3
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 86%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Unitek College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 4 years: 85.2% over 1,101 candidates.
Unitek College's latest reported year is 2025, and that 86.3% — from a cohort of 343 first-time candidates — is in line with the 86.7% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2025.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.3% | 343 |
| 2024 | 88.25% | 315 |
| 2023 | 81.16% | 292 |
| 2022 | 84.11% | 151 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Unitek College.
Nursing Programs at Unitek College(3)
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Unitek Collegeoverall score
Strengths
- Job market strength
- NCLEX pass rate
Watch-outs
- Online flexibility
Score breakdown
- NCLEX pass rate77
- Job market strength100
- Graduation rate60
- Online flexibility41
- Tuition affordability60
The Opportunity Score blends NCLEX pass rate, tuition affordability, graduation outcomes, schedule flexibility, hospital clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Missing inputs are excluded and remaining weights are redistributed proportionally. How we calculate this.
Admissions at Unitek College
- •No acceptance or admission rate (%) is publicly stated on official Unitek College (.edu) pages. No verified statistics such as overall admit percentage, cohort acceptance rate, or selectivity were located.
- •Regarding minimum GPA, TEAS/HESI thresholds, prerequisites, or waitlist notes:
- •General nursing GPA requirement: A blog post on Unitek’s site notes that nursing program GPA requirements “generally land between 2.0 and 3.0 depending on your specific course or program.”
- •For the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program (hybrid), admissions requirements include:
- •Submission of proof of high school education or equivalent
- •A score of at least 19 on the Scholastic Level Exam – Q (SLE‑Q) to begin the application and ranking process
- •Submission of a government‑issued photo ID
- •A minimum score of 58.7% on the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS)
- •Completion of a background check and drug screen before clinicals
- •Completion of all financing arrangements
- •For the hybrid BSN program specifically (Concord campus), the same TEAS threshold of 58.7% and SLE‑Q score of 19 are confirmed. Additional steps (ID, background/drug screening, financing, proof of education) are also required.
- •The general admissions requirements page indicates that programs requiring entrance exams follow a retake policy (first fail: retake same day; second: wait 7 days; third: wait 21 days; after four failures: must re‑apply after one year). While not program‑specific, this applies to nursing entrance exams.
Based on publicly available information. Source
Schedule & Format Flexibility at Unitek College
- •Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - Hybrid (Blended) Format
- •Offers a hybrid learning environment, with theory and general education courses delivered online, and in-person labs, classroom instruction, and clinical rotations essential to the program.
- •Can be completed in about two to three years, with three 16‑week semesters per year, sometimes shortened depending on transfer credits.
- •Instructor-led classes include online components for theory and general education, paired with on-campus skills labs, simulations, and clinical practice.
- •At the Concord campus, a blended format is explicitly mentioned: "some components are in person, while others are completed online."
- •Vocational Nursing (LVN) Program – Scheduling Flexibility
- •Offers flexible scheduling with options to complete the program in:
- •12 months via full-time day
- •17 months via full-time evening
- •20 months via part-time evening
- •Day and evening course-schedule options are available, including part-time evening—evening schedules may only be offered on select campuses
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
ADN
No acceptance or admission rate (%) is publicly stated.
BSN (Pre-Licensure)
No acceptance or admission rate (%) is publicly stated.
The BSN program is described as hybrid, with theory and general education courses delivered online, and in-person labs and clinical rotations.
LVN (Vocational Nursing)
No acceptance or admission rate (%) is publicly stated.
Offers flexible scheduling with options to complete the program in 12 months via full-time day, 17 months via full-time evening, or 20 months via part-time evening.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.