University of Maryland — Baltimore
CCNE AccreditedThe University of Maryland, Baltimore offers a range of accredited nursing programs designed to suit your educational and professional needs. With CCNE accreditation, you can choose from on-campus, hybrid, and fully online formats. The school is renowned for its commitment to excellence in nursing education, preparing you for diverse roles in healthcare.
University of Maryland — Baltimore at a glance
- University of Maryland — Baltimore's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 85.19% on 378 candidates (2025) — up 6.5 pts since 2022.
- Across 3 reported years (2022–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 81.9% over 1,020 total candidates.
- Opportunity Score: 76/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: Clinical partnerships and Job market strength.
- Clinical placement access scores 95/100, based on the hospital systems this school places students into.
- Listed program tuition ranges from $11,400 to $95,000 total across 6 programs.
- 6 nursing programs listed — BSN, DNP, MSN, PhD, RN-BSN offered on campus / hybrid / online.
- Programmatic accreditation: CCNE.
85.19%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 378 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
81.9%
Candidate-weighted average, 2022–2025
Source: State board of nursing
76/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
95/100
Clinical placement access
Source: School-published clinical partners
- Programs Offered
- 6
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 85%
- Clinical Access
- 95/100
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for University of Maryland — Baltimore, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 3 years: 81.9% over 1,020 candidates.
University of Maryland — Baltimore's latest reported year is 2025, and that 85.19% — from a cohort of 378 first-time candidates — is 1.5 points below the 86.7% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2025.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.19% | 378 |
| 2023 | 81.11% | 323 |
| 2022 | 78.68% | 319 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for University of Maryland — Baltimore.
Nursing Programs at University of Maryland — Baltimore(6)
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BSN (Traditional)
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MSN — Family Nurse Practitioner
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MSN — Nursing Informatics
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University of Maryland — Baltimoreoverall score
Strengths
- Clinical partnerships
- Job market strength
- Graduation rate
Score breakdown
- NCLEX pass rate75
- Job market strength82
- Graduation rate78
- Online flexibility51
- Tuition affordability59
- Clinical partnerships95
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.
University of Maryland — Baltimoreclinical access
- Nine specific partner hospitals for clinical rotations.
- Faculty arrange placements for academic-hospital partnership programs.
- 33 state-of-the-art Clinical Simulation Laboratories available.
- Clinical Scholars Program offers scholarships with employment commitment.
Named hospital & health-system partners
- Frederick Health Hospital
- Holy Cross Hospital
- Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
- MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
- University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC)AMC
- UM Baltimore-Washington Medical Center
- UM Capital Regional Medical Center
- UM Saint Joseph Medical Center
Sources: nursing.umaryland.edu, nursing.umaryland.edu, nursing.umaryland.edu. How we score this
Admissions at University of Maryland — Baltimore
- •No acceptance or admission rate (%) is publicly reported on the UMSON website or official UMB nursing admissions materials.
- •Minimum GPA requirements (for entry-to-practice BSN via transfer)
- •Overall GPA of at least 2.5 required; preferred science GPA of 2.75 (anatomy & physiology I and II, microbiology).
- •For the Master’s Entry‑Into‑Nursing (MSN‑E) program:
- •Bachelor's degree (non‑nursing) with overall cumulative GPA of 3.0.
- •Science prerequisite GPA of 3.0 (chemistry, anatomy & physiology I and II, microbiology).
- •TEAS or HESI threshold information:
- •TEAS exam Required: must complete ATI TEAS. Official scores must be received by Sept. 1 for spring admission or Feb. 1 for fall. However, no minimum TEAS score threshold is specified.
- •HESI exam is not mentioned.
- •Prerequisite coursework & waitlist notes:
- •BSN applicants must complete 59 prerequisite credits before beginning at UMSON, including at least two science courses (General Chemistry with lab; Anatomy & Physiology I and II with lab; Microbiology with lab) and one of: Human Growth & Development, Statistics, or Nutrition. All prerequisites must be completed prior to enrollment; applicants can have up to four courses in progress at application.
Based on publicly available information. Source
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Schedule & Format Flexibility at University of Maryland — Baltimore
- •Delivery format (online, hybrid, on‑campus):
- •The RN-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN‑to‑BSN) program is offered fully online, with both full‑time and part‑time enrollment options.
- •The RN‑to‑Master of Science in Nursing (RN‑to‑MSN) and certain MSN specialties (Nursing Leadership & Management, Nursing Informatics) are also offered fully online.
- •The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Post‑Master’s Option is delivered in a blended format combining face‑to‑face and online instruction.
- •Schedule options (evening, weekend, multiple start cohorts):
- •RN‑to‑BSN allows enrollment beginning Fall or Spring semester (i.e., multiple cohort start options).
- •The Master’s Entry‑into‑Nursing (MSN‑E) program offers admission in Fall and Spring semesters.
- •The 36‑credit Online Advanced Standing MSW (social work; not nursing) includes Tuesday and Thursday evening synchronous online classes (6–9 PM). Though not nursing, this indicates evening scheduling; no nursing program page mentions evening or weekend classes explicitly.
Based on publicly available information. Source
Program-Specific Details
RN to BSN
Minimum GPA: 2.5
The RN-to-Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-to-BSN) program is offered fully online, with both full-time and part-time enrollment options.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.