Whatcom Community College

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Outcomes

NCLEX-RN pass rates by year

Board-reported first-time pass rates for Whatcom Community College, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 4 years: 95.1% over 123 candidates.

Whatcom Community College's latest reported year is 2024, and that 97.22% — from a cohort of 36 first-time candidates — is 10.5 points above 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 Whatcom Community College.

Admissions

Admissions at Whatcom Community College

Competitive.

• No published acceptance or admission rate (%) could be found on official Whatcom Community College (.edu) sources for the nursing program.
• Source: None located
• Minimum GPA for prerequisites:
• A minimum grade of B (3.0) is required in each prerequisite course.
• Source: https://www.whatcom.edu/academics/areas-of-study/healthcare-social-services/nursing/entry-information
• The GPA used for scoring is calculated as the average of seven specified prerequisite course grades (on a 4.0 scale), then multiplied and scaled to contribute up to 70 points.
• Source: same page above
• TEAS/HESI thresholds:
• No mention of TEAS or HESI exam scores or thresholds in the official nursing admissions information pages.
• Source: Entry Information page and Nursing Pathways page
• Prerequisite and related notes:
• Prerequisite courses include ENGL& 101, MATH& 146, CHEM& 121, BIOL& 260, BIOL& 241, BIOL& 242, and PSYC& 200, each with a minimum grade B (3.0). BIOL& 241 and BIOL& 242 must be completed within five years of application.
• Source: Entry Information page
• General education courses (e.g., PSYC& 100, BIOL& 160, CMST, humanities) are accepted with any passing grade, but are not scored toward admission.
• Source: Entry Information page
• Admission is based on a competitive points-based ranking system. Total possible points: 94, awarded for GPA scores, healthcare licensure, healthcare work experience, veteran status, and previous degree.
• Source: Entry Information page
• Waitlist / alternate:
• Applicants will be notified of their status (“accepted,” “alternate,” or “not accepted”) approximately six to eight weeks after the deadline. Personal statement helps break ranking ties.
• Source: Entry Information page
• Applicants previously accepted but who declined or with

Based on publicly available information. Source

Format

Schedule and format at Whatcom Community College

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• Delivery formats (online / hybrid / on‑campus)
• The general catalog of online and evening programs includes various instruction modes:
• Online asynchronous (no scheduled meetings)
• Online scheduled (web‑meet)
• Online asynchronous with in‑person exams
• Hybrid (partly online, partly in‑person)
• These modes apply college‑wide, but the nursing core appears to be primarily on‑campus/clinical in nature.
• The nursing core program involves primarily daytime lecture and lab classes, with daytime and evening clinical experiences. Clinicals may include night shifts and weekend hours during preceptorship.
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• Evening, weekend, multiple cohort start options
• Clinical components for nursing programs may include evening, night, and weekend shifts, although lecture/lab portions are during the day.
• The core nursing program has one cohort start in fall only; there is no spring start option.
• Asynchronous vs synchronous coursework
• The general institution-wide online delivery modes include asynchronous, synchronous (scheduled web‑meet), asynchronous with in‑person exams, and hybrid ([whatcom.edu](https://www.whatcom.edu/academics/online-evening-pr

Based on publicly available information. Source

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