Wilkes University
CCNE AccreditedWilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, PA, accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). Its Passan School of Nursing offers CCNE-accredited online MSN and RN-to-MSN programs in PMHNP, FNP, and AGPCNP — ranked by U.S. News & World Report for 20+ consecutive years. At $786/credit, programs are priced at roughly half the cost of competitors, with clinical placement support included at no additional cost.
Wilkes University at a glance
- Wilkes University's most recent NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate is 92.75% on 69 candidates (2025) — up 3.5 pts since 2021.
- Across 5 reported years (2021–2025), the candidate-weighted average is 91.4% over 512 total candidates.
- Opportunity Score: 91/100 — our weighted composite of NCLEX outcomes, tuition, clinical partnerships, and state job-market strength. Strongest components: Online flexibility and NCLEX pass rate.
- Listed program tuition ranges from $33,012 to $41,658 total across 2 programs.
- 2 nursing programs listed — MSN, RN-MSN offered online.
- Programmatic accreditation: CCNE.
92.75%
NCLEX-RN first-time pass rate (2025, 69 candidates)
Source: State board of nursing
91.4%
Candidate-weighted average, 2021–2025
Source: State board of nursing
91/100
Opportunity Score
Source: MyNursingSchools methodology
- Programs Offered
- 2
- NCLEX Pass Rate
- 93%
Sources: NCSBN, school-reported data. Methodology.
NCLEX-RN pass rates by year
Board-reported first-time pass rates for Wilkes University, each shown with the cohort size it was calculated from. Candidate-weighted average across 5 years: 91.4% over 512 candidates.
Wilkes University's latest reported year is 2025, and that 92.75% — from a cohort of 69 first-time candidates — is 5.3 points above the 87.5% national first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate NCSBN reported for 2024.
| Exam year | First-time pass rate | Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.75% | 69 |
| 2024 | 98.72% | 78 |
| 2023 | 93.59% | 156 |
| 2022 | 84.48% | 116 |
| 2021 | 89.25% | 93 |
Source: state board of nursing publications, transcribed per cohort. Cohorts under 10 candidates are suppressed rather than shown. Full NCLEX detail for Wilkes University.
Nursing Programs at Wilkes University(2)
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Online RN to MSN – Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
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Strengths
- Online flexibility
- NCLEX pass rate
- Job market strength
Score breakdown
- NCLEX pass rate91
- Job market strength76
- Online flexibility100
- Tuition affordability61
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.
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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN); CCNE; ACEN.