Compare nursing programs side by side
Every board-listed RN program in Washington and Oregon that has a published first-attempt licensing exam (NCLEX®) pass rate. Cost, debt and earnings come from the federal College Scorecard. Each number shows where it came from and what year it covers. If a source doesn't publish a number, the cell says not published. We don't fill in gaps.
| Program | Pass rate 2025 | Avg net price per year | Tuition & fees in / out of state | Median loan debt | Median pay 1 yr after | Median pay 4 yrs after |
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- Pass rate: share of the program's grads who passed the licensing exam in calendar 2025, as published by the state board. Oregon's report says these are first-time pass rates. Washington's report lists passed/taken counts. When a board's printed percent doesn't match its own counts, we show the board's percent with a ⚠ mark.
- Average net price (2024-25) is what full-time first-year students paid after grants, for the whole school, not just nursing. Tuition & fees (2025-26) is also school-wide.
- Debt and pay are for that school's registered-nursing graduates at that degree level (associate or bachelor's). Debt is the median federal loan amount borrowed at that school (grads of 2022-23 & 2023-24). Pay is the median for grads who were working and not in school (grads of 2020-21 & 2021-22; earned 2022-23; 2024 dollars for 1 year; grads of 2017-18 & 2018-19; earned 2022-23; 2024 dollars for 4 years).
- Scorecard lumps all of a school's bachelor's nursing grads together, so traditional BSN, accelerated BSN, LPN-to-BSN and RN-to-BSN grads share one number. Graduate-entry programs aren't separated out, so those cells say not published.
- Tiny programs swing a lot from year to year. Open "5-yr history" on any row before you decide.
Sources
- Washington State Board of Nursing (WABON), NCLEX School Reports, Feb 2026
- Oregon State Board of Nursing, RN/LPN Education Program NCLEX Pass Rates 2021–2025 (updated Jan 2026)
- U.S. Dept. of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data (data updated Nov 2, 2026)
- U.S. Dept. of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (file dated Oct 15, 2026), CIP 51.38 Registered Nursing
- College Scorecard Data Dictionary and cohort map (released Oct 15, 2026)
Not included yet: practical-nurse (LPN) programs, RN-to-BSN completion programs, and states other than WA and OR. More states are coming.
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