Why this site exists
Nursing students keep asking the same questions. Which program actually gets people through the licensing exam? What will it cost? What do grads earn? The answers are spread across state board PDFs and the federal College Scorecard. CollegesForNursing.com puts them in one place, in plain English, with a source on every number.
We start with Washington and Oregon, where the boards publish program-by-program pass rates. We add a state only after we've checked its official data. We don't estimate missing numbers. If a source doesn't publish something, we say so.
Where the data comes from
- 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)
- NurseCompact.com (compact map, FAQs, uniform licensure requirements)
Data last pulled Nov 10, 2026. Washington's nursing commission (formerly NCQAC) now goes by the Washington State Board of Nursing (WABON).
Independence
We are not affiliated with any board of nursing, NCSBN, IBEW, NFPA, or any school. Some links go to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. That never changes the data.
Found a mistake?
Tell us which program and which number. We'll check it against the source and fix it.