https://idfpr.illinois.gov
JB PRITZKER MARIO TRETO, JR. CAMILE LINDSAY
Governor
Secretary
Acting Director
NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION SUMMARY DATA
Listed below are the national and state pass rates for 2023 and program pass rates for candidates who have completed the
NCLEX-RN & LPN examination for the past 5 years. The data is based on candidates completing the licensure examination for the
first time upon graduation from an Illinois approved nursing education program. All programs listed below have current approval
with the State of Illinois as of December 31, 2023 unless marked CLOSED or REVOKED.
RN 2023 # of Candidates Pass Rate LPN 2023 # of Candidates Pass Rate
National 186,352 89 % National 47,550 87 %
State 7,287 85 % State 1,393 88 %
Numbers derived from candidates who graduated and took the NCLEX exam between January 1st and December 31st.
C = # of Candidates P = # Passed % = (P/C=%) Annual Pass Rate Percentage
An empty space indicates no data, not zero : for example a new program
Nursing School or Program Code
PRFIX: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Master's Entry Level Program, MSN US49 C P % C P % C P % C P % C P %
Aurora University
510900 new 2021 0 0 … 0 0
DePaul University
501000 201 182 91 179 173 97 185 166 90 187 151 81 197 179 91
Elmhurst College
510100 19 19 100 21 19 90 12 10 83 26 23 88 38 36 95
Methodist College
510500 new 2019 0 0 … 5 5 100 16 9 56 9 9 100
Millikin University
506100 11 11 100 10 9 90 6 6 100 7 6 86 7 6 86
North Park University
511200 new 2022 0 0
Rosalind Franklin University CON
511100 new 2021 0 0 … 0 0
Rush University
503000 147 144 98 141 137 97 144 140 97 136 129 95 138 132 96
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sc.
510400 0 0 … 3 3 100 14 11 79 14 13 93 7 7 100
University of Illinois Chicago
502600 62 56 90 81 66 81 86 58 67 82 52 63 86 68 79
PRFIX: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Baccalaureate Degrees, RN US49 C P % C P % C P % C P % C P %
Aurora University
508100 156 146 94 143 124 87 172 152 88 143 111 78 177 154 87
Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing
504100 71 60 85 75 72 96 47 40 85 47 44 94 46 41 89
Bradley University
504900 68 65 96 89 80 90 121 111 92 77 71 92 81 76 94
Chamberlain College of Nursing
502000 929 789 85 779 688 88 694 588 85 770 600 78 844 686 81
Chicago State University
508200 26 11 42 30 10 33 28 10 36 28 14 50 15 14 93
DePaul University School of Nursing
511000 new 2021 0 0 … 1 1 100
Dominican University
510000 37 31 84 51 49 96 39 37 95 29 23 79 29 26 90
Eastern Illinois University
510700 new 2020 0 0 … 0 0 … 7 4 57
Elmhurst College
509100 54 47 87 58 52 90 62 48 77 52 37 71 108 86 80
Illinois College, Department of Nursing
510800 new 2020 10 5 50 11 8 73 11 11 100
Illinois Wesleyan University
501100 37 35 95 50 42 84 42 31 74 54 34 63 47 39 83
Lakeview College of Nursing
500400 94 83 88 63 60 95 62 52 84 63 51 81 67 58 87
Lewis University
508300 130 124 95 99 96 97 100 97 97 104 96 92 90 88 98
Loyola University
508600 265 251 95 445 418 94 464 411 89 420 367 87 404 378 94
MacMurray College CLOSED
2020 18 15 83
Mennonite Nursing at Illinois State Univ.
505600 164 156 95 169 163 96 187 179 96 186 168 90 189 175 93
Methodist College
506000 127 106 83 186 163 88 131 114 87 122 99 81 91 87 96
Millikin University
505800 40 39 98 44 43 98 63 55 87 55 37 67 51 43 84
National Louis University
511400 new 2023
North Park University
509800 76 62 82 62 48 77 68 57 84 54 43 80 67 55 82
Northern Illinois University
505900 107 103 96 121 115 95 125 107 86 122 92 75 95 84 88
Oak Point University
505700 381 265 70 395 292 74 369 229 62 259 182 70 134 108 81
Olivet Nazarene University
505000 132 117 89 120 113 94 85 72 85 72 70 97 65 59 91
Roosevelt University
510200 26 21 81 20 14 70 21 12 57 34 18 53 12 10 83
Rockford University Dept of Nursing
500500 65 49 75 56 42 75 67 48 72 44 28 64 40 33 83
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
510600 new 2020 1 1 100 12 10 83 42 38 90
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
501300 186 175 94 194 178 92 167 142 85 248 197 79 228 206 90
St. Anthony College of Nursing
500600 84 81 96 78 77 99 75 75 100 60 55 92 73 71 97
St. Francis Medical Center
500200 159 141 89 144 122 85 106 87 82 98 82 84 112 105 94
St. John's College of Nursing
500700 51 46 90 50 43 86 49 43 88 49 41 84 32 25 78
St. Xavier University
508400 143 134 94 127 110 87 137 105 77 133 80 60 184 118 64
Trinity Christian College
508000 39 39 100 26 26 100 14 14 100 32 27 84 22 22 100
Trinity College
503500 58 53 91 57 48 84 50 38 76 45 40 89 45 44 98
University of Illinois Chicago
501400 190 159 84 185 163 88 198 158 80 194 125 64 153 145 95
Univ. of St. Francis Cof N & Allied Health
500300 90 77 86 101 82 81 108 93 86 98 86 88 93 86 92
Western Illinois University 502300 22 20 91 27 25 93 30 30 100 29 27 93 27 27 100
PRFIX: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Associate Degree Nursing, A D N US49 C P % C P % C P % C P % C P %
Ambria College of Nursing 400500 51 49 96 34 34 100 28 27 96 49 48 98 50 49 98
Black Hawk College
403300 41 41 100 52 49 94 35 34 97 51 41 80 29 26 90
CAAN Academy of Nursing
410200 0 0 … 10 6 60 0 0 … 6 4 67 14 10 71
Carl Sandburg College
408500 38 30 79 51 41 80 48 27 56 33 27 82 29 27 93
CCC-School of Nursing at Malcolm X 410000
112 102 91 144 132 92 148 127 86 127 110 87 154 131 85
College of DuPage
409500 111 107 96 109 104 95 100 93 93 109 90 83 96 88 92
College of Lake County
409000 75 62 83 69 59 86 68 57 84 58 47 81 65 60 92
Danville Area Community College
402300 36 30 83 50 39 78 24 18 75 32 29 91 35 28 80
Elgin Community College
409200 91 86 95 100 91 91 88 77 88 74 60 81 69 67 97
Heartland Community College
403400 31 30 97 27 23 85 27 26 96 36 30 83 36 35 97
Highland Community College
407000 44 35 80 41 27 66 38 25 66 35 30 86 34 32 94
Illinois Central College
409700 71 62 87 87 69 79 63 52 83 57 39 68 72 67 93
Illinois Eastern Community College-AD
406600 85 75 88 81 62 77 67 54 81 83 53 64 81 71 88
Illinois Valley Community College
405800 53 48 91 62 50 81 48 40 83 43 36 84 53 49 92
Instituto College
410100 0 0 … 0 0 … 0 0 … 9 7 78 10 7 70
John A. Logan College
404200 75 71 95 48 46 96 64 61 95 44 42 95 76 73 96
John Wood Community College
403100 25 18 72 23 20 87 29 27 93 40 33 83 34 33 97
Joliet Junior College
409900 151 149 99 165 158 96 87 83 95 87 76 87 95 92 97
Kankakee Community College
409600 49 49 100 50 47 94 53 47 89 42 35 83 45 44 98
Kaskaskia College
408600 55 52 95 67 63 94 66 63 95 58 51 88 64 64 100
Kishwaukee College
407600 46 45 98 62 51 82 54 45 83 64 53 83 46 40 87
Lake Land College
400100 80 70 88 80 68 85 92 78 85 79 66 84 89 81 91
Lewis & Clark Community College
408300 83 72 87 77 71 92 78 56 72 90 68 76 79 74 94
Lincoln Land Community College
408000 104 97 93 81 74 91 104 87 84 123 108 88 109 101 93
McHenry County College
401000 23 23 100 15 15 100 23 21 91 22 20 91 32 32 100
Moraine Valley Community College
408400 67 65 97 88 75 85 75 62 83 65 53 82 82 63 77
Morton College
408700 63 53 84 78 52 67 81 47 58 111 50 45 61 49 80
Northwestern College
402700 97 54 56 84 49 58 82 42 51 44 15 34 29 13 45
Oakton Community College
405000 66 63 95 86 80 93 58 54 93 46 41 89 63 58 92
Parkland College
405200 102 88 86 90 79 88 92 65 71 66 46 70 70 61 87
Prairie State College
406200 50 42 84 57 46 81 41 32 78 51 40 78 30 26 87
Rasmussen College
400300 249 214 86 338 243 72 497 348 70 677 345 51 795 492 62
Rend Lake College
404100 44 28 64 36 27 75 31 24 77 36 31 86 33 30 91
Richland Community College
403200 39 34 87 46 38 83 48 36 75 44 30 68 28 25 89
Rock Valley College
405700 36 34 94 41 35 85 52 43 83 36 31 86 20 20 100
Sauk Valley Community College
405100 37 33 89 46 34 74 35 30 86 28 23 82 27 24 89
Shawnee College
404300 35 27 77 42 34 81 14 14 100 19 19 100 27 27 100
South Suburban College
406700 5 5 100 7 7 100 15 9 60 22 16 73 14 13 93
Southeastern Illinois College
404400 25 25 100 28 28 100 25 22 88 16 16 100 25 24 96
Southwestern Illinois College
405500 79 76 96 83 75 90 62 62 100 68 60 88 75 72 96
Spoon River College
400200 27 25 93 25 21 84 24 19 79 13 8 62 6 5 83
Triton College
400600 51 51 100 43 32 74 60 33 55 58 26 45 65 33 51
Waubonsee Community College
408900 95 81 85 92 79 86 93 75 81 72 66 92 63 57 90
William Rainey Harper College
405600 118 108 92 87 77 89 120 114 95 118 94 80 84 76 90
PRFIX: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Hospital Degree Programs, RN US49 C P % C P % C P % C P % C P %
Graham Hospital Association
305100 11 11 100 11 8 73 10 9 90 16 14 88 17 13 76
PRFIX: 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Licensed Practical Nurses, LPN US49 C P % C P % C P % C P % C P %
Adonis College of Nursing CLOSED
2023 15 7 47 22 11 50 19 12 63 55 21 38 77 29 38
Ambria College of Nursing
103500 47 47 100 29 29 100 23 23 100 31 31 100 29 29 100
Americare Technical School
102700 42 32 76 48 43 90 67 47 70 54 40 74 51 38 75
Aquarius Institute 110400 14 10 71 30 15 50 12 6 50 6 4 67 8 6 75
ATS Institute of Technology 102100 93 57 61 82 70 85 103 81 79 108 70 65 99 85 86
Beck School of Practical Nursing
100400 64 55 86 69 50 72 47 37 79 56 33 59 48 36 75
Black Hawk College
108200 16 15 94 19 19 100 15 14 93 19 19 100 21 18 86
Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing
111200 new 2023 9 9 100
CAAN, Coalition of African Amer. Nurses
102500 25 25 100 20 18 90 20 18 90 22 20 91 25 21 84
CALC Institute of Technology 102300 17 17 100 16 16 100 19 15 79 1 1 100 0 0
Capital Area School of Practical Nursing
100800 114 103 90 109 97 89 97 75 77 81 66 81 89 87 98
Carl Sandburg College
108100 19 18 95 21 18 86 9 9 100 8 8 100 11 10 91
CCC-School of Nursing at Malcolm X
102400 23 22 96 2 2 100 21 19 90 25 23 92 26 26 100
College of DuPage
102000 43 43 100 16 15 94 19 18 95 23 19 83 25 25 100
Danville Area Community College
101500 27 25 93 23 21 91 21 21 100 18 18 100 20 19 95
First Step to Excellence HCTA
110800 new 2019 0 0 … 0 0 … 0 0 … 1 1 100
Genesis Healthcare Institute
110700 new 2019 0 0 … 10 6 60 16 4 25 6 4 67
Great Paragon Healthcare, Inc.
101800 18 18 100 26 21 81 22 19 86 17 13 76 11 8 73
Heartland Community College
101000 11 11 100 8 8 100 12 11 92 6 6 100 10 10 100
Illinois Central College
100200 28 25 89 33 32 97 44 40 91 37 36 97 50 46 92
Illinois College of Nursing
102800
27
21 78 10 6 60
9
4 44 7 7 100 11 7 64
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
100700 64 61 95 58 53 91 51 49 96 64 57 89 49 48 98
Illinois Institute of Nursing Studies, Inc.
111300 new 2023
Illinois Valley Community College
100900 12 10 83 13 11 85 18 16 89 10 7 70 18 18 100
JRenee College CLOSED
2021 18 12 67 7 2 29 6 3 50
John A Logan Community College
106200 90 88 98 65 62 95 94 85 90 70 62 89 75 73 97
John Wood Community College
108800 12 11 92 28 25 89 22 18 82 17 15 88 22 21 95
Joliet Junior College
101400 67 66 99 58 58 100 50 44 88 43 43 100 70 67 96
Kankakee Community College
107700 18 18 100 11 10 91 15 11 73 7 6 86 11 11 100
Kaskaskia College
100000 28 28 100 26 26 100 36 34 94 21 20 95 31 31 100
Lake Land College
109400 44 42 95 51 47 92 37 36 97 38 38 100 42 41 98
Lincoln Land Community College
101200 20 19 95 22 14 64 12 10 83 28 20 71 15 14 93
Moraine Valley Community College
104500 7 7 100 0 0 … 4 3 75 4 4 100 10 9 90
Morton College
100300 0 0 … 0 0 … 0 0 … 0 0 … 5 5 100
New Lake College
110500 0 0 … 5 5 100 4 3 75 17 11 65 18 16 89
North Shore College
101900 92 79 86 87 70 80 80 59 74 180 111 62 98 77 79
Oakton Community College
106300 0 0 … 4 4 100 1 0 0 2 1 50 1 1 100
Parkland College
100500 33 17 52 28 18 64 22 16 73 13 10 77 14 14 100
Rend Lake College
108700 27 26 96 36 34 94 25 24 96 32 30 94 30 28 93
Richland Community College
200500 7 6 86 10 10 100 13 10 77 12 9 75 11 11 100
Rockford Career College
111000 new 2021 0 0 … 24 23 96
Sauk Valley Community College
108400 21 19 90 12 11 92 15 14 93 16 13 81 13 12 92
Scott School of Careers
111100 new 2022
Shawnee Community College
106700 39 39 100 39 37 95 32 26 81 24 23 96 17 17 100
Southeastern Illinois College
109800 31 31 100 32 31 97 22 21 95 34 33 97 20 20 100
Southwestern Illinois College
110900 new 2021 43 19 44 35 27 77
Spoon River College
106000 19 19 100 18 18 100 17 15 88 5 5 100 14 14 100
State Career College
110600 0 0 … 3 3 100 9 5 56 14 7 50 6 4 67
Verve College
102200 68 61 90 41 40 98 53 47 89 88 77 88 87 81 93
William Rainey Harper College
106900 33 33 100 37 36 97 38 30 79 25 24 96 24 23 96
All programs listed above have current approval with the State of Illinois
as of December 31, 2023 unless marked CLOSED or REVOKED.
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The Rules for the Administration of: The Nurse Practice Act
http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/06801300sections.html
subpart B Licensed Practical Nurse section 1300.230 Approval of Programs
subpart C Registered Nurse section 1300.340 Approval of Programs
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