Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Division of Professional Regulation PAT QUINN Brent E. Adams, Secretary Governor Jay Stewart, Director Division of Professional Regulation NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION SUMMARY DATA Listed below are the national and state pass rates for 2011 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. RN 2011 # of Candidates Pass Rate LPN 2011 # of Candidates Pass Rate National 144, 565 88% National 65,329 85% State 5,677 88% State 1,945 87% 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 Master's Entry Level Program, MSN C P % C P % C P % C P % C P % DePaul University 49-510 39 38 97 54 46 85 65 62 95 75 72 96 94 90 96 Millikin University new 09 49-561 Rush University new 07 49-530 87 86 99 109 104 95 University of Illinois at Chicago 49-526 34 33 97 36 36 100 41 35 85 42 39 93 54 49 91 Baccalaureate Degrees, RN C P % C P % C P % C P % C P % Aurora University 49-581 31 29 94 48 48 100 51 49 96 48 46 96 45 44 98 Blessing-Rieman College 49-541 34 30 88 40 36 90 52 49 94 36 33 92 61 45 74 Bradley University 49-549 71 60 85 62 52 84 75 64 85 75 67 89 68 66 97 Chamberlain College of Nursing new 08 49-520 36 35 97 267 236 88 Chicago State University 49-582 50 40 80 37 36 97 41 39 95 37 31 84 22 21 95 Elmhurst College 49-591 40 31 78 48 47 98 53 51 96 59 50 85 60 57 95 Illinois Wesleyan University 49-511 18 17 94 33 31 94 23 22 96 29 27 93 24 21 88 Lakeview College of Nursing 49-504 122 68 56 111 75 68 103 88 85 123 113 92 116 100 86 Lewis University 49-583 66 65 98 73 71 97 81 80 99 93 91 98 113 113 100 Loyola University 49-586 163 148 91 223 201 90 181 161 89 208 194 93 119 96 81
MacMurray College 49-578 17 15 88 18 16 89 23 21 91 29 26 90 19 18 95 Mennonite Nursing at Illinois State Univ. 49-556 103 97 94 101 98 97 101 101 100 118 115 97 104 101 97 Methodist Medical Center of Illinois 49-560 56 51 91 60 51 85 56 46 82 55 50 91 130 94 72 Millikin University 49-558 37 33 89 36 31 86 48 41 85 46 43 93 31 30 97 North Park College 49-598 45 38 84 44 39 89 69 60 87 60 51 85 59 54 92 Northern Illinois University 49-559 101 100 99 119 113 95 154 149 97 129 116 90 140 114 81 Olivet Nazarene College 49-550 25 22 88 34 33 97 22 22 100 48 43 90 60 53 88 Resurrection University 49-557 75 55 73 88 75 85 95 88 93 120 106 88 118 113 96 Rockford College Dept of Nursing 49-505 26 21 81 17 12 71 20 17 85 14 14 100 17 15 88 Rush College CLOSED 49-516 114 114 100 114 112 98 120 120 100 3 3 100 Southern Illinois University 49-513 142 112 79 125 109 87 162 124 77 175 138 79 177 147 83 St. Anthony College of Nursing 49-506 61 58 95 65 55 85 70 67 96 77 72 94 52 50 96 St. Francis Medical Center 49-502 86 76 88 144 129 90 140 128 91 139 118 85 138 125 91 St. John's College of Nursing 49-507 28 26 93 35 33 94 28 26 93 42 38 90 32 29 91 St. Xavier University 49-584 103 93 90 110 91 83 94 90 96 118 104 88 119 113 95 Trinity Christian College 49-580 34 29 85 44 38 86 39 32 82 41 33 80 38 24 63 Trinity College new 08 49-535 5 4 80 9 9 100 19 19 100 University of Illinois at Chicago 49-514 136 107 79 143 128 90 135 119 88 139 125 90 133 113 85 Univ. of St. Francis Cof N & Allied Health 49-503 97 76 78 81 69 85 112 107 96 99 92 93 72 65 90 Western Illinois University new 09 49-523 10 9 90 Associate Degree Nursing, A D N C P % C P % C P % C P % C P % Ambria School of Nursing new 011 49-405 Black Hawk College 49-433 73 53 73 68 57 84 71 66 93 54 49 91 48 43 90 Carl Sandburg College 49-485 29 24 83 35 31 89 29 23 79 29 27 93 42 35 83 CCC-Kennedy-King College CLOSED 49-488 13 9 69 0 0 0 37 25 68 71 57 80 32 21 66 CCC-Malcolm X College 49-453453 45 37 82 31 27 87 42 28 67 74 31 42 86 46 53 CCC-Olive Harvey College CLOSED 49-454 29 24 83 39 34 87 67 50 75 69 46 67 19 4 21 CCC-Richard J Daley College 49-477 47 42 89 35 33 94 43 42 98 63 46 73 106 83 78 CCC-Truman College 49-416 88 84 95 73 73 100 96 96 100 154 146 95 149 137 92 CCC - Wilbur Wright College new 09 49-464 76 69 91 59 48 81 College of DuPage 49-495 90 81 90 99 87 88 138 126 91 107 100 93 112 102 91 College of Lake County 49-490 71 68 96 71 68 96 103 82 80 105 85 81 95 89 94 Danville Area Community College 49-423 26 25 96 46 37 80 35 33 94 50 45 90 29 27 93 Elgin Community College 49-492 99 95 96 100 94 94 111 103 93 97 89 92 114 109 96 Heartland Community College 49-434 28 27 96 24 22 92 34 31 91 30 28 93 34 31 91 Highland Community College 49-470 34 32 94 36 35 97 32 31 97 72 63 88 53 47 89 Illinois Central College 49-497 49 40 82 61 53 87 55 53 96 71 61 86 77 67 87 Illinois Eastern Community College-AD 49-466 133 95 71 107 93 87 83 70 84 110 86 78 109 91 83 Illinois Valley Community College 49-458 57 48 84 45 42 93 50 47 94 56 52 93 56 48 86 ITT, Technical Institute new 2010 49-417 John A. Logan CommunityCollege 49-442 52 41 79 31 29 94 49 48 98 35 31 89 67 63 94 John Wood Community College 49-431 47 36 77 58 40 69 26 23 88 75 53 71 68 52 76 Joliet Junior College 49-499 95 77 81 117 97 83 155 147 95 165 151 92 151 143 95 Kankakee Community College 49-496 65 53 82 54 48 89 67 58 87 59 42 71 38 33 87 Kaskaskia College 49-486 82 73 89 74 65 88 62 56 90 92 81 88 89 74 83 Kishwaukee College 49-476 39 37 95 40 39 98 42 42 100 65 63 97 63 61 97
Lake Land College 49-401 39 36 92 43 41 95 38 38 100 38 38 100 42 41 98 Lewis & Clark Community College 49-483 80 68 85 88 82 93 127 111 87 114 96 84 120 91 76 Lincoln Land Community College 49-480 64 60 94 77 73 95 84 75 89 88 71 81 98 78 80 McHenry County College new 07 49-410 0 0 0 25 23 92 24 23 96 Moraine Valley Community College 49-484 75 69 92 73 66 90 77 69 90 63 55 87 78 71 91 Morton College 49-487 44 39 89 55 48 87 42 40 95 48 43 90 42 34 81 Northwestern College new 09 49-427 Oakton Community College 49-450 95 81 85 93 80 86 94 89 95 83 77 93 83 78 94 Parkland College 49-452 45 40 89 58 57 98 94 86 91 81 76 94 83 81 98 Prairie State College 49-462 44 40 91 52 48 92 45 43 96 56 55 98 42 41 98 Rend Lake College 49-441 49 44 90 59 52 88 46 40 87 52 43 83 66 51 77 Richland Community College 49-432 54 35 65 49 46 94 38 35 92 38 31 82 44 38 86 Robert Morris College new 05 49-400 6 6 100 9 8 89 11 11 100 Rock Valley College 49-457 64 57 89 55 48 87 68 61 90 60 52 87 53 49 92 Sauk Valley Community College 49-451 25 21 84 19 19 100 27 25 93 36 34 94 33 29 88 Shawnee Community College 49-443 17 17 100 29 26 90 32 25 78 24 22 92 35 30 86 South Suburban College 49-467 53 41 77 57 50 88 46 43 93 67 48 72 95 68 72 Southeastern Illinois College 49-444 17 16 94 21 19 90 29 27 93 27 24 89 27 24 89 Southwestern Illinois College 49-455 80 72 90 60 60 100 52 52 100 58 51 88 55 54 98 Spoon River College 49-402 15 13 87 16 12 75 28 21 75 28 23 82 18 12 67 Trinity College of Nursing 49-440 30 28 93 25 25 100 31 29 94 27 25 93 26 23 88 Triton Community College 49-406 61 57 93 65 60 92 51 49 96 65 62 95 67 64 96 Waubonsee Community College 49-489 74 68 92 90 84 93 87 78 90 97 92 95 92 87 95 William Rainey Harper College 49-456 124 119 96 99 93 94 135 127 94 50 49 98 96 95 99 Hospital Degree Programs, RN C P % C P % C P % C P % C P % Graham Hospital 49-351 20 13 65 16 14 88 17 16 94 19 17 89 24 21 88 Licensed Practical Nurses, LPN C P % C P % C P % C P % C P % Ambria School of Nursing new 06 49-135 76 64 84 94 86 91 154 136 88 152 136 89 Americare Technical School new 09 49-127 24 16 67 42 29 69 ATS Institute of Technology new 11 49-121 Beck Area Career Center 49-104 59 54 92 69 57 83 58 49 84 57 53 93 61 58 95 Black Hawk College 49-182 49 41 84 43 37 86 41 33 80 44 29 66 47 33 70 CAAN, Coalition of African Amer. Nurses 49-125 1 0 0 16 12 75 CALC Institute of Technology new 11 49-123 Capital Area School of Practical Nursing 49-108 105 95 90 112 104 93 105 89 85 172 158 92 166 141 85 Carl Sandburg College 49-181 65 49 75 64 55 86 72 66 92 63 54 86 61 47 77 CCC-Wilbur Wright College 49-113 122 110 90 133 129 97 112 106 95 114 110 96 130 117 90 CCC-Kennedy King 49-176 246 189 77 78 54 69 112 98 88 117 103 88 44 31 70 Chicago Public Schools 49-199 28 24 86 29 18 62 23 14 61 19 15 79 14 10 71 College of DuPage new 07 49-120 1 1 100 36 35 97 38 38 100 40 40 100 CMK Healthcare new 09 49-117 54 26 48 Danville Area Community College 49-115 52 52 100 30 30 100 53 53 100 20 20 100 68 65 96 Elgin Community College 49-101 56 55 98 54 48 89 67 67 100 31 30 97 35 35 100
Great Paragon Healthcare, Inc. new 2010 49-118 Heartland Community College 49-110 21 17 81 32 30 94 21 21 100 27 26 96 18 18 100 Highland Community College 49-161 16 16 100 28 25 89 19 19 100 6 6 100 14 12 86 Illinois Central College 49-102 25 23 92 27 21 78 29 27 93 28 27 96 27 26 96 Illinois Eastern Community Colleges 49-107 108 104 96 48 48 100 80 78 98 93 89 96 88 82 93 Illinois Valley Community College 49-109 38 38 100 30 30 100 35 35 100 24 24 100 24 23 96 International Career Institute new 09 49-133 10 4 40 J'Renee' Career Facilitation, Inc. 49-204 52 44 85 36 30 83 36 25 69 38 33 87 23 18 78 John A Logan Community College 49-162 79 71 90 51 46 90 91 85 93 72 71 99 58 55 95 John Wood Community College 49-188 35 30 86 19 17 89 18 18 100 26 24 92 13 13 100 Joliet Junior College 49-114 89 84 94 147 141 96 124 123 99 102 102 100 86 85 99 Kankakee Community College 49-177 45 44 98 38 36 95 35 35 100 48 45 94 45 37 82 Kaskaskia College 49-100 52 47 90 46 38 83 69 66 96 69 61 88 71 57 80 Kishwaukee College 49-168 13 13 100 21 21 100 11 11 100 5 5 100 12 12 100 Lake Land College 49-194 27 26 96 28 26 93 36 34 94 47 47 100 39 39 100 Lincoln Land Community College 49-112 20 20 100 17 17 100 28 27 96 23 23 100 22 21 95 Moraine Valley CC - LPN new 09 49-145 1 1 100 Morton College 49-103 31 31 100 17 17 100 27 26 96 16 15 94 10 10 100 Northbrook Cllg of Health Care new 11 49-119 N.W. Inst. of Health and Tech. new 06 49-129 13 13 100 57 53 93 62 57 92 79 63 80 106 84 79 Oakton Community College 49-163 27 25 93 19 18 95 15 15 100 24 24 100 33 32 97 Omega Healthcare Tech. School new 06 49-140 18 16 89 31 19 61 34 11 32 23 9 39 30 19 63 Parkland College 49-105 9 9 100 9 9 100 26 24 92 25 24 96 10 9 90 PCCTI new 07 49-122 42 30 71 132 96 73 91 70 77 41 34 83 Rend Lake College 49-187 65 65 100 41 40 98 46 45 98 45 45 100 54 52 96 Richland Community College 49-205 8 7 88 7 7 100 14 14 100 11 11 100 10 9 90 Rock Valley College 49-116 34 34 100 39 39 100 36 36 100 26 23 88 30 29 97 Sauk Valley Community College 49-184 14 13 93 20 19 95 18 18 100 14 11 79 14 14 100 Shawnee Community College 49-167 26 26 100 34 34 100 28 28 100 36 36 100 24 24 100 South Suburban College 49-164 19 19 100 24 22 92 20 20 100 20 20 100 17 16 94 Southeastern Illinois College 49-198 33 32 97 45 43 96 37 36 97 46 44 96 34 33 97 Spoon River College 49-160 18 17 94 29 28 97 17 17 100 17 17 100 23 20 87 Triton Community College 49-171 14 14 100 16 16 100 15 14 93 6 6 100 3 3 100 William Rainey Harper College 49-169 30 30 100 17 17 100 4 4 100 16 15 94 20 20 100 ***** All programs listed above have current approval with the State of Illinois unless marked as CLOSED. ***** The most current posting date of this document : January 26, 2012 The state regulations regading approval of programs can be found on our website at: http://www.idfpr.com/profs/info/nursing.asp PART 1300 NURSE PRACTICE ACT of the Rules, SECTION 1300.230 & 1300.340 - APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS b) Continued Program Approval 3) A pass rate of graduates on the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX) shall be included in the annual evaluation of nursing education programs. A) A pass rate of 75% of first time writers will be required for a school to remain in good standing. B) A nursing education program having an annual pass rate of less than 75% of first time writers for one year will receive a written warning of noncompliance from the Division.
C) A nursing education program having an annual pass rate of less than 75% of first time writers for 2 consecutive years will receive a site visit for evaluation and recommendation by the Division and will be placed on probation for program revision in accordance with 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1110. D) The nursing education program shall have 2 years to demonstrate evidence of implementing strategies to correct deficiencies and bring the pass rate in line with the 75% criteria. E) If 2 years after implementing the strategies to correct deficiencies in the program the annual pass rate is less than 75%, the program will be reevaluated. The program will be allowed to continue to operate on a probationary status or will be disapproved and removed from the list of Illinois approved nursing programs in accordance with 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1110. l) Discontinuance of a Nursing Program 1) Prior to termination of a nursing education program, the program shall: A) Notify the Division, in writing, of its intent to discontinue its program; B) Continue to meet the requirements of the Act and this Part until the official date of termination of the program; C) Notify the Division of the date on which the last student will graduate and the program terminate; and D) Assume responsibility for assisting students to continue their education in the event of closing of the school prior to the final student graduating. 2) Upon closure of the nursing education program, the institution shall notify the Division, in writing, of the location of student and graduate records storage. m) Revocation of Program Approval 1) The following are grounds for disapproval of a nursing education program: A) A violation of any provision of the Act; B) Fraud or dishonesty in applying for approval of a nursing education program; C) Failure to continue to meet criteria of an approved nursing education program set forth in this Section; or D) Failure to comply with recommendations made by the Division as a result of a site visit. 2) Upon written notification of the Division's proposed p action, the nursing education program may: A) Submit a written response; B) Request a hearing before the Board.