How to Pick a Good Nursing School
Once you complete nursing school, you must pass the NCLEX exam. Hopefully you’ll pass the first time you take it. I recommend picking a nursing school that has a high first time NCLEX pass rate. Every 4 years the NCLEX changes its content and questions so the new cycle may have lower pass rates. You can find the 2013-2017 NCLEX pass rates here. You’ll also see how many students attended each school.
For NYU, these are the 2008-2012 NCLEX first time pass rates. Compare other New York State nursing schools there.
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
| New York University | 89.6% 396/442 |
91.6% 327/357 |
89.4% 244/273 |
88.5% 216/244 |
86.1% 217/252 |