Denver College of Nursing: Nursing Programs, NCLEX Pass Rate & Cost
Denver · Colorado · Private for-profit · school website
Denver College of Nursing runs 2 board-approved nursing programs in Colorado (RN track). Its best 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate is 84% — below the Colorado average of 86.4%. Everything below comes from the state board of nursing and U.S. Department of Education data — not the school's marketing.
Nursing Programs at Denver College of Nursing
Board-approved programs and their 2025 first-time NCLEX pass rates. “—” means the board did not publish a 2025 rate for that program.
| Program | Track | Status | 2025 NCLEX pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADN | RN | Approved | 84% |
| BSN | RN | Approved | 80% |
Cost & Admissions
Institution-level figures from the U.S. Department of Education — the whole school's numbers, not the nursing program's alone.
What Denver College of Nursing Nursing Graduates Earn
Federal earnings and debt data for graduates of this school's own nursing programs, by credential — not all alumni. Figures lag the current graduating class by several years; treat them as comparison floors, not salary predictions.
- Median pay, 1 yr out
- $70,197
- Median pay, 4 yrs out
- $75,926
- Median federal loan debt
- $20,996
- Graduates / yr
- 20
- Median pay, 1 yr out
- $76,161
- Median pay, 4 yrs out
- $83,778
- Median federal loan debt
- $29,090
- Graduates / yr
- 435
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the NCLEX pass rate at Denver College of Nursing?
Denver College of Nursing's best-performing RN program had a 84% first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate in 2025, per the Colorado board of nursing — the state average is 86.4% and the national average is 86.5%. Per-program rates are in the table above.
What do nursing graduates of Denver College of Nursing earn?
ADN / Associate graduates: $70,197 median one year out; BSN / Bachelor’s graduates: $76,161 median one year out. These federal figures track this school’s own nursing-program graduates and lag the current class by several years.
About this data
Program list and 2025 first-time NCLEX pass rates come from the Colorado board of nursing's published approved-program materials. Tuition, admissions, earnings and debt come from the U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (Most Recent Cohorts, June 10 2026 data release), matched by school name and city. Tuition and admissions describe the whole institution; earnings and debt are specific to its nursing programs, by credential. “—” means the source did not publish that figure.
- collegescorecard.ed.gov — Most Recent Cohorts, June 10 2026 data release
- dpo.colorado.gov — list: 2022-11-20 (list "Updated 11/20/2022"; 8-qrt rate column headed 7/1/2024-6/30/2026)