Nursing Schools in Kansas: All 77 Approved Programs & NCLEX Pass Rates
Kansas has 45 schools running 77 board-approved nursing programs — 51 RN-track and 26 PN/LPN-track. The average 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate across Kansas programs is 89%, 2.5 points above the national average of 86.5%. Every row below comes straight from the state board of nursing's published approved-program list — not self-reported school marketing.
Best Nursing Schools in Kansas by NCLEX Pass Rate
Top RN programs ranked by 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, among programs with a published 2025 rate. Rates are one year of data — check multi-year trends before deciding.
- 1100%Coffeyville · PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — ADN level
- 2100%Dodge City · ADN Program with LPN opt-out option
- 3100%Garden City · PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — ADN level
- 4100%Salina · BSN Program
- 597.6%Pittsburg · BSN Program
- 697.4%Hays · BSN Program
- 797.2%Leavenworth · BSN Program
- 896.7%Parsons · PN & ADN Programs (Bi-Level) — ADN level
- 994.5%Kansas City · BSN Program
- 1094.5%Salina · BSN Program
What Nursing School Costs in Kansas — and What Graduates Earn
Tuition, admissions and graduate-earnings figures come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, matched to 35 of 45 Kansas schools. Earnings are program-level — the median for graduates of that school's own nursing program, not all its alumni.
Median federal loan debt for BSN graduates in Kansas is $20,278 (12 programs). Sticker tuition is the whole school's published price, not the nursing program's alone, and it ignores aid — the number that decides whether a program pays off is what you actually pay plus the wages you give up while enrolled. Run your own numbers in the ROI calculator or read the full cost of becoming an RN.
Every Approved Nursing Program in Kansas
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77 of 77 programs · “—” = not published for that program · tuition is the school’s published in-state price for one year, before aid; grad pay is the median for that program’s own graduates, one year out
| Allied Health Career TrainingNew/provisional | Wichita | PN Program – Initial ApprovalPN | — | — | 100% |
| Baker University School of Nursing | Topeka | BSN ProgramRN | — | — | 87% |
| Barclay CollegeNew/provisional | Haviland | BSN Program – Initial Approval (new)RN | $24,590 | — | — |
| Barton Community College | Great Bend | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | — | — | 88.6% |
| Barton Community College | Pratt | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | — | — | 88.6% |
| Barton Community College | Great Bend | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | — | — | 100% |
| Barton Community College | Pratt | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | — | — | 100% |
| Benedictine College | Atchison | BSN ProgramRN | $36,350 | $66,204 | 94.3% |
| Bethel College | N.Newton | BSN ProgramRN | — | — | 88.9% |
| Butler Community College | El Dorado | PN & ADN Programs (Bi-level) — ADN levelRN | $3,541 | $63,244 | 88.6% |
| Butler Community College | El Dorado | PN & ADN Programs (Bi-level) — PN levelPN | $3,541 | — | 100% |
| Chamberlain UniversityNew/provisional | Overland Park | BSN ProgramRN | — | — | — |
| Cloud County Community College | Concordia | PN & ADN Programs (Bi-level) — ADN levelRN | $3,540 | $61,406 | 92% |
| Cloud County Community College | Concordia | PN & ADN Programs (Bi-level) — PN levelPN | $3,540 | — | — |
| Cloud County Community College | Junction City | PN & ADN Programs (Bi-level) — satelliteRN | $3,540 | $61,406 | 92% |
| Coffeyville Community College | Coffeyville | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | $3,600 | $62,328 | 100% |
| Coffeyville Community College | Coffeyville | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | $3,600 | — | 100% |
| Colby Community College | Colby | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | $4,140 | $62,370 | 87% |
| Colby Community College | Colby | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | $4,140 | — | 88.5% |
| Dodge City Community College | Dodge City | ADN Program with LPN opt-out optionRN | $4,650 | — | 100% |
| Dodge City Community College | Dodge City | ADN Program with LPN opt-out option — LPN opt-outPN | $4,650 | — | 100% |
| Donnelly CollegeConditional | Kansas City | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | $10,440 | — | 65.4% |
| Donnelly CollegeConditional | Kansas City | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | $10,440 | $49,147 | 61.2% |
| Emporia State University | Emporia | BSN ProgramRN | $7,106 | $60,066 | 89.6% |
| Flint Hills Technical College | Emporia | PN ProgramPN | $6,400 | $34,930 | 100% |
| Fort Hays State University | Hays | BSN ProgramRN | $5,923 | $67,435 | 97.4% |
| Fort Hays Tech | NC – Beloit (formerly North Central Kansas Technical College) | Beloit | PN & ADN Programs (1+1) — ADN levelRN | — | — | 88.2% |
| Fort Hays Tech | NC – Beloit (formerly North Central Kansas Technical College) | Beloit | PN & ADN Programs (1+1) — PN levelPN | — | — | 93.3% |
| Fort Hays Tech | NC – Hays (formerly North Central Kansas Technical College) | Hays | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | — | — | 85.7% |
| Fort Hays Tech | NC – Hays (formerly North Central Kansas Technical College) | Hays | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | — | — | 93.3% |
| Fort Scott Community CollegeConditional | Ft. Scott | ADN Program – KSBN Conditional ApprovalRN | $3,390 | $55,847 | 84.6% |
| Galen College of Nursing | Wichita | ADN programRN | — | — | 94.4% |
| Galen College of Nursing | Wichita | LPN/RN Bridge programRN | — | — | — |
| Garden City Community College | Garden City | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | $3,690 | $61,593 | 100% |
| Garden City Community College | Garden City | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | $3,690 | — | 100% |
| Hesston College | Hesston | BSN ProgramRN | $32,936 | $68,338 | 87.5% |
| Highland Community College | Atchison | PN & ADN Programs (1+1) — ADN levelRN | $4,080 | — | 82.4% |
| Highland Community College | Atchison | PN & ADN Programs (1+1) — PN levelPN | $4,080 | — | 100% |
| Hutchinson Community College | Hutchinson | ADN ProgramRN | $3,540 | $60,330 | 91.6% |
| Hutchinson Community College | McPherson | PN ProgramPN | $3,540 | $45,344 | 90.5% |
| Johnson County Community College | Overland Park | ADN ProgramRN | $2,424 | $64,303 | 93.2% |
| Johnson County Community College | Olathe | PN ProgramPN | $2,424 | $36,404 | 95.5% |
| Kansas City Kansas Community College | Kansas City | ADN ProgramRN | $3,210 | $63,181 | 91.2% |
| Kansas City Kansas Community College | Kansas City | PN ProgramPN | $3,210 | $48,862 | 92.3% |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | Salina | BSN ProgramRN | $34,630 | — | 100% |
| Labette Community College | Parsons | PN & ADN Programs (Bi-Level) — ADN levelRN | $4,064 | $66,833 | 96.7% |
| Labette Community College | Parsons | PN & ADN Programs (Bi-Level) — PN levelPN | $4,064 | — | 100% |
| Manhattan Area Technical College | Manhattan | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | $9,844 | $59,298 | 90.9% |
| Manhattan Area Technical College | Manhattan | PN & ADN Programs (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | $9,844 | $32,624 | 100% |
| Mid-America College of Health SciencesConditional | Merriam | PN Program – KSBN Conditional ApprovalPN | — | — | 62.9% |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | Olathe | uBSN ProgramRN | $37,174 | $66,608 | 88.1% |
| Neosho County Community College | Chanute | PN & ADN Program (Bi-level) — ADN levelRN | $5,780 | $61,906 | 83.7% |
| Neosho County Community College | Ottawa | PN & ADN Program (Bi-level) — ADN levelRN | $5,780 | $61,906 | 83.7% |
| Neosho County Community College | Chanute | PN & ADN Program (Bi-level) — PN levelPN | $5,780 | — | 100% |
| Neosho County Community College | Ottawa | PN & ADN Program (Bi-level) — PN levelPN | $5,780 | — | 100% |
| Newman University | Wichita | BSN ProgramRN | $35,500 | $65,957 | 85.4% |
| Ottawa UniversityNew/provisional | Overland Park | BSN ProgramRN | $35,880 | $76,207 | 69.2% |
| Pittsburg State University | Pittsburg | BSN ProgramRN | $8,400 | $66,243 | 97.6% |
| Rasmussen University | Overland Park | ADN & BSN Programs — ADNRN | — | — | 87.5% |
| Rasmussen University | Topeka | ADN & BSN Programs — ADNRN | — | — | 87.5% |
| Rasmussen University | Overland Park | ADN & BSN Programs — BSNRN | — | — | 81.8% |
| Rasmussen University | Topeka | ADN & BSN Programs — BSNRN | — | — | 81.8% |
| Salina Area Technical College | Salina | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | $7,128 | — | 90.9% |
| Salina Area Technical College | Salina | PN & ADN Program (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | $7,128 | $38,440 | 95.8% |
| Seward County Community CollegeConditional | Liberal | PN & ADN Program (Bi-level) — ADN levelRN | $4,032 | — | 80% |
| Seward County Community College | Liberal | PN & ADN Program (Bi-level) — PN levelPN | $4,032 | — | 82.6% |
| Southwestern CollegeNew/provisional | Winfield | BSN ProgramRN | $39,822 | $75,181 | — |
| University of Kansas | Kansas City | BSN ProgramRN | $12,102 | $65,347 | 94.5% |
| University of Kansas | Salina | BSN ProgramRN | $12,102 | $65,347 | 94.5% |
| University of St Mary | Leavenworth | BSN ProgramRN | $35,380 | $70,349 | 97.2% |
| Washburn Institute of Technology | Topeka | AND & PN Programs (1 + 1) — ADN levelRN | $8,880 | — | — |
| Washburn Institute of Technology | Topeka | AND & PN Programs (1 + 1) — PN levelPN | $8,880 | $43,321 | 100% |
| Washburn University | Topeka | BSN ProgramRN | $9,945 | $71,210 | 91.2% |
| Wichita State University | Wichita | BSN ProgramRN | $9,684 | $63,301 | 88.1% |
| Wichita State University | Manhattan | BSN ProgramRN | $9,684 | $63,301 | 88.1% |
| Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech) | Wichita | PN and ADN Programs — ADN levelRN | — | — | 77.8% |
| Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech) | Wichita | PN and ADN Programs — PN levelPN | — | — | 78.2% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best nursing school in Kansas by NCLEX pass rate?
4 RN programs in Kansas tied for the highest 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate at 100%, including Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville — see the full ranked list above, among programs with a published 2025 rate on the state board's list.
How many nursing schools are in Kansas?
Kansas has 45 schools offering 77 board-approved nursing programs: 51 RN-track (ADN/BSN and similar) and 26 PN/LPN-track programs, per the state board of nursing's current approved-program list.
What is the average NCLEX pass rate in Kansas?
Across Kansas RN programs with a published 2025 rate, the average first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate is 89% — 2.5 points above the national average of 86.5%.
How much does nursing school cost in Kansas?
Across Kansas nursing schools we could match to U.S. Department of Education data, median published in-state tuition and fees run $4,395 a year at public schools (24 schools) and $35,440 at private nonprofits (10 schools). That is the whole institution's sticker price per year, before aid — an ADN takes about two years and a BSN four, and most students pay less than sticker. Per-school figures are in the table above.
What do nursing graduates in Kansas earn?
Federal earnings data tracks graduates of each specific nursing program. In Kansas, median earnings one year after finishing are $62,117 for ADN graduates (12 programs) and $66,608 for BSN graduates (13 programs). These are medians of program-level medians and the federal figures lag by a few years, so treat them as a floor for comparison between schools rather than a salary prediction.
What does a first-time NCLEX pass rate tell me about a school?
It is the share of a program’s graduates who passed the NCLEX on their first attempt — the single most comparable public outcome number nursing programs report. Boards of nursing track it for program approval, and consistently low rates can put a program on conditional status. Compare it alongside cost, location, and program length, not in isolation.
About this data
Program list and 2025 first-time NCLEX pass rates are taken directly from the Kansas board of nursing's published approved-program materials. “—” means the board did not publish a 2025 rate for that program (new programs, small cohorts, or PN lists without rate tables). Pass rates refresh annually; this page is rebuilt from the board lists when they update.
Tuition, admission rates, graduate 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 to 35 of 45 Kansas schools. Schools the federal data does not cover — hospital-based programs and schools outside federal student-aid reporting — show “—” rather than an estimate. Tuition and admission rates describe the whole institution; earnings and debt are specific to its nursing programs, by credential, and lag the current graduating class by several years.
- collegescorecard.ed.gov — Most Recent Cohorts, June 10 2026 data release
- ksbn.kansas.gov — list: Roster Revised: 2025-12; rates = CY2025 first-time (through Dec 31 2025), obtained from NCS Pearson/NCSBN 1/12/2026