Nursing Schools in Texas: All 224 Approved Programs & NCLEX Pass Rates

Texas has 166 schools running 224 board-approved nursing programs — 139 RN-track and 85 PN/LPN-track. The average 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate across Texas programs is 88.3%, 1.8 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.

224
Approved programs
166
Schools
88.3%
Avg RN pass rate (2025)
86.5%
National RN average

Best Nursing Schools in Texas 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. 12 programs are tied at 100% — the first 10 are shown alphabetically.

  1. 1
    College of Nursing and Advanced Health Professions
    Richardson · ADN
    100%
  2. 2
    East Texas Baptist University
    Marshall · BSN
    100%
  3. 3
    Howard College
    Big Spring · ADN
    100%
  4. 4
    Howard Payne University
    Brownwood · BSN
    100%
  5. 5
    Kilgore College
    Kilgore · ADN
    100%
  6. 6
    LeTourneau University
    Longview · BSN
    100%
  7. 7
    Midwestern State University
    Wichita Falls · BSN
    100%
  8. 8
    Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing
    Abilene · BSN
    100%
  9. 9
    St. Edward’s University
    Austin · BSN
    100%
  10. 10
    Texas Lutheran Direct Entry
    Seguin · MSN
    100%

Every Approved Nursing Program in Texas

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224 of 224 programs · “—” = no 2025 first-time pass rate published by the board

Abilene Christian UniversityAbileneBSNRN97.2%
Alvin Community CollegeAlvinADNRN95.3%
Alvin Community CollegeAlvinVNPN100%
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloADNRN78.8%
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloVNPN93.9%
Angelina CollegeLufkinADNRN96.6%
Angelina College at Lufkin MEEPLufkinVNPN96.6%
Angelina College at Lufkin TraditionalLufkinVNPN92.9%
Angelo State UniversitySan AngeloBSNRN96.2%
Arizona College of NursingDallasBSNRN69.2%
Arlington Career InstituteGrand PrairieVNPN51.9%
Army Practical Nurse CourseFt. Sam HoustonVNPN99.6%
Aspen UniversityAustinBSNRN50%
Austin Community CollegeAustinADNRN95.2%
Austin Community CollegeAustinVNPN97.6%
Baptist Health SystemSan AntonioVNPN87.2%
Baptist Health System School of HealthSan AntonioADNRN76.8%
Baylor UniversityDallasBSNRN96.1%
Bell Tech Career InstituteHoustonVNPN100%
Blinn CollegeBryanADNRN98.3%
Blinn CollegeBrenhamVNPN100%
Brazosport CollegeLake JacksonADNRN83.7%
Brazosport Community CollegeLake JacksonVNPN91.7%
Central Texas CollegeKilleenADNRN96.8%
Central Texas CollegeKilleenVNPN92.3%
Chamberlain College of NursingHoustonBSNRN84.7%
Chamberlain College of NursingIrvingBSNRN82.4%
Chamberlain College of NursingPearlandBSNRN81%
Chamberlain College of NursingSan AntonioBSNRN82.1%
Cisco CollegeAbileneADNRN97.1%
Cisco CollegeAbileneVNPN93.1%
Clarendon CollegePampaADNRN87.9%
Clarendon CollegePampaVNPN94.9%
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleVNPN81.6%
College of Nursing and Advanced Health ProfessionsRichardsonADNRN100%
College of Nursing and Advanced Health ProfessionsRichardsonVNPN75%
College of the MainlandTexas CityADNRN84.2%
College of the MainlandTexas CityVNPN95.8%
Collin CollegeMcKinneyADNRN94.7%
Collin CollegeMcKinneyVNPN95.8%
Concorde Career CollegeDallasVNPN88.9%
Concorde Career CollegeGrand PrairieVNPN83.6%
Concordia UniversityAustinBSNRN97.8%
Covenant School of NursingLubbockDiplomaRN88.5%
CTK Healthcare & Career InstituteIrvingVNPN85.7%
CyberTex InstituteAustinVNPN73.3%
Dallas CollegeFarmers BranchADNRN90.5%
Dallas CollegeDallasVNPN90.5%
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiADNRN97.1%
Del Mar College – MEEPCorpus ChristiVNPN100%
Denver College of NursingHoustonBSNRN66.7%
Divine School for Healthcare ProfessionalsBrownsvilleVNPN100%
East Texas A&M UniversityCommerceBSNRN79.2%
East Texas Baptist UniversityMarshallBSNRN100%
ECPI UniversitySan AntonioADNRN88.9%
Edwin’s Healthcare InstituteStaffordVNPN100%
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoADNRN86%
El Paso Community College at Mission Del PasoEl PasoVNPN87.5%
Fairfield UniversityAustinBSNRN93.6%
Frank Phillips CollegeBorgerVNPN73.2%
Galen College of NursingSan AntonioADNRN81.9%
Galen College of NursingSan AntonioBSNRN85.2%
Galen College of NursingSan AntonioVNPN92.8%
Galveston CollegeGalvestonADNRN91.2%
Galveston CollegeGalvestonVNPN75%
Graduate AmericaHoustonVNPN50%
Grayson CollegeDenisonADNRN88.8%
Grayson CollegeVan AlstyneVNPN96.9%
Hallmark UniversitySan AntonioBSNRN79.7%
Hallmark UniversitySan AntonioVNPN88.9%
Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbileneBSNRN—
Hill CollegeHillsboroADNRN74.5%
Hill CollegeHillsboroVNPN91.3%
Houston Christian UniversityHoustonBSNRN97.8%
Houston City CollegeHoustonADNRN—
Houston Community CollegeHoustonADNRN0%
Houston Community CollegeHoustonVNPN86.2%
Howard CollegeBig SpringADNRN100%
Howard CollegeBig SpringVNPN100%
Howard College – San AngeloSan AngeloADNRN92.3%
Howard Payne UniversityBrownwoodBSNRN100%
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreADNRN100%
Kilgore CollegeLongviewVNPN100%
Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumontADNRN—
Lamar State CollegeOrangeVNPN89.1%
Lamar State CollegePort ArthurVNPN93.3%
Lamar State College – OrangeOrangeADNRN86.1%
Lamar State College – Port ArthurPort ArthurADNRN95.8%
Lamar UniversityBeaumontBSNRN91.7%
Lamson InstituteSan AntonioVNPN56.5%
Laredo CollegeLaredoADNRN92.6%
Laredo CollegeLaredoVNPN91%
Lee CollegeBaytownADNRN95.1%
LeTourneau UniversityLongviewBSNRN100%
Lone Star College – CyfairCypressADNRN94.6%
Lone Star College – KingwoodKingwoodADNRN89.1%
Lone Star College – KingwoodKingwoodVNPN92.9%
Lone Star College – MontgomeryConroeADNRN92.3%
Lone Star College – North HarrisHoustonADNRN84.9%
Lone Star College – TomballTomballADNRN92.9%
Lone Star College – TomballTomballVNPN94.7%
Lone Star College North Harris MEEPHoustonVNPN100%
McLennan Community CollegeWacoADNRN95.4%
McLennan Community College – TraditionalWacoVNPN93.1%
McLennan Community College MEEPWacoVNPN100%
Midland CollegeMidlandADNRN95.2%
Midland CollegeMidlandVNPN100%
Midwestern State UniversityWichita FallsBSNRN100%
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaADNRN90.3%
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaVNPN97.5%
Navarro CollegeMexiaVNPN100%
Navarro CollegeWaxahachieVNPN95.5%
North Central Texas CollegeGainesvilleADNRN91.3%
North Central Texas CollegeGainesvilleVNPN100%
Northeast Lakeview CollegeUniversal CityADNRN—
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMt. PleasantADNRN93.6%
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantVNPN100%
Odessa CollegeOdessaADNRN94.6%
Odessa CollegeAndrewsVNPN92.3%
Odessa CollegeMonahansVNPN100%
Palo Alto CollegeSan AntonioADNRN—
Panola CollegeCarthageADNRN94.4%
Panola CollegeCarthageVNPN91.1%
Paris Junior CollegeParisADNRN91.5%
Patty Hanks Shelton School of NursingAbileneBSNRN100%
Prairie View A&M UniversityHoustonBSNRN91.9%
Ranger CollegeEarlyADNRN91.7%
Ranger CollegeEarlyVNPN100%
Rio Grande Valley CollegePharrADNRN94.4%
Rio Grande Valley CollegePharrVNPN93.1%
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvilleBSNRN95.5%
San Antonio CollegeSan AntonioADNRN81.8%
San Jacinto College NorthHoustonVNPN100%
San Jacinto College SouthHoustonVNPN100%
San Jacinto College-CentralPasadenaADNRN93.1%
San Jacinto College-SouthHoustonADNRN95.7%
Schreiner UniversityKerrvilleBSNRN88.2%
Schreiner UniversityKerrvilleVNPN100%
South College DallasFarmers BranchADNRN—
South Plains CollegeLevellandADNRN92.5%
South Plains CollegeLevellandVNPN100%
South Plains CollegePlainviewVNPN100%
South Plains College at Reese CenterLubbockVNPN100%
South Texas CollegeMcAllenADNRN99.4%
South Texas CollegeMcAllenVNPN92%
South UniversityAustinBSNRN88.5%
Southern Careers InstituteBrownsvilleADNRN—
Southwest Texas Junior CollegeDel RioADNRN85.7%
Southwest Texas Junior CollegeUvaldeVNPN80%
Southwest UniversityEl PasoADNRN79.7%
Southwestern Adventist UniversityKeeneBSNRN94.6%
St. Edward’s UniversityAustinBSNRN100%
St. Mary’s UniversitySan AntonioBSNRN—
St. Philip’s CollegeSan AntonioADNRN95.7%
St. Philip’s CollegeSan AntonioVNPN95.5%
Stephen F. Austin State UniversityNacogdochesBSNRN96.2%
Sul Ross UniversityAlpineBSNRN57.1%
Tarleton State UniversityStephenvilleBSNRN78.2%
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthADNRN82.7%
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthVNPN100%
Temple CollegeTempleADNRN91.9%
Temple CollegeTempleVNPN100%
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaADNRN86.9%
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaVNPN100%
Texas A&M HSC College of NursingBryanBSNRN99.6%
Texas A&M International UniversityLaredoBSNRN98.4%
Texas A&M UniversityCorpus ChristiBSNRN83.1%
Texas A&M UniversityTexarkanaBSNRN95.5%
Texas Christian UniversityFort WorthBSNRN97.1%
Texas Health SchoolHoustonADNRN90.9%
Texas Health SchoolHoustonVNPN93.2%
Texas Lutheran Direct EntrySeguinMSNRN100%
Texas Lutheran UniversitySeguinBSNRN92%
Texas School of Health SciencesWeslacoADNRN57.7%
Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsvilleADNRN85.7%
Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsvilleVNPN85.7%
Texas State Technical CollegeHarlingenVNPN80%
Texas State Technical College West TexasSweetwaterVNPN88.1%
Texas State Technical College- HarlingenHarlingenADNRN77.6%
Texas State Technical College- West TexasSweetwaterADNRN63.4%
Texas State UniversityRound RockBSNRN100%
Texas Tech HSC – Gayle Greave Hunt SONEl PasoBSNRN81.1%
Texas Tech HSC SONLubbockBSNRN85.8%
Texas Woman’s UniversityDentonBSNRN92.5%
The College of Health Care ProfessionsHoustonADNRN64.3%
The College of Health Care ProfessionsHoustonVNPN100%
The Institute of Allied HealthSan AntonioVNPN78.6%
Trinity Valley Community CollegeKaufmanADNRN87.6%
Trinity Valley Community CollegePalestineVNPN70%
Trinity Valley Community CollegeTerrellVNPN95.2%
Tyler County HospitalWoodvilleVNPN72.7%
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerADNRN91%
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerVNPN93.1%
University of Houston College of NursingSugar LandBSNRN100%
University of Mary Hardin BaylorBeltonBSNRN91.4%
University of North Texas Health Science Center College of NursingFort WorthBSNRN—
University of St. Thomas Accelerated BSNHoustonBSNRN71%
University of St. Thomas SONHoustonBSNRN76.9%
University of Texas at ArlingtonArlingtonBSNRN89.7%
University of Texas at AustinAustinBSNRN90.9%
University of Texas at Austin Alternate Entry MSNAustinMSNRN90.6%
University of Texas at El PasoEl PasoBSNRN88.8%
University of Texas at TylerTylerBSNRN87.2%
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonBSNRN95.4%
University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan AntonioBSNRN87.6%
University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonGalvestonBSNRN95.6%
University of Texas Permian BasinOdessaBSNRN88.6%
University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburgBSNRN87%
University of the Incarnate WordSan AntonioBSNRN95.3%
Valley Baptist Medical CenterHarlingenVNPN82.8%
Valley Grande Institute for Academic StudiesWeslacoVNPN87.9%
Vernon CollegeVernonADNRN91.4%
Vernon CollegeVernonVNPN90.9%
Victoria CollegeVictoriaADNRN97.9%
Victoria CollegeVictoriaVNPN94.4%
Wayland Baptist UniversitySan AntonioBSNRN58.8%
Weatherford CollegeWeatherfordADNRN84.6%
Weatherford CollegeWeatherfordVNPN95.6%
West Coast University TexasDallasBSNRN92.2%
West Texas A&M UniversityCanyonBSNRN88.8%
Western Governors UniversityHoustonBSNRN75.2%
Western Technical CollegeEl PasoBSNRN83.3%
Wharton County Jr. CollegeWhartonVNPN95.2%
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonADNRN94.7%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best nursing school in Texas by NCLEX pass rate?

12 RN programs in Texas tied for the highest 2025 first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate at 100%, including College of Nursing and Advanced Health Professions in Richardson — 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 Texas?

Texas has 166 schools offering 224 board-approved nursing programs: 139 RN-track (ADN/BSN and similar) and 85 PN/LPN-track programs, per the state board of nursing's current approved-program list.

What is the average NCLEX pass rate in Texas?

Across Texas RN programs with a published 2025 rate, the average first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate is 88.3% — 1.8 points above the national average of 86.5%.

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 Texas 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.

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