LITTLETON, Colo. (Aug. 17, 2012) - Arapahoe Community College's nursing program is ranked first in three separate jurisdictions for National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) results from Oct. 2011 - Mar. 2012, as announced in a report published by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).

For Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs in the College's jurisdiction, ACC ranked first out of 18 schools.  For all similar ADN programs across every jurisdiction in the United States, ACC ranked first out of 614 institutions.  For all BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) and ADN programs across every jurisdiction in the country, Arapahoe Community College was ranked atop a list of 1,035 schools.

The rankings are based on the percentage of a school's graduates passing the NCLEX-RN examination compared to other programs with at least 10 graduates who took the exam during the same reporting period.  All nursing programs with the same percentage of graduates passing the NCLEX-RN examination received the same ranking.

Furthermore, December 2011 graduates of ACC's nursing program had a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX-RN exam.  View the list of the yearly NCLEX-RN pass rates for graduates of all nursing schools in Colorado

For more information, please contact Geri Rush, Director of Nursing at ACC, at geri.rush@arapahoe.edu or 303.797.5891.