Nursing students or nurses, I need your advices!

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My siblings are interested of going to Nursing programs( BSN).

They are juniors in high school.

Since all of them live in NJ, we would like to go colleges in PA, NY, NJ, and most of northern east side.

Any other recommendations for schools?

How do we find the percentage of passing NCLEX from graduates in colleges?

We were thinking Rutgers, Ramapo, SUNY(BUFFALO), NYU, PENNSTATE, UPENN. Any other recommendations and advices for these schools if you have attended.

Thank you so much.

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If BSN is the goal, maybe they should think about getting RN first and then get a job in a hospital system that will pay your tuition to get BSN. Why pay the full boat when most bigger hospitals in Jersey have tuition reimbursement. You can do RN in county college (where ever you live) on the cheap and then move on. All depends on whos money you want to spend to get the BSN.....

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Specializes in Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic).

Moving to the NJ nursing forum for more responses...

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Specializes in ER/Trauma.

SUNY Buffalo has an excellent nursing program :)

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Specializes in Emergency.
SUNY Buffalo has an excellent nursing program :)

Not much of an Ultimate team though. At least back in the day when we used to whip on 'em.

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william paterson has an excellent nursing program and much cheaper than all of the colleges u have listed

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I'm in a diploma in nursing program right now, and i think that it is more cost effective to get an RN then pursue a BSN. Tuition will be less expensive, and they can get their BSN while working. Also, the facility they would be working at could be willing to reinburse their tuition to get their BSN.

If they really want to go ahead and pursue a BSN degree I think that The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) or Rutgers have a great BSN program.

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Specializes in Orthopedics/Med-Surg, LDRP.

There's a sticky on this page with the NCLEX passing rates, etc, but here's the link anyway: https://allnurses.com/forums/f162/start-here-nj-nursing-info-board-nsg-schools-nclex-scores-license-info-111058.html

And while you can partially go on the passing rates at schools, it's also what the student puts into it. If one puts in minimum effort, one gets minimum output. It's not easy and a lot of people fail out of programs before even getting to the point of the NCLEX.

I also agree with the above posts - if they want to fork out $15,000+ a year to go to a BSN program for 4 years to take the same exact NCLEX that a person going for an ASN will take, then fine. If it's not really feasible, then go to a community college, get the ASN in 3 years at about $3000 a year and start making just about the same amount of money sooner(there's only a couple dollar difference between what hospitals pay for ASN vs. BSN) and have the hospital pay for the BSN which can then be completed in 18 months. It's just something to think about.

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Family Practice.

The school should provide you with pass rate info if you ask

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