Although the nursing program is challengin, the faculty at the school are devoted to properly educating the future nurses. Remember that the NCLEX is the bare minimum standards to practice nursing. You don't want to prepare nurses to just meet the minimum standards, you want them to excel. The percentage for passing classess is higher for this reason. The pass rates for the past 3 years compared to NYC and the National Pass Rate: [TABLE] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]2012 [/TD] [TD]2011 [/TD] [TD]2010 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]LSN Pass Rate [/TD] [TD]94% [/TD] [TD]91.15% [/TD] [TD]89.17% [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]NYS Pass Rate [/TD] [TD]87.15% [/TD] [TD]84.05% [/TD] [TD]84.45% [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]National Pass Rate [/TD] [TD]90.34% [/TD] [TD]87.9% [/TD] [TD]87.42% [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]