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Licensure and Certification Examination Pass Rates

NCLEX-RN

Class Accelerated BS (UB) Traditional BS (UB) NY State (Baccalaureate Programs) U.S. (Baccalaureate Programs) U.S. (All Program Types)
2025* 92.5% 100% 81.06% 85.14% 84.02%
2024 100% 100% 79.55% 83.51% 82.21%
2023 100% 98.51% 87.73%
 90.34% 88.6%
2022 92% 96.8% 73.1%
 82.3% 79.9%
2021 97.87% 95.77% 78.2% 86.0% 82.48%
2020 98% 97% 81.6% 90.3% 87.2%
2019 98% 98.6% 84.7% 91.7% 88.2%
2018  100% 94.6% 88.8% 91.6% 88.3%
2017 93.5% 97.3% 86.6% 90.0% 87.1%

*Third quarter results.

ANCC Certification Data

Family Nurse Practitioner
Class UBSON U.S. 
2024 100% 83%
2023 100% 85%
2022 100% 86%
2021 100% 87%
2020 100% 89.3%
2019  100% 87.2%
2018  100%* 86.2%
2017 100% 82.9%

*One student took and passed the AANP exam. All others took the ANCC exam.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Class UBSON U.S.
2024 100% 83%
2023 100% 90%
Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care)
Class UBSON U.S.
2024 100% 85%
2023 100% 79%

NBCRNA NCE (Nurse Anesthesia)

Class 1st Time Takers 2nd Time Takers U.S. (1st time takers) 
2025 88% 96% TBA
2024 95% 95% 83.2%
2023 71.4% 90% 83.2%
2022 68% 78% 83.4%
2021 94% 100% 84.1%
2020 94% 100% 85.2%
2019 93% 100% 84.1%
2018 80% 100% 84.8%

Retention Rates

Traditional BS in Nursing
Year of Admission Graduation Date Students Completed/Retained
2022 2024 94%
2021 2023 90%
2020 2022 90%
Accelerated BS in Nursing
Year of Admission Graduation Date Students Completed/Retained
2023 2024 91%
2022 2023 80.7%
2021 2022 96%
2020 2021 91%
RN to BS
Year of Admission Graduation Date Students Completed/Retained
2022 Summer 2022-Spring 2023 75%
2021 Summer 2021-Spring 2022
 75%
2020 Summer 2020-Spring 2021
 84%
Post-Master's DNP
Year of Admission Students Completed/Retained
2017 100%
2016 88%
DNP
Year of Admission Students Completed/Retained
2017 89%
2016
 86%

PhD Program Data

Program Metrics  External link to Tableau Dashboard.

University-Wide Data

Student Retention and Graduation Rates at UB