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Program Outcomes and Statistics


NWACC's nursing program is designed with students' success in mind. Feel free to browse NWACC students' impressive passing, completion and employment rates over the years. 

Program Outcomes

Following completion of the Associate of Applied Science Degree Nursing Program at NWACC, you will be able to:

  1. Incorporate sound management, legal, ethical guidelines in a variety of health care settings to diverse patient populations across the lifespan
  2. Facilitate inter-professional collaboration to provide competent care in a variety of health care settings to diverse populations across the lifespan
  3. Provide safe, quality, evidence-based, patient-centered care in a variety of health care settings to diverse populations across the lifespan
  4. Engage in clinical reasoning and nursing judgment to make patient-centered care decisions that function in a variety of health care settings to diverse populations across the lifespan
  5. Create a holistic, compassionate, and culturally competent patient care environment

 

NCLEX-RN Exam Pass Rates

NWACC's nursing program was recently named the #4 overall nursing program and the #1 Associate Degree in Nursing in the state of Arkansas by registerednursing.org. The program has an overall high NCLEX-RN pass rate.

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 74 68 91.8%
State of Arkansas ADN 1,010 862 85.3%
National ADN 85,795 75,414 87.9%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 74 72 97.3%
State of Arkansas ADN 872 777 89.1%
National ADN 85,224 72,951 85.6%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 97 78 80.4%
State of Arkansas ADN 980 797 81.3%
National ADN 85,721 68,834 80.3%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 89 83 93.2%
State of Arkansas ADN 907 754 83.1%
National ADN 86,192 68,867 79.9%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 77 73 94.8%
State of Arkansas ADN 999 814 81.4%
National ADN 88,442   77.5%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 93 86 92.4%
State of Arkansas ADN 1,178 963 81.7%
National ADN 81,347   83.4%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 48 48 100%
State of Arkansas ADN 1,211 992 81.9%
National ADN 79,218   84.8%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 74 73 98.6%
State of Arkansas ADN 1,308 1,108 84.7%
National ADN     85.1%

 

Institution Number Administered Number Passed Percentage Passed
NWACC 70 60 91.4%
State of Arkansas ADN 1,303 1,042 79.9%
National ADN     84.5%

 

 

Program Completion Statistics

Track I: 73.6%
Track II:  83%

Track I: 98.6%
Track II: 86%
LPN/RN: 75%

Track I: 85%
Track II: 86%
Paramedic/RN: 100%
LPN/RN: 37.5%

2018 100% employment rate
2019 100% employment rate
2020 100% employment rate