Nursing Goals & Outcomes

Program Goal: The program will maintain a minimum pass rate of 80% first-time test-taker, as established by program accrediting body, during the same 12-month period. Or the program will meet or exceed the annual licensure examination pass rate for the ADN national average for all first-time test-takers during the same 12-month period.
 

Outcome:

 

FCC Nursing Program NCLEX—RN First-time Pass Rates/Year of Taking the NCLEX
 

First-Time Pass Rate Table – Aggregated for the Entire Program 
  Graduate Year22-23  Graduate Year 23-24  Graduate Year 24-25 
First-Time Examination Pass Rate  84.09% (74/88)  95.16% (59/62)  95.52% (64/67) 

 

Disaggregate and Aggregate NCLEX First Time Pass Rates Data
Year  
Evening/Weekend Program
 
 
Day Program
 
Ultimate Pass Rate Aggregate Aggregate
Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Fall 2025:
Awaiting results from MDBON
Spring 2026:
Awaiting results from MDBON
Pending Pending
Fall 2024–Spring 2025 Fall 2024: 96.67% (29/30) Spring 2025: 94.59% (35/37) 100% (67/67) 95.52% (64/67)
Fall 2023–Spring 2024 Fall 2023: 93.55% (29/31) Spring 2024: 96.77% (30/31) 100% (62/62) 95.16% (59/62)
Fall 2022–Spring 2023 Fall 2022: 71.88% (23/32) Spring 2023: 91.07% (51/56) 100% (88/88) 84.09% (74/88)


Program Goal: 70% of FCC nursing program students will complete the ADN program in no more than 100%
of stated program length (for each cohort/program option) beginning with enrollment in the first nursing course and 80% of FCC nursing program students will complete the ADN program in no more than 150% of the stated program length (for each cohort/program option) beginning with enrollment in the first nursing course.
 

 

Outcome:
 

Graduation Rates
Disaggregated Program Completion Rates (100% and 150% of Published Program Length) by Graduation Year (Spring and Fall Graduation Cohorts Combined) 
Semester Start/Year  Graduation Year  Total Students  100% time
 Graduates 
150% time Graduates (Only)  Total Grads ≤150%  100% Rate  150% Rate 
Spring 2024  Fall 2025  33  26  26  78.79%  78.79% 
Fall 2023  Spring 2025  57  35  42  61.40%  73.68% 
Spring 2023  Fall 2024  32  26  27  81.25%  84.38% 
Fall 2022  Spring 2024  43  27  31  62.79%  72.09% 
Spring 2022  Fall 2023  30  24  27  80.00%  90.00% 
Fall 2021  Spring 2023  61  47  55  77.05%  90.16% 
Spring 2021  Fall 2022  32  22  28  68.75%  87.50% 
Fall 2020  Spring 2022  63  39  12  51  61.90%  80.95% 


Program Goal: At least 95% of students will be employed as an RN within one year of graduation.


Outcome: 

 

Job Placement Rates

Graduation Year Employment Rate at Graduation Employment Rate after 1 year of Graduation
Fall '25 - Spr '26 Fall ‘25 (28/31 (90.3%) students had a job as an RN at graduation (3 undecided) – E/W program)
 
Spr ‘26 (36/45 (80%) students had a job as RN at graduation (9 undecided); will follow-up with survey and other means at 6 months & 12 months)

 Aggregate data to date: 64/76 (84.2%) students have a job as a RN  at graduation
Fall ‘25 (30/31 (96.8%) students had a job as an RN within 1 year of graduation after follow-up on undecideds – E/W program)
 
Spr ‘26 (36/45 (80%) students had a job as RN at graduation; follow-up data pending
 
 Aggregate data to date: 66/76 (86.8%) students have a job as a RN to date; additional data for Spr ‘26 pending after follow-up
Fall '24 - Spr '25 Fall ‘24 - 26/30 (86.7%) students had a job as an RN at graduation (4 undecided) – E/W program
 
Spr ‘25 - 33/37 (89.2%) students had a job as RN at graduation (4 undecided) Day program
 
 Aggregate data to date: 59/67 (88%) students have a job as a RN at graduation
Fall ‘24 (29/30 (96.7%) students had a job as an RN within 1 year of graduation after follow-up – E/W program
 
Spr ‘25 (34/37 (91.9%) students had a job as RN within 1 year of at graduation after follow-up - Day Program
 
Aggregate data: 63/67 (94%) students have a job as a RN within 1 year of graduation
Fall '23 - Spr '24 Data not collected at graduation; low response rates for surveys lead to collection of data starting at graduation 100% of respondents to survey employed as RN within 1 year of graduation (68% response rate E/W program (Fall); 62% response rate Day program (Spring)


E/W = Evening Weekend Program D = Day Program AP = Advanced Placement Program

Accreditation Information

Contact
Stephanie Harrison
Interim Director of Nursing Education
Phone: 301.846.2607
Email: [email protected]
Health Science Advising
Last Name A-K:
Jennifer McAninley
[email protected]

Last Name L-Z:
Aimee Becker
[email protected]