Nursing schools in Mississippi

27 nursing schools, from practical nursing to doctorates: 26 with a federal record and 1 listed only by the state board, with NCLEX pass rates and accreditation.

Nursing graduates by year

2014: 3,2832015: 3,3562016: 3,4292017: 3,4442018: 3,3432019: 3,5622020: 3,4612021: 3,6472022: 3,3472023: 3,4082024: 3,7073,28320143,7072024
Nursing completions in Mississippi by year, all schools, IPEDS. Up 13% from 2014 to 2024.
YearCompletions
20143283
20153356
20163429
20173444
20183343
20193562
20203461
20213647
20223347
20233408
20243707

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Loading the map… NCLEX 90% and above 80 to 89% under 80% no board rate board-listed, placed at its city 1 board-listed program in Mississippi has no federal record and are shown at the center of the city the board lists.

Nursing schools (26)

More board-approved programs (1)

Programs the Mississippi board of nursing approves at schools that report no nursing awards to IPEDS, as the board lists them.

SchoolCityProgramApprovalNCLEX
MS Gulf Coast Community CollegeBiloxiPractical nursing

Sources

Schools and awards: IPEDS Completions. Accreditation: CCNE and CNEA directories.

State board sources: Mississippi Board of Nursing: Mississippi Approved Practical Nursing Programs (program, locations, director and contact) (every practical nursing program the board approves, one location per campus); Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Annual Report for Mississippi Nursing Degree Programs (May 15, 2025): program rosters and National Accreditation Status and Site Visit Schedule (the associate degree and prelicensure baccalaureate rosters, fall 2024); Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Annual Report for Mississippi Nursing Degree Programs (May 15, 2025): NCLEX-RN Pass Rates, source MS Board of Nursing and NCSBN (calendar year 2024, with 2022 and 2023 also printed); Mississippi Board of Nursing: LPN Education (everything the board publishes about nursing education, 0 lines of it naming an examination result); Mississippi Board of Nursing: site search for "pass rate" (the board's own index answering for a pass rate, read beside a control search that returns hits).