Nursing schools in New York

217 nursing schools, from practical nursing to doctorates: 151 with a federal record and 66 listed only by the state board, with board approval, first-time NCLEX pass rates and accreditation.

See every schoolSee the mapAll states

Nursing graduates by year

2014: 16,5692015: 16,7112016: 16,5032017: 16,0492018: 17,1222019: 17,6592020: 18,9122021: 20,1952022: 18,7002023: 18,0242024: 18,10916,569201418,1092024
Nursing completions in New York by year, all schools, IPEDS. Up 9% from 2014 to 2024.
YearCompletions
201416569
201516711
201616503
201716049
201817122
201917659
202018912
202120195
202218700
202318024
202418109

Map

Loading the map… NCLEX 90% and above 80 to 89% under 80% no board rate board-listed, placed at its city 23 board-listed programs in New York have no federal record and are shown at the center of the city the board lists. 60 board-listed programs have no city on the board’s list and no point; they are in the table below.

Nursing schools (151)

More board-approved programs (83)

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

SchoolCityProgramApprovalFirst-time NCLEX
Adirondack Community CollegeQueensburyRN, associate degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 09/1963; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 09/1963 LAST REG ACTION: 03/202488.64% (2025, 88 first-time takers)
Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady-Saratoga BOCES (Adult)AlbanyPractical nursing58.9% (2025, 146 first-time takers)
Alliance UniversityRN, bachelor’s degree
AMERICAN UNIV OF BEIRUTBeirutRN, bachelor’s degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 00/1976; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: PRE-76 LAST REG ACTION: 01/2012
ASA CollegeRN, associate degree80% (2025, 5 first-time takers)
Bryant and Stratton College- LiverpoolRN, bachelor’s degree96.23% (2025, 53 first-time takers)
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES- Belmont (Adult)Practical nursing75% (2025, 12 first-time takers)
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES- Olean (Adult)OleanPractical nursing90.91% (2025, 11 first-time takers)
Clara Barton High School- SecondaryPractical nursing71.43% (2025, 7 first-time takers)
College of New RochelleRN, bachelor’s degree
College of New Rochelle- ASDBSRN, bachelor’s degree
Curtis High School-AdultStaten IslandPractical nursing86.67% (2025, 15 first-time takers)
Curtis High School-SecondaryStaten IslandPractical nursing89.47% (2025, 19 first-time takers)
Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES- NorwichNorwichPractical nursing73.91% (2025, 23 first-time takers)
Dominican CollegeRN, bachelor’s degree62.79% (2025, 86 first-time takers)
Educational Opportunity Center of RochesterRochesterPractical nursingCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: LPN LIC QUAL 03/1970; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 03/1970 LAST REG ACTION: 08/202477.27% (2025, 22 first-time takers)
Ellis Medicine- The Belanger School of NursingRN, associate degree74.42% (2025, 43 first-time takers)
Ellis Medicine- The Belanger School of Nursing (Dual Degree)RN, associate degree83.33% (2025, 30 first-time takers)
Erie 2 BOCES- Ashville (Adult)Practical nursing
Erie 2 BOCES- Cassadaga Job Corps (Adult)Practical nursing
Erie 2 BOCES- Hewes Education CenterPractical nursing
Erie 2 BOCES- JamestownPractical nursing52.94% (2025, 17 first-time takers)
Excelsior CollegeAlbanyRN, associate degree77.6% (2025, 701 first-time takers)
Excelsior CollegeAlbanyRN, bachelor’s degree50% (2025, 2 first-time takers)
Excelsior College Dual DegreeRN, bachelor’s degree72.46% (2025, 138 first-time takers)
Finger Lakes Health College of NursingRN, associate degree62.5% (2025, 32 first-time takers)
Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES- BataviaPractical nursing88.89% (2025, 27 first-time takers)
Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming BOCES- Rochester (Adult)Practical nursing90% (2025, 20 first-time takers)
Herbert Lehman College CUNYRN, bachelor’s degree83.04% (2025, 112 first-time takers)
Herkimer-Hamilton-Fulton-Otsego BOCESPractical nursing75% (2025, 28 first-time takers)
Iona CollegeRN, bachelor’s degree90.48% (2025, 21 first-time takers)
Iona College- ASDBSRN, bachelor’s degree81.82% (2025, 11 first-time takers)
Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer BOCES (Adult)Practical nursing100% (2025, 26 first-time takers)
La Guardia Community CollegeRN, associate degree97.65% (2025, 85 first-time takers)
La Guardia Community CollegePractical nursingCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: LPN LIC QUAL 07/2004; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 07/2004 LAST REG ACTION: 08/2025100% (2025, 42 first-time takers)
Madison-Oneida BOCES- RomePractical nursing
Madison-Oneida BOCES- Utica (Adult)Practical nursing72.22% (2025, 18 first-time takers)
Madison-Oneida BOCES- Verona (Adult)VeronaPractical nursing100% (2025, 20 first-time takers)
Manhattanville CollegeRN, bachelor’s degree84.44% (2025, 45 first-time takers)
Manhattanville College- ASDBSRN, bachelor’s degree91.67% (2025, 36 first-time takers)
Maria CollegeRN, associate degree88.32% (2025, 137 first-time takers)
Memorial Hospital School of NursingRN, associate degree
Mercy CollegeRN, bachelor’s degree61.68% (2025, 107 first-time takers)
Mercy College- BronxBronxRN, bachelor’s degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 06/2019; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 06/2019 LAST REG ACTION: 11/202465.71% (2025, 210 first-time takers)
Molloy CollegeRN, bachelor’s degree86.72% (2025, 395 first-time takers)
Nazareth CollegeRochesterRN, bachelor’s degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 07/2000; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 07/2000 LAST REG ACTION: 07/202587.18% (2025, 39 first-time takers)
New York City Technical CollegeRN, associate degree75.61% (2025, 123 first-time takers)
Orleans-Niagara BOCES- LockportPractical nursing96.55% (2025, 29 first-time takers)
Oswego BOCESPractical nursing90.91% (2025, 11 first-time takers)
Otsego-Delaware-Schoharie-Greene BOCESPractical nursing91.3% (2025, 23 first-time takers)
Philips Beth Israel School of NursingRN, associate degree
Roberts Wesleyan CollegeRochesterRN, bachelor’s degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 12/1953; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 12/1953 LAST REG ACTION: 11/201796.43% (2025, 28 first-time takers)
Rochester General College of Health CareersRochesterRN, associate degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 09/2020; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 09/2020 LAST REG ACTION: 03/202572.73% (2025, 33 first-time takers)
Rockland BOCES (Adult)West NyackPractical nursing95.24% (2025, 21 first-time takers)
Southern Westchester BOCESPractical nursing
St John Fisher CollegeRochesterRN, bachelor’s degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 07/1992; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 07/1992 LAST REG ACTION: 07/202495.35% (2025, 172 first-time takers)
St. Elizabeths College of NursingUticaRN, associate degree93.33% (2025, 75 first-time takers)
St. Josephs Hospital Health Center College of Nursing- SyracuseSyracuseRN, associate degree85.83% (2025, 120 first-time takers)
SUC BrockportRN, bachelor’s degree94.64% (2025, 112 first-time takers)
SUC PlattsburghRN, bachelor’s degree82.69% (2025, 52 first-time takers)
SUNY BinghamtonRN, bachelor’s degree90.72% (2025, 97 first-time takers)
SUNY Binghamton- ASDBSRN, bachelor’s degree93.22% (2025, 59 first-time takers)
SUNY Buffalo AcceleratedRN, bachelor’s degree91.53% (2025, 59 first-time takers)
SUNY College of Tech at FarmingdaleFarmingdaleRN, bachelor’s degreeCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: RN LIC QUAL 07/2006; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 07/2006 LAST REG ACTION: 08/202297.37% (2025, 76 first-time takers)
SUNY Health Science Center BrooklynRN, bachelor’s degree88.18% (2025, 110 first-time takers)
SUNY Health Science Center Stony BrookStony BrookRN, bachelor’s degree91.03% (2025, 156 first-time takers)
SUNYC of Tech at AlfredAlfredRN, associate degree73.21% (2025, 56 first-time takers)
SUNYC of Tech at CantonCantonRN, associate degree88.89% (2025, 45 first-time takers)
SUNYC of Tech at DelhiRN, associate degree88.89% (2025, 9 first-time takers)
SUNYC of Tech at Delhi- DDPRN, associate degree66.67% (2025, 36 first-time takers)
SUNYC of Tech at MorrisvilleRN, associate degree88.46% (2025, 26 first-time takers)
SUNYC of Tech at Morrisville- NorwichRN, associate degree100% (2025, 15 first-time takers)
The Sage CollegesRN, bachelor’s degree68.75% (2025, 96 first-time takers)
Touro CollegeNew YorkRN, associate degree84.21% (2025, 19 first-time takers)
Touro CollegeNew YorkRN, bachelor’s degree75.93% (2025, 54 first-time takers)
Ulster BOCESPractical nursing
Utica University ABSNRN, bachelor’s degree85.25% (2025, 61 first-time takers)
Utica University ASDBSRN, bachelor’s degree86.84% (2025, 38 first-time takers)
Vocational Education and Extension Board (VEEB) of Nassau CountyHicksvillePractical nursingCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: LPN LIC QUAL 00/1976; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: PRE-76 LAST REG ACTION: 06/202285.12% (2025, 168 first-time takers)
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES- Hudson Falls (Adult)Hudson FallsPractical nursingCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: LPN LIC QUAL 09/1966; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 09/1966 LAST REG ACTION: 07/202186.67% (2025, 30 first-time takers)
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES Rochester (Adult)Practical nursing
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES- Newark (Adult)NewarkPractical nursingCERTIFICATE/LICENSES TITLES AND TYPES: LPN LIC QUAL 02/1998; PROGRAM FIRST REG DATE: 02/1998 LAST REG ACTION: 06/2025; Check with the institution for future status of this program78.72% (2025, 47 first-time takers)
Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES- Rochester (Evening) (Adult)Practical nursing

Sources

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

State board sources: New York State Education Department: Programs in Nursing Education (24 institutions, current at retrieval); New York State Education Department: Programs in Practical Nursing (27 institutions, current at retrieval); NYSED Inventory of Registered Programs: programs leading to a professional license (RN, LPN) and the pre-baccalaureate nursing subject areas (556 report rows over 4 searches, 316 awards the department prints an RN or LPN license qualification for, each read on its own program page); New York State RN NCLEX Results: 2023-2027 (2025 column, first-time test-takers, 146 programs in 3 section tables); New York State PN NCLEX Results: 2023-2027 (2025 column, first-time test-takers, 69 programs).