<p>The better nursing programs consistently have a FIRST time pass rate of 85% to 95%. If the rate is over 95%, be suspicious, because they might be doing some things that are unfair to students in order to get that high a rate, as described above. </p>
<p>If a program has a low pass rate for a couple years, they can be placed on probation, and if they don’t improve, they lose their accreditation. That is a very very bad thing for students. In PA, two programs improved and successfully came out of probation, while Marywood University recently had their accreditation revoked.</p>