Jacksonville University

Private nonprofit school in Jacksonville, Florida. 2,930 undergraduates. School website

91.1%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$28,424
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$82,140
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Jacksonville University's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 91.1% of the time (439 test-takers), 4.1 points above the Florida BSN average of 87.0%.
  • That puts it 15th of 45 ranked BSN programs in Florida on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $28,424 a year is $2,584 above the $25,840 median of the 34 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 8.2 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 138 first-time takers94.9%
  • 2024 135 first-time takers92.6%
  • 2025 166 first-time takers86.7%

Florida BSN average, latest year: 87.0%

Source: Florida board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY - BS (US70506000); JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY KEIGWIN SCHOOL OF NURSING (US70519600).

Practical nursing, first-time NCLEX-PN
  • 2023 14 first-time takers78.6%
  • 2024 19 first-time takers47.4%
  • 2025 2 first-time takers50.0%

Source: Florida board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY PRACTICAL NURSE PROGRAM (US70122200).

Nursing programs at Jacksonville University

Nursing programs at Jacksonville University
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Practical nursing25–––No
Bachelor's (BSN)245$20,390$82,140CCNEPartly
Master's (MSN)119$34,500$103,960CCNEPartly

Graduates are IPEDS completions for 2023–24 and include RN-to-BSN completers. Debt is the median federal loan balance of graduates who borrowed; pay is the median earnings of graduates working one year out (2024 dollars). Both from the College Scorecard. A dash means the figure is not published. “Partly” means some, but not all, of the school's programs at this level can be completed fully online, such as an RN-to-BSN track.

About these figures

50% of first-time, full-time students at Jacksonville University finish within 150% of normal time (whole school, not nursing alone). Pass rates, cost and pay come from public sources listed on data sources and are combined by the method on how we rank programs. We do not accept payment to change a school's listing.

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