The University of Texas at El Paso

Public school in El Paso, Texas. 21,005 undergraduates. School website

92.6%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$6,803
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$75,043
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, The University of Texas at El Paso's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 92.6% of the time (963 test-takers), 3.6 points above the Texas BSN average of 89.0%.
  • That puts it 22nd of 54 ranked BSN programs in Texas on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $6,803 a year is $10,680 below the $17,483 median of the 44 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 7.7 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 313 first-time takers96.5%
  • 2024 320 first-time takers92.8%
  • 2025 330 first-time takers88.8%

Texas BSN average, latest year: 89.0%

Source: Texas board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as University of Texas at El Paso.

Nursing programs at The University of Texas at El Paso

Nursing programs at The University of Texas at El Paso
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)392$14,777$75,043CCNEYes
Master's (MSN)105$39,485$115,086CCNEPartly

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 The University of Texas at El Paso 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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