University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Public school in Cincinnati, Ohio. 29,882 undergraduates. School website

91.6%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$24,917
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$78,002
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 91.6% of the time (585 test-takers), 3.3 points above the Ohio BSN average of 88.3%.
  • That puts it 19th of 41 ranked BSN programs in Ohio on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $24,917 a year is $4,251 above the $20,666 median of the 38 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 5.1 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 192 first-time takers92.7%
  • 2024 184 first-time takers95.1%
  • 2025 209 first-time takers87.6%

Ohio BSN average, latest year: 88.3%

Source: Ohio board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI - BS.

Entry-level master's, first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 74 first-time takers89.2%
  • 2024 69 first-time takers92.8%
  • 2025 53 first-time takers90.6%

Source: Ohio board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI - ACCELERATED DIRECT ENTRY - MSN.

Nursing programs at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Nursing programs at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)336$18,749$78,002ACEN + CCNEYes
Master's (MSN)409$50,000$101,779CCNEPartly

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

75% of first-time, full-time students at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 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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