University of Florida

Public school in Gainesville, Florida. 35,629 undergraduates. School website

95.9%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$5,969
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$81,536
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, University of Florida's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 95.9% of the time (734 test-takers), 8.9 points above the Florida BSN average of 87.0%.
  • That puts it 6th of 45 ranked BSN programs in Florida on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $5,969 a year is the lowest of the 34 ranked programs with a published price (median $25,840).
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 4.6 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 217 first-time takers97.7%
  • 2024 243 first-time takers97.5%
  • 2025 274 first-time takers93.1%

Florida BSN average, latest year: 87.0%

Source: Florida board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - BS (US70508500).

Nursing programs at University of Florida

Nursing programs at University of Florida
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)235$14,750$81,536CCNEYes

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

92% of first-time, full-time students at University of Florida 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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