BOMNursing schools in Delaware
12 nursing schools, from practical nursing to doctorates: 7 with a federal record and 5 listed only by the state board, with board approval, first-time NCLEX pass rates and accreditation.
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NCLEX 90% and above
80 to 89%
under 80%
no board rate
board-listed, placed at its city
6 board-listed programs in Delaware have no federal record, so each ring marks the city the board prints, not a campus. 1 board-listed program has no city on the board’s list and no point; it is in the table below.
Nursing schools (7)
- Dawn Career Institute LLC Practical nursingACEN Practical nursing NCLEX 85.71% (2025, 21 first-time takers)
- Delaware State University Bachelor'sMaster'sACEN RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 90.91% (2025, 22 first-time takers)
- Delaware Technical Community College-Terry LPN/LVNAssociate'sBachelor'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 91.4% (2025, 82 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 16 first-time takers)
- Margaret H Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Medical Center RN diploma
- Polytech Adult Education Practical nursingACEN Practical nursing NCLEX 92.31% (2025, 39 first-time takers)
- University of Delaware Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 93.71% (2025, 159 first-time takers)
- Wilmington University Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateCCNE
More board-approved programs (7)
Programs the Delaware board of nursing approves at schools that report no nursing awards to IPEDS, as the board lists them.
| School | City | Program | Approval | First-time NCLEX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Skills Center | New Castle | Practical nursing | 97.62% (2025, 42 first-time takers) | |
| Delaware Technical Community College Owens Campus | Georgetown | RN, associate degree | 85.71% (2025, 84 first-time takers) | |
| Delaware Technical Community College Owens Campus | Georgetown | Practical nursing | 100% (2025, 17 first-time takers) | |
| Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus | Newark | RN, associate degree | 87.68% (2025, 138 first-time takers) | |
| Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus | Newark | Practical nursing | 93.33% (2025, 15 first-time takers) | |
| Leads/Adoni Health Institute | Practical nursing | 0% (2025, 1 first-time takers) | ||
| M. H. Rollins School of Nursing | Lewes | RN, diploma | 88.89% (2025, 18 first-time takers) |
Sources
Schools and awards: IPEDS Completions. Accreditation: CCNE and CNEA directories.
State board sources: Approved Delaware Nursing Education & Refresher Programs (current as retrieved 2026-09-18); Annual Statistics NCLEX - School Year 2025 (dated 01/22/2026) (School Year 2025; RN by school printed as 10/1/2024-9/30/2025, PN by school header printed as 10/1/2023-9/30/2024).