BOMNursing schools in Kentucky
53 nursing schools, from practical nursing to doctorates: 46 with a federal record and 7 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
9 board-listed programs in Kentucky 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 (46)
- American National University-Pikeville Associate's RN, associate degree NCLEX 34.9% (2025, 43 first-time takers)
- Asbury University RN, bachelor’s degree
- Ashland Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 92% (2025, 50 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 90.9% (2025, 22 first-time takers)
- ATA College LPN/LVNCNEA RN, associate degree NCLEX 94.4% (2025, 18 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 89.5% (2025, 57 first-time takers)
- Beckfield College-Florence LPN/LVNAssociate'sOther nursingCCNECNEA RN, associate degree NCLEX 82.4% (2025, 74 first-time takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 73.1% (2025, 26 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 93% (2025, 43 first-time takers)
- Bellarmine University Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 95.3% (2025, 106 first-time takers)
- Berea College Bachelor'sCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 91.7% (2025, 12 first-time takers)
- Big Sandy Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 91.7% (2025, 12 first-time takers)
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 77.2% (2025, 92 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 19 first-time takers)
- Campbellsville University Associate'sBachelor'sMaster'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 100% (2025) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 2 first-time takers)
- Eastern Kentucky University Associate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateACENCCNE RN, associate degree NCLEX 94.3% (2025, 35 first-time takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 98% (2025, 99 first-time takers)
- Elizabethtown Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 76.2% (2025, 63 first-time takers)
- Frontier Nursing University Master'sDoctorateACEN
- Galen College of Nursing-ARH Associate's
- Galen College of Nursing-Louisville LPN/LVNAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sACEN
- Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville LPN/LVNAssociate'sCCNE
- Gateway Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 77.6% (2025, 116 first-time takers)
- Hazard Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 86.7% (2025, 45 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 8 first-time takers)
- Henderson Community College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 60% (2025, 50 first-time takers)
- Hopkinsville Community College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 95.2% (2025, 42 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 3 first-time takers)
- Jefferson Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 96.2% (2025, 78 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 78.6% (2025, 14 first-time takers)
- Kentucky Christian University Bachelor'sMaster'sOther nursingCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 100% (2025, 3 first-time takers)
- Kentucky State University Associate'sBachelor'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 50% (2025, 4 first-time takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 88.2% (2025, 17 first-time takers)
- Lindsey Wilson College Bachelor's
- Madisonville Community College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 90% (2025, 70 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 90% (2025, 10 first-time takers)
- Maysville Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 100% (2025, 19 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 19 first-time takers)
- Medical Career & Technical College LPN/LVNACEN Practical nursing NCLEX 70.7% (2025, 99 first-time takers)
- MedQuest College LPN/LVNACEN Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 24 first-time takers)
- Midway University Associate'sBachelor'sMaster'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 69.6% (2025, 46 first-time takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 100% (2025, 10 first-time takers)
- Morehead State University Associate'sBachelor'sMaster'sACENCCNE RN, associate degree NCLEX 64.9% (2025, 37 first-time takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 95.7% (2025, 47 first-time takers)
- Murray State University Bachelor'sDoctorateCCNECOA RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 92.1% (2025, 76 first-time takers)
- Northern Kentucky University Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateCCNECOA RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 100% (2025, 84 first-time takers)
- Owensboro Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sCNEA RN, associate degree NCLEX 86.9% (2025, 61 first-time takers)
- Somerset Community College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 93.8% (2025, 48 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 95.2% (2025, 21 first-time takers)
- Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 100% (2025, 60 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 98% (2025, 50 first-time takers)
- Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 73% (2025, 37 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 70.8% (2025, 24 first-time takers)
- Spalding University Bachelor'sMaster'sCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 92.9% (2025, 14 first-time takers)
- Sullivan University LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 51.5% (2025, 97 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 53.3% (2025, 15 first-time takers)
- Thomas More University Bachelor'sACEN RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 93.8% (2025, 16 first-time takers)
- Union Commonwealth University Bachelor'sOther nursingCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 81.8% (2025, 22 first-time takers)
- University of Kentucky Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 94.7% (2025, 281 first-time takers)
- University of Louisville Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateCCNECOA RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 78.7% (2025, 230 first-time takers)
- University of Pikeville Associate'sOther nursingACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 66.7% (2025, 54 first-time takers)
- University of the Cumberlands Associate'sBachelor'sMaster'sACENCCNE RN, associate degree NCLEX 68.6% (2025, 51 first-time takers)
- West Kentucky Community and Technical College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 86.7% (2025, 105 first-time takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 20 first-time takers)
- Western Kentucky University Associate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateACENCCNE RN, associate degree NCLEX 93.2% (2025, 103 first-time takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 96.4% (2025, 138 first-time takers) · RN, entry-level master’s NCLEX 100% (2025, 12 first-time takers)
More board-approved programs (10)
Programs the Kentucky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sandy Commmunity and Technical College | Prestonsburg | RN, associate degree | Approved | 88.5% (2025, 26 first-time takers) |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical Colleege | Lexington | Practical nursing | Approved | 85.7% (2025, 14 first-time takers) |
| Galen College | Hazard | RN, associate degree | Approved | 71.4% (2025, 91 first-time takers) |
| Galen College | Louisville | RN, associate degree | Approved | 90.7% (2025, 314 first-time takers) |
| Galen College | Pikeville | RN, associate degree | Approved | 87.1% (2025, 31 first-time takers) |
| Galen College | Louisville | RN, bachelor’s degree | Approved | 90.2% (2025, 51 first-time takers) |
| Galen College | Louisville | Practical nursing | Approved | 97.9% (2025, 48 first-time takers) |
| Galen College | Pikeville | Practical nursing | Approved | 100% (2025, 42 first-time takers) |
| Lincoln Memorial University | Corbin | RN, associate degree | Approved | 91.7% (2025, 12 first-time takers) |
| Lindsey Wilson University | Columbia | RN, bachelor’s degree | Approved | 100% (2025, 12 first-time takers) |
Sources
Schools and awards: IPEDS Completions. Accreditation: CCNE and CNEA directories.
State board sources: Kentucky Board of Nursing: Approved Nursing Programs (current as retrieved 2026-09-18); Prelicensure Program of Nursing Pass Rates (dated March 2026) (calendar years 2021-2025; 2025 recorded (first-time testers within one year of completion)).