BOMNursing schools in New Mexico
33 nursing schools, from practical nursing to doctorates: 24 with a federal record and 9 listed only by the state board, with board approval, 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
5 board-listed programs in New Mexico have no federal record, so each ring marks the city the board prints, not a campus. 7 board-listed programs have no city on the board’s list and no point; they are in the table below.
Nursing schools (24)
- Brookline College-Albuquerque LPN/LVNBachelor'sCNEA Practical nursing NCLEX 74% (2025, 50 takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 88.33% (2025, 60 takers)
- Carrington College-Albuquerque LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 82.05% (2025, 39 takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 14 takers)
- Central New Mexico Community College Associate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 85.51% (2025, 138 takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 80% (2025, 5 takers)
- Clovis Community College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 96.43% (2025, 28 takers) · Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 21 takers)
- Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Bachelor'sMaster'sACEN
- Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus Associate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 82.93% (2025, 41 takers)
- Luna Community College Associate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 70% (2025, 20 takers)
- Mesalands Community College RN, associate degreeACEN
- Navajo Technical University RN, associate degree
- New Mexico Highlands University Bachelor'sCCNE
- New Mexico Junior College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 86.21% (2025, 29 takers)
- New Mexico State University-Alamogordo RN, associate degreeACEN
- New Mexico State University-Dona Ana LPN/LVNAssociate's
- New Mexico State University-Main Campus Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorate
- Northern New Mexico College Associate'sBachelor'sACENCCNE RN, associate degree NCLEX 92% (2025, 25 takers)
- Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque LPN/LVNCNEA Practical nursing NCLEX 100% (2025, 16 takers)
- San Juan College Associate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 92% (2025, 25 takers) · RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 100% (2025, 10 takers)
- Santa Fe Community College LPN/LVNAssociate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 90% (2025, 10 takers)
- Southeast New Mexico College Associate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 92.86% (2025)
- University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus Associate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 64.29% (2025, 14 takers)
- University of New Mexico-Main Campus Bachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 85.61% (2025, 139 takers)
- University of New Mexico-Taos Campus Associate'sACEN
- University of New Mexico-Valencia County Campus Associate'sACEN RN, associate degree NCLEX 53.33% (2025, 15 takers)
- Western New Mexico University Bachelor'sCCNE RN, bachelor’s degree NCLEX 100% (2025, 16 takers)
More board-approved programs (12)
Programs the New Mexico board of nursing approves at schools that report no nursing awards to IPEDS, as the board lists them.
| School | City | Program | Approval | NCLEX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque Public Schools Career Enrichment Center | Albuquerque | Practical nursing | Full Approval | 88.89% (2025, 27 takers) |
| Central NM College UNM BSN NMNEC | RN, bachelor’s degree | 79.41% (2025, 34 takers) | ||
| Grand Canyon University | Albuquerque | RN, bachelor’s degree | Full Approval | |
| New Mexico State University School of Nursing | Las Cruces | RN, bachelor’s degree | Full Approval | 87.6% (2025, 129 takers) |
| NM Junior College PN | Practical nursing | 100% (2025, 3 takers) | ||
| NMSU Doña Ana Community College | Las Cruces | RN, associate degree | Full Approval | 94.34% (2025, 53 takers) |
| NMSU Doña Ana Community College | Las Cruces | Practical nursing | Full Approval | 100% (2025, 11 takers) |
| Santa Fe CC UNM BSN NMNEC | RN, bachelor’s degree | 100% (2025, 12 takers) | ||
| UNM-Gallup UNM BSN NMNEC | RN, bachelor’s degree | 25% (2025, 4 takers) | ||
| UNM-Taos UNM BSN NMNEC | RN, bachelor’s degree | 100% (2025, 5 takers) | ||
| UNM-Valencia UNM BSN NMNEC | RN, bachelor’s degree | 20% (2025, 5 takers) | ||
| Western Governors University | Salt Lake City | RN, bachelor’s degree | Approved for Clinicals |
Sources
Schools and awards: IPEDS Completions. Accreditation: CCNE and CNEA directories.
State board sources: NMBON list of pre-licensure nursing programs and approval statuses (current as posted 2026); NMBON NCLEX Pass Rates, End of Year 2025 (dated 2.23.26) (2025 calendar year).