Chamberlain University-California

Private for-profit school in Rancho Cordova, California. 751 undergraduates. School website

88.2%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$46,658
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$89,974
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Chamberlain University-California's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 88.2% of the time (670 test-takers), 0.5 points below the California BSN average of 88.7%.
  • That puts it 27th of 44 ranked BSN programs in California on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $46,658 a year is $29,167 above the $17,491 median of the 39 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 2.9 points between 2022/2023 and 2024/2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2022/2023 151 first-time takers88.1%
  • 2023/2024 263 first-time takers91.3%
  • 2024/2025 256 first-time takers85.2%

California BSN average, latest year: 88.7%

Source: California board of nursing, fiscal (Jul-Jun). Listed by the board as Chamberlain University, Irwindale; Chamberlain University, Rancho Cordova.

Nursing programs at Chamberlain University-California

Nursing programs at Chamberlain University-California
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)279$21,656$89,974–No

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.

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