Georgia Southern University

Public school in Statesboro, Georgia. 21,790 undergraduates. School website

89.2%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$16,785
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$79,675
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Georgia Southern University's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 89.2% of the time (953 test-takers), 1.3 points above the Georgia BSN average of 87.9%.
  • That puts it 22nd of 30 ranked BSN programs in Georgia on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $16,785 a year is $460 above the $16,325 median of the 29 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 3.2 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 321 first-time takers88.8%
  • 2024 326 first-time takers92.9%
  • 2025 306 first-time takers85.6%

Georgia BSN average, latest year: 87.9%

Source: Georgia board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as Georgia Southern University.

Nursing programs at Georgia Southern University

Nursing programs at Georgia Southern University
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)363$20,500$79,675CCNENo
Master's (MSN)22–$105,011CCNENo

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

54% of first-time, full-time students at Georgia Southern University 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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