University of San Francisco

Private nonprofit school in San Francisco, California. 5,287 undergraduates. School website

90.0%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$30,496
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$120,438
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, University of San Francisco's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 90.0% of the time (778 test-takers), 1.3 points above the California BSN average of 88.7%.
  • That puts it 25th of 44 ranked BSN programs in California on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $30,496 a year is $13,005 above the $17,491 median of the 39 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate rose 3.0 points between 2022/2023 and 2024/2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2022/2023 260 first-time takers86.5%
  • 2023/2024 250 first-time takers94.0%
  • 2024/2025 268 first-time takers89.5%

California BSN average, latest year: 88.7%

Source: California board of nursing, fiscal (Jul-Jun). Listed by the board as University of San Francisco - BSN.

Entry-level master's, first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2022/2023 131 first-time takers86.3%
  • 2023/2024 101 first-time takers95.0%
  • 2024/2025 111 first-time takers82.9%

Source: California board of nursing, fiscal (Jul-Jun). Listed by the board as University of San Francisco - MSN.

Nursing programs at University of San Francisco

Nursing programs at University of San Francisco
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)258$25,000$120,438CCNENo
Master's (MSN)140$135,488$143,003CCNEPartly

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

68% of first-time, full-time students at University of San Francisco 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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