Xavier University

Private nonprofit school in Cincinnati, Ohio. 4,207 undergraduates. School website

90.7%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$31,905
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$80,580
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, Xavier University's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 90.7% of the time (840 test-takers), 2.4 points above the Ohio BSN average of 88.3%.
  • That puts it 24th of 41 ranked BSN programs in Ohio on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $31,905 a year is $11,239 above the $20,666 median of the 38 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 2.7 points between 2023 and 2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 320 first-time takers90.6%
  • 2024 296 first-time takers92.9%
  • 2025 224 first-time takers87.9%

Ohio BSN average, latest year: 88.3%

Source: Ohio board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as XAVIER UNIVERSITY - ACCELERATED - BS; XAVIER UNIVERSITY - BS.

Entry-level master's, first-time NCLEX-RN
  • 2023 15 first-time takers100.0%
  • 2024 10 first-time takers100.0%
  • 2025 16 first-time takers93.8%

Source: Ohio board of nursing, calendar. Listed by the board as XAVIER UNIVERSITY - MSN.

Nursing programs at Xavier University

Nursing programs at Xavier University
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)302$19,500$80,580CCNEPartly
Master's (MSN)28$46,000$87,442CCNEPartly

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

70% of first-time, full-time students at Xavier 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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