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Texas Board of Nursing places SRSU'Alpine nursing program on conditional approval after three years of low NCLEX pass rates
Summary
The board changed Sul Ross State University's (Alpine) baccalaureate nursing program from initial approval with warning to conditional approval after three consecutive years of NCLEX-RN pass rates below 80% (2025 rate 57.14%). Program leaders described corrective measures including a medical-terminology requirement and expanded faculty development.
The Texas Board of Nursing voted April 23 to change the approval status of Sul Ross State University's baccalaureate nursing program in Alpine from "initial approval with warning" to conditional approval after the program recorded three consecutive years of NCLEX-RN pass rates under 80%.
Board staff told members the 2025 first-time pass rate for the Alpine program was 57.14 percent (four of seven first-time candidates passed). Under board rules, repeated pass rates below the 80 percent threshold trigger escalated oversight,…
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