Academics
Metric Five
Metric 5: NCLEX-RN Pass Rates
South Georgia State College’s (SGSC) NCLEX-RN outcomes remained consistently strong over 2020–2024, meeting the state’s 80% threshold each year and exceeding national pass rates annually. Performance peaked at 95.00% in 2020, eased through 2022–2023 (low of 81.69%), and rebounded to 92.00% in 2024, narrowing the gap with the Georgia average (93.09%). Over five years, SGSC’s average (87.52%) closely tracks the state (87.98%) and outpaces the national average (83.58%).
| NCLEX-RN Pass Rates | SGSC | Georgia | National | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 95.00 | 87.91 | 82.80 | ||||
| 2021 | 86.67 | 85.24 | 78.78 | ||||
| 2022 | 82.26 | 82.21 | 77.93 | ||||
| 2023 | 81.69 | 91.44 | 87.76 | ||||
| 2024 | 92.00 | 93.09 | 90.63 | ||||
| 5-Year Average | 87.52 | 87.98 | 83.58 | ||||
| Source: Georgia Board of Nursing. | |||||||
Analysis and Evaluation of Metric 5
SGSC’s program demonstrates durable quality: every cohort cleared the 80% state benchmark, and all five years surpassed the national average. After exceptional performance in 2020 (95.00%), pass rates moderated, bottoming in 2023 (81.69%) before a strong recovery in 2024 (92.00%). The five-year mean (87.52%) sits ~0.5 points below the Georgia mean but ~4 points above the national mean, indicating competitiveness within the state and sustained advantage nationally. Continued emphasis on targeted remediation, clinical preparation, and NCLEX readiness should help maintain the 2024 gains and close the residual gap with the state average.