Filipino RN’s Top Number of NCLEX Takers; Passing Rate 46.7%

NCSBN posted the statistics on the NCLEX Quarterly Examination Statistics showing that Filipino RN’s have the most number of NCLEX takers (5,076) as of March 2007 –

2007 First-Time Internationally Educated Candidates:
Top Five Countries (with respect to volume)1
Volume	Jan. – March	April – June	July – Sept.	Oct. – Dec.	2007 Total
1st	Philippines 5,076	Available in July 2007	Available in Oct. 2007	Available in Jan. 2008	Philippines 5,076
2nd	India 1,384				India 1,384
3rd	South Korea 600				South Korea 600
4th	Canada 201				Canada 201
	Cuba				Cuba
5th	168				168
1In this table, the count of first-time internationally educated candidates includes both RNs and PNs.

It will be recalled that, last February 2007, NCSBN announced that the NCLEX will be offered in the Philippines. See related blog entitled, “NCSBN has selected Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, as a new site for the administration of the NCLEX® examinations.”

Relatedly, the pass rate for Foreign-educated nurses is 46.7%; for US-educated nurses the pass rate is almost double at 84.0% –

2007 NCLEX®			Volume and Pass Rates1
Candidates	Jan. – March	April – June		July – Sept.	Oct. – Dec.	2007 Total
RN		Available in		Available in	Available in
Total	44,512 (73.0%)	July 2007		Oct. 2007	Jan. 2008	44,512 (73.0%)
First-Time	35,184 (81.7%)					35,184 (81.7%)
Repeat	9,328 (40.2%)					9,328 (40.2%)
U.S.-Educated	31,372 (84.0%)					31,372 (84.0%)
Internationally Educated	13,140 (46.7%)					13,140 (46.7%)
PN
Total	16,500 (77.9%)					16,500 (77.9%)
First-Time	13,500 (86.0%)					13,500 (86.0%
Repeat	3,000 (41.2%)					3,000 (41.2%)
U.S.-Educated	15,673 (80.0%)					15,673 (80.0%)
Internationally Educated	827 (38.5%)					827 (38.5%)
1 Number = the number of candidates taking the examination.
Percentage = percentage of candidates passing the examination (Pass Rate).

Notably, there is no specific pass rate for Filipino RN’s.  The above-graph shows that pass rate of all internationally educated RN’s.   The statistics for Filipino RN’s (being the highest number of test takers) would probably not be far off.  Those who have specific information on this, do let us know.

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