Accreditation & Statistics
Approval and Accreditation
Albany State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) as a Level IV institution.
The associate and baccalaureate nursing programs at Albany State University are approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing.
The associate, baccalaureate, master's, and post-master's certificate nursing programs at Albany State University at the West Campus located in Albany, Georgia, and the associate nursing program at Albany State University at the Cordele Campus located in Cordele, Georgia, are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30326, (404) 975-5000. The most recent accreditation decision made by the ACEN Board of Commissioners for the associate, baccalaureate, master's, and post-master's certificate nursing programs is Continuing Accreditation.
| Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) |
Georgia Board of Nursing |
| 3390 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1400 Atlanta, GA 30326 |
237 Coliseum Drive Macon, Georgia 31217 |
| (404) 975-5000 | (912) 207-1640 |
| https://www.acenursing.org/ | https://sos.ga.gov/georgia-board-nursing |
Nursing Program Outcomes & Statistics
Please click on the tabs below to review the relevant programs' outcomes and statistics.
ASN NCLEX-RN Pass Rates
Aggregate ASN NCLEX-RN Performance
| Metric | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 4-Yr Avg |
| ASU NCLEX Pass Rate: ASU ASN Programs |
77.13% (145/188) |
71.97% (113/157) |
72.53% (132/182) |
86.39% (127/147) |
77.04% |
| Natl NCLEX Pass Rate: All ASN Programs |
82.80% | 78.78% | 77.91% | 87.75% | N/A |
| Natl NCLEX Pass Rate: All Nursing Programs |
86.57% | 82.48% | 79.90% | 88.56% | N/A |
| Year | Trad ASN (Pass/Taken) |
Eve ASN (Pass/Taken) |
Hyb ASN (Pass/Taken) |
Alb Bridge (Pass/Taken) |
Cord Bridge (Pass/Taken) |
| 2020 | 50.72% (43/72) |
78.58% (33/42) |
100% (8/8) |
91.49% (43/47) |
94.74% (18/19) |
| 2021 | 64.44% (58/90) |
N/A | N/A | 83.33% (30/36) |
80.65% (25/31) |
| 2022 | 58.21% (39/67) |
68.09% (32/47) |
85.71% (6/7) |
0.00% (0/1) |
91.67% (55/60) |
| 2023 | 68.18% (60/88) |
100% (2/2) |
N/A | 100% (25/25) |
100% (32/32) |
ASN End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes
At the completion of the program, the ASN graduate will:
- Patient-Centered Care
- Integrate nursing that is patient-centered, caring, and culturally sensitive and based
on the physiological, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients.
Teamwork and Collaboration - Collaborate with members of the inter-professional healthcare team to promote continuity
of patient care and achievement of optional outcomes.
Evidence-Based Practice - Use best current evidence, expert opinion, and clinical expertise as a basis for nursing practice and clinical judgment.
- Integrate nursing that is patient-centered, caring, and culturally sensitive and based
on the physiological, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients.
- Quality Improvement
- Promote the development and implementation of quality improvement strategies to advance health care services.
- Safety
- Provide a safe environment for patients, self, and others.
- Informatics
- Integrate information technology resources into the provision of patient care.
- Professionalism
- Practice nursing in a professional, ethical, and legal manner.
- Leadership
- Use leadership skills in the management of safe, quality patient care.
ASN Program Completion Rates
Per the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), program completion rates are calculated as the "number of students who complete the program of study on-time," or within the published program length. As such, this statistic does NOT include those students who graduated after this point, which typically constitutes a program's graduation/retention rate. Consequently, the ASN Program Completion Rate considers the following:
- ASN Program: Number of students who completed the program in...
- Traditional Format: 5 consecutive semesters.
- Evening Format: 5 consecutive semesters.
- Hybrid Format: 5 consecutive semesters.
- HCP-to-RN Bridge Program: Number of students who completed the program in 4 consecutive semesters.
| 1 An off-cycle cohort typically indicates one or more students switching between tracks due to course withdrawal/failure | |||||
| On-Time Grad Yr | Admit Sem | Track | Campus | On-Time Completion Rate | |
| Disaggregated (Grad/Admit) |
Aggregated (Grad/Admit) |
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| 2020 | Fall 2018 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 51.22% (21/41) | 72.02% (175/243) |
| Spring 2019 | HCP-RN Bridge | Albany | 88.68% (47/53) | ||
| Spring 2019 | Evening ASN | Albany | 72.73% (32/44) | ||
| Spring 2019 | Hybrid ASN | Albany | 50.00% (9/18) | ||
| Summer 2019 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 58.06% (18/31) | ||
| Fall 2019 | HCP-RN Bridge | Cordele | 85.71% (48/56) | ||
| 2021 | Fall 2019 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 44.68% (21/47) | 61.81% (123/199) |
| Spring 2020 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 62.86% (22/35) | ||
| Summer 2020 | HCP-RN Bridge | Albany | 64.15% (34/53) | ||
| Summer 2020 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 68.97% (20/29) | ||
| Fall 2020 | HCP-RN Bridge | Cordele | 74.29% (26/35) | ||
| 2022 |
Fall 2020 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 41.86% (18/43) | 47.76% (117/245) |
| Fall 2020 | Evening ASN1 | Albany | 0.00% (0/20) | ||
| Spring 2021 | Evening ASN | Albany | 80.85% (38/47) | ||
| Spring 2021 | Hybrid ASN | Albany | 36.84% (7/19) | ||
| Spring 2021 | Traditional ASN1 | Albany | 0.00% (0/22) | ||
| Spring 2021 | HCP-RN Bridge | Cordele | 61.02% (36/59) | ||
| Spring 2021 | HCP-RN Bridge1 | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Summer 2021 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 52.94% (18/34) | ||
| 2023 | Fall 2021 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 26.79% (15/56) | 52.51% (136/259) |
| Spring 2022 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 49.18% (30/61) | ||
| Spring 2022 | HCP-RN Bridge | Albany | 67.57% (25/37) | ||
| Spring 2022 | HCP-RN Bridge | Cordele | 76.92% (30/39) | ||
| Summer 2022 | Traditional ASN | Albany | 48.48% (16/33) | ||
| Summer 2022 | Evening ASN1 | Albany | 0.00% (0/4) | ||
| Fall 2022 | HCP-RN Bridge | Cordele | 68.97% (20/29) | ||
BSN NCLEX-RN Pass Rates
Aggregate BSN NCLEX-RN Performance
| Metric | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 4-Yr Avg |
| ASU NCLEX Pass Rate: ASU BSN Programs |
100% (11/11) |
100% (15/15) |
78.57% (11/14) |
100% (16/16) |
94.64% |
| Natl NCLEX Pass Rate: All BSN Programs |
90.29% | 86.06% | 82.32% | 90.17% | N/A |
| Natl NCLEX Pass Rate: All Nursing Programs |
86.57% | 82.48% | 79.90% | 88.56% | N/A |
| Year | Generic BSN (Old) (Pass/Taken) |
Generic BSN (2+2) (Pass/Taken) |
Accelerated BSN (Pass/Taken) |
| 2020 | 100% (4/4) |
N/A | 100% (7/7) |
| 2021 | 100% (4/4) |
100% (7/7) |
100% (4/4) |
| 2022 | N/A | 72.73% (8/11) |
100% (3/3) |
| 2023 | N/A | 100% (12/12) |
100% (4/4) |
BSN End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes
At the completion of the program, the BSN graduate will:
- Professionalism
- Utilize knowledge and skills in leadership, quality improvement, and patient safety to provide high quality healthcare by assuming responsibility and accountability for personal actions and professional development ensuring human dignity, integrity, and social justice (AACN, Essential II & VIII).
- Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
- Think critically using the nursing process and synthesized knowledge from a liberal education incorporating humanities, sciences, information management, and patient care technology in providing holistic, safe, effective care to individuals, families, groups, and communities across the lifespan to facilitate health promotion and disease prevention (AACN, Essential I, IV, VII, & IX).
- Therapeutic Communication and Intervention
- Utilize therapeutic communication and intervention to provide professional nursing care for health promotion and maintenance, illness care, and rehabilitation of the client. (AACN, Essential VIII)
- Leadership, Collaboration and Advocacy
- Assume beginning leadership roles, communicating and collaborating with healthcare professionals of interdisciplinary teams, in providing quality care, advocating for care based on ethical, legal, political, and spiritual variables, and developing and implementing financial and regulatory healthcare policies(AACN, Essential V &VI).
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Utilize evidenced based practice to advance professional nursing practice, research, and delivery of health care (AACN, Essential III).
BSN Program Completion Rates
Per the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), program completion rates are calculated as the "number of students who complete the program of study on-time," or within the published program length. As such, this statistic does NOT include those students who graduated after this point, which typically constitutes a program's graduation/retention rate. Consequently, the BSN Program Completion Rate considers the following:
- BSN Program: Number of students who completed the program in...
- Generic BSN (Old Format): 6 semesters of Fall and Spring semesters (3 years).
- Generic BSN (2+2 Format): 5 consecutive semesters.
- Accelerated BSN: 5 consecutive semesters.
- RN-to-BSN Program: Number of students who completed the program in...
- FA17-SU19:
- Full-Time: 3 consecutive semesters.
- Part-Time: 5 consecutive semesters.
- FA19-FA21:
- Full-Time: 2 consecutive semesters.
- Part-Time: 4 consecutive semesters.
- SP22+:
- Spring Entry FT: 3 consecutive semesters.
- Summer Entry FT: 3 consecutive semesters.
- Fall Entry FT: 2 consecutive semesters.
- Part-Time: 4 consecutive semesters.
- FA17-SU19:
| On-Time Grad Yr | Admit Sem | Track | Campus | On-Time Completion Rate | |
| Disaggregated (Grad/Admit) |
Aggregated (Grad/Admit) |
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| 2020 | Fall 2017 | Generic BSN (Old) | Albany | 12.50% (4/32) | 45.83% (66/144) |
| Fall 2018 | Accelerated BSN | Albany | 87.50% (7/8) | ||
| Spring 2019 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 47.37% (18/38) | ||
| Summer 2019 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 71.43% (5/7) | ||
| Fall 2019 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | 100% (9/9) | ||
| Fall 2019 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 40.00% (18/45) | ||
| Spring 2020 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | 100% (5/5) | ||
| Summer 2020 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | N/A | ||
| 2021 | Fall 2018 | Generic BSN (Old) | Albany | 33.33% (4/12) | 55.80% (77/138) |
| Fall 2019 | Generic BSN (2+2) | Albany | 38.89% (7/18) | ||
| Fall 2019 | Accelerated BSN | Albany | 80.00% (4/5) | ||
| Spring 2020 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 48.15% (13/27) | ||
| Summer 2020 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 100% (1/1) | ||
| Fall 2020 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | 100% (19/19) | ||
| Fall 2020 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 51.79% (29/56) | ||
| Spring 2021 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | N/A | ||
| Summer 2021 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | N/A | ||
| 2022 | Fall 2022 | Generic BSN (2+2) | Albany | 31.25% (10/32) | 55.48% (81/146) |
| Fall 2022 | Accelerated BSN | Albany | 60.00% (3/5) | ||
| Spring 2021 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 57.14% (20/35) | ||
| Summer 2021 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 33.33% (2/6) | ||
| Fall 2021 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | 100% (10/10) | ||
| Fall 2021 | RN-to-BSN (PT) | Albany | 38.89% (14/36) | ||
| Spring 2022 | RN-to-BSN (FT) | Albany | 100% (22/22) | ||
| 2023 | |||||
mSN Certification Exam Pass Rates
MSN Certification Exam Performance
| Year | Annual Pass Rate ASU FNP |
3-year Average ASU FNP |
National Average | National 3-year Average |
| 2020 | 83.33% 10/12 |
89.44% | 85 | 85.3 |
| 2021 | 80% 12/15 |
82.78% | 84% | 85% |
| 2022 | 81.48% 22/27 |
81.6% | TBD | TBD |
MSN End-of-Program Student Learning Outcomes
At the completion of the program, the MSN graduate will:
- Professionalism and Evidence-Based Practice
- Engage in professional and scholarly activities that promote the profession of nursing and individual development in advance practice nursing through implementation of evidence-based practice for both direct and indirect patient care
- Apply knowledge from science, research, and related disciplines and incorporate principles of evidence-based practice to improve care delivery and health outcomes.
- Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
- Apply clinical reasoning and relevant behavioral and natural sciences to provide patient-centered care and evaluate preventative interventions for diverse community population across the lifespan
- Leadership, Collaboration and Advocacy
- Demonstrate technological literacy, interprofessional collaboration, and advance practice to improve clinical practice outcomes
- Quality and Safety
- Contribute to decision-making and healthcare policy development at the individual, local, regional, or national healthcare system levels to ensure quality and safety of individuals
MSN Program Completion Rates
Completion Rate Defined
Per the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), program completion rates are calculated as the "number of students who complete the program of study on-time," or within the published program length. As such, this statistic does NOT include those students who graduated after this point, which typically constitutes a program's graduation/retention rate. Consequently, the MSN Program Completion Rate considers the following:
- Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) Program: Number of students who completed the program in...
- Pre-Fall 2023 Cohorts:
- Full-Time: 6 semesters
- Part-Time: 9 semesters
- Post-Master's Certification: 6 (FT) or 9 (PT) semesters
- Fall 2023 Cohorts & After:
- Full-Time (Fall Entry): 5 semesters
- Part-Time (Fall Entry): 8 semesters
- Part-Time (Spring Entry): 7 semesters
- Part-Time (Summer Entry): 6 semesters
- Post-Master's Certification (Spring Entry): 4 semesters
- Pre-Fall 2023 Cohorts:
- Nurse Educator (MSN-NE) Program: Number of students who completed the program in...
- Pre-Fall 2023 Cohorts: 5 semesters
- Post-Master's Certification: 6 (FT) or 9 (PT) semesters
- Fall 2023 Cohorts & After:
- Full-Time (Fall Entry): 4 semesters
- Part-Time (Fall Entry): 7 semesters
- Part-Time (Spring Entry): 6 semesters
- Part-Time (Summer Entry): 5 semesters
- Post-Master's Certification (Spring Entry): 3 semesters
- Pre-Fall 2023 Cohorts: 5 semesters
- Nursing Informatics (MSN-NI) Program: Number of students who completed the program in...
- Pre-Fall 2023 Cohorts:
- Full-Time: 4 semesters
- Post-Master's Certification: 3 semesters
- Fall 2023 Cohorts & After:
- Full-Time (Fall Entry): 4 semesters
- Part-Time (Fall Entry): 7 semesters
- Part-Time (Spring Entry): 6 semesters
- Part-Time (Summer Entry): 5 semesters
- Post-Master's Certification (Spring Entry): 3 semesters
- Pre-Fall 2023 Cohorts:
| On-Time Grad Yr | Admit Sem | Track | Campus | On-Time Completion Rate | |
| Disaggregated (Grad/Admit) |
Aggregated (Grad/Admit) |
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| 2020 | Summer 2017 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 100% (2/2) | 68.00% (17/25) |
| Summer 2017 | MSN-NE (PT) | Albany | 100% (1/1) | ||
| Summer 2017 | PMC-NE (PT) | Albany | 100% (2/2) | ||
| Fall 2017 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Fall 2017 | PMC-FNP (PT) | Albany | 100% (1/1) | ||
| Fall 2017 | PMC-NE (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Spring 2018 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 33.33% (2/6) | ||
| Spring 2018 | MSN-NE (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Summer 2018 | MSN-FNP (FT) | Albany | 100% (6/6) | ||
| Summer 2018 | PMC-FNP (FT) | Albany | 100% (1/1) | ||
| Summer 2018 | MSN-NE (FT) | Albany | 100% (1/1) | ||
| Fall 2018 | MSN-NE (FT) | Albany | 50.00% (1/2) | ||
| 2021 | Summer 2018 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 50.00% (2/4) | 60.71% (17/28) |
| Summer 2018 | PMC-FNP (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Summer 2018 | MSN-NE (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Fall 2018 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 88.89% (8/9) | ||
| Fall 2018 | PMC-FNP (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Fall 2018 | PMC-NE (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/2) | ||
| Spring 2019 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 38.46% (5/8) | ||
| Summer 2019 | MSN-FNP (FT) | Albany | 100% (2/2) | ||
| 2022 | Summer 2019 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 66.67% (8/12) | 72.73% (24/33) |
| Summer 2019 | PMC-FNP (PT) | Albany | 0.00% (0/1) | ||
| Fall 2019 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 50.00% (2/4) | ||
| Spring 2020 | MSN-FNP (PT) | Albany | 60.00% (3/5) | ||
| Summer 2020 | MSN-FNP (FT) | Albany | 100% (11/11) | ||