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High Desert Medical College, Temecula
Five years of first-time exam results
| Year | Candidates | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | no candidates | - |
| 2022 | no candidates | - |
| 2023 | 5 | 100% |
| 2024 | 8 | 88% |
| 2025 | 18 | 94% |
| All five | 31 | 93.5% |
In 2025 this program put 18 candidates through the NCLEX-PN for the first time and 94% passed, against 82.8% across California’s private schools that year.
What the licence pays here
In California, vocational nurses earn a median of $79,750. The bottom tenth earn $64,390 and the top tenth $100,450. 82,850 work in the area.
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High Desert Medical College, Temecula: common questions
- What is the NCLEX-PN pass rate at High Desert Medical College, Temecula?
- High Desert Medical College, Temecula had a first-time NCLEX-PN pass rate of 94.0% in 2025, from 18 candidates tested. Cohort size matters: a high rate from a handful of candidates is not evidence of quality. Over five years the program tested 31 candidates at 93.5%. Source: BVNPT vocational nursing program pass rates.
- How much does High Desert Medical College, Temecula cost?
- High Desert Medical College, Temecula has not reported tuition to the board, so no figure is published here. Absent is not the same as low: contact the school directly. Tuition on this site comes from BVNPT tuition costs for approved schools and excludes books, uniform, exam and licensing fees.
- Is High Desert Medical College, Temecula an approved vocational nursing program?
- Yes. High Desert Medical College, Temecula appears on the California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians list of approved programs. Approval means graduates are eligible to sit the NCLEX-PN; it is not a ranking or an endorsement of quality.
- Is an LVN the same as an LPN?
- Yes. California and Texas call the licence Licensed Vocational Nurse; the other 48 states call it Licensed Practical Nurse. Both sit the same national exam, the NCLEX-PN. There is no separate LVN exam and the qualification is the same.