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Pacific College, Lakewood
Five years of first-time exam results
| Year | Candidates | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | no candidates | - |
| 2022 | 2 | 100% |
| 2023 | 33 | 70% |
| 2024 | 17 | 76% |
| 2025 | 29 | 69% |
| All five | 81 | 71.6% |
In 2025 this program put 29 candidates through the NCLEX-PN for the first time and 69% 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.
Pacific College, Lakewood: common questions
- What is the NCLEX-PN pass rate at Pacific College, Lakewood?
- Pacific College, Lakewood had a first-time NCLEX-PN pass rate of 69.0% in 2025, from 29 candidates tested. Cohort size matters: a high rate from a handful of candidates is not evidence of quality. Over five years the program tested 81 candidates at 71.6%. Source: BVNPT vocational nursing program pass rates.
- How much does Pacific College, Lakewood cost?
- Pacific College, Lakewood 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 Pacific College, Lakewood an approved vocational nursing program?
- Yes. Pacific College, Lakewood 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.