ProgramsVocational nursing program · Grand Prairie, Texas
Arlington Career Institute
2025 first-time exam results
27 first-time candidates from this program sat the NCLEX-PN in 2025 and 14 passed, a rate of 51.85%, or 40.04 points below the Texas average of 91.89%. Texas as a whole sat above the national average of 86.59%.
Under board rule 214.4, a program below 80% must submit a self-study report.
Five years of first-time exam results
| Year | Passed / candidates | First-time pass rate | Texas average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 / 27 | 51.9% | 91.89% |
| 2024 | 22 / 30 | 73.3% | 93.26% |
| 2023 | 18 / 20 | 90% | 92.92% |
| 2022 | 18 / 21 | 85.7% | 87.38% |
| 2021 | new program | - | 86.49% |
| All 4 years | 72 / 98 | 73.5% |
Counts as the Texas Board of Nursing publishes them in its five-year file, where this program is listed as “Arlington Career Institute”. Rates are worked out from those counts. With fewer than 10 candidates in a year, one result moves the rate by several points, so the multi-year figure is the steadier read.
What the licence pays here
In Texas, vocational nurses earn a median of $62,240, with the bottom tenth at $48,910 and the top tenth at $76,140.
Every LVN program in Dallas, side by side
Texas does not publish program tuition centrally the way California does, so there is no cost column here. Ask the school for its total cost of attendance in writing, and compare it against the $5,000 to $34,532 range California programs report for the same licence.
Arlington Career Institute: common questions
- What is the NCLEX-PN pass rate at Arlington Career Institute?
- Arlington Career Institute had a first-time NCLEX-PN pass rate of 51.85% in 2025: 14 of 27 candidates passed, against a Texas average of 91.89%. A high rate from a handful of candidates is not evidence of quality, so read it with the number tested. Source: Texas BON, 2025 NCLEX-PN examination pass rates.
- What has Arlington Career Institute's pass rate been over the last five years?
- Across the 4 years from 2021 to 2025 in which it had first-time candidates, Arlington Career Institute put 98 candidates through the NCLEX-PN and 72 passed, 73.47%. The year-by-year counts are in the table above. Source: Texas BON, VN pass rates for last 5 years, first-time test takers.
- How much does Arlington Career Institute cost?
- The Texas Board of Nursing does not publish tuition for vocational nursing programs, so no figure is shown here. Ask the school for its total cost of attendance, including books, uniform, the NCLEX-PN exam fee and licensing costs.
- Is Arlington Career Institute an approved vocational nursing program?
- Arlington Career Institute appears in the Texas Board of Nursing's 2025 pass-rate report for approved vocational nursing education 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.
Source: Texas BON, 2025 NCLEX-PN examination pass rates
Source: Texas BON, VN pass rates for last 5 years, first-time test takers