ProgramsVocational nursing program · Houston, Texas
Bell Tech Career Institute
Reported closed in the board's 2025 report
2025 first-time exam results
9 first-time candidates from this program sat the NCLEX-PN in 2025 and 9 passed, a rate of 100.00%, or 8.11 points above the Texas average of 91.89%. Texas as a whole sat above the national average of 86.59%.
The board commends programs at 90% or above.
Five years of first-time exam results
| Year | Passed / candidates | First-time pass rate | Texas average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 / 9 | 100% | 91.89% |
| 2024 | 9 / 15 | 60% | 93.26% |
| 2023 | 20 / 29 | 69.0% | 92.92% |
| 2022 | 10 / 14 | 71.4% | 87.38% |
| 2021 | 14 / 16 | 87.5% | 86.49% |
| All 5 years | 62 / 83 | 74.7% |
Counts as the Texas Board of Nursing publishes them in its five-year file, where this program is listed as “Bell Tech 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, vocational nurses earn a median of $63,670, with the bottom tenth at $51,850 and the top tenth at $77,910.
Every LVN program in Houston, 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.
Bell Tech Career Institute: common questions
- What is the NCLEX-PN pass rate at Bell Tech Career Institute?
- Bell Tech Career Institute had a first-time NCLEX-PN pass rate of 100.00% in 2025: 9 of 9 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 Bell Tech Career Institute's pass rate been over the last five years?
- Across the 5 years from 2021 to 2025 in which it had first-time candidates, Bell Tech Career Institute put 83 candidates through the NCLEX-PN and 62 passed, 74.70%. 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 Bell Tech 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 Bell Tech Career Institute an approved vocational nursing program?
- The Texas Board of Nursing's 2025 pass-rate report marks Bell Tech Career Institute as closed. Its results are shown here as the board published them.
- 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