ProgramsVocational nursing program · Harlingen, Texas
Valley Baptist Medical Center
2025 first-time exam results
29 first-time candidates from this program sat the NCLEX-PN in 2025 and 24 passed, a rate of 82.76%, or 9.13 points below the Texas average of 91.89%. Texas as a whole sat above the national average of 86.59%.
Between the board's commendation threshold and its self-study threshold.
Five years of first-time exam results
| Year | Passed / candidates | First-time pass rate | Texas average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 / 29 | 82.8% | 91.89% |
| 2024 | 41 / 41 | 100% | 93.26% |
| 2023 | 36 / 36 | 100% | 92.92% |
| 2022 | 27 / 30 | 90% | 87.38% |
| 2021 | 21 / 33 | 63.6% | 86.49% |
| All 5 years | 149 / 169 | 88.2% |
Counts as the Texas Board of Nursing publishes them in its five-year file, where this program is listed as “Valley Baptist Medical Center”. 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, vocational nurses earn a median of $56,250, with the bottom tenth at $44,420 and the top tenth at $65,570.
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.
Valley Baptist Medical Center: common questions
- What is the NCLEX-PN pass rate at Valley Baptist Medical Center?
- Valley Baptist Medical Center had a first-time NCLEX-PN pass rate of 82.76% in 2025: 24 of 29 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 Valley Baptist Medical Center's pass rate been over the last five years?
- Across the 5 years from 2021 to 2025 in which it had first-time candidates, Valley Baptist Medical Center put 169 candidates through the NCLEX-PN and 149 passed, 88.17%. 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 Valley Baptist Medical Center 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 Valley Baptist Medical Center an approved vocational nursing program?
- Valley Baptist Medical Center 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