Licensure Pass Rates

SUNY Canton currently has four programs which lead to professional licensure. The following are the pass rates for each examination.

Funeral Services Administration Exam Results

National Board Exam Three Year Average

NATIONAL BOARD EXAM STATISTICS
Year Arts 1st Time Takers School Pass Rate National Pass Rate
2023 7 71% 78%
2022 7 86% 69%
2021 8 75% 68%
Year Science 1st Time Takers Pass Rate % NBE Average
2023 6 83% 69%
2022 7 71% 64%
2021 8 63% 57%

School pass rate is based on 1st time takers within one year of graduation.

Three-Year Employment and Graduation Rates

Year Total Enrolled # of New Students # of Grads Timely Grad* Graduation Rate** Did Not Finish*** Overall % Employed Employed in FS
2023 96 9 17 16/17 83% 5 88% 71%
2022 80 48 13 13/13 100% 0 77% 62%
2021 64 2 8 7/8 68% 18 100% 88%

* Timely graduation = complete the program in 1½ times designated program length.

** Graduation rate reflects cohort graduation rate (% of students from original cohort completing in the designated year)

*** Left before completing the program; did not finish.

For more information, see Funeral Services Administration licensure.

Nursing, AAS Licensure Rates

Expected Level of Achievement

Student Achievement Outcome Data

Graduates will meet or exceed the national and state pass rate on the NCLEX-RN licensure examination

 

2024 Quarter 3 first time pass rate: 96%% (ADN), NYS – 88.88%, and National – 91.56%.

55% of all students who begin NURS 103 will complete the program within 4 academic terms, which is 100% of the usual time frame for the Associate of Science degree in Nursing (2 years)

2021 Cohort: 41.8% of full-time students taking NURS 103 for the first time in the given fall semester completed the program within 100% (2 years)

2022 Cohort: 45.8% of full-time students taking NURS 103 for the first time in the given fall semester completed the program within 100% (2 years)

2023 Cohort: 71% of full-time students taking NURS 103 for the first time in the given fall semester completed the program within 100% (2 years)

2024 Cohort:79.3% of full-time students taking NURS 103 for the first time in the given fall semester completed the program within 100% (2 years)

90% of graduates will express
satisfaction with the nursing program.

2024: 100% of graduates indicate they have met program SLOSs; 97.6% rated overall program satisfaction as very satisfied or satisfied

90% of graduates will be employed as a registered nurse within six months of graduation.

2024 graduates: 100% of graduates who are registered nurses are employed as an RN

90% of employers will express satisfaction with graduate's performance.

2024 graduates: 99.52% of employers are very satisfied or satisfied with graduate's performance.

For more information, see Nursing, AAS assessment.

Practical Nursing - Certificate Licensure Rates

Expected Level of Achievement

Student Achievement Outcome Data

Graduates will meet or exceed the national and state pass rate on the NCLEX-PN licensure examination

2024 Quarter 3 first time pass rate : 87.5% (PN), NYS – 87.79%, and National – 89.91%

45% of all students who begin LPNC 101 will complete the program within 2 academic terms, which is 100% of the usual time frame for the Practical Nurse Program (1 year)

2024: 53% of full-time students taking LPNC 101 for the first time in the given fall semester completed the program within 1.0 years

 

90% of graduates will express satisfaction with the nursing program.

2024: 100% of graduates indicate they have met program SLOs; 100% rated overall program satisfaction as very satisfied or satisfied

 

90% of graduates will be employed as a licensed practical nurse within six months of graduation.

2024 graduates: 100% of graduates who are licensed nurses are employed as an LPN

90% of employers will express satisfaction with graduate's performance.

2024 graduates: 100% of employers are very satisfied or satisfied with graduate's performance.

 

For more information, see Practical Nursing Assessment.

Physical Therapist Assistant Licensure Rates

Current Graduate Outcomes

Outcome data is reported as an average of two graduating classes of students. The outcomes provided below reflect graduation cohorts for 2022 and 2023.

Employment: 100% of graduates actively seeking employment were employed within one year of graduation.

Licensing Examination: Two-year ultimate pass rate is 94.1%; first time pass rate is 82.4%

Graduation Rate: Two-year average for students graduating in 150% time is 75%.

For more information, see Physical Therapist Assistant outcomes.


Veterinary Technology National Exam 3-Year Results

 

July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2023

Number of first-time candidates that have taken the VTNE

145

Three-year VTNE pass percentage

81%