Skip to main content

The table below reflects aggregate pass rates for the CPNRE® by recognized PN education program. Only programs with exam writers are represented. The reported percentage for each program, is presented as an aggregate. Aggregate data is used as class size varies within each program. For example, some of the programs reported below have less than 10 graduates. Generalizations from the data must be made with caution.

Recognized Practical Nursing Program CPNRE Success Rates

Program & Campus # of 1st time writers Success rate
Camosun College  20  100%
Canadian Health Care Academy  77  88%
CDI College - Richmond  20  90%
CDI College - Surrey  89  90%
Coast Mountain College <10 100%
College of New Caledonia  15  100%
College of the Rockies - Cranbrook  25  92%
Discovery Community College - Campbell River  11  100%
Discovery Community College - Nanaimo
 30  97%
North Island College - Port Alberni
 14
 100%
Northern Lights College
 <10  100%
Okanagan College - Kelowna  46  100%
Okanagan College - Penticton  13  100%
Okanagan College - Salmon Arm  11  100%
Sprott Shaw College - Abbotsford
 20  100%
Sprott Shaw College - East Vancouver
 20  80%
Sprott Shaw College - Kamloops
 34  100%
Sprott Shaw College - Kelowna
 30  80%
Sprott Shaw College - New Westminster
 26  92%
Sprott Shaw College - Penticton
 11  100%
Sprott Shaw College - Surrey
 26  100%
Sprott Shaw College - Vancouver
 14  79%
Sprott Shaw College - Victoria
 28  86%
Stenberg College   55  93%
Thompson Rivers University - Williams Lake
 14  57%
 University of the Fraser Valley
 16  100%
Vancouver Career College - Abbotsford
 30  97%
Vancouver Career College - Burnaby
 37  97%
Vancouver Career College - Kelowna
 12  100%
Vancouver Community College  85  100%
Vancouver Island University - Cowichan & Nanaimo   12  100%
Provincial Success Rates 848 94%
National Success Rates 6,772 91%​​​​