Top Performing Nursing Schools in the Philippines for 2000-2004

On April 2005, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) together with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released a statistics of the top performing nursing schools in the Philippines based on the Board Exam passing rates from year 2000 to 2004. Out of 175 Nursing schools, only 12 had a passing rates of 90% or higher. In relation to this, CHED tries to regulate the newly established nursing schools to ensure that they met the minimum quality and standards of nursing education.

As released by CHED and the PRC, here is the list of Top Performing Nursing Schools in the Philippines with their respective passing rates of 90% or higher:

1. University of the Philippines, Manila- Manila 100%

2. St. Paul College- Iloilo- Iloilo 99.57%

3. Silliman University - Dumaguete City 98.39

4. West Visayas State University- Iloilo 97.06%

5. University of Santo Tomas- Manila 96.67%

6. Saint Louis University - Baguio City 95.05

7. Mindanao State University - Marawi City 95.0%

8. St. Paul College-Dumaguete - Dumaguete City 93.38

9. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila - Manila 92.53%

10. Saint Mary's University - Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya 91.02%

11. St. Paul College Manila- Manila 90.81%

12. University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center - Quezon City 90.57%