North Carolina Central University Department of Nursing

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a public university in Durham, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina, with nine other campuses. It was established in 1910 as a training school. It was renamed the North Carolina College for Negroes in 1925 when it became the first liberal arts college for black students in the country. The college went through several name changes before becoming NCCU. The campus is about one mile south of the downtown Durham area and three miles east of the larger Duke University. Many of the academic buildings on the campus are included in a national historic district.

The university offers three undergraduate nursing programs, including traditional BSN, RN to BSN, and accelerated BSN programs. These are CCNE-accredited programs. The department of nursing was established in 1948 and began offering an RN to BSN program in 1961. The initial RN to BSN program made the university one of the first institutions to offer a baccalaureate in nursing to registered nurses with an associate degree. For the most recent school year, students had an 87% pass rate for the NCLEX-RN exam during their first attempt. 100% of students complete the RN to BSN program, while 72% of students complete the four-year traditional BSN program.