One of the reasons why many Filipino parents work abroad is to be able to send their children to school. Giving them the best education they can afford is always on top of every Overseas Filipino Worker’s bucketlist. After all education is a wealth that can never be stolen by anyone.
So below is the list of top performing nursing schools in the Philippines based on the results of November 2015 Nurse Licensure Examination where 9,114 out of 18,500 examinees passed.
Rank |
University |
No. of test takers |
No. of passers |
Passing rate |
1 | UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY-BATAC XAVIER UNIVERSITY |
402
74 |
402
74 |
100%
100% |
2 | CEBU DOCTORS UNIVERSITY | 68 | 67 | 98.53% |
3 | SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY | 258 | 253 | 98.06% |
4 | SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY | 88 | 86 | 97.73% |
5 | MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-ILIGAN
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY |
78 | 76 | 97.44% |
6 | CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY | 96 | 89 | 92.71% |
7 | MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE | 74 | 68 | 91.89% |
8 | SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY-TUGUEGARAO | 51 | 46 | 90.20% |
9 | UNIVERSITY OF SAN AGUSTIN | 54 | 47 | 87.04% |
sources: abs-cbn, overseasfilipinonurses.com (photo)