The House of Representatives’ Committee on Higher and Technical Education has cited top 21 nursing schools in the country based on their performance in the last 2 nurse licensure examinations.
West Visayas State University (WVSU) in Iloilo, Cebu Normal College and UP Manila were the top 3, garnering 100% passing in the NLE.
Committee chairman Rep. Roman Romulo of Pasig City said that the nursing colleges who made the list have “50 or more examinees and with at least 80 percent of their examinees passing” the nurse licensure tests.”
Top Nursing Schools in the Philippines
- West Visayas State University-La Paz (100%)
- Cebu Normal College (100%)
- University of the Philippines-Manila (100%)
- Chinese General Hospital Colleges (99.30%)
- Saint Paul University-Tuguegarao (99.28%)
- Benguet State University-La Trinidad (99.15%)
- University of Santo Tomas (99.04%)
- Trinity University of Asia (98.95%)
- Saint Paul University-Dumaguete (98.36%)
- Xavier University-Cagayan de Oro (98.15%)
- Velez College-Cebu (98.01%)
- Cebu City Medical Center (97.06%)
- Saint Paul University-Manila (96.23%)
- Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (95.45%)
- Saint Paul University-Iloilo (94.74%)
- University of Saint Louis-Tuguegarao (94.52%)
- Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation (94.51%)
- Saint Louis University-Baguio (93.33%)
- San Pedro College-Davao (89.41%)
- Southern Luzon State University-Lucban (88.61%)
- Saint Mary’s University-Bayombong (88.15%)
“We are making this list public to enable consumers of nursing education –- prospective nursing students and their parents –- to make a sound choice as to where they will most likely get the best value for their hard earned tuition money,” Romulo said.