Velez College Graduate tops Nursing Board; UST dominates the Top 10

After 24 days of waiting, the results of the recent Philippine Nursing Licensure Examinations are out. It was held last June 2 and 3.

Out of 37,887, almost half of them passed the licensure examinations. 42% or 16,219 is the exact number of board passers.

A graduate from Velez College is this June's topnotcher. She is none other than BEVERLY ANNE FELICIO BALAGAON who got a grade of 87%.

Tied at second place are JAMILA JANE UY BORLAGDAN from University of Santo Tomas and MYLENE GRACE DACULA GONZAGA from West Visayas State University - La Paz.

Three schools garnered a 100% passing rate. These are:
1 WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY - LA PAZ 135/135
CEBU NORMAL UNIVERSITY (CEBU STATE COLLEGE) 86/86
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES - MANILA 54/54

The Other Top 10 Performing Schools with 50 or more examinees and with at least 80% passing rates are:

2 CHINESE GENERAL HOSPITAL COLLEGES 141/142 (99.30 %)

3 BENGUET STATE UNIVERSITY-LA TRINIDAD 117/118 (99.15 %)

4 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS 411/415 (99.04 %)

5 TRINITY UNIVERSITY OF ASIA (TRINITY Q.C.) 188/190 (98.95 %)

6 SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY - DUMAGUETE 60/61 (98.36 %)

7 XAVIER UNIVERSITY 53/54 (98.15 %)

8 VELEZ COLLEGE 197/201 (98.01 %)

9 CEBU CITY MEDICAL CENTER (CC GEN. HOSP.) 66/68 (97.06 %)

10 SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY-MANILA 51/53 (96.23 %)