By Mark Vincent A. Durano

Far Eastern University (FEU) gained its highest ranking and rating since the 2000s after claiming the second top-performing school spot with more than 100 examinees and garnering a 99.82-percent overall rating in the November 2024 Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE) announced yesterday, November 29.

With 566 passers out of 567 exam takers, the University accumulated the biggest pool of new registered nurses for this year’s NLE.

This also marks a higher placement than the third ranking, with 30 to 50 examinees, in the previous May 2024 NLE where FEU also reappeared in the top 10 schools.

Throughout the years, FEU inched out of the top 10 rankings with the most recent in May 2023 as seventh with 97 percent, November 2017 as 10th with 82.09 percent, and June 2016 as third with 86.14 percent.

According to a Facebook post by Nursing Department faculty Anthony Notario, FEU eyes to field around 1,200 Nursing graduates next year.

Meanwhile, FEU - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation welcomed six passers out of eight examinees.

The second and last NLE of the year posted a national passing rate of 84.99 percent, posting 29,349 new nurses.

(Photo by Zedrich Xylak Madrid/FEU Advocate)