Chamberlain University Jacksonville Student Defense Lawyer

Chamberlain University’s Jacksonville campus cleared the 2025 NCLEX benchmark by barely more than the value of one result — 78.79% of 66 first-time candidates against a floor of 77.59%. A program holding a one-result cushion reads its progression and remediation rules at maximum strictness, and that arithmetic, not the statute, is what most dismissed students are actually up against.

The 2025 numbers, and the divergence that matters

The Jacksonville campus passed 78.79% of 66 first-time candidates; Chamberlain’s other Florida campus, Miramar, passed 72.48% of 109 — five points below the floor. Both campuses run the same three-year BSN under the same national policies, so the divergence points at campus-level admission, progression and remediation practice. For a Jacksonville student the practical lesson is the cushion: one additional failing result in 2025 would have put this campus under the line too, which is exactly the posture in which progression rules get applied at their hardest.

Under Fla. Stat. section 464.019(5)(a)1 a Florida nursing program’s first-time NCLEX passage rate must stay within 10 percentage points of the national average for comparable programs — for 2025 that floor was 76.05% for associate-degree programs and 77.59% for baccalaureate programs. Section 464.019(5)(a)2 puts a program two consecutive years below it at risk of probation and loss of approval, and section 464.019(5)(c) then obliges a program on probation to disclose that status in writing to its students and applicants. A single year below the floor is not probation. Every Florida program and campus is tabulated on the Florida nursing program pass-rate page.

The rules a Chamberlain case runs on

Chamberlain runs on two national documents — the college student handbook and the academic standards in the university catalog — with no Florida-specific code underneath. The label on the letter picks the track: the Professional Conduct Policy handles behavior as a conduct charge; the Academic Integrity Policy runs misconduct through an instructor review, with a Hearing Panel required where suspension, expulsion or reversal of a degree is contemplated; and failing the Standards of Academic Progress is an academic dismissal, which ends Title IV eligibility at the same time. The academic track carries the fewest protections: Beheshtitabar v. Florida State University, applying Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz, holds that an academic dismissal is not a disciplinary one and needs no hearing. The appeal window for conduct and integrity decisions is five business days from written notice, on three grounds — new evidence, procedural irregularity that affected the outcome, and a sanction not appropriate to the violation — the standard is more likely than not, and the published policies provide for no advisor. The full policy walk-through, document by document, is on the Chamberlain University Florida page.

Chamberlain is private, so Fla. Stat. section 1006.60(3) — the statute that gives students at Florida’s public colleges notice, a hearing and the right to be accompanied by counsel — does not reach it. What governs is the enrollment agreement, the catalog and the student handbooks, read as a contract, and Sharick v. Southeastern University of the Health Sciences is the Florida authority that a dismissal in breach of the institution’s own undertakings is actionable, with damages that can extend to lost future earning capacity rather than a refund of tuition.

Where a Jacksonville case is filed

Duval County is in the Middle District of Florida, assigned by Local Rule 1.04(a) to the Jacksonville Division, together with Clay and St. Johns counties.

What can a student defense lawyer do here?

• Pin down in writing which track the letter is on — conduct, academic integrity, or academic progress — because the label decides the decision-maker, the deadline and the protections.
• Assemble the catalog and handbook edition in force for the enrollment, and identify the specific promises about process.
• Test the progression, attendance and repeat arithmetic against the published text — counts are often run in ways the policy does not authorize.
• Press on the wording of the decision letter, which follows the student into every licensure and transfer application afterwards.
• Preserve every internal appeal on the shortest deadline any document states, while the larger analysis is developed.

What actually runs at the Jacksonville campus

Chamberlain’s Jacksonville campus is at 5200 Belfort Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32256, off Southpoint. It teaches Chamberlain’s three-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing — the campus offering is the pre-licensure BSN rather than an associate track, which is why the campus is measured against the baccalaureate floor of 77.59% rather than the associate floor. Chamberlain reports to the Board of Nursing separately by campus, so the number that matters to a Jacksonville student is the campus’s own, not a blended “Chamberlain Florida” figure.

Other Jacksonville-area and nursing programs

Every school writes its own dismissal, appeal and conduct rules, and the filing deadlines are rarely the same from one campus to the next. These pages set out the procedure at related Florida programs:

• Chamberlain University Florida
• Chamberlain University Miramar
• Florida State College at Jacksonville
• Jersey College
• Jacksonville University
• Keiser University Jacksonville

Common questions about Chamberlain Jacksonville cases

What was Chamberlain Jacksonville’s 2025 NCLEX pass rate?

The Jacksonville campus passed 78.79% of 66 first-time candidates against the 77.59% baccalaureate floor — above the line, by barely more than the value of a single result.

The campus passed the benchmark — does that matter to my case?

It removes the statutory emergency but not the pressure. A cushion worth about one result keeps progression and remediation decisions at maximum strictness, and a dismissal still has to stand on the handbook rule actually applied — which can be checked against the published text.

Is Chamberlain covered by Florida’s public-college discipline statute?

No. Fla. Stat. section 1006.60(3) reaches public colleges. Chamberlain is private, so the enrollment agreement, catalog and handbooks govern as a contract, and Sharick v. Southeastern University of the Health Sciences is the Florida authority on that footing.

How long do I have to appeal a Chamberlain decision?

Five business days from the date written notice of the decision was provided, in writing, for both conduct and academic-integrity decisions — on three grounds: new evidence, procedural irregularity that affected the outcome, or a sanction not appropriate to the violation. That decision is final, which is why the appeal has to be built properly the first time.

Which court covers Chamberlain Jacksonville?

The Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division — Duval County is assigned to Jacksonville by Local Rule 1.04(a).