Herzing University Tampa Student Defense Lawyer

Herzing University’s Tampa campus cleared the 2025 nursing benchmark at both degree levels — but on cohorts of 31 and 10 candidates, where a single quarter ran 4 of 8. Programs that small live and die by individual results, which keeps progression rules applied at full strictness, and Herzing’s own appeal rules give a dismissed student less room than almost any school in this region: the deadline is whatever the dismissal letter says, and the decision that follows is final.

The 2025 numbers, and what they change

The associate-degree program passed 83.87% of 31 first-time candidates against a floor of 76.05%, and the baccalaureate program passed 90.00% of 10 against a floor of 77.59%. Quarter by quarter the associate rate ran 100%, 100%, 85.71% and 50% — the swings of a small cohort, not of a program changing underneath its students.

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 Herzing case runs on — and the two that bite

Herzing is a single national institution: the conduct material sits in the university-wide academic catalog and the academic progress standard is published on its own page, with no campus-specific code above them. Two features deserve a dismissed student’s immediate attention. First, the appeal deadline is not a fixed day-count — the satisfactory academic progress policy requires the Academic Appeal Form “prior to the deadline stated in the dismissal notification,” so the operative date is inside the letter itself. Second, the committee returns a decision within two business days and all decisions on academic appeals are final, which means the appeal must be complete and documented the first time. The published policies are also silent on whether a student may bring an advisor and on the standard of proof for a conduct charge — both worth demanding in writing before any meeting, because at a public Florida college those answers are fixed by statute and here they are not. The document-by-document treatment is on the Herzing University Orlando page; the same university-wide policies govern in Tampa.

Herzing 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 Tampa case is filed

Hillsborough County is in the Middle District of Florida, assigned by Local Rule 1.04(a) to the Tampa Division.

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 Tampa campus

Herzing’s Tampa campus is at 3632 Queen Palm Drive, Tampa, Florida 33619. The nursing offerings tested in 2025 were the associate-degree program and a baccalaureate track, measured against the associate and baccalaureate floors respectively; Herzing’s Orlando campus — its other Florida location — reports separately, so the Tampa numbers above describe this campus alone.

Other Tampa-area nursing and health 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:

• Herzing University Orlando
• Keiser University Tampa
• Galen College of Nursing Tampa Bay
• Hillsborough Community College
• Erwin Technical College
• Quest Nursing Education Center

Common questions about Herzing University Tampa cases

What were Herzing Tampa’s 2025 NCLEX pass rates?

The associate-degree program passed 83.87% of 31 first-time candidates against a floor of 76.05%, and the baccalaureate program passed 90.00% of 10 against a floor of 77.59% — both above the line, on small cohorts whose quarterly rates swung from 100% down to 50%.

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

It removes the statutory emergency and leaves the arithmetic. On a 31-candidate cohort each result moves the annual rate by three points, and the fourth quarter of 2025 ran 4 of 8 — a program watching numbers that small applies its progression rules at full strictness, which is when the published text matters most.

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

No. Fla. Stat. section 1006.60(3) reaches public colleges. Herzing is private, so the enrollment agreement, catalog and policies 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 Herzing dismissal?

The satisfactory academic progress policy requires the Academic Appeal Form “prior to the deadline stated in the dismissal notification” and sets no fixed number of days — so the deadline is whatever your letter says, the committee returns a decision within two business days, and all decisions on academic appeals are final. Read the letter tonight and calendar the date in it.

Which court covers Herzing Tampa?

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