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The Colorado State Board of Nursing licenses registered nurses and practical nurses. Colorado is a Nurse Licensure Compact (Compact) state, meaning that nurses licensed by another Compact state do not need to apply for licensure unless they plan to make Colorado their primary state of residency.
Select license type you’re applying for:
Registered Nurse
Initial Licensure
Service(s) Required by Colorado for Registered Nurse Initial Licensure
English Language Proficiency Exam Results
Exams scores are required to be submitted to TruMerit for CES if your program was not taught in English.
Accepted English Language Proficiency Test and Passing Exam Scores:
- TOEFL: Overall Score: 81, Reading, Listening, Writing: 57, Speaking Score: 24; Overall Score
- IELTS: Overall Score: 6.5, Speaking score: 7.0
- TOEIC: Listening and Reading: 725, Speaking score: 160; Writing score: 150
- MET: Overall score: 55; Speaking score: 55
- Cambridge: Overall: 176, Speaking: 185
- PTE: Overall: 55, with no sub-scores lower than 50
- OET: Speaking score: 350; Reading, Writing, and Listening: 300
Notes
Any applicant taught in English DOES NOT need to take an English exam or submit an ELP Report. All non-English applicants where the language of instruction and textbook was NOT SOLELY in English are required to take an English Language Proficiency (ELP) exam. If language of instruction and textbook have English and another language the applicant must take an ELP exam.
Registered Nurse
Endorsement
Service(s) Required by Colorado for Registered Nurse Endorsement
Not Required
English Language Proficiency Exam Results
Notes
Licensed Practical Nurse
Initial Licensure
Service(s) Required by Colorado for LPN Initial Licensure
English Language Proficiency Exam Results
Exams scores are required to be submitted to TruMerit for CES if your program was not taught in English.
Accepted English Language Proficiency Test and Passing Exam Scores:
- TOEFL: Overall Score 77; Reading, Listening, Writing: 53; Speaking Score: 24
- IELTS: Overall Score RN: 6.0, Speaking Score: 7.0
- TOEIC:Listening and Reading: 700; Speaking 160; Writing 150
- MET: Overall score: 55; Speaking score: 55
- Cambridge: Overall: 169, Speaking: 185
- PTE:Overall: 55, with no sub-scores lower than 50
- OET: Speaking score: 350; Reading, Writing, and Listening: 200
Notes
Any applicant taught in English DOES NOT need to take an English exam or submit an ELP Report. All non-English applicants where the language of instruction and textbook was NOT SOLELY in English are required to take an English Language Proficiency (ELP) exam. If language of instruction and textbook have English and another language the applicant must take an ELP exam.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Endorsement
Service(s) Required by Colorado for LPN Endorsement
Not Required