NCLEX Exam Cost: Pearson Fees, NRB Fees, and 2027 Change

Pearson’s fee is not the whole bill

The Pearson NCLEX registration fee is currently $200 USD for candidates seeking U.S. or Australian licensure and $360 CAD for Canada (local taxes may apply on the Canadian amount). That number does not include the nursing regulatory body’s own application charges. Pay the Pearson fee when you register, then keep studying on a timeline that does not assume a refund →.

Official NCLEX fee pages list additional Pearson charges on top of registration:

Licensure or registration fees themselves are “contact the nursing regulatory body.” There is no honest single “total NCLEX cost” that covers every jurisdiction.

The February 1, 2027 Pearson increase

NCLEX has announced that effective February 1, 2027, the Pearson registration fee will be $350 in the United States and Australia and $570 CAD in Canada. Until that date, the current $200 / $360 CAD figures remain the published Pearson registration amounts.

Do not put “2027” in your budget as if it has already happened. Do not ignore the announcement if you will register after that date. The NRB fee, if any, can still change on its own schedule.

International scheduling fees are described as additional and non-refundable. Changing a domestic appointment to an international center later also triggers that international fee.

There is no Pearson refund

The official refund policy is blunt. There is no refund of registration fees for any reason, including:

• duplicate registrations (you cannot have more than one active registration for the same exam)
• failure to reschedule or cancel outside the required notice window
• failure to appear

There is also no refund of the international scheduling fee. A missed seat is a new registration and a new Pearson payment. Read reschedule or cancel before you treat a calendar conflict as a free move.

If confirmation of registration does not arrive within two days, contact Pearson Candidate Services before paying again. A second payment is not how you “nudge” a slow confirmation.

After the fee is settled, put the money you already spent to work on mixed NCLEX decisions → instead of refreshing a payment screen.

Veterans reimbursement is not a Pearson discount

NCLEX notes that the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN appear on a Department of Veterans Affairs list of qualifying licensure examinations for eligible veterans and dependents seeking U.S. licensure. Reimbursement is a VA process (including VA Form 22-0803) and is not available to candidates seeking licensure or registration in Canada or Australia. It is not an automatic reduction at Pearson checkout.

What this page does not price

This page does not invent school graduation fees, transcript costs, or travel. It does not convert another candidate’s total into yours.

Scheduling still requires an ATT. ATT validity and how to schedule explain the seat. Cost explains the payments.

When the receipt is done, work the Client Needs areas that still cost you items →. The NCLEX Guides hub and exam hub stay the map for everything that is not a fee table.

A paid registration is not a study plan.

Before the appointment, sit a short mock so the Pearson fee turns into a baseline, not only a receipt →.