Life West's two campuses
Life Chiropractic College West runs its Doctor of Chiropractic Program from a main campus in Hayward, California, with an additional educational site in Bellevue, Nebraska hosted on Bellevue University's campus. The program runs 14 quarters.
- Program: Doctor of Chiropractic, 14 quarters
- Main campus: 25001 Industrial Boulevard, Hayward, CA
- Additional site: 818 Bruin Boulevard, Bellevue, NE
Life West's published NBCE licensing chart
Life West publishes a year-by-year chart of graduates who passed all NBCE parts and were eligible for licensure within six months of graduation, covering both campuses together:
| Year | Passed all parts within 6 months |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 77% (139 of 180) |
| 2023 | 80% (113 of 142) |
| 2024 | 71% (105 of 147) |
| 2025 | 68% (127 of 186) |
The school's four-year weighted average across that chart is 74% (484 of 655). Separately, Life West reports a degree-completion figure: among students entering between Summer 2019 and Spring 2021, its two-year, 150th-percentile completion rate was a weighted average of 87.4% (305 of 349).
Planning your boards on a 14-quarter calendar
On Life West's quarter calendar, the registrar confirms when each Part fits. Our board exam overview lists the NBCE's eligibility window for every exam.
Support resources
Life West's site references an Academic Success Center, though it isn't confirmed as NBCE-specific board prep. Students at either campus can lean on outside practice material to build a consistent review schedule alongside whatever academic support the school offers.
Reading the two campuses together
Because Life West reports its NBCE licensing chart for both the Hayward and Bellevue sites combined, a student at either location is looking at the same aggregate figure rather than a site-specific one. That's worth knowing if you're comparing your own cohort's informal results to the school's published numbers: the published chart reflects the full program, not just your campus. If you're deciding between the two sites, ask the admissions office directly whether any site-specific data exists beyond what's published.
The degree-completion figure (87.4% over two years) measures something separate from the NBCE chart: it tracks whether students finish the DC program on the standard timeline, not whether they go on to pass boards. Looking at both numbers together gives a more complete picture of the student experience than either alone, and it's a good habit to apply when comparing any two chiropractic programs, not just this one.
Life West results for earlier classes, 2015 to 2021
Life Chiropractic College West's archived disclosure files list annual results back to the class of 2015. The 2019 and 2022 versions count graduates who attempted an exam, and later versions count all graduates, with licensure added to the wording. The school re-ran some years between editions, so each figure below is the most recent one it published.
| Graduating year | Passed all Parts within six months (as worded by the school) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 89.5% (77 of 86) |
| 2016 | 80% (88 of 110) |
| 2017 | 81.2% (117 of 144) |
| 2018 | 77% (116 of 150) † |
| 2019 | 83% (148 of 178) |
| 2020 | 83% (137 of 165) |
| 2021 | 86% (128 of 148) † |
† The school's archived pages show more than one figure for this year. The most recent published figure is shown.
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Sources: Life West student achievement · Life West NBCE Policy 56 disclosure charts (recovered via web archive). Figures as published by the college; checked September 2026. The year-by-year tables above come from the school's own published disclosures, linked here as archived copies where the current page no longer shows them: archived copy, Sep 2019 · archived copy, Aug 2022 · archived copy, Nov 2025. ChiroEDU is independent and not affiliated with Life Chiropractic College West or the NBCE.
