To determine whether predictors of promotion for graduates of baccalaureate degree nursing programs are different from the predictors of promotion for graduates of hospital diploma programs in the Navy Nurse Corps, data were gathered from the cumulative records of 474 (252 graduates of baccalaureate programs and 222 graduates of hospital programs) Nurse Corps Officers who were Lieutenants during the calendar years 1960 through 1966 and were still on active duty as of September 1, 1972. The predictor variables were nursing school curriculum, age, nursing school grades, and civilian nursing experience, and the criterion variables were the number of officers promoted in a 60 month period and the rate of promotion to Lieutenant Commander. The analysis indicated that age and civilian nursing experience had an important relationship with promotion in rank and the rate of promotion for the graduate of baccalaureate programs, while the only predictor of value for promotion in rank for graduates of hospital programs was nursing school grades. There was no predictor of value of the rate of promotion for this group. The findings suggest that there are differences in the prediction of success between the two groups of nurses, and graduates of baccalaureate programs are promoted earlier and more rapidly than graduates of hospital programs. (Author/SB)