2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Licensure Exam Pass Rates
Office of Institutional Research
Last updated: 4/26/2016
Table 1. NCLEX-RN (Nursing)
Table 2. CPA (Accounting)
Table 3. PRAXIS (Teacher Certification)
Table 4. FE & PE (Engineering)
Table 1. National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN)
Results of the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) are posted online by DORA at https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/Nursing_Education.
Year Pass Rate
98% (84)
93% (108)
87% (95)
92% (102)
88% (n/a)
95% (103)
95% (93)
93% (111)
95% (90)
90% (96)
91% (93)
82% (80)
90% (55)
Table 2. CPA Exam Pass Rates
Results of the Uniform Certified Public Accountants Exam are published by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy available at https://nasba.org/exams/cpaexam/ . The pass rate is shown per section. Not all candidates take all sections.
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
47
41
31
29
27
44
12
50
56
Total
Candidates
29
13
Financial Accounting
& Reporting (FAR)
44%
71%
39%
43%
33%
33%
43%
58%
35%
42%
27%
Auditing &
Attestation (AUD)
53%
22%
63%
78%
46%
50%
48%
35%
45%
39%
29%
Regulation
(REG)
35%
57%
50%
50%
57%
51%
39%
38%
50%
57%
25%
Business Enviro &
Concepts (BEC)
40%
75%
60%
100%
55%
51%
47%
53%
26%
41%
40%
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Table 3. PRAXIS Pass Rates
Praxis Series exams are required for teacher certification in Colorado. The exams and results are provided by ETS. The table depicts one-year pass rates with each year beginning in September and ending in August. Asterisks represent suppressed data.
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Test Name
Elementary Ed 94% (93)
English 82% (17)
Social Studies 100% (16)
Math
Science
Chemistry
2010-2011 2011-2012
45% (11)
89% (9)
92% (53)
63% (16)
94% (18)
24% (17)
100% (10)
*
Table 4. FE & PE Pass Rates
2012-2013
88% (56)
90% (21)
100% (21)
60% (5)
89% (9)
*
2013-2014
93% (72)
*
89% (18)
38% (8)
100% (17)
2014-2015
80% (83)
94% (17)
88% (32)
60% (10)
91% (23)
2015-2016
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) and Practice of Engineering (PE) Exams are a series of exams provided by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), a nonprofit organization advocating for professional licensure for engineers and surveyors at https://ncees.org/licensure/educator-resources/ . Results combine enrolled (within last year) and graduated (more than one year ago) test-takers. Institutional login at https://institutions.ncees.org
.
Fundamentals (FE) Practice (PE)
29% (7) 50% (2)
60% (5)
76% (33)
73% (11)
50% (12)
50% (2)
100% (5)
100% (3)
43% (7)
50% (4)
100% (4)
71% (7)
0% (2)
0% (2)
33% (3)
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