United States · Certification examWhat is the PANCE pass rate each year?
| Year | First try | All exams | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91.5% | 88.4% | 458.65 |
| 2024 | 92.4% | 89.5% | 455.82 |
| 2023 | 92.0% | 89.4% | 452.09 |
| 2022 | 91.9% | 89.0% | 454.04 |
| 2021 | 93.2% | 91.3% | 464.55 |
First try is the share of first-time takers who passed. All exams counts every exam given, retakes included. Mean is the average scaled score, against a passing score of 350.
How many people take the PANCE
| Year | First time | All exams |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13,145 | 14,669 |
| 2024 | 12,424 | 13,860 |
| 2023 | 11,855 | 13,158 |
| 2022 | 11,260 | 12,460 |
| 2021 | 11,064 | 11,997 |
NCCPA counts exams, not people, in the all-exams column, since some candidates test more than once a year. It reports 12,963 PAs passing the PANCE in 2025, and 201,038 Certified PAs in all as of December 31, 2025.
Is there a PANCE pass rate by school?
Not from NCCPA. Its pass rate report covers the whole country only. Each accredited PA program, though, must make its NCCPA PANCE Exam Performance Summary Report for the last five years readily available to prospective students and update it every year by April 1. That’s ARC-PA standard A3.11c. Look for it on the program’s website, or ask the program for it.
Sources: NCCPA · ARC-PA and 1 more. Checked October 2026.
- NCCPA: Five-Year PANCE Pass Rates (PDF) ↗
- NCCPA: PANCE Policies, Procedures and Authorization (PDF) ↗
- ARC-PA: Accreditation Handbook, December 2025 (PDF) ↗
Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.