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NPTE Two-Year Ultimate Pass Rates by School

Two-year average by school

FSBPT posts pass rate information for the national physical therapy exam (NPTE). Below are the results for the two-year average of students in a graduation class that took the NPTE and passed, no matter how many attempts it took.

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Additional ways to view pass rate results:

  • Exam year reports

    These reports are for an exam year – the time period in which a particular form is used. An exam year is approximately 12 months and now runs from January to December.

  • Graduation year reports

    Results for students who graduated in a given calendar year and took the exam. The reports do not consider in what year a student tested, only in what year the student graduated.

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Two-year ultimate pass rate by school

(Data Updated Quarterly approximately 4 weeks after a fixed test date.)

These reports are the two-year average of the ultimate pass rate for graduation classes from 2013, 2014, and 2015 for CAPTE-accredited programs.

The ultimate pass rate is defined as the percentage of students in a graduation class that took the NPTE and passed, no matter how many attempts it took.

The weighted average is computed using the following formula:

(A*X) + (B*Y)
       (X+Y)

A = ultimate pass rate of program for graduation year 2013
B = ultimate pass rate of program for graduation year 2014
X = number of students in graduation year 2013 who took the NPTE
Y = number of students in graduation year 2014 who took the NPTE

Pass rates are not reported for programs that graduated only one class during these two years. The pass rates for these programs are designated with an asterisk (*).

First-time pass rates

First-time pass rates are not reported. To obtain first-time pass rates or other information regarding a specific program, please contact the program.

Program contact information along with accreditation status can be obtained from the Accreditation of Physical Therapy Programs (CAPTE), www.apta.org.

Pass rates categorized by state

Ultimate pass rates for 2013 through 2014 and for 2014 through 2015