PRC board exam passing rates for CPA, REE, ECE, ME, ChE, Architecture, MedTech, Nutrition, RPm, and RPsy, from PRC's own results, 2025 to 2026.
Mariano Luiz King
Published November 6, 2026 · Updated November 9, 2026
Passing rates for PRC board exams range from about 31% to 92%, depending on the exam. The CPA board exam usually passes about a third of takers. The Psychometrician exam passes almost nine in ten. This post lists the passing rates for 10 board exams from 2025 to 2026, computed from PRC's own results announcements, as of November 2026.
After reading this, you can see how your board exam's recent passing rates compare, and why that number alone shouldn't scare you or relax you.
Every number here comes from PRC's official results announcements on prc.gov.ph. Each one says how many passed out of how many took the exam. I divided the two myself and rounded to one decimal. I checked all of them on November 6, 2026.
A few rules I followed:
| Exam | Latest exam | Passed | Took | Passing rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPA | October 2026 | 3,988 | 10,746 | 37.1% |
| Electrical (REE) | September 2026 | 1,676 | 3,399 | 49.3% |
| Electronics (ECE) | October 2026 | 1,106 | 2,337 | 47.3% |
| Mechanical (ME) | August 2026 | 1,362 | 3,686 | 37.0% |
| Chemical (ChE) | May 2026 | 565 | 728 | 77.6% |
| Architecture (ALE) | June 2026 | 2,799 | 3,290 | 85.1% |
| Medical Technology (MTLE) | August 2026 | 4,204 | 5,634 | 74.6% |
| Nutrition and Dietetics (NDLE) | November 2025 | 945 | 1,361 | 69.4% |
| Psychometrician (RPm) | September 2026 | 14,146 | 15,423 | 91.7% |
| Psychologist (RPsy) | September 2026 | 490 | 560 | 87.5% |
The NDLE row is from November 2025, because the November 2026 exam (November 12 and 13) hadn't happened yet when I checked.
| Exam | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| CPA | May: 33.1% · Oct: 34.0% | May: 30.8% · Oct: 37.1% |
| REE | Apr: 61.4% · Aug: 38.9% | Apr: 57.5% · Sep: 49.3% |
| ECE | Apr: 45.4% · Oct: 44.8% | Mar: 61.6% · Oct: 47.3% |
| ME | Aug: 40.8% | Feb: 51.9% · Aug: 37.0% |
| ChE | May: 75.3% · Nov: 79.0% | May: 77.6% |
| Architecture | Jun: 65.2% | Jan: 82.1% · Jun: 85.1% |
| MedTech | Mar: 80.3% · Aug: 71.2% | Mar: 84.1% · Aug: 74.6% |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | Nov: 69.4% | Not yet held |
| Psychometrician | Sep: 87.0% | Sep: 91.7% |
| Psychologist | Sep: 86.7% | Sep: 87.5% |
Earlier exams (like ME in February 2025) weren't on the pages of PRC's results archive that I went through, so I left them blank rather than use secondhand numbers.
Three groups stand out:
Rates swing between sittings. REE went from 61.4% in April 2025 to 38.9% in August 2025. ECE jumped from 44.8% to 61.6% between October 2025 and March 2026. One sitting tells you little about the next.
For some exams, one sitting is bigger. MedTech had about 9,300 takers in March 2026 but about 5,600 in August 2026, and the March rates were higher both years. REE shows the same pattern with its April sittings. My guess is that the bigger sitting has more fresh graduates and the smaller one has more repeaters. But PRC's headline numbers don't split takers that way, so I can't prove it.
It's tempting to read 37% as "the CPA exam is hard" and 92% as "the RPm exam is easy." That's only partly true.
Here's an example. Say two friends take the ECE exam in a sitting with a 47% passing rate. One reviewed every topic in the Table of Specifications and took timed mocks. The other skimmed. The 47% is the same for both of them, but their chances aren't.
I'd use passing rates for one thing: deciding how much time to give yourself. If your exam passes about a third of takers, start earlier and plan for full timed mocks. If it passes most takers, you still need a plan, but you can focus on your weak subjects instead of everything. Week-by-week plans for each exam start with how long to review for the ME board exam.
Then go to your exam's coverage post and review by item count. That's where the points actually are. The method is in how to review for the PRC board exam.
Passing rates are useful for setting your expectations and your timeline, not for predicting your result. The exams with the lowest rates (CPA, ME, REE, ECE) reward an early start and a lot of timed practice. The ones with high rates still fail hundreds or thousands of people each sitting. Treat any board exam seriously, no matter its number.
I'll update this post after each new result. If the date at the top is old, check PRC's results page for the latest.
37.1% in October 2026 (3,988 of 10,746). From May 2025 to October 2026, it ranged from 30.8% to 37.1%.
47.3% in October 2026 (1,106 of 2,337). It ranged from 44.8% to 61.6% from April 2025 to October 2026.
49.3% in September 2026 (1,676 of 3,399). It ranged from 38.9% to 61.4% from April 2025 to September 2026.
91.7% in September 2026 (14,146 of 15,423), up from 87.0% in September 2025.
Of the 10 exams here, the CPA board exam, at 30.8% to 37.1% over 2025 to 2026.
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