Insights

Every Philippine licensure exam side by side: passing rates, first timers against repeaters, and results by region and year.

Every licensure exam

Exam	Sittings	Examinees	Average passing rate
Aeronautical Engineer	10	4,605	50.9%
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer	9	12,083	46.1%
Agriculturist	14	91,516	38.2%
Architect	20	43,182	59.4%
Certified Plant Mechanic	16	1,248	53.6%
Certified Public Accountant	22	196,109	34.7%
Chemical Engineer	23	15,577	59.5%
Chemical Technician	4	10,899	82.0%
Chemist	11	8,995	53.4%
Chief Marine Engineer Officer	7	253	63.7%
Chief Mate	9	3,957	47.9%
Civil Engineer	25	244,260	39.2%
Criminologist	20	462,727	40.0%
Customs Broker	10	19,652	45.8%
Dental Hygienist	7	368	75.1%
Dental Technologist	8	409	60.3%
Dentist	22	19,260	54.0%
Dentist - Practical Phase	9	3,573	92.4%
Dentist - Written Phase	9	7,633	43.0%
Electronics Engineer	22	75,172	40.9%
Electronics Technician	20	36,005	71.8%
Environmental Planner	11	8,263	62.4%
Fisheries Professional	3	5,640	57.5%
Fisheries Technologist	5	5,208	31.5%
Food Technologist	3	2,989	60.2%
Forester	11	12,594	48.1%
Geodetic Engineer	13	10,818	45.5%
Geologist	11	2,782	56.7%
Guidance Counselor	11	5,098	58.8%
Interior Designer	10	3,343	58.6%
Landscape Architect	9	583	65.9%
Librarian	13	10,123	47.8%
Marine Deck Officer	5	13,292	49.0%
Marine Engineer Officer	7	11,554	56.9%
Master Mariner	9	781	51.9%
Master Plumber	21	41,320	43.4%
Mechanical Engineer	20	62,214	57.3%
Medical Technologist	22	83,502	74.4%
Metallurgical Engineer	16	651	62.5%
Midwife	24	69,598	48.4%
Mining Engineer	13	2,356	71.8%
Naval Architect	11	1,051	48.3%
Nurse	23	820,166	52.8%
Nutritionist-Dietitian	11	11,603	67.0%
Occupational Therapist	16	3,490	51.6%
OIC - Engineering Watch	7	3,312	60.2%
OIC - Navigational Watch	8	12,081	55.2%
Optometrist	11	2,254	85.2%
Optometrist - Ocular Pharmacology	3	58	54.0%
Pharmacist	22	54,946	59.9%
Physical and Occupational Therapist	3	2,549	49.0%
Physical Therapist	16	16,008	60.5%
Physician	24	64,264	65.2%
Psychologist	7	2,083	70.8%
Psychometrician	8	66,176	60.2%
Qualifying Assessment - Foreign Medical Professional	3	38	51.3%
Radiologic Technologist	12	31,123	50.2%
Radiologic Technologist and X-Ray Technologist	3	2,997	45.2%
Real Estate Appraiser	13	19,338	57.2%
Real Estate Broker	11	32,623	63.6%
Real Estate Consultant	10	277	67.1%
Registered Electrical Engineer	17	64,069	54.1%
Registered Master Electrician	17	41,741	56.1%
Respiratory Therapist	8	7,579	67.5%
Sanitary Engineer	14	2,242	58.7%
Second Marine Engineer Officer	7	1,841	60.4%
Social Worker	12	55,704	62.2%
Special Certification	8	98	70.6%
Speech-Language Pathologist	6	890	91.2%
Teacher - Elementary	29	1,316,862	37.6%
Teacher - Secondary	28	1,753,482	42.8%
Veterinarian	11	9,490	42.4%
X-Ray Technologist	12	1,925	25.9%