Estimated Cardiology Board Pass Rates By Program

The Cardiology board exam has maintained a generally consistent pass rate over the last five years, hovering right around 90% for first-time test takers. In 2013, the pass rate spiked to 95%. According to the American Board of Internal Medicine, candidates who prepare well for the exam have a very high chance for success over time; candidates with three or more subsequent exam administrations (not necessarily re-takes) had a 96% pass rate.

• University of Washington99 %
• Yale-New Haven Medical Center99 %
• University of Michigan99 %
• UPMC Medical Education99 %
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation99 %
• College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Rochester)99 %
• New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)99 %
• Emory University98 %
• Duke University Hospital98 %
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center98 %
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center98 %
• University of Pennsylvania98 %
• Stanford University98 %
• Brigham and Womens Hospital97 %
• Oregon Health & Science University97 %
• UCLA Medical Center97 %
• Massachusetts General Hospital97 %
• Brown University97 %
• University of California (San Francisco)96 %
• New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)96 %
• University of Colorado Denver95 %
• McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University95 %
• University of Chicago94 %
• Johns Hopkins University94 %
• University of North Carolina Hospitals93 %
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai92 %
• New York University School of Medicine92 %
• Boston Medical Center91 %
• Scripps Clinic/Scripps Green Hospital91 %
• University of California (San Diego)90 %
• Tufts Medical Center90 %
• Ohio State University Hospital90 %
• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago89 %
• University of New Mexico89 %
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center89 %
• Indiana University School of Medicine88 %
• Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center88 %
• University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno88 %
• University of Florida87 %
• Lahey Clinic87 %
• University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care87 %
• Virginia Commonwealth University Health System86 %
• Michigan State University86 %
• Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital86 %
• University of Rochester86 %
• Thomas Jefferson University86 %
• University Hospital/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine86 %
• Baylor College of Medicine86 %
• University of Texas at Houston85 %
• Loma Linda University85 %
• Tulane University85 %
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine84 %
• College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Arizona)84 %
• University of Maryland84 %
• George Washington University84 %
• Rush University Medical Center84 %
• Albany Medical Center84 %
• University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center83 %
• University of California (Davis) Health System83 %
• Temple University Hospital83 %
• National Capital Consortium83 %
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center83 %
• University of Utah83 %
• Baylor College of Medicine/St Lukes Episcopal Hospital83 %
• University of Wisconsin82 %
• University of Hawaii82 %
• University of California (Irvine)82 %
• University of Virginia82 %
• Lenox Hill Hospital82 %
• Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center81 %
• University of Alabama Medical Center81 %
• University of Arizona81 %
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Montefiore)81 %
• Kaiser Permanente Southern California (Los Angeles)80 %
• St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center80 %
• New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center80 %
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School79 %
• St Joseph Mercy-Oakland79 %
• West Virginia University79 %
• Atlantic Health (Morristown)79 %
• Geisinger Health System79 %
• University of Massachusetts79 %
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Urban Community)79 %
• Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium79 %
• Robert Packer Hospital/Guthrie79 %
• Texas A&M; College of Medicine-Scott and White79 %
• Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University79 %
• Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals79 %
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences79 %
• University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville79 %
• SUNY Upstate Medical University79 %
• New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens/Cornell University Medical College79 %
• Louisiana State University (Shreveport)78 %
• East Tennessee State University78 %
• San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium78 %
• Methodist Hospital (Houston)78 %
• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria78 %
• Kettering Medical Center78 %
• John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County78 %
• New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)/Brooklyn Hospital Center78 %
• St Lukes Hospital77 %
• St John Hospital and Medical Center77 %
• Maimonides Medical Center77 %
• University of Connecticut A77 %
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center77 %
• Kaiser Permanente Medical Group (Northern California)/San Francisco77 %
• University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals77 %
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center77 %
• Vanderbilt University77 %
• Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center77 %
• Providence Hospital and Medical Centers77 %
• Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences77 %
• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital76 %
• Marshall University School of Medicine76 %
• Loyola University76 %
• University of Connecticut76 %
• Medical College of Georgia76 %
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine76 %
• University of Louisville76 %
• SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn76 %
• University of Minnesota76 %
• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio76 %
• Summa Health System/NEOMED76 %
• University of Missouri at Kansas City76 %
• Staten Island University Hospital76 %
• Allegheny General Hospital-Western Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Education Consortium (AGH)75 %
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Montefiore-Bronx Lebanon)75 %
• Wright State University75 %
• St Vincent Hospitals and Health Care Center75 %
• VA Caribbean Healthcare System75 %
• Cleveland Clinic (Florida)75 %
• Creighton University75 %
• Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center75 %
• University of Tennessee75 %
• University of South Dakota School of Medicine75 %
• Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education74 %
• University of Kentucky College of Medicine74 %
• St Elizabeths Medical Center74 %
• University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville74 %
• California Pacific Medical Center74 %
• Louisiana State University74 %
• Albert Einstein Healthcare Network74 %
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital74 %
• Texas Tech University (Lubbock)74 %
• Jefferson Medical College/Christiana Care Health Services74 %
• Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine74 %
• Danbury Hospital73 %
• New York Methodist Hospital73 %
• Hennepin County Medical Center/Abbott-Northwestern Hospital73 %
• Oakwood Hospital73 %
• Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University73 %
• University of South Alabama73 %
• Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida College of Medicine73 %
• College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville)73 %
• Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth)73 %
• UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School73 %
• SUNY at Stony Brook73 %
• William Beaumont Hospital73 %
• Aurora Health Care73 %
• University of Mississippi Medical Center73 %
• Canton Medical Education Foundation73 %
• Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine73 %
• University of Toledo72 %
• Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System72 %
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics72 %
• Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science72 %
• Lankenau Medical Center72 %
• Baylor University Medical Center72 %
• University of Missouri-Columbia72 %
• University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine72 %
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center72 %
• Naval Medical Center (San Diego)72 %
• Ochsner Clinic Foundation72 %
• Medical University of South Carolina72 %
• University at Buffalo72 %
• St Vincent Hospital72 %
• University of South Florida Morsani72 %
• Penn State University/Milton S Hershey Medical Center71 %
• Howard University71 %
• UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School71 %
• NSLIJHS/Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine71 %
• Maine Medical Center71 %
• Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida70 %
• Winthrop-University Hospital70 %
• St Louis University School of Medicine70 %
• University of Puerto Rico70 %
• Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University70 %
• Bridgeport Hospital/Yale University70 %
• University of Kansas School of Medicine70 %