Orthopedic Surgery Board Pass Rates

Estimated Orthopedic Surgery Board Pass Rates By Program

In the field of orthopedic surgery, board exam pass rates vary greatly depending on whether a candidate is seeking initial certification or recertification and whether he is taking the written or the oral portion of the exam. Initial certification candidates have a higher pass rate for the oral portion of the exam, typically falling in the upper-80% range. On the written portion of the exam, initial certification candidates have had a pass rate between 79 and 89% over the last five years. Interestingly, recertification candidates perform significantly better on the written portion of the exam, with 97-99% passing in the last five years. This group has a lower pass rate for the oral portion of the exam, with just a 66% pass rate in 2013.

University of Washington93 %
University of Michigan93 %
University of Missouri at Kansas City93 %
UPMC Medical Education93 %
University of Rochester93 %
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center93 %
George Washington University93 %
Johns Hopkins University93 %
University of Pennsylvania93 %
University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care93 %
University of Utah93 %
University of Massachusetts93 %
University of California (San Diego)93 %
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center93 %
Penn State University/Milton S Hershey Medical Center93 %
Thomas Jefferson University93 %
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics93 %
University of California (Davis) Health System83 %
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School83 %
Oregon Health & Science University83 %
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School83 %
Indiana University School of Medicine83 %
University of California (Irvine)83 %
SUNY Upstate Medical University83 %
University of Colorado Denver83 %
University of Florida83 %
University of Minnesota83 %
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals83 %
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)83 %
University of Maryland83 %
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai83 %
University of Toledo83 %
Boston Medical Center83 %
Emory University83 %
University of Virginia83 %
Wake Forest University School of Medicine76 %
Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine76 %
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System76 %
University of Kansas School of Medicine76 %
Ohio State University Hospital76 %
University of Kentucky College of Medicine76 %
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium76 %
College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Rochester)76 %
Brown University76 %
West Virginia University76 %
University of Alabama Medical Center76 %
Tufts Medical Center76 %
University of Arizona76 %
Albert Einstein College of Medicine76 %
University of California (San Francisco)76 %
University of Connecticut76 %
Baylor College of Medicine76 %
University of Hawaii76 %
Vanderbilt University76 %
University of Missouri-Columbia76 %
University of Wisconsin76 %
University of Tennessee76 %
Duke University Hospital76 %
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio76 %
Georgetown University Hospital76 %
Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University76 %
Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell Medical Center76 %
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Womens Hospital/Harvard Medical School76 %
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center76 %
University of North Carolina Hospitals76 %
University of New Mexico76 %
Yale-New Haven Medical Center76 %
Medical University of South Carolina76 %
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine/Creighton University76 %
University of Kansas (Wichita)73 %
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals73 %
University Hospital/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine73 %
William Beaumont Army Medical Center/Texas Tech University (El Paso)73 %
William Beaumont Hospital73 %
Wright State University73 %
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences73 %
University of Texas at Houston73 %
University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno73 %
University of Chicago73 %
University of Mississippi Medical Center73 %
Akron General Medical Center/NEOMED73 %
Wayne State University School of Medicine73 %
University of Tennessee College of Medicine at Chattanooga73 %
University of Puerto Rico73 %
University of South Alabama73 %
University of Louisville73 %
University of South Florida Morsani73 %
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago73 %
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville73 %
Western Michigan University School of Medicine73 %
University at Buffalo73 %
Union Memorial Hospital73 %
Albany Medical Center73 %
Howard University73 %
Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System73 %
John Peter Smith Hospital (Tarrant County Hospital District)73 %
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center73 %
Lenox Hill Hospital73 %
Loma Linda University73 %
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center73 %
Louisiana State University73 %
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)73 %
Loyola University73 %
Madigan Healthcare System73 %
Maimonides Medical Center73 %
Marshall University School of Medicine73 %
Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University73 %
Hamot Medical Center73 %
Greenville Hospital System/University of South Carolina73 %
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network73 %
Allegheny General Hospital-Western Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Education Consortium (AGH)73 %
Atlanta Medical Center73 %
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center73 %
Carolinas Medical Center73 %
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center73 %
Cleveland Clinic Foundation73 %
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital73 %
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center73 %
Detroit Medical Center Corporation73 %
Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital73 %
Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center73 %
Geisinger Health System73 %
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University73 %
McLaren Regional Medical Center73 %
Medical College of Georgia73 %
St Lukes Hospital73 %
St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center73 %
St Marys Hospital and Medical Center73 %
Stanford University73 %
Summa Health System/NEOMED73 %
SUNY at Stony Brook73 %
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn73 %
Temple University Hospital73 %
Texas A&M; College of Medicine-Scott and White73 %
Texas Tech University (Lubbock)73 %
Tripler Army Medical Center73 %
Tulane University73 %
UCLA Medical Center73 %
St Louis University School of Medicine73 %
Southern Illinois University73 %
Seton Hall University School of Health and Medical Sciences73 %
Methodist Hospital (Houston)73 %
Monmouth Medical Center73 %
Mount Carmel Health System73 %
National Capital Consortium73 %
Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)73 %
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)73 %
New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center73 %
New York University School of Medicine/Hospital for Joint Diseases73 %
NSLIJHS/Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine73 %
Ochsner Clinic Foundation73 %
Orlando Health73 %
Rush University Medical Center73 %
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC)73 %
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School73 %