Pathology Board Pass Rates

Estimated Pathology Board Pass Rates By Program

According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology, the Resident In-Service Examination (RISE) is an accurate predictor of a candidate’s likelihood of passing their board certification examinations. The study showed that as a candidate’s quartile ranking on the RISE exam dropped, so did the candidate’s likelihood of passing all of his or her certifying exams. In fact, in 2008, fewer than half of 2008 graduating residents in the bottom quartile passed all of their certifying examinations.

Duke University Hospital79 %
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)78 %
Massachusetts General Hospital78 %
University of Michigan78 %
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center77 %
College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Rochester)77 %
Johns Hopkins University77 %
UPMC Medical Education76 %
Brigham and Womens Hospital76 %
Stanford University76 %
Emory University76 %
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center76 %
Oregon Health & Science University76 %
University of Pennsylvania75 %
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)75 %
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School74 %
University of California (San Francisco)74 %
UCLA Medical Center74 %
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University73 %
University of Maryland70 %
Indiana University School of Medicine69 %
Cleveland Clinic Foundation69 %
University of Washington68 %
University of Colorado Denver68 %
Rush University Medical Center68 %
University of North Carolina Hospitals68 %
Vanderbilt University68 %
University of Chicago67 %
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center67 %
Yale-New Haven Medical Center67 %
Tufts Medical Center67 %
New York University School of Medicine67 %
Brown University67 %
Albert Einstein College of Medicine66 %
Boston Medical Center66 %
University of Florida60 %
Loma Linda University59 %
University of Rochester59 %
University of Virginia59 %
University of New Mexico59 %
University of California (San Diego)59 %
Baylor University Medical Center59 %
Ohio State University Hospital58 %
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago58 %
George Washington University58 %
University Hospital/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine58 %
Baylor College of Medicine58 %
St Louis University School of Medicine58 %
University of South Florida Morsani57 %
University of Wisconsin57 %
Tulane University57 %
Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System57 %
University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care57 %
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School57 %
University of Texas at Houston57 %
University of Minnesota56 %
Temple University Hospital56 %
Albany Medical Center56 %
University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center56 %
University of Arizona55 %
University of Hawaii55 %
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals55 %
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai54 %
Thomas Jefferson University53 %
Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine53 %
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center53 %
University of Louisville53 %
Wake Forest University School of Medicine53 %
Loyola University52 %
Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University52 %
University of Utah52 %
University of Massachusetts52 %
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio52 %
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School51 %
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine50 %
University of Kentucky College of Medicine50 %
Penrose-St Francis Health Services50 %
Beaumont Health System49 %
University of Kansas School of Medicine49 %
University of South Dakota49 %
University of Chicago (NorthShore)49 %
St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center49 %
Medical College of Georgia49 %
Hartford Hospital49 %
Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center49 %
Texas A&M; College of Medicine-Scott and White49 %
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium49 %
Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System49 %
St Barnabas Medical Center49 %
West Virginia University48 %
University of California (Irvine)48 %
Penn State University/Milton S Hershey Medical Center48 %
University of Alabama Medical Center48 %
University of Tennessee48 %
SUNY Upstate Medical University48 %
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn48 %
Medical University of South Carolina48 %
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville47 %
National Capital Consortium47 %
Methodist Hospital (Houston)47 %
NSLIJHS/Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine47 %
Louisiana State University (Shreveport)47 %
Howard University47 %
St John Hospital and Medical Center47 %
Staten Island University Hospital47 %
Creighton University47 %
Allegheny General Hospital-Western Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Education Consortium (AGH)47 %
Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth)47 %
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences47 %
Danbury Hospital47 %
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School47 %
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)47 %
Louisiana State University46 %
Lenox Hill Hospital46 %
East Tennessee State University46 %
Summa Health System/NEOMED46 %
University of Mississippi Medical Center46 %
University of South Alabama46 %
Orlando Health46 %
New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center46 %
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center46 %
University of California (Davis) Health System46 %
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics46 %
Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University45 %
Baptist Health System45 %
Georgetown University Hospital44 %
University at Buffalo44 %
University of Missouri at Kansas City44 %
Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital44 %
Winthrop-University Hospital43 %
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University43 %
SUNY at Stony Brook43 %
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System43 %
Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals43 %
University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville43 %
Madigan Healthcare System43 %
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida43 %
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium43 %
University of Toledo43 %
University of Puerto Rico43 %
University of Missouri-Columbia42 %
St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center42 %