Physical Medicine/Rehab Board Pass Rates

Estimated Physical Medicine/Rehab Board Pass Rates By Program

The pass rate for the Physical Medicine/Rehab board exam has consistently been high in recent years, with a reported average pass rate over time from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of around 95%. Candidates seeking first-time certification tend to perform better on the computer-based portion of the examination than on the written portion. 2014’s pool of candidates had a pass rate of 92% on the computer-based portion of the exam and an 86% pass rate on the oral portion.

  • UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School99 %
  • Baylor University Medical Center99 %
  • New York University School of Medicine98 %
  • College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Rochester)98 %
  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University98 %
  • University of Washington98 %
  • Baylor College of Medicine98 %
  • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School98 %
  • UPMC Medical Education93 %
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia and Cornell Campus)92 %
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai90 %
  • University of Michigan90 %
  • Stanford University90 %
  • Emory University89 %
  • Thomas Jefferson University80 %
  • University of Pennsylvania79 %
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (Austin)79 %
  • SUNY at Stony Brook79 %
  • University of Texas at Houston79 %
  • Ohio State University Hospital78 %
  • Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium78 %
  • University of Utah78 %
  • Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center78 %
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan)78 %
  • National Capital Consortium78 %
  • William Beaumont Hospital78 %
  • SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn77 %
  • Michigan State University77 %
  • University of Puerto Rico77 %
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore77 %
  • Albany Medical Center76 %
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health System76 %
  • Tufts Medical Center76 %
  • Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals76 %
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University76 %
  • Indiana University School of Medicine76 %
  • JFK Medical Center76 %
  • University of Minnesota75 %
  • Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University75 %
  • Louisiana State University75 %
  • VA Caribbean Healthcare System75 %
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine75 %
  • Carolinas Medical Center75 %
  • Rush University Medical Center75 %
  • University of Missouri-Columbia74 %
  • University of Louisville74 %
  • University of Toledo74 %
  • University of Rochester74 %
  • Loyola University74 %
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine74 %
  • University of Virginia73 %
  • Johns Hopkins University73 %
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio73 %
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical School73 %
  • University of California (Irvine)73 %
  • University Hospital/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine73 %
  • Temple University Hospital/Moss Rehabilitation73 %
  • Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network/University of Chicago73 %
  • Nassau University Medical Center73 %
  • University of North Carolina Hospitals72 %
  • University of South Florida Morsani (James A Haley Veterans Hospital)72 %
  • University of California (Davis) Health System72 %
  • Eastern Virginia Medical School72 %
  • University of Wisconsin72 %
  • Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital72 %
  • Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth)71 %
  • Loma Linda University71 %
  • NSLIJHS/Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine71 %
  • University of Kansas School of Medicine71 %
  • University of Alabama Medical Center70 %
  • Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System70 %
  • National Rehabilitation Hospital/Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University Hospital69 %
  • Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University69 %
  • University of Kentucky College of Medicine69 %
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences69 %
  • University of Colorado Denver68 %
  • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System67 %