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title: "PTCB Pass Rate: 69% in 2025 — Official Data & History"
description: "69% of PTCE attempts passed in 2025 (49,253 exams). Official PTCB data with a year-by-year history, retake rules, and honest context on why candidates fail."
updated: 2026-08-04
canonical: https://ptcbready.com/ptcb-pass-rate
source-hash: 7cb4f9a635e42d9d
sources:
  - "PTCB — Credentials by the Numbers": https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers/
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# PTCB Pass Rate: 69% in 2025 — Official Data & History

> 69% of PTCE attempts passed in 2025 (49,253 exams). Official PTCB data with a year-by-year history, retake rules, and honest context on why candidates fail.

## Official PTCE pass rates by year

Current: 69% of 49,253 exams in 2025 (ptcb.org). Historical rows are read from dated archive captures of PTCB's own table; missing years () have no verified capture and are not guessed.

| Exam year | Administered | Passed | Pass rate | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | 49,253 | — | 69% | ptcb.org (live page, verified Aug 4, 2026) (https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers/) |
| 2024 | — | — | 70% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 15, 2025 (https://web.archive.org/web/20250415141529/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2023 | — | — | 69% | ptcb.org, archived Aug 3, 2024 (https://web.archive.org/web/20240803120813/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2022 | — | — | 70% | ptcb.org, archived Nov 27, 2023 (https://web.archive.org/web/20231127205418/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2021 | 42,615 | 30,134 | 71% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2020 | 33,634 | 23,522 | 70% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2019 | 51,768 | 29,910 | 58% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2018 | 48,862 | 28,058 | 57% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2017 | 52,324 | 30,302 | 58% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2016 | 53,353 | 30,872 | 58% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2015 | 56,253 | 31,823 | 57% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2014 | 53,508 | 30,358 | 57% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2013 | 54,245 | 41,319 | 76% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2012 | 51,762 | 39,729 | 77% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2011 | 51,632 | 39,229 | 76% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2010 | 55,443 | 41,403 | 75% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2009 | 45,920 | 33,253 | 72% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2008 | 50,015 | 34,871 | 70% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2007 | 45,045 | 31,490 | 70% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2006 | 49,689 | 32,319 | 65% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2005 | 45,991 | 35,838 | 78% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2004 | 41,245 | 32,114 | 78% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2003 | 39,710 | 32,232 | 81% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2002 | 33,794 | 26,917 | 80% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 2001 | 31,107 | 24,269 | 78% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |
| 1995–2000 | 91,741 | 73,705 | 80% | ptcb.org, archived Apr 19, 2022 (https://web.archive.org/web/20220419053511/https://www.ptcb.org/history/credentials-by-the-numbers) |

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