APRIL 2010 EXAM PASS RATES

The exam results are in! Congratulations to those that passed the April 2010 administation of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam or the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam.

It is always interesting to look at the pass rates – you can draw your own conclusions as to why they are what they are. The data below is from the NCEES publication LICENSURE EXCHANGE, August 2010, ISSN NO. 1093-541X, VOLUME 14, ISSUE 4 – PAGE 7.

APRIL 2010 PASS RATES

FE EXAM

Exam	First-Time	Repeat
Module	Takers	Takers
Chemical	86%	46%
Civil	75%	33%
Electrical	72%	27%
Environmental	82%	38%
Industrial	69%	33%
Mechanical	83%	34%
Other_Disciplines	78%	32%

FE EXAM—OTHER DISCIPLINES MODULE ONLY

Examinees’	First-Time	Repeat
Degree Discipline	Takers	Takers
Aeronautical/Aerospace	84%	57%
Agricultural	83%	53%
Architectural	77%	37%
Biological	80%	40%
Biomedical	81%	33%
Chemical	79%	41%
Civil	70%	29%
Computer	52%	15%
Electrical	61%	24%
Engineering_Mechanics	67%	17%
Engineering_Physics	80%	18%
Environmental	79%	23%
General_Engineering	82%	26%
Geological/Geophysical	56%	21%
Materials	86%	0%
Mechanical	84%	41%
Mining/Mineral	67%	48%
Naval_Arch./Marine	84%	38%
Nuclear	90%	0%
Ocean	71%	29%
Petroleum	61%	69%
Structural	81%	53%

PE EXAM

Exam	First-Time	Repeat
Takers	Takers	Takers
Agricultural*	80%	0%
Architectural	75%	47%
Chemical	72%	46%
Civil	64%	35%
Control_Systems*	81%	60%
Electrical/Computer	66%	29%
Environmental	73%	23%
Fire_Protection*	64%	43%
Industrial*	67%	21%
Mechanical	69%	41%
Metallurgical/Materials*	56%	33%
Mining/Mineral Proc.*	73%	38%
Naval_Arch./Marine	Eng.	85%
Nuclear*	79%	80%
Petroleum*	83%	29%
Structural I	46%	25%
Structural II	63%	29%

*These exams are given only in October. Pass rates shown are for October 2009.

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