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CPA exam performance

Fisher’s record of success in CPA exam pass rates

For many accountants, the highest professional distinction one can earn is the designation of CPA or Certified Public Accountant.

In addition to meeting stringent educational and ethical requirements, CPAs must also pass a series of four examinations covering: Auditing and Attestation, Business Environment and Concepts, Financial Accounting and Reporting, and Regulation. Performance on these exams is an important measure of success for accounting programs.

Most recent CPA exam results for Fisher School first-time candidates

74.7%

Overall pass rate for all parts of CPA exam attempted in 2024.

9th

Placement in the nation among 204 large programs (60 or more candidates) taking the exam in 2024.

22nd

Placement in the nation among all 721 schools with 10 or more candidates taking the exam in 2024.

Rankings comparing 5 years of Fisher student performance relative to the performance by students from peer academic institutions are provided below. Also provided are similar tables comparing Fisher student performance to that of other public academic institutions in Florida.

Note that the distinction of exam candidates with and without advanced degrees is not very clean data. For example, exam candidates are classified based on their status when they apply to take the CPA exam. Most of our master’s students apply to take the exam before they complete the MAcc. Accordingly, their results show up under the “without advanced degree” listings despite the fact that they completed a master’s degree at UF.

Peer schools CPA exam performance

Overall passing rates

Current Year CandidatesCurrent Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
7141University of California – Berkeley92.9%85.7%NANANA
31562University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill75.0%67.1%67.7%80.2%75.7%
611063University of Texas at Austin73.6%82.3%84.8%81.8%92.7%
10154University of Iowa73.3%85.0%77.6%78.9%97.1%
18355University of Michigan – Ann Arbor68.6%73.6%69.2%96.4%82.1%
14216tieUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison66.7%81.3%100.0%94.1%81.6%
13246tieUniversity of Minnesota – Twin Cities66.7%66.7%63.2%75.6%78.8%
36538Indiana University – Bloomington66.0%79.8%81.5%75.4%81.1%
41709University of Arizona65.7%49.1%72.2%68.8%74.4%
649810University of Washington63.3%54.4%71.8%59.3%68.7%
254411University of Florida61.4%81.3%83.8%86.5%93.8%
355712Pennsylvania State University54.4%65.2%69.0%65.7%74.0%
61,682102,44213All First Time Test Takers*53.8%54.3%58.7%59.8%63.5%
173014Michigan State University53.3%73.3%73.5%67.3%79.6%
16025315University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign49.8%59.6%69.7%67.3%64.8%
253916The Ohio State University46.2%73.8%58.2%74.7%84.4%
183217Purdue University21.9%58.6%52.5%32.3%65.5%
*National averages for those with and without advanced degrees are no longer compiled separately. This average captures all first-time test takers.

Current Year CandidatesCurrent Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
1533311University of Texas at Austin77.0%83.0%90.6%89.6%91.2%
34742University of Michigan – Ann Arbor75.7%74.1%82.1%93.4%86.6%
1001913University of Wisconsin – Madison74.3%79.6%80.5%90.0%88.1%
54974University of Florida73.2%80.6%75.7%76.9%75.7%
1112245University of Minnesota – Twin Cities69.6%65.1%71.3%72.9%79.8%
2304256Indiana University – Bloomington66.6%72.8%78.1%79.1%82.1%
1252417University of Iowa65.6%72.3%77.9%81.3%83.1%
1051778University of California – Berkeley65.5%65.4%71.6%68.8%75.0%
861759University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill65.1%72.8%72.0%70.8%82.4%
10819210University of Arizona63.5%59.9%65.4%68.1%63.9%
25145611University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign63.4%69.4%75.9%73.2%78.3%
21736812University of Washington62.8%62.1%66.1%71.8%74.3%
25240813The Ohio State University58.8%58.0%58.9%65.7%71.1%
11521914Purdue University56.6%60.1%56.9%61.0%64.9%
61,682102,44215All First Time Test Takers*53.8%54.3%58.7%59.8%63.5%
17626116Michigan State University46.4%62.6%68.8%60.6%74.6%
11718217Pennsylvania State University44.5%58.0%53.8%51.4%62.6%
*National averages for those with and without advanced degrees are no longer compiled separately. This average captures all first-time test takers.

Section passing rates

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
851University of Wisconsin – Madison77.6%75.9%80.9%85.6%86.3%
302University of Michigan – Ann Arbor76.7%60.4%72.3%97.5%90.0%
1213University of Texas at Austin76.0%79.5%86.8%84.8%93.0%
644University of Florida73.4%76.5%72.3%80.9%82.2%
565University of California – Berkeley71.4%66.0%66.7%62.5%75.7%
856University of Iowa70.6%69.9%73.6%71.3%79.8%
1987Indiana University – Bloomington70.2%62.0%75.4%74.8%76.2%
628University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill66.1%65.6%72.4%61.3%83.3%
869University of Minnesota – Twin Cities65.1%68.9%62.5%67.1%80.2%
7010University of Arizona64.3%53.0%66.1%58.6%60.6%
17711The Ohio State University58.2%59.9%58.2%61.8%66.5%
24012University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign57.1%59.1%69.5%63.1%72.5%
12513University of Washington56.8%57.9%65.3%65.9%72.3%
11914Pennsylvania State University53.8%56.1%61.2%49.4%69.9%
25,08815All Test Takers50.4%52.1%53.4%53.4%58.9%
8916Purdue University48.3%52.9%58.2%50.7%61.0%
8117Michigan State University48.1%56.2%64.6%48.8%67.2%

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
821University of Florida73.2%78.5%81.9%80.5%85.9%
1302University of Wisconsin – Madison72.3%77.8%82.9%82.8%88.5%
1463University of Texas at Austin66.4%75.7%86.4%88.8%88.0%
494University of Michigan – Ann Arbor65.3%62.5%75.0%91.1%71.4%
2465Indiana University – Bloomington61.4%71.6%75.7%79.7%81.4%
766University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill60.5%66.1%58.3%79.4%73.2%
1117University of Iowa57.7%67.1%70.1%74.7%83.8%
928University of Arizona57.6%55.6%50.7%60.5%50.7%
1009University of Minnesota – Twin Cities55.0%65.7%64.5%63.5%84.8%
16710University of Washington53.3%48.9%54.5%60.6%63.5%
33011University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign47.3%58.9%64.0%67.1%69.0%
6012University of California – Berkeley46.7%57.1%68.6%59.0%67.1%
19313The Ohio State University45.6%53.9%52.9%63.5%74.9%
33,41714All Test Takers43.5%48.2%48.9%50.7%55.7%
13415Pennsylvania State University41.8%55.6%55.6%55.2%71.9%
10416Purdue University39.4%48.6%45.8%57.1%56.1%
13017Michigan State University33.1%61.3%54.6%51.3%73.2%

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
531University of California – Berkeley84.9%61.4%66.7%70.4%70.9%
1292University of Texas at Austin83.7%81.9%90.3%84.1%86.7%
873University of Wisconsin – Madison82.8%81.2%83.0%94.5%85.6%
1924Indiana University – Bloomington82.3%70.7%72.7%72.5%73.9%
705University of Minnesota – Twin Cities81.4%67.1%63.6%76.2%74.7%
246University of Michigan – Ann Arbor79.2%75.6%90.2%90.2%83.3%
727University of Florida76.4%81.1%84.6%82.4%88.2%
658University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill75.4%68.0%71.4%69.2%77.8%
859University of Iowa75.3%79.3%76.7%88.2%81.8%
7810Purdue University74.4%73.0%51.1%61.2%65.2%
13411University of Washington73.9%77.9%75.2%79.7%78.6%
7412University of Arizona73.0%57.4%73.5%79.7%72.7%
28413University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign72.2%65.8%71.1%73.6%75.1%
10514Pennsylvania State University70.5%66.7%64.8%64.0%72.8%
7715Michigan State University70.1%63.1%77.4%74.7%78.5%
14716The Ohio State University69.4%60.9%57.4%67.6%78.9%
26,30617All Test Takers66.7%64.3%66.3%66.6%68.1%

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool2024
81University of Michigan – Ann Arbor87.5%
42University of Florida75.0%
243tieUniversity of Texas at Austin66.7%
123tieUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison66.7%
385Indiana University – Bloomington63.2%
86University of Arizona62.5%
207University of Minnesota – Twin Cities60.0%
178University of Iowa58.8%
149University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill50.0%
3410University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign47.1%
1611University of Washington43.8%
712University of California – Berkeley42.9%
6,11513All Test Takers39.9%
2714The Ohio State University37.0%
1815Pennsylvania State University33.3%
1416Purdue University28.6%
1117Michigan State University27.3%

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool2024
171tieUniversity of Texas at Austin94.1%
171tieUniversity of Minnesota – Twin Cities94.1%
513Indiana University – Bloomington90.2%
104University of Iowa90.0%
95University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill88.9%
226The Ohio State University86.4%
77University of Michigan – Ann Arbor85.7%
168University of Wisconsin – Madison81.3%
219University of Washington81.0%
510University of Florida80.0%
4611University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign76.1%
812University of California – Berkeley75.0%
1013University of Arizona70.0%
1614tiePurdue University68.8%
1614tieMichigan State University68.8%
2416Pennsylvania State University62.5%
4,75317All Test Takers60.1%

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool2024
41University of Michigan – Ann Arbor100.0%
112University of Wisconsin – Madison90.9%
143University of Iowa85.7%
414University of Washington85.4%
135University of California – Berkeley84.6%
316The Ohio State University83.9%
117tieUniversity of Florida83.3%
487tieUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign83.3%
329Indiana University – Bloomington81.3%
2110University of Minnesota – Twin Cities81.0%
1911tieUniversity of Texas at Austin78.9%
1911tieUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill78.9%
6,76313All Test Takers75.3%
1914Pennsylvania State University73.7%
1115Michigan State University72.7%
1516University of Arizona66.7%
2217Purdue University63.6%

Florida public schools CPA exam performance

Overall passing rate

Current Year CandidatesCurrent Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
12231Florida Gulf Coast University73.9%55.3%70.7%73.2%91.2%
26422University of Central Florida61.9%71.9%64.9%62.9%75.6%
33523Florida State University61.5%75.6%75.1%73.4%74.8%
25444University of Florida61.4%81.3%83.8%86.5%93.8%
51715Florida International University57.7%43.8%54.0%53.6%54.1%
881256Florida Atlantic University55.2%48.6%64.6%53.3%64.5%
24397tieUniversity of West Florida53.8%55.3%70.3%55.6%65.2%
61,682102,4427tieAll First Time Test Takers*53.8%54.3%58.7%59.8%63.5%
20299University of North Florida51.7%52.5%70.2%72.2%65.2%
253410University of South Florida47.1%55.2%59.0%69.9%77.8%
NANANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNANANANANA
NANANAFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityNANANANANA
NANANANew College of FloridaNANANANANA
*National averages for those with and without advanced degrees are no longer compiled separately. This average captures all first-time test takers.

Current Year CandidatesCurrent Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
54971University of Florida73.2%80.6%75.7%76.9%75.7%
841292Florida State University66.7%74.5%68.8%72.4%74.9%
1021543University of South Florida59.7%53.1%50.3%51.5%58.5%
1071764University of Central Florida59.1%61.6%56.0%65.7%68.9%
13195University of West Florida57.9%62.9%75.6%67.6%66.7%
25376University of North Florida56.8%52.6%58.1%77.9%65.9%
811267Florida International University55.6%48.9%55.4%70.1%65.5%
61,682102,4428All First Time Test Takers*53.8%54.3%58.7%59.8%63.5%
67979Florida Atlantic University52.6%38.8%41.5%43.5%56.0%
243310Florida Gulf Coast University45.5%44.7%66.0%58.0%59.3%
NANANAFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityNA11.1%16.7%33.3%44.4%
NANANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNANANANANA
NANANANew College of FloridaNANANANANA
*National averages for those with and without advanced degrees are no longer compiled separately. This average captures all first-time test takers.

Section passing rate

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
641University of Florida73.4%76.5%72.3%80.9%82.2%
412Florida State University70.7%70.6%60.8%73.7%70.2%
203University of North Florida65.0%51.9%48.3%64.3%64.9%
734University of Central Florida63.0%67.5%46.7%59.6%73.8%
85Florida Gulf Coast University62.5%50.0%73.7%68.2%57.7%
116University of West Florida54.5%73.9%74.2%45.5%65.6%
25,0887All Test Takers50.4%52.1%53.4%53.4%58.9%
498Florida International University49.0%45.9%54.5%55.0%62.0%
509Florida Atlantic University48.0%45.2%48.8%53.8%56.1%
5010University of South Florida44.0%58.0%48.3%53.4%55.1%
NANAFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityNA0.0%0.0%25.0%50.0%
NANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNANANANANA
NANANew College of FloridaNANANANANA

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
821University of Florida73.2%78.5%81.9%80.5%85.9%
142Florida Gulf Coast University57.1%28.6%63.0%44.0%62.1%
573Florida State University56.1%68.0%65.0%57.7%63.8%
194University of West Florida52.6%37.9%71.9%60.0%54.8%
215University of North Florida52.4%34.6%51.6%71.8%54.3%
466tieFlorida Atlantic University43.5%36.0%43.0%32.8%44.3%
33,4176tieAll Test Takers43.5%48.2%48.9%50.7%55.7%
448Florida International University43.2%39.7%28.8%59.5%47.9%
589University of Central Florida41.4%53.1%49.1%51.5%65.3%
3610University of South Florida36.1%43.3%46.7%42.9%53.8%
311Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University0.0%14.3%0.0%50.0%25.0%
NANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNANANANANA
NANANew College of FloridaNANANANANA

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool20242023202220212020
651University of Central Florida76.9%69.6%71.2%75.8%73.5%
722University of Florida76.4%81.1%84.6%82.4%88.2%
753University of South Florida72.0%63.0%58.6%70.9%66.2%
214University of West Florida71.4%63.6%79.3%61.9%69.6%
715Florida International University70.4%67.6%72.1%68.6%73.0%
26,3066All Test Takers66.7%64.3%66.3%66.6%68.1%
707Florida State University65.7%75.9%80.6%74.8%81.7%
618Florida Atlantic University65.6%47.3%71.3%62.6%73.7%
209Florida Gulf Coast University65.0%66.7%57.9%77.3%89.5%
2510University of North Florida64.0%60.0%65.6%86.1%68.4%
111Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University0.0%33.3%50.0%66.7%100.0%
NANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNANANANANA
NANANew College of FloridaNANANANANA

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool2024
41University of Florida75.0%
92Florida State University44.4%
6,1153All Test Takers39.9%
194University of Central Florida36.8%
115Florida Atlantic University27.3%
126University of South Florida16.7%
57tieFlorida International University0.0%
47tieFlorida Gulf Coast University0.0%
47tieUniversity of West Florida0.0%
27tieUniversity of North Florida0.0%
NANAFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityNA
NANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNA
NANANew College of FloridaNA

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool2024
51University of Florida80.0%
42Florida Gulf Coast University75.0%
133University of South Florida69.2%
94tieUniversity of Central Florida66.7%
34tieUniversity of West Florida66.7%
4,7536All Test Takers60.1%
107tieFlorida State University60.0%
57tieUniversity of North Florida60.0%
279Florida Atlantic University51.9%
1110Florida International University36.4%
NANAFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityNA
NANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNA
NANANew College of FloridaNA

Current Year Exam AttemptsCurrent Year RankingSchool2024
111University of Central Florida100.0%
192Florida State University84.2%
63University of Florida83.3%
284Florida International University82.1%
205University of South Florida80.0%
6,7636All Test Takers75.3%
347Florida Atlantic University70.6%
128tieFlorida Gulf Coast University66.7%
38tieUniversity of North Florida66.7%
410University of West Florida50.0%
211Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University0.0%
NANAFlorida Polytechnic UniversityNA
NANANew College of FloridaNA