CMA Exam Pass Rate: What the Latest CMA Pass Rates Mean to You

Have you been told the CMA exam is easy? Or are you convinced that it is super hard? You don’t need to be uncertain. Instead, to help us understand the CMA exam difficulty, we can look at signs like the CMA exam pass rate. The latest CMA pass rates help us see how challenging the exam has been for past candidates. And with this information, you can get a better sense of how much you need to prepare to pass the CMA exam.

Latest CMA Exam Pass Rates

According to the latest percentages, the average CMA exam passing percentage is 45%. The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) seems to have slowed down their release of the CMA exam pass rates in recent years. Looking at past statistics, we can see that the ICMA used to release CMA passing percentages for each exam part about every 9 months. But the exact time period for the latest CMA pass percentages (35% for Part 1 and 50% for Part 2) is unclear. We have to do the best we can with the information that is given to us.

CMA Exam Pass Rates

Exam Part

2013

2014

2015

2015-2016*

2016-2017

2017-2018

2018-2019

Part 1

 35%

 35%

 36%

 35%

35%

40%

35%

Part 2

 42%

 49%

 55%

 52%

50%

50%

50%

*In 2016, the ICMA adjusted when it releases the CMA exam pass rate data. 

As you can see, the Part 1 pass rate was fairly consistent until it jumped up in 2017-2018. The Part 2 pass rate increased to 55% in 2015 but slowly fell back to the 2014 level by mid-2016 and stayed there ever since. There are different reasons for this pass rate, which we will discuss more later on. For now, let’s see how the CMA pass rate compares to the pass rates of other accounting certifications.

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