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National Behavioral Health Licensure Pass Rates

First-attempt pass rates for the six exams Triad prepares clinicians for — EPPP, ASWB, BCBA, NCE, NCMHCE, and the National MFT exam — aggregated from official testing-body publications and accredited-program disclosures.

75.1%

EPPP — accredited programs

First-time, ASPPB 2025 report (n=17,748). Historic baseline >80%; ~5pt COVID-era dip.

75.3%

ASWB Clinical

First-time, ASWB 2024 (n=23,443). Masters 73.0%, Bachelors 67.2%.

51%

BCBA — first-time

BACB 2025, a historic low (9,955 tested). Retake 23%.

First-attempt rates vary widely by program and study method. Candidates using structured, full-coverage prep consistently outperform self-study — the gap Triad’s exam-prep brands are built to close.

By exam

Most recent national first-attempt pass rates

Three exams have credible official national publications (EPPP, ASWB, BCBA). Three do not (NCE, NCMHCE, MFT) — for those, national figures must be assembled from accredited-program disclosures.

Exam	Body	First-time rate	Year	Source
EPPP (Knowledge)	ASPPB	75.1%	2025	Official
ASWB — Clinical	ASWB	75.3%	2024	Official
ASWB — Masters	ASWB	73.0%	2024	Official
ASWB — Bachelors	ASWB	67.2%	2024	Official
BCBA	BACB	51.0%	2025	Official
BCaBA	BACB	60.0%	2025	Official
NCE	NBCC	—	n/a	Program disclosures
NCMHCE	NBCC	—	n/a	Program disclosures
National MFT Exam	AMFTRB	—	n/a	Program disclosures

Rates are first-attempt where published. EPPP figure covers accredited doctoral programs (nonaccredited: 44.85%). NBCC (NCE/NCMHCE) and AMFTRB publish no national pass rate; each accredited program discloses its own. Sources: ASPPB Psychology Licensing Exam Scores by Doctoral Program (26th ed., 2025); ASWB exam pass-rate tables (2024); BACB Annual Data Report (2025).

Why some rates are missing

The counseling family (NCE, NCMHCE) and the National MFT exam have no official national pass-rate publication. NBCC and AMFTRB release no annual report, and CACREP Vital Statistics excludes pass rates. National figures can only be reconstructed by aggregating the self-reported disclosures that accredited programs are required to publish — format and recency vary widely across the ~956 CACREP programs.

Triad’s full interactive dashboard tracks the underlying 4,276-row dataset, per-program and per-state breakdowns, and the methodology behind every figure.

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