Life West : NBCE Pass Rates

The Life Chiropractic College West Student
performance on the National Board of Chiropractic Examinations (NBCE)

The NBCE offers a series of four examinations designed to assist students in qualifying for licensure in many jurisdictions. Generally speaking the examinations are organized as follows:

Part I (Basic Science elements), this battery of six examinations is available under the policies of the NBCE to any student who has begun his/her second year of a Doctor of Chiropractic curriculum.

Part II (Clinical Science elements), this group of another six examinations is available under the policies of the NBCE to any student who has begun his/her third year of a Doctor of Chiropractic curriculum.

Part III (Clinical Application elements), this examination is available to any student who has completed all six sub-tests of Part I of the NBCE sequence. In addition the student must be within eight months of completing the entire Doctor of Chiropractic curriculum.

Part IV (Practical Case Management and Technique Application) Eligibility for this examination, which is an applied practical examination, requires the student to have completed Parts I and II of the NBCE
sequence. In addition the student must be within six months of completing the entire Doctor of Chiropractic curriculum.

In addition to the eligibility requirements outlined above a number of chiropractic institutions and programs impose additional qualification thresholds for students to receive the approval of the program or institution to take the various components of the NBCE series. These local qualifications may include a grade point average requirement or completion of certain courses.

Life Chiropractic College West does NOT apply any requirements other than those dictated by the NBCE for a student to receive the authorization of the College to take any of the NBCE examinations. Once having fulfilled the requirements of eligibility of the NBCE the decision regarding when to take the examinations and the student’s preparedness for the examinations rests solely and entirely with the student. While this offers the student the greatest level of flexibility with respect to the NBCE sequence, it also provides the opportunity for persons who are not fully prepared to undertake a portion of the NBCE sequence.

The first time examinee, weighted pass rate for the most recent two consecutive years, (four examinations), Spring 2007 through Fall 2008, for the four parts of the National Board Examination is represented in the following table:

Part I				NBCE % Pass
	# tested	# passed	% passed
Fall 2008	62	50	80.6%	74.8%
Spring 2009	56	46	82.1%	76.3%
Fall 2009	46	30	65.2%	75.3%
Spring 2010	61	38	62.3%	73.9%
2-YR TOTAL	225	164	72.9%	75.1%

Part II				NBCE % Pass
	# tested	# passed	% passed
Fall 2008	55	35	63.6%	75.8%
Spring 2009	39	27	69.2%	74.9%
Fall 2009	46	30	65.2%	74.5%
Spring 2010	58	48	82.8%	73.5%
2-YR TOTAL	198	140	70.7%	74.8%

Part III				NBCE % Pass
	# tested	# passed	% passed
Fall 2008	54	35	64.8%	82.6%
Spring 2009	52	38	73.1%	82.8%
Fall 2009	49	43	87.8%	82.5%
Spring 2010	63	52	82.5%	81.5%
2-YR TOTAL	218	168	77.1%	82.4%

Part IV				NBCE % Pass
	# tested	# passed	% passed
Fall 2008	45	41	91.1%	88.8%
Spring 2009	78	61	78.2%	90.1%
Fall 2009	46	42	91.3%	94.6%
Spring 2010	58	51	87.9%	89.7%
2-YR TOTAL	227	195	85.9%	90.8%

Physiotherapy				NBCE % Pass
	# tested	# passed	% passed
Fall 2008	42	35	83.3%	90.1%
Spring 2009	48	36	75.0%	89.1%
Fall 2009	34	33	97.1%	89.2%
Spring 2010	39	35	89.7%	89.2%
2-YR TOTAL	163	139	85.3%	89.4%