NBCOT Certification Results

The pass rate for the NBCOT National Certification Exam can be found here, NBCOT Performance Data.

Program Completion Rates

Graduating Class of 2020*		Total Admission	Total Discontinued Program	Graduated with Original Cohort	Graduated with Subsequent Cohort	Total Graduation Rate
Cohort Entering Fall 2018	Cohort Entering Spring 2019	60	7 (12%)	24 (40%)	1	42%
30 Students	30 Students	60	7 (12%)	24 (40%)	1	42%

*28 students had their graduation postponed by at least one semester secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic and are not included in this calculation.

Graduating Class of 2021**		Total Admission	Total Discontinued Program	Graduated with Original Cohort	Graduated with Subsequent Cohort	Graduation delayed secondarydue to COVID-19	Total Graduation Rate
Cohort Entering Fall 2019	Cohort Entering Spring 2020	57	7 (12%)	34 (60%)	2	28	109%
30 Students	27 Students	57	7 (12%)	34 (60%)	2	28	109%

**14 students had their graduation postponed by at least one semester secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic and are not included in this calculation.

Graduating Class of 2022		Total Admission	Total Discontinued Program	Graduated with Original Cohort	Graduated with Subsequent Cohort	Graduation delayed secondary due to COVID-19	Total Graduation Rate
Cohort Entering Fall 2020	Cohort Entering Spring 2021	56	10 (18%)	46 (82%)	2	14	107%
30 Students	26 Students	56	10 (18%)	46 (82%)	2	14	107%

Students that graduate in December take the National Certification exam in the following calendar year.

The pass rate for the OTA Certification Exam for the three previous academic years (2016, 2017, 2018) can be found in the table below:

Year	Number of Graduates*	Number of New Graduate Test Takers	Number of New Graduate Test Takers Who Passed the Exam	Percentage of New Graduates that Passed the Exam
2016	53	41	39	95%
2017	52	58	52	90%
2018	49	41	41	100%

*Santa Ana College reports graduates per academic year, and NBCOT reports graduates per calendar year.