FAQs

We currently only have exam statistics for the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS).

7/8/2025: We are in the process of reviewing CAS credentials and passing names. A few cohorts are missing from the ACAS and FCAS credentials pages.

The data was last updated based on information available as of July 2025. Sittings up through July 2025 may not be available since there is a delay between the sitting date and the release of exam results.

The data is updated manually by the site owner. Please contact actuarialexampassrates@gmail.com if you would like to request an update.

Links to the original data sources are provided below. All data on Actuarial Exam Pass Rates should reconcile to these sources.

• SOA Exam Results: Includes results from 2023 and onward.
• SOA Exam Archives: Includes results from 2007 to 2022.
• CAS Exam Summaries: Excel file with summary statistics for all CAS exams.
• CAS Passing Names: CAS passing names are pending upload. See above.

The general idea behind this website is inspired by actuarial-lookup.com. To streamline the data formatting process, some historic summary statistics (e.g. pass rates, pass marks, etc.) were also sourced from actuarial-lookup.com. Some data entries from actuarial-lookup.com were adjusted to be more consistent with the SOA's data.

All data is stored in a secure database for efficient search and retrieval. Most of the data were parsed from static PDFs.

We do not directly query data from any actuarial society's website. Any retrospective adjustments made by the SOA or CAS to existing data may not be reflected on this site.

We have no control over the accuracy of the data provided by any actuarial society. A list of data discrepancies can be found here.

No intentional errors or misrepresentations were made in the data processing or presentation on this site. Please contact actuarialexampassrates@gmail.com if you encounter any errors with this site. All errors are unintended and will be fixed as soon as possible.

Our system currently requires both first and last names for proper data processing.

SOA files: On rare occasion, a candidate name was missing a comma, making it impossible to parse the name into first and last names. A list of discrepancies and modified names can be found here.

CAS files: Some CAS files are formatted as [First Name Last Name], rather than [Last Name, First Name], making it difficult to parse the name into first and last names. In almost all cases where a comma is not present, the last word is taken as the last name, and every word before that is taken as the first name.

To maintain consistency across the platform, we standardize all Fall CAS exams to October and all Spring CAS exams to May. Some Fall exams may have been administered in November, and some Spring exams may have been administered in April. Please refer to the CAS website for the exact dates of each exam.

Certain SOA exam dates may also be adjusted by one month to ensure consistency between the passing candidate names and passing candidate percentages dates.

The platform automatically merges candidate profiles that likely belong to the same person based on matching last names and compatible first/middle names (e.g., "John" matches "John A" and "John Andrew").

However, candidates are never merged if they have taken the same exam, regardless of date. Since candidates cannot retake the same exam, this indicates they are different people. For example, "John A Smith" and "John Andrew Smith" who both passed exam P will remain separate profiles.

To maintain source data integrity, our database only stores the original names. Links to the original names and exam results are accessible for each candidate.

When a candidate profile shows duplicate exam passes (indicating multiple people with the same name), users can use the "Split Duplicates" feature to separate them into individual candidate profiles.

The methodology groups exams chronologically: the earliest date for each exam type goes to the "Primary Candidate," the second earliest dates go to "Alternative 1," and so on. For example, if the data shows November 2012 P, October 2011 FM, July 2010 P, the Primary Candidate gets July 2010 P (earliest P) and October 2011 FM (earliest FM), while Alternative 1 gets November 2012 P (second earliest P). This method continues iteratively until no exams are left.

To maintain source data integrity, our database does store split exams. The combined list is still accessible for each candidate.

The number of effective candidates represents the number of sitters who scored above 50% of the pass mark (i.e. the number of candidates who score greater than a 0 out of 10).

The effective pass rate is calculated as the number of passing candidates divided by the number of effective candidates. This number is reported in the source file, rounded to one decimal place. Instead of directly importing the number of effective candidates, we import the number of passing candidates and the effective pass rate to calculate the number of effective candidates. Because of rounding, this sometimes results in a slight discrepancy with the source data.

This site can be used to review actuarial pass rates or search for candidates who have passed actuarial exams.

Errors may occur on this site. Please contact actuarialexampassrates@gmail.com if you encounter any errors with this site. All errors are unintended and will be fixed as soon as possible.

We are not responsible for any decisions made based off the data provided on this site.