Licensing Exam Performance
UWS students perform exceptionally well on licensure exams, including the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) exams specific to the United States. Successful completion of Parts I, II, III, and IV of the NBCE exams is necessary to become licensed in almost all U.S. licensing jurisdictions. International licensing requirements differ.
The table below utilizes the reporting format required by the Council on Chiropractic Education® (CCE) for accreditation purposes. The table reports the number of students who graduated in each of the last four calendar years and how many passed either all parts of NBCE licensing exams or attained licensure within six months of graduation.
UWS exceeds the 80% threshold established by CCE Policy 56 for all four years reported. Graduates in 2020 and 2021 were impacted by COVID related delays that caused several students taking CCEB exams to get licensed more than 6 months after graduation.
| University of Western States Doctor of Chiropractic Program Licensure Rates | |||
| Calendar Year (Last Four Years) |
Number of Graduates | Number of Graduates Passing All Parts of licensing exams* or are licensed to practice chiropractic within six (6) months of post-graduation | Percentage of Graduates Passing All Parts of licensing exams* or are licensed to practice chiropractic within six (6) months of post-graduation |
| 2021 | 162 | 146 | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 152 | 135 | 88.8% |
| 2023 | 169 | 154 | 91.1% |
| 2024 | 132 | 117 | 88.6% |
| 4-Year Totals | 615 | 552 | 89.8% |
*NBCE Parts I, II, III , and IV or CCED Components A, B, and C
DC Program Completion Rates
The table below utilizes the reporting format required by the Council on Chiropractic Education® (CCE) for accreditation purposes. The table reports the number of students who started the program over a two-year period and how many completed their program within 150% of the published program length (normal program length is 12 quarters; 150% is 18 quarters).
UWS exceeds the 70% threshold established by CCE Policy 56 for the most recent reporting cycle.
| University of Western States Doctor of Chiropractic Program Completion Rates Normal Length of Program: 12 Quarters |
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| Column A | Column B | Column C | Column D | Column E |
| Entrance Term | # of Students Matriculated in Entrance Term | Term 18 Quarters After Entrance Term | # Students in Column A Who Graduated by Term in Column C | Completion Rate at the 150th Percentile |
| Winter 2019 | 47 | Spring 2023 | 44 | 93.6% |
| Fall 2019 | 121 | Winter 2024 | 110 | 90.9% |
| Winter 2020 | 46 | Spring 2024 | 43 | 93.5% |
| Fall 2020 | 132 | Winter 2025 | 116 | 87.9% |
| 2-YR TOTAL | 346 | 313 | 90.5% | |