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COMLEX Results

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First-Time COMLEX Results

All osteopathic medical students are required to take COMLEX Levels 1 and 2-CE. COMLEX Level 3 is taken during post-graduate medical training. The National Board of Osteopathic Medicine Examiners (NBOME) website provides descriptions and additional information about the COMLEX exams.

Students take the COMLEX Level 1 following completion of OMS-II and Level 2-CE prior to beginning OMS-IV. Level 3 must be taken after graduation.

First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX-USA Level 1

Testing Cycle

  • 2016-2017
  • 2017-2018
  • 2018-2019
  • 2019-2020
  • 2020-2021
  • 2021-2022
  • 2022-2023
  • 2023-2024
  • 2024-2025
  • 88.9%
  • 90.2%
  • 93.9%
  • 91.8%
  • 92.7%
  • 96.5%
  • 92.2%
  • 96.7%
  • 87.3%

First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE

Testing Cycle

  • 2017-2018
  • 2018-2019
  • 2019-2020
  • 2020-2021
  • 2021-2022
  • 2022-2023
  • 2023-2024
  • 2024-2025
  • 92.7%
  • 93.5%
  • 97.2%
  • 97.7%
  • 94.9%
  • 93.1%
  • 93.6%
  • 96.4%

First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX-USA Level 3

Testing Cycle

  • 9/1/2018 to 12/31/2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • 2025

First Time Pass Rate

  • 98.2%
  • 90.8%
  • 94.7%
  • 96.6%
  • 94.6%
  • 97.8%
  • TBA

See: COMSAE, COMLEX, and USMLE Boards information