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KU Achieved the Highest Pass Rate on the 1st Round CPA Exam 2018
The 1st round result of 2018 Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination (53rd) has been released on March 16. On this exam (February 11), Korea University has produced a total of 187 successful 1st round CPA candidates. It is the highest pass rate in the country, far outstripping other universities in South Korea.
Among the total of 1,702 successful 1st round CPA candidates, approximately 11% of the candidates turned out to be Korea University students/graduates. It is a huge gap between first and second place, KU produced 54 more candidates than Sungkyunkwan University. Sungkyunkwan University and Yonsei University tied for runner-up with 133 (7.8%), 128 (7.5%) successful candidates respectively. Sogang University (113 successes, 6.6%) came in fourth followed by Kyung Hee University (108 successes, 6.3%). This achievement reaffirms KU’s position as the best institute for nurturing certified public accountants, especially by the support of a CPA prep program called “Jeongjincho (精進礎)".
Meanwhile, a total of 8,778 candidates sit on the 1st round of 53rd CPA Exam with a passing rate of 5.2:1, which was fairly consistent with last year’s passing rate of 5.3:1. The 2nd round exam will take place on June 30 to July 1, and the number of estimated examinees is 2,864 with the estimated passing rate of 3.4:1. The final result will be released on August 31.