A decade at the top of NBCE completion rates
Cleveland University - Kansas City, initially CCE-accredited in 1982 and renamed from Cleveland Chiropractic College, publishes some of the strongest self-reported NBCE numbers of any program. The school states its latest 4-year average (2022-25) shows 93.3% of graduates pass all four NBCE Parts and are eligible for licensure within six months of graduation. CUKC also says it has led the nation in NBCE completion rates for ten consecutive years, with a recent 4-year average completion rate of 95%, ahead of the next-closest school at 90.6%.
- Program: College of Chiropractic, 10-trimester DC program
- Campus: 10850 Lowell Avenue, Overland Park, KS
- Schedule: Three trimesters per year, three start dates per year, completable in 3 years 4 months
- Enrollment: 459 total students institution-wide, drawing from 29 US states plus Canada
Historic by-part figures the school has cited
CUKC has also shared older, more granular data from a Spring 2016 cohort: first-time Part I pass rate of 92.8% against a 74.1% all-institution average, and first-time Part II at 86.8% against a 73.6% average. Those numbers are dated and not a substitute for the current 4-year figure above, but they show the same pattern the school points to consistently: Part I is the exam where the gap between CUKC and the national average has historically been widest.
The Irene Gold Board Review
CUKC names its board-prep program directly: the Irene Gold Board Review, a lecture-style, optional weekend series held across three alternating weekends before boards, Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, with a review book provided. Students also have access to complimentary tutoring and academic support outside that formal review schedule.
Planning around the trimester calendar
On a 10-trimester program with three intakes a year, your cohort's Part I and Part II eligibility windows will fall at different points in the calendar year depending on your start date. The NBCE's own eligibility rule is constant regardless of school: Part I opens to eligible second-year students, Part II to eligible third-year students, Part III within nine months of graduation, and Part IV within six months, now held only at the NBCE's Assessment Center in Greeley, Colorado. Registering as soon as your registrar confirms eligibility keeps you inside CUKC's own strong completion pattern rather than scrambling near a deadline.
Cleveland's year-by-year results, 2011 to 2025
Cleveland University-Kansas City posts a yearly table of graduates who passed every NBCE part within six months of graduating. Older editions of those tables, kept in web archives, let us list each graduating year from 2011 on, with head counts. The earliest editions count graduates who attempted an exam, while editions from 2019 on count all graduates who passed all parts or were licensed within six months. Each year shows the school's most recent published figure.
| Graduating year | Graduates who passed all Parts (or were licensed) within six months |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 81% (87 of 107) |
| 2012 | 88% (95 of 108) |
| 2013 | 91% (101 of 111) |
| 2014 | 95% (103 of 108) |
| 2015 | 94% (99 of 105) |
| 2016 | 95% (88 of 93) |
| 2017 | 96% (95 of 99) |
| 2018 | 96% (100 of 104) |
| 2019 | 96% (104 of 108) |
| 2020 | 92% (120 of 131) |
| 2021 | 97% (129 of 133) † |
| 2022 | 96.5% (110 of 114) |
| 2023 | 94.4% (134 of 142) |
| 2024 | 94.5% (120 of 127) |
| 2025 | 88.3% (121 of 137) |
Cleveland also published results by Part for individual test sittings. The table below shows the sittings we found, 2006 to 2008 and 2013 to 2016. The college's files do not cover the sittings in between, and the tables do not say whether figures are first-time only.
Cleveland (Kansas City campus) NBCE pass rate by Part and exam sitting, number passed of number tested
| Exam sitting | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2006 | 53.3% (32 of 60) | 81.5% (53 of 65) | 83.3% (35 of 42) | 93% (40 of 43) | 96.6% (28 of 29) |
| Spring 2007 | 61% (25 of 41) | 75% (21 of 28) | 87.5% (42 of 48) | 96.7% (59 of 61) | 91.5% (54 of 59) |
| Fall 2007 | 63.5% (33 of 52) | 70.6% (48 of 68) | 81.8% (36 of 44) | 96.7% (29 of 30) | 82.5% (33 of 40) |
| Spring 2008 | 57.7% (30 of 52) | 60.6% (20 of 33) | 82.6% (38 of 46) | 97.9% (46 of 47) | 83.8% (52 of 62) |
| Fall 2013 | 80.8% (42 of 52) | 74.3% (26 of 35) | 65.7% (23 of 35) | 89.9% (62 of 69) | 88.9% (40 of 45) |
| Spring 2014 | 80% (52 of 65) | 82.4% (56 of 68) | 83.8% (57 of 68) | 97.6% (41 of 42) | 93.1% (67 of 72) |
| Fall 2014 | 84.2% (32 of 38) | 97.6% (41 of 42) | 86% (37 of 43) | 95.6% (65 of 68) | 82.5% (33 of 40) |
| Spring 2015 | 79.2% (38 of 48) | 73.4% (47 of 64) | 85.7% (54 of 63) | 84.8% (28 of 33) | 95.8% (69 of 72) |
| Fall 2015 | 76.2% (32 of 42) | 81.3% (39 of 48) | 81.3% (39 of 48) | 89.9% (71 of 79) | 95.7% (22 of 23) |
| Spring 2016 | 92.8% (64 of 69) | 86.8% (33 of 38) | 94.7% (36 of 38) | 90% (18 of 20) | 93.1% (54 of 58) |
† The school's archived pages show more than one figure for this year. The most recent published figure is shown.
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Sources: CUKC NBCE benchmarks · national completion-rate leadership · student resources · CUKC at a glance. Figures as published by the school; checked September 2026. The year-by-year tables above come from the school's own published disclosures, linked here as archived copies where the current page no longer shows them: archived copy, Nov 2008 · archived copy, Sep 2015 · archived copy, Sep 2015 (2) · archived copy, Sep 2019 · archived copy, Mar 2022 · archived copy, Aug 2022 · archived copy, Aug 2023 · archived copy, Aug 2024 · archived copy, Jul 2025 · archived copy, Aug 2026. ChiroEDU is independent and not affiliated with Cleveland University - Kansas City or the NBCE.