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The PE exam is a professional exam much like the examinations required for public accounting, law, and other professions for which protection of the public is of the utmost concern. Consequently exam candidates typically spend large amounts of time preparing for the exam.<ref>[http://www.ncees.org/exams/study_materials/] NCEES; Study Materials</ref> Exam pass rates vary by discipline module and test date, for the April 2010 exam, the pass rates for first time test takers ranged from 85% (Naval Architecture) to 46% (Structural I). The pass rates for repeat test takers is considerably lower.<ref>[http://www.ncees.org/Exams/PE_exam.php] Recent Exam Pass Rates</ref>

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| || Volume || Pass Rate || Volume || Pass Rate

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| PE Agricultural and Biological (April 2016)||2429|| 7972% || 7 5|| 4360%

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| PE Architectural (April 2016)|| 88 86|| 8386% || 12 6|| 4233%

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| PE Chemical || 215 296|| 6971% || 73 66|| 2232%

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| PE Civil Construction || 869 742|| 5755% || 754 708|| 2429%

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| PE Civil Geotechnical || 460 505|| 63% || 283 295|| 2227%

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| PE Civil Structural || 1163 1347|| 6766% || 339 590|| 2343%

|-

| PE Civil Transportation || 1112 1421|| 6668% || 973 815|| 3233%

|-

| PE Civil Water Resources and Environmental || 1073 1430|| 71% || 550 613|| 3435%

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| PE EnvironmentalControl Systems|| 222 229|| 6479% || 155 49|| 3245%

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|PE Electrical and Computer: Computer Engineering

|21

|62%

|7

|29%

|-

|PE Electrical and Computer: Electrical and Electronics

|104

|78%

|43

|60%

|-

|PE Electrical and Computer: Power

|1003

|66%

|509

|38%

|-

|PE Environmental

|242

|62%

|114

|37%

|-

|PE Fire Protection

|148

|64%

|72

|38%

|-

|PE Industrial and Systems (April 2016)

|72

|78%

|15

|13%

|-

|PE Mechanical HVAC and Refrigeration

|495

|83%

|154

|48%

|-

|PE Mechanical Mechanical Systems and Materials

|553

|73%

|147

|47%

|-

|PE Mechanical Thermal and Fluid Systems

|643

|73%

|204

|47%

|-

|PE Metallurgical and Materials

|45

|67%

|7

|57%

|-

|PE Mining and Mineral Processing

|51

|65%

|11

|27%

|-

|PE Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (April 2016)

|56

|75%

|10

|10%

|-

|PE Nuclear

|25

|72%

|10

|70%

|-

|PE Petroleum

|192

|66%

|55

|40%

|-

|PE Software (April 2016)

|9

|56%

|6

|33%

|}