ASWB exam pass rates at Simmons University
Massachusetts licensing rules. Exam year 2025. Checked against ASWB's published school report. Last checked .
Try a free practice questionClinical first-time
81.7%
Up 0.9 points from 2024 (80.8%)
382 first-time exams. National rate 75.7%.
Masters first-time
84.3%
2024: 84.6%
223 first-time exams. National rate 73.9%.
Clinical repeat exams
152
From 382 first-time seats.
What this means if you graduated here
382 first-time Clinical candidates sat the Clinical exam in 2025 and 81.7% passed on the first try. The national first-time rate was 75.7%. A cohort rate is a starting line, not a verdict on you, and your own result comes from your own practice. See where you stand so your study time goes where it counts.
223 first-time Masters candidates sat the Masters exam in 2025 and 84.3% passed on the first try. The national first-time rate was 73.9%. A cohort rate is a starting line, not a verdict on you, and your own result comes from your own practice. See where you stand so your study time goes where it counts.
The numbers, drawn
The same rows the table below prints, drawn instead. Three views: the first try beside the state and national rates, what the second try looks like, and where one graduating class ends up. ASWB, 2025 report, checked .
1. The first try
First-time pass rate by exam. Simmons University in plum, Massachusetts in gold, the national rate in teal. Bachelors and Advanced Generalist have too few first-time exams to rate so far, so they are drawn faint and unlabeled.
2. The second try is worse everywhere
Repeat pass rate next to first-time. Nationally the second attempt passes about a third of the time, and it is the line most schools never publish.
3. 382 people sat the Clinical exam for the first time
Each dot is one first-time candidate at Simmons University, filled if they passed. The repeat sittings below are mostly the same people, coming back.
The table it came from
| Exam | Group | Exams | Passed | Pass rate | MA | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors | First-time | 2 | 1 | 50% | 70% | 70.4% |
| Bachelors | Repeat | 1 | 0 | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| Bachelors | Total | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 52% | 62% |
| Masters | First-time | 223 | 188 | 84.3% | 87% | 73.9% |
| Masters | Repeat | 87 | 31 | 35.6% | 35.2% | 30.2% |
| Masters | Total | 310 | 219 | 70.6% | 74.4% | 57.9% |
| Clinical | First-time | 382 | 312 | 81.7% | 84% | 75.7% |
| Clinical | Repeat | 152 | 63 | 41.4% | 39.2% | 34.8% |
| Clinical | Total | 534 | 375 | 70.2% | 72.2% | 61.1% |
| Advanced Generalist | First-time | 2 | 1 | 50% | 66.7% | 65% |
| Advanced Generalist | Repeat | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 26.2% |
| Advanced Generalist | Total | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | 50% | 51.7% |
An n/a means the report prints no figure for that line, which happens when no examinations were administered. It is never a zero pass rate.
Accreditation
- BaccalaureateAccredited in the CSWE program directoryProgram site
- Master'sAccredited in the CSWE program directoryProgram site
Find out where you stand
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Take the free diagnosticChecked against ASWB's published school report. Last checked September 11, 2026. Social Work Test Prep Academy is not affiliated with ASWB, CSWE or any school. Pass rates are read off the school report ASWB publishes for the exam year; accreditation comes from the CSWE program directory. ASWB's exam pass rate page is the source of record. Sources: ASWB exam pass rates for 2025, the CSWE program directory, and NCES IPEDS 2024.