Board Pass Rates
New England School of Acupuncture results on the National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (NCBAHM) module examinations, reported for first-time test takers, with the national first-time rate beside each year and the three-year rolling average.
Foundations of Chinese Medicine
| Year |
NESA first-time pass rate |
National first-time pass rate |
Test takers (n) |
| 2023 | 93.5% | 93.3% | 31 |
| 2024 | 87.9% | 93.4% | 33 |
| 2025 | 90.0% | 92.2% | 40 |
| 3-Year Rolling Average 2023 to 2025 |
90.5% | 93.0% |
Acupuncture with Point Location
| Year |
NESA first-time pass rate |
National first-time pass rate |
Test takers (n) |
| 2023 | 64.5% | 71.0% | 31 |
| 2024 | 79.3% | 75.4% | 29 |
| 2025 | 77.8% | 80.2% | 45 |
| 3-Year Rolling Average 2023 to 2025 |
73.9% | 75.5% |
Biomedicine
| Year |
NESA first-time pass rate |
National first-time pass rate |
Test takers (n) |
| 2023 | 64.0% | 64.5% | 25 |
| 2024 | 65.6% | 70.1% | 32 |
| 2025 | 61.9% | 68.7% | 42 |
| 3-Year Rolling Average 2023 to 2025 |
63.8% | 67.8% |
Chinese Herbology
| Year |
NESA first-time pass rate |
National first-time pass rate |
Test takers (n) |
| 2023 | 69.2% | 65.6% | 13 |
| 2024 | 77.8% | 66.2% | 18 |
| 2025 | 70.6% | 62.3% | 17 |
| 3-Year Rolling Average 2023 to 2025 |
72.5% | 64.7% |
Source: NCBAHM (formerly NCCAOM) Program Performance Reports for NESA at MCPHS University, 2023 to 2025. Rates are first-time test takers (first attempt), with the number of test takers (n) shown for each year; national rates are the NCBAHM national first-time rates from the same reports. Last updated November 9, 2026. Next update March 2027, when the 2026 results are released.