SOAPreliminaryASA track
SOA Exam FAM Pass Rates
Exam FAM: Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics
60.6%
February 2026 raw pass rate
+6.1 ptsvs 54.5% in October 2025
- All-time high
- 62.8%March 2023
- All-time low
- 49.6%October 2022
- Average
- 56.9%across 11 sittings
- Std. deviation
- 3.7 ptssitting to sitting
- Candidates tracked
- 14,8012022 to 2026
- Sittings
- 11all counted
Raw pass rate
Every Exam FAM sitting
| Sitting | Candidates | Passed | Raw rate | Effective rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | 1,304 | 790 | 60.6% | 65.3% |
| October 2025 | 1,410 | 769 | 54.5% | 59.6% |
| July 2025 | 1,341 | 765 | 57.0% | 61.6% |
| March 2025 | 1,165 | 660 | 56.7% | 60.8% |
| November 2024 | 1,765 | 941 | 53.3% | 58.7% |
| July 2024 | 1,479 | 857 | 57.9% | 62.3% |
| March 2024 | 1,169 | 640 | 54.7% | 59.8% |
| November 2023 | 1,762 | 1,055 | 59.9% | 64.3% |
| July 2023 | 1,353 | 794 | 58.7% | 63.7% |
| March 2023 | 1,200 | 753 | 62.8% | 68.1% |
| October 2022 | 853 | 423 | 49.6% | 55.4% |
About Exam FAM
FAM combines short-term (loss models, credibility) and long-term (life contingencies) fundamentals in a single exam. It debuted in Fall 2022 as the centerpiece of the SOA's redesigned ASA curriculum.
Data: Society of Actuaries official exam statistics, 2022 to 2026. Last updated July 5, 2026.