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SOA QFI QF Pass Rates

QFI QF: Quantitative Finance

38.8% April/May 2025 raw pass rate +8.7 ptsvs 30.1% in October/November 2024
All-time high
38.8%April/May 2025
All-time low
25.9%October/November 2022
Average
32.5%across 13 sittings
Std. deviation
3.4 ptssitting to sitting
Candidates tracked
2,3552019 to 2025
Sittings
13all counted
Raw pass rate
20%25%30%35%40%45%2019202020212022202320242025 April/May 2025 · 38.8%
Raw pass rate = passed / candidates sitting. Effective rate excludes candidates whose papers the society judged too incomplete to be realistic attempts.

Every QFI QF sitting

QFI QF pass rate by sitting: candidates, passed, raw rate, effective rate. Newest first.
Sitting Candidates Passed Raw rate Effective rate
April/May 2025 160 62 38.8% 41.6%
October/November 2024 193 58 30.1% 33.7%
April/May 2024 214 65 30.4% 35.5%
October/November 2023 218 64 29.4% 35.0%
April/May 2023 208 74 35.6% 40.0%
October/November 2022 139 36 25.9% 31.0%
April/May 2022 152 49 32.2% 37.4%
October/November 2021 175 60 34.3% 39.7%
April/May 2021 189 65 34.4% 39.2%
October/November 2020 126 38 30.2% 33.3%
July 2020 169 54 32.0% 33.5%
October/November 2019 222 78 35.1% 39.2%
May 2019 190 66 34.7% 41.0%

About QFI QF

The quantitative finance exam of the QFI track, offered from 2019 until the 2025 course-based pathway replaced the track with the INV course sequence. It was consistently among the hardest SOA exams to pass.

Data: Society of Actuaries official exam statistics, 2019 to 2025. Last updated July 5, 2026.

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