What is the success rate at the candidacy level? What if a doctoral student fails candidacy?
Due to the rigorous admission process, the great majority of students do pass the candidacy examapproximately 75%. If a student fails the candidacy examination, she or he has the opportunity to retake the test. In previous years, when students who failed repeated the exam, nearly all passed the test and advanced to candidacy.
Due to the rigorous admission process, the great majority of students do pass the candidacy exam—approximately 90 percent. If a student fails the candidacy examination, she or he has the opportunity to retake the test one time. A second failure on the Candidacy Exam terminates the students’ enrollment in the D.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction program.
