CFA Program Exam Pass Rate Scraper

Scrape the official CFA Institute exam pass rates for Level I, Level II, and Level III directly from the CFA Institute website. Returns the published 10-year average pass rate for each exam level in structured JSON format.

What it does

The actor fetches the CFA Program exam overview page at https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/cfa-program/exam and extracts the pass-rate comparison table, which CFA Institute publishes showing the 10-year average pass rate for each exam level.

Output per run (3 records):

Field	Description	Example
`exam_level`	Exam level name	`Level I`
`ten_year_average`	Pass rate as a decimal	`0.41`
`ten_year_average_pct`	Pass rate as displayed on site	`41%`
`source_url`	Source page URL	`https://www.cfainstitute.org/...`
`scrapedAt`	ISO-8601 scrape timestamp	`2026-06-12T04:00:00.000Z`

Use cases

Finance credential market research — track CFA pass rate benchmarks for program comparison or career analytics
Education data platforms — ingest authoritative pass rates for credentialing analysis or financial education content
Academic research — build time-series datasets of certification pass rates as CFA Institute updates the 10-year averages
Financial services HR analytics — benchmark candidate pools against published exam difficulty

Input options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`maxItems`	Integer	15	Maximum number of records to return (3 available — one per Level)

Sample output

[
  {
    "exam_level": "Level I",
    "ten_year_average": 0.41,
    "ten_year_average_pct": "41%",
    "source_url": "https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/cfa-program/exam",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-12T04:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "exam_level": "Level II",
    "ten_year_average": 0.45,
    "ten_year_average_pct": "45%",
    "source_url": "https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/cfa-program/exam",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-12T04:00:00.000Z"
  },
  {
    "exam_level": "Level III",
    "ten_year_average": 0.52,
    "ten_year_average_pct": "52%",
    "source_url": "https://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/cfa-program/exam",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-12T04:00:00.000Z"
  }
]

Data source

Data is sourced directly from the CFA Institute official website. CFA Institute publishes the 10-year average pass rate for each Level in a comparison table on the main CFA exam information page. No authentication or proxy is required — the page is publicly accessible static content.

Technical notes

No proxy required — public static HTML page
Run completes in under 30 seconds
3 records returned per run (one per CFA exam level)
Data updates when CFA Institute updates the official page (typically after each exam window)