FSU Applied Behavior Analysis pass rates ranked No. 1 worldwide

Florida State University Panama City’s Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program recently ranked No. 1 worldwide on the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) exam pass rates.

According to program director, Jon Bailey, Ph.D., BCBA-D, graduates from any ABA program must meet a number of requirements before being certified in the field. These include completing an approved master’s degree program, 1,500 hours of supervised experience and passing the BACB exam.

“That is equivalent to the bar exam for law students,” Bailey said.

The FSU master’s in ABA Program course sequence is approved by the BACB and is accredited by the Association for Behavior Analysis: International.

For the most recent examination period, 106 colleges and universities from around the world had graduates prepared to take the exam. All sixteen students from FSU Panama City who took the exam passed to become Board Certified Behavior Analysts. Six other programs also had a 100 percent pass rate, but had fewer students take the exam.

Bailey predicts the program will receive more applications by the January deadline and that those students will have higher academic qualifications.

“The morale in our program right now is very high, and we expect that come job fair time in March, our students will be in great demand and will be able to negotiate a higher starting salary,” Bailey said.

To see the complete rankings go to BACB.com. For more information on the FSU Panama City ABA program, visit pc.fsu.edu or call Amy Polick, Ph.D, BCBA-D, at (850) 770-2251.