This Year, 1,110 Certified Public Accountant Passers... 101 More Than Last Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji-hwan Park] The Financial Supervisory Service announced on the 28th the final successful candidates for the 55th Certified Public Accountant exam in 2020, totaling 1,110 people. This is an increase of 101 candidates compared to last year's 1,009.

The final successful candidates are 1,110 people who scored 60% or higher in all subjects (equivalent to 60 points out of 100) among the 3,453 candidates who took the second exam held on June 27-28.

The highest scorer was Oh Joon-sung (age 25, male), a graduate of Korea University, with an average score of 87.5 points. The youngest candidate was Kim Da-hyun (age 21, female), a third-year student at Seoul National University, and the oldest was Yang Yo-seop (age 38, male), a graduate of Dongguk University.

The average score of all successful candidates was 60.2 points, which is 0.6 points lower than last year.

The average age of successful candidates was 27.0 years, the same as last year. By age group, the distribution was late 20s (71.2%), early 20s (18.2%), and early 30s (10.0%), in that order.

The proportion of female successful candidates was 28.6%, down 1.9 percentage points from last year. The proportion of candidates majoring in business-related fields increased by 1.6 percentage points to 78.7%.

Among the final successful candidates, 923 (83.2%) were deferred candidates who passed the first exam last year, and 126 (11.3%) were simultaneous candidates who passed the first exam this year. There were 1,561 candidates who passed some subjects partially.

Score inquiries can be made on the Financial Supervisory Service Certified Public Accountant Exam website. The schedule for the 56th Certified Public Accountant exam in 2021 will be announced by the Financial Services Commission in November.

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