CA. PE. Test Fees Jump 193%-284%!

[niner1]

Hope everybody passed Aprils exam if not in your in for a rude awakening in Ca.The $275 exam Fee is gone! During a Novembember 18, 2011 board meeting the Board for Professional Engineer and Land surveyors voted 9-0 to increase the Fees for anyone applying to take the PE in the state of Ca. Ca. no longer processes the NCEES exam, nor will they administer the seismic or the survey exam it is now all contracted out...............See the breakdown below

If you choose to take all 3 exams at once the cost is $807.60 an increase of 193%

NCEE registry $265

Processing Fee $125 (paid to the Ca. board)

Survey exam $150

Prometrics Fee $ 58.80

Seismic $150

Prometric Fee $ 58.80

Total $ 807.60







　

If you choose to take the tests one at a time the total cost is $1057.60 an increase of 284%

　

NCEE registry $265 (8-hour exam)

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 395

Survey exam $150

Prometrics Fee $ 58.80

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 333.80

Seismic Exam $150

Prometric Fee $ 58.80

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 333.80

 

[CAPLS]

You can visit http://www.pels.ca.g...edule_new.shtml to read the actual fee schedule and see what niner1 is referring to.

This has also been discussed in more detail in this post: http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=18908

 

[niner1]

Thanks Ric, for the redirect.... I did attempt to search for the topic but obviously failed......let me just ask a simple question are you saying the $532 price increase minus the 58.80 x 2 prometrc fee, so lets say $415 is a cost the board previously absorbed for each applicant?

 

[CAPLS]

Actually yes, including the equivalent of the state exam CBT administration fee payable to Prometric, which is in lieu of the costs associated with the Board previously arranging sites (fairgrounds, community centers, etc.) that can accommodate our large candidate population, tables, chairs, Proctors, security, and shipping. If the Board arranged to pay this CBT administration fee, the candidate would simply be paying the Board that additional fee instead of directly to Prometric. Using a typical Civil applicant as an example, the Board's prior costs totaled approximately $800 for each $275 received by an applicant.

One ever present goal with implementing these changes is that the Board hopes to be able to offer the state exams nationally and more frequently by increasing state exam development efforts over the next several years.

 

[ptatohed]

Hope everybody passed Aprils exam if not in your in for a rude awakening in Ca.The $275 exam Fee is gone! During a Novembember 18, 2011 board meeting the Board for Professional Engineer and Land surveyors voted 9-0 to increase the Fees for anyone applying to take the PE in the state of Ca. Ca. no longer processes the NCEES exam, nor will they administer the seismic or the survey exam it is now all contracted out...............See the breakdown below

If you choose to take all 3 exams at once the cost is $807.60 an increase of 193%

NCEE registry $265

Processing Fee $125 (paid to the Ca. board)

Survey exam $150

Prometrics Fee $ 58.80

Seismic $150

Prometric Fee $ 58.80

Total $ 807.60

　

If you choose to take the tests one at a time the total cost is $1057.60 an increase of 284%

　

NCEE registry $265 (8-hour exam)

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 395

Survey exam $150

Prometrics Fee $ 58.80

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 333.80

Seismic Exam $150

Prometric Fee $ 58.80

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 333.80

If the old one at a time cost was $275 x 3 = $825, how is $1,057.60 a 284% increase?

 

[monkeywinky]

If the old one at a time cost was $275 x 3 = $825, how is $1,057.60 a 284% increase?

You're right, if comparing 3 times vs 3 times, it's "only" 28%.... I think this is reasonable. If people were taking it 3 times before anyways, the cost to the applicant is "nearly" the same, but the cost to the state is now 0, whereas before, the state was bleeding hundres per applicant who didn't take all three exams.

Now though, the incentive to try and pass all three in one shot is significantly diminished - you only save $200, so why go through all the extra stress of trying to knock out all three in one go?

 

[ptatohed]

If the old one at a time cost was $275 x 3 = $825, how is $1,057.60 a 284% increase?

You're right, if comparing 3 times vs 3 times, it's "only" 28%.... I think this is reasonable. If people were taking it 3 times before anyways, the cost to the applicant is "nearly" the same, but the cost to the state is now 0, whereas before, the state was bleeding hundres per applicant who didn't take all three exams.

Now though, the incentive to try and pass all three in one shot is significantly diminished - you only save $200, so why go through all the extra stress of trying to knock out all three in one go?

Yup, that's what I imagine happening now. People will be more likely to sign up for just one test, each administration. So, yes, the price increase for this one-at-a-time route is "only a little more" than it was - but the applicants won't be able to sit for the other two exams for free anymore. I enjoyed sitting for the other exam(s) I didn't study for just for the experience.

I imagine now the average test score will jump significantly since, in theory, only those who studied for that exam will be taking it.

 

[niner1]

Hope everybody passed Aprils exam if not in your in for a rude awakening in Ca.The $275 exam Fee is gone! During a Novembember 18, 2011 board meeting the Board for Professional Engineer and Land surveyors voted 9-0 to increase the Fees for anyone applying to take the PE in the state of Ca. Ca. no longer processes the NCEES exam, nor will they administer the seismic or the survey exam it is now all contracted out...............See the breakdown below

If you choose to take all 3 exams at once the cost is $807.60 an increase of 193%

NCEE registry $265

Processing Fee $125 (paid to the Ca. board)

Survey exam $150

Prometrics Fee $ 58.80

Seismic $150

Prometric Fee $ 58.80

Total $ 807.60

　

If you choose to take the tests one at a time the total cost is $1057.60 an increase of 284%

　

NCEE registry $265 (8-hour exam)

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 395

Survey exam $150

Prometrics Fee $ 58.80

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 333.80

Seismic Exam $150

Prometric Fee $ 58.80

Processing Fee $125

Total $ 333.80

If the old one at a time cost was $275 x 3 = $825, how is $1,057.60 a 284% increase?

Yes you are right, I was looking at it from the perspective of taking 2 tests for free paying for one at the old $275 fee. actually I should quit complaining about the fee and just pass the dang test!