The Cebu Institute of Medicine and Saint Luke's College of Medicine dominated the Physician Licensure Examination given in August, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said Friday.

Both schools bested 50 others and registered a passing rate of 100 percent in the recent board exams.

West Visayas State University in Iloilo City came in second with a 99.0% passing rate, followed by Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila with 98.15% passing rate.

University of the Philippines Manila and University of Santo Tomas (UST) placed fourth and fifth, respectively, with a passing rate of 97.33% and 97.10%.

Meanwhile, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center ranked sixth with a 96.93% passing rate.

Xavier University placed seventh with a passing rate of 96.43, while San Beda College came in eighth place with a 94.34 passing rate.

Cebu Doctors University-College of Medicine ranked ninth with 93.64% and Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation placed tenth with 92.54%.

The PRC announced that 3,340 out of 4,064 examinees passed the board examination.

UST produced 6 of the 11 examinees who garnered the highest ratings, while De La Salle University-Health Science Institute produced 2. Graduates of West Visayas State U, UP Manila and Cebu Institute of Medicine also made it to the top 10.

RANK	SCHOOL	TOTAL NO. OF EXAM.	TOTAL NO. PASSED	PERCENTAGE PASSED
1	CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE	122	122	100.00%
	SAINT LUKE'S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	83	83	100.00%
2	WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY-LA PAZ	101	100	99.01%
3	PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA	108	106	98.15%
4	UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA	150	146	97.33%
5	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	482	468	97.10%
	ATENEO DE MLA UNIV. SCHOOL OF MED. & PUBLIC HEALTH-PASIG	138	134	97.10%
6	UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM MEDICAL CTR	326	316	96.93%
7	XAVIER UNIVERSITY	56	54	96.43%
8	SAN BEDA COLLEGE	106	100	94.34%
9	CEBU DOCTORS UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	110	103	93.64%
10	FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY-NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION	268	248	92.54%