CMA Part 2 Registration: Fees, Steps and Retakes
How to register for CMA Part 2: the fee, the booking steps with Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) / Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA), and what to know about results and retakes.
- Questions and time
- 100 MCQs plus two separate case-based sets · 180 minutes for MCQ practice; the real exam adds 60 minutes for cases
- Pass mark
- 360/500 scaled score; no fixed raw-percent equivalent
- Exam fee
- US$545 per part for professionals; US$407 for students/academics, excluding membership and program entrance fees
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Fees
US$545 per part for professionals; US$407 for students/academics, excluding membership and program entrance fees (source).
Registration steps
- Join IMA and enroll in the CMA program.
- Choose January/February, May/June or September/October and register for Part 2.
- Use your authorization number to schedule an available Prometric center and appointment.
Results and retakes
- Results: Case-format results approximately two weeks after the testing month ends, rather than immediately
- Retakes: One attempt per part per testing window; retakes require fresh registration and fees
- Validity: Pass both parts within three years of program entry or any passed part expires
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Sources and references
- Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) / Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) – exam page imaglobal.org
- Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) / Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) – registration imaglobal.org
- Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) / Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) – fees sea.imanet.org
- Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) / Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) – results imaglobal.org