University of Wisconsin-Whitewater accounting students continue to outrank the national competition on the Uniform CPA Examination. The recent release of the 2005 edition of the candidates performance listing by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy ranks UW-Whitewater the No. 1 school in the country among those with the highest rates of passing of all sections among first-time candidates without advanced degrees. UW-Whitewater outperformed its peers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Truman State University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Northern Iowa and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.