The University remained the second top-performing school in the November 2023 Nutritionist Dietitian Licensure Exam (NDLE), results released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Tuesday, Nov. 28.

From its preceding 94 examinees in October 2022 NDLE, UST has produced 137 passers out of its 139 examinees.

The University also posted a 98.56 percent passing rate, previously at 97.87 percent.

Meanwhile, Thomasian Ruth Malanum snagged the fourth spot with an average of 91.10 percent.

Genesis Rivera of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines led the new batch of nutritionist-dietatitians with a score of 92.60 percent.

Central Mindanao University, the University of the Philippines-Los Baños, and the University of the Philippines-Diliman were named the top-performing schools in the November 2023 NDLE after obtaining a perfect passing rate.

There are 895 passers out of 1,219 examinees for the November 2023 NDLE, according to the PRC.

Usually, the NDLE is scheduled in October, but the PRC declared this year that it will now take place in November.

The nutritionist-dietitian licensure boards were conducted in the cities of Metro Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Legazpi, Lucena, Rosales, and Zamboanga last Nov. 23 and 24.