General educational information for prospective TREC license candidates. This is not legal advice; always confirm current rules directly with TREC and the Pearson VUE Candidate Handbook.
Exam structure and scoring figures below were checked against public TREC/Pearson VUE sources on 2026-10-26. These can change over time — if it’s been a while, double-check against the current Candidate Handbook before relying on exact numbers.
The Pearson VUE exam has two portions, each scored independently at a 70% passing threshold:
Verify the current question counts and thresholds against the live Pearson VUE Candidate Handbook before publishing — these numbers can change between testing-year updates.
You can schedule a retake through Pearson VUE. If you failed only one portion, you only need to retake and pay for that portion. Texas allows a maximum of 3 attempts per portion within one year of your application filing date.
TREC requires additional remedial education before you can register for a 4th attempt on that portion:
Yes — TREC publishes a cumulative, public Exam Passage Report by provider. When comparing schools, always look at exam volume alongside the percentage: a pass rate based on a handful of test-takers is far less statistically stable than one based on thousands, regardless of which school it favors.
Sales Agent Apprentice Education (SAE) is 98 hours of TREC-required post-licensing education (a mandatory 30-hour Real Estate Brokerage course, 60 hours of SAE electives, and 8 hours of Legal Update I & II) that must be completed before your first two-year license renewal. Whether it's bundled with your initial pre-licensing purchase varies by provider — check each provider's current course catalog on its own page in this directory.