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Law School Bar Exam Pass Rates: Compare Your School’s Performance

What is the average first time bar examination pass rate for your law school in the 2023 calendar year? How does it compare to other schools? How does it compare to the average pass rate? See below for the results. A positive number in the Difference column indicates a law school outperformed against the weighted average, while a negative number indicates the school underperformed against the weighted average.

How Does Your Law School’s Bar Exam Pass Rate Compare in 2023?

“School Pass Rate” is how the law school’s graduates performed across all jurisdictions where they took the bar examination for the first time.

“Avg. Pass Rate” is the average pass rate for graduates from ABA-accredited law schools for each jurisdiction in which the law school’s graduates sat for the bar exam.  This number is weighted so that bar pass rates from jurisdictions where more of the law school’s graduates sat for the bar have a greater impact in the ABA weighted average bar pass rate than bar pass rates from jurisdictions where fewer of the law school’s graduates sat for the bar exam.

“Difference” is the difference between the law school pass rate and the weighted average bar pass rate compares the performance of the law School’s graduates on the bar exam in all jurisdictions where they took the bar exam for the first time with the performance of graduates from all ABA accredited law schools on the bar exam in those jurisdictions.

The average School Pass Rate, regardless of jurisdiction was 79.18%.

School NameSchool Pass RateAvg. Pass RateDifference
Akron, University of72.15%77.07%-4.92%
Alabama, University of91.30%78.23%13.07%
Albany Law School82.05%82.17%-0.12%
American University74.85%79.95%-5.1%
Appalachian School of Law61.22%74.61%-13.39%
Arizona State University College of Law86.55%74.72%11.83%
Arizona, University of78.45%74.95%3.5%
Arkansas, Fayetteville, University of82.54%77.54%5%
Arkansas, Little Rock, University of75.40%77.22%-1.82%
Atlanta's John Marshall64.94%77.48%-12.54%
Ave Maria School of Law67.74%69.15%-1.41%
Baltimore, University of64.68%69.63%-4.95%
Barry University of Orlando52.76%68.71%-15.95%
Baylor University91.61%79.03%12.58%
Belmont University93.58%74.36%19.22%
Boston College95.88%79.49%16.39%
Boston University87.70%79.44%8.26%
Brigham Young University95.41%84.29%11.12%
Brooklyn Law School78.82%82.42%-3.6%
California Western School of Law48.35%72.51%-24.16%
California-Berkeley, University of88.24%74.54%13.7%
California-Davis, University of82.66%72.84%9.82%
California-Irvine, University of86.86%73.22%13.64%
California-Los Angeles, University of88.82%73.62%15.2%
California-San Francisco, University of72.14%72.67%-0.53%
Campbell University81.88%74.04%7.84%
Capital University77.44%76.87%0.57%
Cardozo School of Law83.86%82.29%1.57%
Case Western Reserve University72.90%76.71%-3.81%
Catholic University of America84.47%79.26%5.21%
Chapman University80.00%72.3%7.7%
Charleston School of Law65.63%77.21%-11.58%
Chicago - Kent College of Law-IIT84.08%78.28%5.8%
Chicago, University of97.10%79.27%17.83%
Cincinnati, University of87.93%77.13%10.8%
City University of New York55.88%81.94%-26.06%
Cleveland State University College of Law66.38%77.13%-10.75%
Colorado, University of81.14%77.55%3.59%
Columbia University95.39%81.65%13.74%
Connecticut, University of80.95%71.36%9.59%
Cooley Law School37.25%67.4%-30.15%
Cornell University94.86%81.58%13.28%
Creighton University65.31%73.5%-8.19%
Dayton, University of86.49%75.96%10.53%
Denver, University of81.71%77.71%4%
DePaul University75.00%78.06%-3.06%
Detroit Mercy, University of59.23%62.95%-3.72%
District of Columbia47.92%79.51%-31.59%
Drake University90.63%85.07%5.56%
Drexel University76.76%73.64%3.12%
Duke University94.44%79.32%15.12%
Duquesne University83.33%75.12%8.21%
Elon University School of Law59.35%74.65%-15.3%
Emory University86.22%77.37%8.85%
Faulkner University66.67%79.02%-12.35%
Florida A&M University40.20%70.63%-30.43%
Florida International University86.49%67.85%18.64%
Florida State University82.97%68.46%14.51%
Florida, University of81.94%70.08%11.86%
Fordham University87.78%82.4%5.38%
George Mason University87.43%79.03%8.4%
George Washington University86.09%80.88%5.21%
Georgetown University90.51%80.75%9.76%
Georgia State University78.53%77.47%1.06%
Georgia, University of91.57%77.68%13.89%
Gonzaga University69.34%80%-10.66%
Harvard University96.10%79.91%16.19%
Hawaii, University of69.14%69.4%-0.26%
Hofstra University76.34%82.42%-6.08%
Houston, University of86.01%78.96%7.05%
Howard University74.22%80.4%-6.18%
Idaho, University of74.76%74.51%0.25%
Illinois, University of72.48%77.62%-5.14%
Indiana University - Bloomington81.48%76.05%5.43%
Indiana University - Indianapolis76.00%74.4%1.6%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico45.45%49.42%-3.97%
Iowa, University of88.24%81.18%7.06%
Kansas, University of91.86%78.81%13.05%
Kentucky, University of74.19%75.71%-1.52%
Lewis And Clark College77.58%74.02%3.56%
Liberty University82.14%75.23%6.91%
Lincoln Memorial60.87%74.13%-13.26%
Louisiana State University92.00%73.45%18.55%
Louisville, University of74.77%75.61%-0.84%
Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles78.76%72.43%6.33%
Loyola University-Chicago83.56%77.93%5.63%
Loyola University-New Orleans66.30%72.69%-6.39%
Maine, University of88.16%72.46%15.7%
Marquette University99.46%75.42%-75.42%
Maryland, University of74.87%71.56%3.31%
McGeorge School of Law67.07%72.52%-5.45%
Memphis, University of76.09%73.91%2.18%
Mercer University76.47%77.61%-1.14%
Miami, University of75.58%69.89%5.69%
Michigan State University, College of Law72.78%66.45%6.33%
Michigan, University of97.27%77.87%19.4%
Minnesota, University of89.55%80.23%9.32%
Mississippi College75.25%73.59%1.66%
Mississippi, University of73.72%74.97%-1.25%
Missouri, University of86.87%83.56%3.31%
Missouri-Kansas City, University of77.21%83.52%-6.31%
Mitchell | Hamline72.31%78.81%-6.5%
Montana, University of85.94%83.88%2.06%
Nebraska, University of76.19%70.71%5.48%
New England Law | Boston71.53%79.18%-7.65%
New Hampshire, University of71.52%74.01%-4.72%
New Mexico, University of81.91%81.4%0.51%
New York Law School70.71%81.61%-10.9%
New York University96.58%81.51%15.07%
North Carolina Central University56.59%75.01%-18.42%
North Carolina, University of92.00%75.48%16.52%
North Dakota, University of60.71%72.01%-11.3%
Northeastern University School of Law86.22%80.04%6.18%
Northern Illinois University59.55%78.09%-18.54%
Northern Kentucky University81.61%76.29%5.32%
Northwestern University91.60%78.56%13.04%
Notre Dame, University of91.46%77.47%13.99%
Nova Southeastern University63.92%67.84%-3.92%
Ohio Northern University50.94%75.31%-24.37%
Oklahoma City University59.38%71.25%-11.87%
Oklahoma, University of87.88%72.27%15.61%
Oregon, University of76.67%74.5%2.17%
Pace University65.15%80.59%-15.44%
Pennsylvania State-Dickinson Law77.46%75.35%2.11%
Pennsylvania State-Penn State Law86.79%75.6%11.19%
Pennsylvania, University of96.25%79.72%16.53%
Pepperdine University83.33%73.18%10.15%
Pittsburgh, University of84.55%74.79%9.76%
Pontifical Catholic University of P.R.62.32%48.19%14.13%
Puerto Rico, University of51.43%48.69%2.74%
Quinnipiac University66.09%69.24%-3.15%
Regent University Law School83.51%75.46%8.05%
Richmond, University of79.59%76.8%2.79%
Roger Williams University57.89%77.1%-19.21%
Rutgers University Law School67.01%70.05%-3.04%
Saint Louis University86.74%82.99%3.75%
Samford University78.36%78.88%-0.52%
San Diego, University of78.76%72.52%6.24%
San Francisco, University of67.37%72.43%-5.06%
Santa Clara University61.79%72.57%-10.78%
Seattle University74.55%82.11%-7.56%
Seton Hall University82.23%70.27%11.96%
South Carolina, University of81.60%77.03%4.57%
South Dakota, University of67.27%78.5%-11.23%
South Texas College of Law80.34%79.13%1.21%
Southern California, University of82.42%73.57%8.85%
Southern Illinois University65.67%78.71%-13.04%
Southern Methodist University84.86%78.97%5.89%
Southern University52.94%72.02%-19.08%
Southwestern Law School63.98%72.34%-8.36%
St Thomas, University of78.71%81.46%-2.75%
St. John's University87.10%82.59%4.51%
St. Mary's University73.47%79.21%-5.74%
St. Thomas University (Florida)58.42%67.81%-9.39%
Stanford University96.70%76.96%19.74%
Stetson University College of Law76.98%68%8.98%
Suffolk University79.33%79.99%-0.66%
Syracuse University74.59%80.2%-5.61%
Temple University85.15%74.82%10.33%
Tennessee, University of83.65%74.03%9.62%
Texas A&M University92.99%78.91%14.08%
Texas At Austin, University of94.01%78.91%15.1%
Texas Southern University School of Law63.45%78.99%-15.54%
Texas Tech University92.14%79.13%13.01%
The Ohio State University College of Law90.66%77.17%13.49%
Touro University55.35%82.07%-26.72%
Tulane University79.61%76.02%3.59%
Tulsa, University of70.87%71.76%-0.89%
University at Buffalo-SUNY81.05%82.13%-1.08%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law59.19%78.14%-18.95%
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth59.43%78.27%-18.84%
University of Nevada-Las Vegas76.80%71.11%5.69%
University of Toledo College of Law69.89%72.16%-2.27%
UNT Dallas College of Law68.54%78.87%-10.33%
Utah, University of93.98%87.91%6.07%
Vanderbilt University96.97%77.81%19.16%
Vermont Law School63.48%73.12%-9.64%
Villanova University91.81%75.81%16%
Virginia, University of96.50%79.39%17.11%
Wake Forest University92.39%75.43%16.96%
Washburn University84.04%78.24%5.8%
Washington And Lee University83.33%77.84%5.49%
Washington University91.93%80.04%11.89%
Washington, University of93.21%81.19%12.02%
Wayne State University66.67%63.58%3.09%
West Virginia University69.39%73.67%-4.28%
Western New England School of Law68.60%74.1%-5.5%
Western State College of Law58.49%72.24%-13.75%
Widener University-Commonwealth53.75%74.26%-20.51%
Widener University-Delaware63.78%71.63%-7.85%
Willamette University52.69%74.22%-21.53%
William And Mary School of Law92.96%77.73%15.23%
Wisconsin, University of100.00%78.25%21.75%
Wyoming, University of80.88%78.15%2.73%
Yale University96.79%79.97%16.82%

Source – The American Bar Association

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