Friday, March 3, 2023
Law School Rankings By Ultimate Bar Passage Rate (2020)
Following up on my previous posts:
- 2022 Bar Pass Rate Fell 2 Percentage Points Due To Fewer 1L Academic Dismissals After Spring 2020 Covid Semester
- Law School Rankings By 2022 First-Time Bar Passage Rate
Here is the ranking of schools in the Ultimate Graduation Year 2020 Bar Pass Data from the ABA's spreadsheet released last Friday:
Rank | School | Pass Rate | Pass Rate (Incl.Diploma Privilege) |
1 | BYU | 100.00% | 100.00% |
1 | Chicago | 100.00% | 100.00% |
1 | Stanford | 100.00% | 100.00% |
1 | Utah | 100.00% | 100.00% |
5 | Duke | 99.52% | 99.53% |
6 | Minnesota | 99.48% | 99.48% |
7 | Louisiana State | 99.37% | 99.64% |
8 | UC-Berkeley | 99.36% | 99.38% |
9 | Virginia | 99.35% | 99.36% |
10 | Baylor | 99.23% | 99.24% |
11 | Alabama | 99.21% | 99.21% |
12 | Michigan | 99.20% | 99.20% |
13 | Texas A&M | 99.19% | 99.19% |
14 | NYU | 99.14% | 99.15% |
15 | Texas | 99.03% | 99.04% |
16 | Harvard | 99.01% | 99.01% |
17 | UCLA | 99.00% | 99.01% |
18 | Yale | 98.96% | 98.96% |
19 | Georgia | 98.85% | 98.86% |
20 | Boston Univ. | 98.64% | 98.65% |
21 | Regent | 98.53% | 98.53% |
22 | USC | 98.34% | 98.35% |
23 | Penn | 98.34% | 98.37% |
24 | Washington Univ. | 98.19% | 98.21% |
25 | William & Mary | 97.71% | 97.73% |
26 | Florida Int'l | 97.67% | 97.67% |
27 | Colorado | 97.65% | 97.66% |
28 | Cornell | 97.41% | 97.42% |
29 | Missouri-Columbia | 97.37% | 97.44% |
30 | Fordham | 97.33% | 97.33% |
31 | Samford | 97.20% | 97.20% |
32 | Northwestern | 97.11% | 97.11% |
33 | Wake Forest | 97.10% | 97.10% |
34 | Boston College | 97.07% | 97.10% |
35 | Dayton | 97.01% | 97.06% |
35 | New Hampshire | 97.01% | 97.01% |
37 | Ohio State | 97.00% | 97.01% |
38 | Montana | 96.92% | 97.06% |
39 | George Mason | 96.88% | 96.97% |
40 | North Carolina | 96.86% | 96.89% |
41 | Northeastern | 96.83% | 96.88% |
42 | St. Louis | 96.79% | 96.82% |
43 | Vanderbilt | 96.63% | 96.63% |
44 | Texas Tech | 96.61% | 96.61% |
45 | New Mexico | 96.46% | 96.46% |
46 | Liberty | 96.30% | 96.36% |
47 | Columbia | 96.22% | 96.22% |
48 | Loyola-L.A. | 96.19% | 96.19% |
49 | George Washington | 95.96% | 96.06% |
50 | St. John's | 95.95% | 95.95% |
51 | Kansas | 95.92% | 95.92% |
52 | Connecticut | 95.73% | 95.73% |
53 | Illinois | 95.71% | 95.74% |
53 | Indiana (Maurer) | 95.71% | 95.83% |
55 | Wayne State | 95.62% | 95.68% |
56 | Campbell | 95.59% | 95.59% |
56 | Maine | 95.59% | 95.59% |
56 | Oklahoma | 95.59% | 95.68% |
59 | Louisville | 95.58% | 95.65% |
60 | Cardozo | 95.54% | 95.56% |
61 | UC-Irvine | 95.52% | 95.59% |
62 | Georgetown | 95.45% | 95.56% |
63 | Notre Dame | 95.38% | 95.43% |
64 | SMU | 95.33% | 95.33% |
65 | Southwestern | 95.24% | 95.24% |
66 | Florida | 95.21% | 95.21% |
67 | Wyoming | 95.08% | 95.08% |
68 | Belmont | 94.95% | 94.95% |
69 | Richmond | 94.70% | 94.70% |
69 | Washington & Lee | 94.70% | 94.70% |
71 | Cincinnati | 94.68% | 94.68% |
72 | Penn State-Univ. Park | 94.64% | 94.69% |
73 | Arkansas-Fayetteville | 94.59% | 94.59% |
74 | South Carolina | 94.39% | 94.39% |
75 | Case Western | 94.34% | 94.39% |
76 | Catholic | 94.19% | 94.38% |
77 | Penn State-Dickinson | 94.12% | 94.12% |
78 | Pittsburgh | 94.03% | 94.03% |
79 | Tennessee | 93.97% | 93.97% |
80 | Florida State | 93.94% | 93.98% |
81 | Iowa | 93.89% | 93.89% |
82 | Nebraska | 93.69% | 93.75% |
83 | North Dakota | 93.65% | 93.65% |
84 | Temple | 93.27% | 93.27% |
85 | Villanova | 93.17% | 93.17% |
86 | Maryland | 93.14% | 93.18% |
87 | Drexel | 93.08% | 93.08% |
88 | Northern Illinois | 93.02% | 93.02% |
88 | Oregon | 93.02% | 97.54% |
90 | Tulsa | 93.00% | 93.00% |
91 | Albany | 92.67% | 92.67% |
92 | Creighton | 92.55% | 92.55% |
93 | Kentucky | 92.45% | 92.45% |
94 | San Diego | 92.41% | 92.51% |
95 | Missouri-Kansas City | 92.37% | 92.37% |
96 | Arizona State | 92.06% | 92.06% |
97 | Pacific | 91.87% | 95.78% |
98 | Chapman | 91.72% | 91.72% |
99 | Idaho | 91.67% | 92.31% |
99 | Willamette | 91.67% | 98.08% |
101 | Quinnipiac | 91.60% | 91.60% |
102 | UC-San Francisco | 91.58% | 91.67% |
103 | Toledo | 91.57% | 91.57% |
104 | SUNY-Buffalo | 91.55% | 91.55% |
105 | Mercer | 91.53% | 91.53% |
106 | Drake | 91.49% | 91.49% |
107 | Capital | 91.35% | 91.35% |
108 | Indiana (McKinney) | 91.34% | 91.34% |
109 | Emory | 91.13% | 91.13% |
110 | UC-Davis | 90.97% | 90.97% |
111 | Syracuse | 90.97% | 90.97% |
112 | Pepperdine | 90.77% | 90.77% |
113 | University of Washington | 90.70% | 97.18% |
114 | Georgia State | 90.66% | 90.66% |
115 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 90.65% | 90.65% |
116 | Duquesne | 90.55% | 90.63% |
117 | Brooklyn | 90.25% | 90.31% |
118 | West Virginia | 90.20% | 90.20% |
119 | Memphis | 90.12% | 90.12% |
120 | North Carolina Central | 89.91% | 90.00% |
121 | Washburn | 89.89% | 89.89% |
122 | Faulkner | 89.80% | 89.80% |
122 | Rutgers | 89.80% | 89.80% |
124 | New York Law School | 89.77% | 89.77% |
125 | American | 89.57% | 89.57% |
126 | Suffolk | 89.40% | 89.40% |
127 | Oklahoma City | 89.34% | 89.34% |
128 | UNLV | 89.15% | 89.23% |
129 | Gonzaga | 89.13% | 95.15% |
130 | Lewis & Clark | 89.06% | 95.42% |
131 | Santa Clara | 88.89% | 88.89% |
132 | Loyola-Chicago | 88.79% | 88.79% |
133 | Chicago-Kent | 88.73% | 88.73% |
134 | Mississippi | 88.68% | 88.89% |
135 | Denver | 88.44% | 88.50% |
136 | Ave Maria | 88.41% | 88.41% |
137 | South Texas | 88.32% | 88.36% |
138 | Michigan State | 88.26% | 88.26% |
139 | Cleveland State | 88.17% | 88.17% |
140 | Seton Hall | 88.13% | 88.13% |
141 | New England | 87.92% | 87.92% |
142 | Widener (PA) | 87.88% | 87.88% |
143 | DePaul | 87.68% | 87.74% |
144 | Detroit Mercy | 87.63% | 87.63% |
145 | San Francisco | 87.50% | 87.72% |
146 | Northern Kentucky | 87.38% | 87.38% |
147 | Pace | 87.06% | 87.13% |
148 | Stetson | 87.03% | 87.03% |
149 | St. Mary's | 86.89% | 86.96% |
150 | St. Thomas (MN) | 86.82% | 86.82% |
151 | South Dakota | 86.79% | 86.79% |
152 | Elon | 86.78% | 86.78% |
153 | Miami | 86.24% | 86.24% |
154 | Houston | 86.22% | 86.22% |
155 | Seattle | 85.71% | 95.32% |
156 | Hofstra | 85.41% | 85.41% |
157 | Mitchell | Hamline | 85.38% | 85.53% |
158 | Baltimore | 85.03% | 85.03% |
159 | Lincoln Memorial | 84.93% | 84.93% |
160 | Akron | 84.83% | 84.83% |
161 | Roger Williams | 84.78% | 84.78% |
162 | Widener (DE) | 84.56% | 84.56% |
163 | CUNY | 84.51% | 84.51% |
164 | Southern | 84.40% | 89.70% |
165 | Hawaii | 84.34% | 84.34% |
166 | Illinois-Chicago | 84.03% | 84.03% |
167 | Massachusetts | 83.93% | 84.21% |
168 | Cal-Western | 83.84% | 83.84% |
169 | University of Arizona | 83.33% | 83.33% |
170 | North Texas | 83.13% | 83.13% |
170 | Western New England | 83.13% | 83.33% |
172 | Nova | 82.68% | 82.68% |
173 | Tulane | 82.48% | 88.24% |
174 | Mississippi College | 82.18% | 83.64% |
175 | Howard | 82.00% | 82.18% |
176 | Ohio Northern | 81.25% | 81.63% |
177 | St. Thomas (FL) | 80.67% | 80.79% |
178 | District of Columbia | 80.60% | 80.60% |
179 | Florida A&M | 80.00% | 80.00% |
180 | Barry | 79.53% | 79.53% |
181 | Touro | 79.07% | 79.07% |
182 | Charleston | 78.50% | 78.50% |
183 | John Marshall (GA) | 78.49% | 78.49% |
184 | Western State | 77.01% | 77.01% |
185 | Vermont | 76.61% | 77.69% |
186 | Southern Illinois | 75.00% | 75.00% |
186 | Texas Southern | 75.00% | 75.12% |
186 | Wisconsin | 75.00% | 99.32% |
Eight law schools fell short of the 75% accreditation threshold:
189 | Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 72.63% | 84.15% |
190 | Appalachian | 71.43% | 71.43% |
190 | Puerto Rico | 71.43% | 71.43% |
192 | Loyola-New Orleans | 64.71% | 88.31% |
193 | Golden Gate | 62.71% | 62.71% |
194 | Western Michigan | 61.00% | 61.00% |
195 | Inter-American (PR) | 58.58% | 58.58% |
196 | Marquette | 57.14% | 98.22% |
Last Friday's ABA press release notes:
Bill Adams, managing director of ABA accreditation and legal education, noted that as with past years, this information was reported to the ABA by law schools and is being made public as a matter of consumer information under the authority of ABA Standard 509. He also pointed out that the latest data “is not a compliance report for ABA Standard 316,” which establishes bar exam outcomes that a law school must achieve under the accreditation standards.
“That is a separate and distinct matter,” he added. “But we have found these public reports provide important consumer information for students considering whether and where to attend law school and for others with an interest in legal education.”
Bar Pass Outcomes for Calendar 2020 within Two Years of Graduation Graduates (Any corrections in the data after February 24th, 2022 can be found at http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/BarPassageOutcomes.aspx).
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