Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Ultimate Bar Passage

Following up on my previous posts:

• Summary Of Changes To The Forthcoming U.S. News Law School Rankings
• Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions
• Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Employment
• Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: First-Time Bar Passage

The current 2023 methodology year does not include 2018 ultimate 2-year bar passage results. On several occasions, U.S. News has said it would likely add ultimate 2-year bar passage data to its law school rankings, but has not said whether they will include 2019 ultimate 2-year bar passage results in the forthcoming spring 2023 rankings. 

Below are two 2019 ultimate 2-year bar passage rankings. The first is a simple ranking using the pass rate. The second uses Z-scores to better approximate the U.S. News methodology.

	Law School	Pass Rate	Pass Rate (Including Diploma Privilege)
1	Belmont	100.00%	100.00%
1	Marquette	100.00%	100.00%
3	UC-Berkeley	99.69%	99.69%
4	Duke	99.54%	99.54%
5	Chicago	99.49%	99.49%
6	George Mason	99.36%	99.36%
7	Virginia	99.30%	99.30%
8	Baylor	99.29%	99.29%
9	Harvard	99.29%	99.29%
10	Alabama	99.21%	99.21%
11	Yale	99.04%	99.04%
12	Stanford	98.88%	98.88%
13	Minnesota	98.69%	98.69%
13	Northwestern	98.69%	98.69%
15	Michigan	98.34%	98.34%
16	Campbell	98.13%	98.13%
17	NYU	98.11%	98.11%
18	UCLA	98.08%	98.09%
19	Liberty	98.04%	98.04%
20	Penn	97.97%	97.97%
21	Cornell	97.93%	97.93%
22	Ohio Northern	97.87%	97.87%
23	UC-Irvine	97.86%	97.86%
24	Georgia State	97.85%	97.85%
25	Florida	97.83%	97.83%
26	Boston Univ.	97.61%	97.61%
27	Notre Dame	97.37%	97.37%
28	Washington Univ.	97.30%	97.30%
29	Texas	97.29%	97.29%
30	Boston College	97.20%	97.20%
30	Washington & Lee	97.20%	97.20%
32	Florida Int'l	97.16%	97.16%
33	Oklahoma	97.09%	97.09%
34	Vanderbilt	97.06%	97.06%
35	Illinois	96.72%	96.72%
36	Fordham	96.71%	96.71%
37	Texas A&M	96.69%	96.69%
38	Georgia	96.67%	96.69%
39	Georgetown	96.43%	96.43%
40	New Mexico	96.30%	96.30%
41	Utah	96.20%	96.20%
42	Cardozo	96.04%	96.04%
43	Colorado	95.95%	96.05%
44	Florida State	95.88%	95.88%
45	William & Mary	95.81%	95.81%
46	Kansas	95.74%	95.74%
47	Montana	95.65%	95.65%
48	Samford	95.59%	95.59%
49	Columbia	95.58%	95.58%
50	George Washington	95.46%	95.46%

51	Wake Forest	95.36%	95.36%
52	BYU	95.35%	95.38%
53	Penn State-Univ. Park	95.00%	95.00%
53	Willamette	95.00%	95.00%
55	Iowa	94.93%	94.93%
56	USC	94.91%	94.93%
57	Loyola-L.A.	94.90%	94.90%
57	Ohio State	94.90%	94.90%
59	Seton Hall	94.89%	94.89%
60	Arizona State	94.81%	94.81%
61	Temple	94.79%	94.79%
62	North Carolina	94.53%	94.58%
63	Kentucky	94.51%	94.51%
64	Maryland	94.44%	94.44%
65	Lewis & Clark	94.27%	94.30%
66	Lincoln Memorial	94.20%	94.20%
67	St. John's	94.14%	94.14%
68	SMU	94.12%	94.12%
69	Northeastern	94.06%	94.06%
70	Dayton	94.05%	94.05%
71	UC-Davis	93.92%	93.92%
72	CUNY	93.87%	93.87%
73	Pepperdine	93.85%	93.85%
74	Villanova	93.84%	93.84%
75	UC-San Francisco	93.75%	93.75%
75	UNLV	93.75%	93.75%
77	Loyola-Chicago	93.68%	93.68%
78	Indiana (Maurer)	93.68%	93.71%
79	New Hampshire	93.65%	93.65%
80	South Dakota	93.62%	93.62%
81	Missouri-Kansas City	93.55%	93.55%
82	Pittsburgh	93.50%	93.50%
83	Case Western	93.33%	93.33%
84	Missouri-Columbia	93.26%	93.26%
85	Connecticut	93.14%	93.14%
86	Syracuse	93.05%	93.05%
87	Richmond	93.04%	93.04%
88	St. Louis	92.95%	92.95%
89	Southwestern	92.93%	92.93%
90	Denver	92.92%	92.92%
91	Wayne State	92.91%	92.91%
92	University of Arizona	92.79%	92.79%
93	Brooklyn	92.79%	92.81%
94	New England	92.65%	92.65%
95	Mississippi	92.55%	92.55%
96	Duquesne	92.31%	92.31%
97	South Texas	92.28%	92.28%
98	Northern Illinois	92.21%	92.21%
99	South Carolina	92.19%	92.19%
100	Mercer	92.13%	92.13%
101	Washburn	92.08%	92.08%
102	Houston	91.93%	91.93%
103	Louisiana State	91.91%	91.91%
104	Pace	91.89%	91.89%
104	Quinnipiac	91.89%	91.89%
106	Cleveland State	91.76%	91.76%
107	Tennessee	91.67%	91.67%
107	Toledo	91.67%	91.67%
109	Wyoming	91.55%	91.55%
110	Univ. of Washington	91.50%	91.82%
111	San Diego	91.30%	91.30%
112	Stetson	91.27%	91.27%
113	Oregon	91.21%	91.21%
114	Texas Tech	91.11%	91.11%
115	Miami	91.05%	91.05%
116	Oklahoma City	90.83%	90.83%
117	Catholic	90.82%	91.00%
118	Capital	90.63%	90.63%
119	Nebraska	90.52%	90.52%
120	American	90.48%	90.48%
121	Louisville	90.38%	90.38%
122	Chicago-Kent	90.37%	90.37%
123	Arkansas-Fayetteville	90.00%	90.00%
124	Drake	89.90%	89.90%
125	Tulsa	89.74%	89.74%
126	New York Law School	89.59%	89.59%
127	Seattle	89.51%	91.07%
128	Penn State-Dickinson	89.09%	89.09%
129	Memphis	89.01%	89.01%
130	Regent	88.89%	88.89%
131	Cincinnati	88.60%	88.60%
132	Elon	88.46%	88.46%
133	North Carolina Central	88.43%	88.43%
134	Rutgers	88.33%	88.33%
135	Drexel	88.28%	88.28%
136	Chapman	87.88%	87.88%
137	Roger Williams	87.60%	87.60%
138	Loyola-New Orleans	87.59%	87.94%
139	Pacific	87.58%	87.58%
140	St. Thomas (MN)	87.30%	87.30%
141	St. Mary's	87.05%	87.05%
142	Indiana (McKinney)	86.97%	86.97%
143	North Dakota	86.60%	86.60%
144	Michigan State	86.57%	86.57%
145	Touro	86.49%	86.49%
146	Faulkner	86.44%	86.44%
147	Creighton	86.42%	86.42%
148	Albany	86.03%	86.03%
149	Gonzaga	85.98%	87.18%
150	SUNY-Buffalo	85.93%	86.03%
151	Southern	85.25%	85.25%
152	Arkansas-Little Rock	85.22%	85.22%
153	Tulane	85.21%	85.21%
154	St. Thomas (FL)	85.16%	85.16%
155	Nova	84.93%	84.93%
156	Akron	84.87%	84.87%
157	Baltimore	84.70%	84.70%
158	Western State	84.55%	84.55%
159	Mitchell | Hamline	84.45%	84.51%
160	Idaho	84.38%	84.69%
161	Maine	84.29%	84.29%
162	Widener (DE)	84.26%	84.26%
163	Hawaii	84.15%	84.15%
164	Northern Kentucky	84.11%	84.11%
165	Massachusetts	83.72%	83.72%
166	Howard	83.46%	83.46%
167	Wisconsin	83.33%	99.33%
168	Santa Clara	83.09%	83.09%
169	Suffolk	83.04%	83.04%
170	Detroit Mercy	83.00%	83.00%
171	Charleston	82.87%	82.87%
172	West Virginia	82.29%	82.29%
173	San Francisco	81.98%	81.98%
174	John Marshall (GA)	81.75%	81.75%
175	Barry	81.48%	81.48%
176	DePaul	81.28%	81.28%
177	Emory	81.05%	81.11%
178	Southern Illinois	80.90%	80.90%
179	North Texas	80.56%	80.56%
180	Hofstra	80.30%	80.30%
181	Florida A&M	78.91%	78.91%
182	Mississippi College	78.43%	78.43%
183	Cal-Western	78.30%	78.30%
184	Widener (PA)	78.21%	78.21%
185	Illinois-Chicago	78.10%	78.10%
186	Texas Southern	77.01%	77.01%
187	Western New England	74.00%	74.00%
188	Appalachian	73.33%	73.33%
189	Puerto Rico	69.87%	69.87%
190	Vermont	67.54%	67.54%
191	Ave Maria	67.21%	67.21%
192	District of Columbia	66.67%	67.24%
192	Golden Gate	66.67%	67.00%
194	Inter-American (PR)	60.00%	60.00%
195	Western Michigan	59.51%	59.51%
196	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	45.53%	45.53%

Z-score ranking:

Law School	Pass Rate	Z-Score	Z-Score Rank
Belmont	100.00%	1.22	1
Marquette	100.00%	1.22	1
UC-Berkeley	99.69%	1.18	3
Duke	99.54%	1.16	4
Chicago	99.49%	1.15	5
George Mason	99.36%	1.14	6
Virginia	99.30%	1.13	7
Baylor	99.29%	1.13	8
Harvard	99.29%	1.13	9
Alabama	99.21%	1.12	10
Yale	99.04%	1.10	11
Stanford	98.88%	1.08	12
Minnesota	98.69%	1.06	13
Northwestern	98.69%	1.06	14
Michigan	98.34%	1.01	15
Campbell	98.13%	0.99	16
NYU	98.11%	0.98	17
UCLA	98.08%	0.98	18
Liberty	98.04%	0.98	19
Penn	97.97%	0.97	20
Cornell	97.93%	0.96	21
Ohio Northern	97.87%	0.95	22
UC-Irvine	97.86%	0.95	23
Georgia State	97.85%	0.95	24
Florida	97.83%	0.95	25
Boston Univ.	97.61%	0.92	26
Notre Dame	97.37%	0.89	27
Washington Univ.	97.30%	0.88	28
Texas	97.29%	0.88	29
Boston College	97.20%	0.87	30
Washington & Lee	97.20%	0.87	31
Florida Int'l	97.16%	0.87	32
Oklahoma	97.09%	0.86	33
Vanderbilt	97.06%	0.86	34
Illinois	96.72%	0.81	35
Fordham	96.71%	0.81	36
Texas A&M	96.69%	0.81	37
Georgia	96.67%	0.81	38
Georgetown	96.43%	0.78	39
New Mexico	96.30%	0.76	40
Utah	96.20%	0.75	41
Cardozo	96.04%	0.73	42
Colorado	95.95%	0.72	43
Florida State	95.88%	0.71	44
William & Mary	95.81%	0.70	45
Kansas	95.74%	0.69	46
Montana	95.65%	0.68	47
Samford	95.59%	0.68	48
Columbia	95.58%	0.67	49
George Washington	95.46%	0.66	50
Wake Forest	95.36%	0.65	51
BYU	95.35%	0.65	52
Penn State-Univ. Park	95.00%	0.60	53
Willamette	95.00%	0.60	53
Iowa	94.93%	0.59	55
USC	94.91%	0.59	56
Loyola-L.A.	94.90%	0.59	57
Ohio State	94.90%	0.59	57
Seton Hall	94.89%	0.59	59
Arizona State	94.81%	0.58	60
Temple	94.79%	0.58	61
North Carolina	94.53%	0.55	62
Kentucky	94.51%	0.54	63
Maryland	94.44%	0.53	64
Lewis & Clark	94.27%	0.51	65
Lincoln Memorial	94.20%	0.51	66
St. John's	94.14%	0.50	67
SMU	94.12%	0.49	68
Northeastern	94.06%	0.49	69
Dayton	94.05%	0.49	70
UC-Davis	93.92%	0.47	71
CUNY	93.87%	0.46	72
Pepperdine	93.85%	0.46	73
Villanova	93.84%	0.46	74
UC-San Francisco	93.75%	0.45	75
UNLV	93.75%	0.45	75
Loyola-Chicago	93.68%	0.44	77
Indiana (Maurer)	93.68%	0.44	78
New Hampshire	93.65%	0.44	79
South Dakota	93.62%	0.43	80
Missouri-Kansas City	93.55%	0.43	81
Pittsburgh	93.50%	0.42	82
Case Western	93.33%	0.40	83
Missouri-Columbia	93.26%	0.39	84
Connecticut	93.14%	0.37	85
Syracuse	93.05%	0.36	86
Richmond	93.04%	0.36	87
St. Louis	92.95%	0.35	88
Southwestern	92.93%	0.35	89
Denver	92.92%	0.35	90
Wayne State	92.91%	0.35	91
University of Arizona	92.79%	0.33	92
Brooklyn	92.79%	0.33	93
New England	92.65%	0.31	94
Mississippi	92.55%	0.30	95
Duquesne	92.31%	0.27	96
South Texas	92.28%	0.27	97
Northern Illinois	92.21%	0.26	98
South Carolina	92.19%	0.26	99
Mercer	92.13%	0.25	100
Washburn	92.08%	0.25	101
Houston	91.93%	0.23	102
Louisiana State	91.91%	0.22	103
Pace	91.89%	0.22	104
Quinnipiac	91.89%	0.22	104
Cleveland State	91.76%	0.21	106
Tennessee	91.67%	0.19	107
Toledo	91.67%	0.19	107
Wyoming	91.55%	0.18	109
University of Washington	91.50%	0.17	110
San Diego	91.30%	0.15	111
Stetson	91.27%	0.15	112
Oregon	91.21%	0.14	113
Texas Tech	91.11%	0.13	114
Miami	91.05%	0.12	115
Oklahoma City	90.83%	0.09	116
Catholic	90.82%	0.09	117
Capital	90.63%	0.07	118
Nebraska	90.52%	0.05	119
American	90.48%	0.05	120
Louisville	90.38%	0.04	121
Chicago-Kent	90.37%	0.04	122
Arkansas-Fayetteville	90.00%	-0.01	123
Drake	89.90%	-0.02	124
Tulsa	89.74%	-0.04	125
New York Law School	89.59%	-0.06	126
Seattle	89.51%	-0.07	127
Penn State-Dickinson	89.09%	-0.12	128
Memphis	89.01%	-0.13	129
Regent	88.89%	-0.15	130
Cincinnati	88.60%	-0.18	131
Elon	88.46%	-0.20	132
North Carolina Central	88.43%	-0.20	133
Rutgers	88.33%	-0.21	134
Drexel	88.28%	-0.22	135
Chapman	87.88%	-0.27	136
Roger Williams	87.60%	-0.30	137
Loyola-New Orleans	87.59%	-0.30	138
Pacific	87.58%	-0.31	139
St. Thomas (MN)	87.30%	-0.34	140
St. Mary's	87.05%	-0.37	141
Indiana (McKinney)	86.97%	-0.38	142
North Dakota	86.60%	-0.43	143
Michigan State	86.57%	-0.43	144
Touro	86.49%	-0.44	145
Faulkner	86.44%	-0.45	146
Creighton	86.42%	-0.45	147
Albany	86.03%	-0.50	148
Gonzaga	85.98%	-0.50	149
SUNY-Buffalo	85.93%	-0.51	150
Southern	85.25%	-0.59	151
Arkansas-Little Rock	85.22%	-0.60	152
Tulane	85.21%	-0.60	153
St. Thomas (FL)	85.16%	-0.60	154
Nova	84.93%	-0.63	155
Akron	84.87%	-0.64	156
Baltimore	84.70%	-0.66	157
Western State	84.55%	-0.68	158
Mitchell | Hamline	84.45%	-0.69	159
Idaho	84.38%	-0.70	160
Maine	84.29%	-0.71	161
Widener (DE)	84.26%	-0.71	162
Hawaii	84.15%	-0.73	163
Northern Kentucky	84.11%	-0.73	164
Massachusetts	83.72%	-0.78	165
Howard	83.46%	-0.81	166
Wisconsin	83.33%	-0.83	167
Santa Clara	83.09%	-0.86	168
Suffolk	83.04%	-0.86	169
Detroit Mercy	83.00%	-0.87	170
Charleston	82.87%	-0.88	171
West Virginia	82.29%	-0.95	172
San Francisco	81.98%	-0.99	173
John Marshall (GA)	81.75%	-1.02	174
Barry	81.48%	-1.05	175
DePaul	81.28%	-1.08	176
Emory	81.05%	-1.11	177
Southern Illinois	80.90%	-1.12	178
North Texas	80.56%	-1.17	179
Hofstra	80.30%	-1.20	180
Florida A&M	78.91%	-1.37	181
Mississippi College	78.43%	-1.43	182
Cal-Western	78.30%	-1.44	183
Widener (PA)	78.21%	-1.45	184
Illinois-Chicago	78.10%	-1.47	185
Texas Southern	77.01%	-1.60	186
Western New England	74.00%	-1.97	187
Appalachian	73.33%	-2.05	188
Puerto Rico	69.87%	-2.48	189
Vermont	67.54%	-2.76	190
Ave Maria	67.21%	-2.80	191
District of Columbia	66.67%	-2.87	192
Golden Gate	66.67%	-2.87	192
Inter-American (PR)	60.00%	-3.69	194
Western Michigan	59.51%	-3.74	195
Pontifical Catholic (PR)	45.53%	-5.46	196

For the Z-scores used to calculate this ranking, see here.