Law Schools with the Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate

77.17% Average Bar Exam Pass Rate

A bar examination is an examination administered by the bar association of a jurisdiction that a lawyer must pass in order to be admitted to the bar of that jurisdiction. Generally, earning a degree from a law school is a prerequisite for taking the bar exam.
In 2024, the average pass rate of bar exam is 77.17%. A total of 33,721 law school graduates have taken and 26,217 passed the bar exam.
University of Wisconsin Law School has the highest bar exam pass rate of 100.00% - 7 graduates passed the exam out of 7. University of Michigan Law School and University of Chicago Law School follow it with 97.27% and 97.10% respectively.
Marquette Law is excluded for the ranking, which has 100% bar exam pass rate, but only 1 student took and passed the exam.

Top 25 Law Schools with the Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate

The following table compares the top 25 Law Schools with the Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate with important academic indicators.
The rankings include 10 public and 15 law schools are included.
The average acceptance rate of the schools is 20.00% and the yield is 34.81%. The acceptance rate of Law Schools with the Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate is low, compared to average rate of all law schools, 42.35%.
The average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 168 and the average GPA is 3.86 at Law Schools with the Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate. Their LSAT scores are very high, compared to average LSAT score of all law schools, 159.
For the Law Schools with the Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate, the average 2024 tuition & fees is $40,778 state residents and $54,764 for out-of-state students in public law schools. In private law schools in the rankings, the tuition & fees is $69,926. The average financial aid amount of them is $26,961 which is 42.22% of tuition & fees.
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Comparison between Law Schools with the Highest Bar Exam Pass Rate
RankSchoolBar Exam Pass RateExam TakerExam PasserAcceptance RateTuition & FeesLSAT ScoreEnrollment
1 University of Wisconsin Law SchoolPublicMadison, MI100.00%7735.58%$52,893165729
2 University of Michigan Law SchoolPublicAnn Arbor, MI97.27%29328512.58%$72,584171978
3 University of Chicago Law SchoolPrivateChicago, IL97.10%20720112.78%$77,877173686
4 Vanderbilt University Law SchoolPrivateNashville, TN96.97%19819216.76%$75,440170555
5 Yale Law SchoolPrivateNew Haven, CT96.79%2182115.58%$76,369175705
6 Stanford Law SchoolPrivateStanford, CA96.70%1821767.26%$73,713173682
7 New York University School of LawPrivateNew York, NY96.58%43842316.76%$80,0141722,094
8 University of Virginia School of LawPublicCharlottesville, VA96.50%28627611.46%$77,700171960
9 University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolPrivatePhiladelphia, PA96.25%2402319.88%$76,9341721,048
10 Harvard Law SchoolPrivateCambridge, MA96.10%5645429.58%$78,6921742,031
11 Boston College Law SchoolPrivateNewton, MA95.88%24323313.38%$66,895167765
12 J. Reuben Clark Law SchoolPrivateProvo, UT95.41%10910428.77%$30,152168379
13 Duke University School of LawPrivateDurham, NC94.44%23422110.51%$75,618170868
14 Cornell Law SchoolPrivateIthaca, NY94.29%17516518.39%$77,593172875
15 University of Texas School of LawPublicAustin, TX94.01%28426714.90%$54,0961711,005
16 S.J. Quinney College of LawPublicSalt Lake City, UT93.98%837830.20%$43,598164320
17 Columbia Law SchoolPrivateNew York, NY93.72%41239312.23%$81,2921731,748
18 Belmont University College of LawPrivateNashville, TN93.58%10910239.62%$56,360160350
19 Wake Forest University School of LawPrivateWinston-Salem, NC93.26%898331.47%$54,192165682
20 Texas A&M University School of LawPublicFort Worth, TX92.99%15714614.64%$48,6181661,683
21 Marshall-Wythe School of LawPublicWilliamsburg, VA92.96%21319827.31%$68,329166556
22 Texas Tech University School of LawPublicLubbock, TX92.09%13912838.08%$39,232158439
23 University of North Carolina School of LawPublicChapel Hill, NC92.00%17516116.27%$51,486166572
23 Paul M. Hebert Law CenterPublicBaton Rouge, LA92.00%15013848.93%$39,105157626
25 Washington University School of LawPrivateSt. Louis, MO91.93%22320517.16%$67,7441731,341