Following up on Monday’s post, 2022 Bar Pass Rate Fell 2 Percentage Points Due To Fewer 1L Academic Dismissals After Spring 2020 Covid Semester: here is the ranking of schools in the Calendar Year 2022 First-Time Takers Bar Pass Data from the ABA’s spreadsheet released last Friday:
| Rank | School | School Pass Rate | Average State Pass Rate | Total Difference |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 68.29% | 46.84% | 21.45% |
| 2 | Marquette | 100.00% | 79.16% | 20.84% |
| 3 | North Carolina | 93.75% | 73.27% | 20.48% |
| 4 | Harvard | 98.46% | 78.78% | 19.68% |
| 5 | UCLA | 92.47% | 73.23% | 19.24% |
| 6 | UC-Berkeley | 93.35% | 74.41% | 18.94% |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 86.90% | 68.32% | 18.58% |
| 8 | Stanford | 94.41% | 75.86% | 18.55% |
| 9 | Virginia | 95.65% | 77.93% | 17.72% |
| 10 | Yale | 95.77% | 78.40% | 17.37% |
| 11 | Chicago | 94.26% | 77.00% | 17.26% |
| 12 | Michigan | 95.05% | 77.81% | 17.24% |
| 13 | Duke | 94.39% | 77.21% | 17.18% |
| 14 | William & Mary | 93.90% | 76.87% | 17.03% |
| 15 | Northwestern | 92.89% | 76.19% | 16.70% |
| 16 | Baylor | 91.97% | 75.29% | 16.68% |
| 17 | Regent | 92.59% | 76.28% | 16.31% |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 92.72% | 76.53% | 16.19% |
| 19 | Tennessee | 88.39% | 72.36% | 16.03% |
| 20 | Florida Int’l | 80.25% | 64.23% | 16.02% |
| 21 | Wake Forest | 89.84% | 73.96% | 15.88% |
| 22 | Belmont | 87.07% | 71.54% | 15.53% |
| 23 | Illinois | 90.48% | 74.99% | 15.49% |
| 24 | Oklahoma | 85.19% | 69.78% | 15.41% |
| 25 | Washington Univ. | 92.34% | 76.98% | 15.36% |
| 26 | USC | 89.00% | 73.65% | 15.35% |
| 27 | Penn | 93.77% | 78.59% | 15.18% |
| 28 | Vanderbilt* | 93.18% | 76.94% | 15.11% |
| 29 | Penn State-Dickinson | 88.31% | 73.45% | 14.86% |
| 30 | Texas* | 86.12% | 76.00% | 14.64% |
| 31 | Seton Hall | 85.71% | 71.43% | 14.28% |
| 32 | Minnesota | 93.48% | 79.21% | 14.27% |
| 33 | Florida State* | 77.94% | 64.62% | 14.09% |
| 34 | Washington & Lee* | 90.27% | 77.18% | 13.89% |
| 34 | NYU | 94.90% | 81.01% | 13.89% |
| 34 | Richmond | 91.07% | 77.18% | 13.89% |
| 37 | Texas A&M | 89.41% | 75.53% | 13.88% |
| 38 | Arizona State | 84.50% | 71.66% | 12.84% |
| 39 | Georgetown | 91.63% | 78.97% | 12.66% |
| 40 | Boston Univ. | 91.82% | 79.23% | 12.59% |
| 41 | Columbia | 93.72% | 81.24% | 12.48% |
| 42 | Connecticut | 85.38% | 73.02% | 12.36% |
| 43 | Penn State-Univ. Park | 86.29% | 74.18% | 12.11% |
| 44 | Missouri-Columbia | 90.59% | 78.66% | 11.93% |
| 45 | SMU* | 85.33% | 75.44% | 11.91% |
| 46 | Ohio State | 89.89% | 78.16% | 11.73% |
| 47 | UC-Irvine | 84.40% | 72.73% | 11.67% |
| 48 | Kentucky | 82.89% | 71.27% | 11.62% |
| 49 | Georgia | 89.06% | 77.48% | 11.58% |
| 50 | Boston College | 91.77% | 80.30% | 11.47% |
| 51 | Cornell* | 84.65% | 80.54% | 10.92% |
| 52 | Alabama* | 100.00% | 80.36% | 10.91% |
| 53 | BYU | 93.16% | 82.67% | 10.49% |
| 54 | Louisiana State | 83.87% | 73.54% | 10.33% |
| 55 | Univ. of Washington* | 81.02% | 79.24% | 10.28% |
| 56 | Colorado | 84.38% | 74.18% | 10.20% |
| 57 | Florida | 76.78% | 66.69% | 10.09% |
| 58 | Temple | 83.06% | 73.00% | 10.06% |
| 59 | Northeastern | 89.44% | 79.88% | 9.56% |
| 60 | George Mason | 87.41% | 77.86% | 9.55% |
| 61 | Wayne State | 84.07% | 74.64% | 9.43% |
| 62 | UC-Davis | 81.78% | 72.40% | 9.38% |
| 63 | Duquesne | 82.64% | 73.46% | 9.18% |
| 63 | Emory | 86.64% | 77.46% | 9.18% |
| 65 | UNLV | 72.54% | 63.62% | 8.92% |
| 66 | Case Western | 86.73% | 77.92% | 8.81% |
| 67 | Fordham | 90.65% | 82.09% | 8.56% |
| 68 | Houston | 83.90% | 75.41% | 8.49% |
| 69 | Utah* | 92.23% | 86.11% | 8.06% |
| 70 | Arkansas-Fayetteville | 81.91% | 73.86% | 8.05% |
| 71 | Inter-American (PR)* | 58.82% | 46.06% | 7.70% |
| 72 | Loyola-L.A. | 79.94% | 72.28% | 7.66% |
| 73 | Villanova | 80.90% | 73.66% | 7.24% |
| 74 | George Washington | 86.05% | 78.96% | 7.09% |
| 75 | Indiana (Maurer) | 82.46% | 75.56% | 6.90% |
| 76 | Drake | 88.35% | 81.67% | 6.68% |
| 77 | Pepperdine | 79.50% | 72.84% | 6.66% |
| 78 | Kansas | 85.44% | 79.41% | 6.03% |
| 79 | Nebraska | 85.83% | 80.15% | 5.68% |
| 80 | Maine | 76.32% | 71.93% | 4.39% |
| 81 | Oregon | 81.16% | 76.81% | 4.35% |
| 82 | Iowa | 84.72% | 80.50% | 4.22% |
| 83 | Texas Tech | 79.51% | 75.45% | 4.06% |
| 84 | Maryland | 80.42% | 76.37% | 4.05% |
| 85 | Denver* | 77.33% | 74.34% | 4.04% |
| 86 | Loyola-Chicago | 79.09% | 75.06% | 4.03% |
| 87 | San Diego | 76.33% | 72.49% | 3.84% |
| 88 | St. John’s | 85.53% | 81.97% | 3.56% |
| 89 | Detroit Mercy | 78.26% | 74.71% | 3.55% |
| 90 | Michigan State | 77.46% | 74.23% | 3.23% |
| 91 | Campbell | 75.51% | 72.38% | 3.13% |
| 92 | New Mexico | 81.08% | 78.04% | 3.04% |
| 93 | Chicago-Kent | 78.05% | 75.02% | 3.03% |
| 94 | Liberty | 76.81% | 74.08% | 2.73% |
| 95 | Pittsburgh | 76.47% | 73.78% | 2.69% |
| 96 | South Texas | 77.82% | 75.30% | 2.52% |
| 97 | Samford | 83.69% | 81.30% | 2.39% |
| 98 | Chapman | 74.29% | 72.01% | 2.28% |
| 99 | Tulsa | 71.43% | 69.29% | 2.14% |
| 100 | St. Thomas (MN) | 86.81% | 84.91% | 1.90% |
| 101 | Cardozo | 83.45% | 81.75% | 1.70% |
| 102 | Cincinnati | 79.31% | 77.88% | 1.43% |
| 103 | Lewis & Clark | 78.61% | 77.31% | 1.30% |
| 104 | South Carolina | 76.88% | 75.74% | 1.14% |
| 105 | Catholic | 78.15% | 77.20% | 0.95% |
| 106 | Cleveland State* | 76.38% | 78.70% | 0.16% |
| 107 | Stetson | 64.66% | 64.56% | 0.10% |
| 108 | Ave Maria | 66.22% | 66.23% | -0.01% |
| 109 | Missouri-Kansas City | 78.63% | 78.76% | -0.13% |
| 110 | Washburn | 76.92% | 77.24% | -0.32% |
| 111 | Mercer | 77.59% | 77.95% | -0.36% |
| 112 | Tulane | 74.70% | 75.23% | -0.53% |
| 113 | Drexel | 71.88% | 72.79% | -0.91% |
| 114 | University of Arizona | 72.06% | 73.16% | -1.10% |
| 115 | Dayton | 75.58% | 76.81% | -1.23% |
| 116 | Indiana (McKinney) | 73.87% | 75.17% | -1.30% |
| 117 | UC-San Francisco | 70.92% | 72.52% | -1.60% |
| 118 | Miami | 69.84% | 71.49% | -1.65% |
| 119 | Wisconsin | 75.00% | 76.77% | -1.77% |
| 120 | Montana* | 6.41% | 73.21% | -1.78% |
| 121 | Loyola-New Orleans | 71.43% | 73.47% | -2.04% |
| 122 | Northern Kentucky* | 55.75% | 74.17% | -2.58% |
| 123 | Georgia State* | 105.36% | 78.26% | -2.62% |
| 124 | Hawaii | 72.12% | 74.78% | -2.66% |
| 125 | Seattle | 76.44% | 79.36% | -2.92% |
| 126 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 70.29% | 73.74% | -3.45% |
| 127 | St. Mary’s | 71.63% | 75.29% | -3.66% |
| 128 | Louisville* | 65.59% | 70.94% | -3.91% |
| 129 | Rutgers | 68.73% | 72.67% | -3.94% |
| 130 | Willamette | 72.22% | 76.35% | -4.13% |
| 131 | St. Thomas (FL) | 60.44% | 64.59% | -4.15% |
| 132 | Akron | 73.87% | 78.64% | -4.77% |
| 133 | Wyoming* | 52.86% | 65.52% | -4.86% |
| 134 | American | 73.02% | 78.02% | -5.00% |
| 135 | New England | 74.46% | 79.53% | -5.07% |
| 136 | Capital | 72.99% | 78.37% | -5.38% |
| 137 | Brooklyn | 76.44% | 82.06% | -5.62% |
| 138 | St. Louis | 72.83% | 78.61% | -5.78% |
| 139 | Gonzaga | 71.43% | 77.56% | -6.13% |
| 140 | DePaul | 68.39% | 74.95% | -6.56% |
| 141 | SUNY-Buffalo | 75.19% | 82.39% | -7.20% |
| 142 | CUNY | 74.56% | 81.81% | -7.25% |
| 143 | South Dakota | 72.15% | 79.53% | -7.38% |
| 144 | Santa Clara | 64.62% | 72.29% | -7.67% |
| 145 | Quinnipiac* | 64.41% | 72.68% | -7.72% |
| 146 | Idaho | 63.06% | 70.97% | -7.91% |
| 147 | Memphis | 63.46% | 71.94% | -8.48% |
| 148 | West Virginia | 59.18% | 67.70% | -8.52% |
| 149 | Mitchell | Hamline | 71.60% | 80.24% | -8.64% |
| 150 | North Dakota | 63.01% | 71.80% | -8.79% |
| 151 | Nova | 55.42% | 64.23% | -8.81% |
| 152 | New York Law School | 72.51% | 81.54% | -9.03% |
| 153 | Syracuse | 70.11% | 79.42% | -9.31% |
| 154 | Mississippi College | 65.38% | 74.74% | -9.36% |
| 155 | Mississippi | 64.89% | 74.48% | -9.59% |
| 156 | Lincoln Memorial | 62.20% | 72.30% | -10.10% |
| 157 | Creighton | 69.16% | 79.43% | -10.27% |
| 158 | Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 35.29% | 46.06% | -10.77% |
| 159 | John Marshall (GA) | 67.27% | 78.13% | -10.86% |
| 160 | Western New England | 67.16% | 78.45% | -11.29% |
| 161 | Toledo | 65.96% | 77.43% | -11.47% |
| 162 | Albany | 70.81% | 82.39% | -11.58% |
| 163 | Oklahoma City | 57.34% | 69.17% | -11.83% |
| 164 | Baltimore* | 60.69% | 75.66% | -12.02% |
| 165 | Southwestern | 60.14% | 72.23% | -12.09% |
| 166 | Charleston | 63.86% | 76.26% | -12.40% |
| 167 | Florida A&M | 53.57% | 65.98% | -12.41% |
| 168 | Hofstra | 69.41% | 81.90% | -12.49% |
| 169 | Howard* | 46.62% | 79.17% | -13.76% |
| 170 | Widener (DE)* | 51.09% | 70.47% | -13.84% |
| 171 | San Francisco | 58.06% | 72.34% | -14.28% |
| 172 | Pacific* | 57.02% | 72.04% | -14.52% |
| 173 | North Texas | 60.75% | 75.31% | -14.56% |
| 174 | Faulkner | 65.91% | 80.67% | -14.76% |
| 175 | Vermont | 53.57% | 69.09% | -15.52% |
| 176 | Barry | 49.40% | 65.51% | -16.11% |
| 177 | Northern Illinois | 58.16% | 75.32% | -17.16% |
| 178 | Pace* | 60.10% | 80.93% | -18.04% |
| 179 | Southern* | 55.24% | 73.86% | -18.09% |
| 180 | Cal-Western | 53.49% | 71.99% | -18.50% |
| 181 | Roger Williams* | 49.61% | 71.10% | -21.87% |
| 182 | Elon | 51.20% | 73.57% | -22.37% |
| 183 | Touro | 59.74% | 82.27% | -22.53% |
| 184 | Massachusetts | 54.02% | 76.65% | -22.63% |
| 185 | Illinois-Chicago | 52.27% | 75.01% | -22.74% |
| 186 | Southern Illinois | 52.00% | 74.98% | -22.98% |
| 187 | Appalachian | 51.22% | 74.92% | -23.70% |
| 188 | Western State | 46.67% | 72.11% | -25.44% |
| 189 | Widener (PA) | 47.87% | 73.64% | -25.77% |
| 190 | Golden Gate | 44.92% | 72.70% | -27.78% |
| 191 | Texas Southern | 46.95% | 75.24% | -28.29% |
| 192 | North Carolina Central | 42.86% | 73.01% | -30.15% |
| 193 | Western Michigan | 36.00% | 71.36% | -35.36% |
| 194 | District of Columbia | 33.85% | 78.15% | -44.30% |
| 195 | Ohio Northern* | 73.17% | 77.22% | -77.22% |
| 196 | Suffolk* | 71.10% | 79.39% | -79.39% |
An asterisk (*) indicates apparent miscalculations or discrepancies/inconsistencies in the school’s data in the spreadsheet. The ABA states at the top of the spreadsheet:
First Time Bar Passage Calendar Year 2022 (Any corrections in the data after February 24th, 2022 can be found at http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/BarPassageOutcomes.aspx).
Updates:
- Dean Andrew Perlman sent me the corrected data for Suffolk: its total difference was -8.29, not the erroneous -79.39% on the ABA spreadsheet.
- Professor Anthony Desiato sent me the corrected data for Pace: its pass rate was 62.89%, not the erroneous 60.10% on the ABA spreadskeet.
