Following up on my previous post, Law School Rankings By First-Time Bar Passage Rate (2024): here is the ranking of law schools based on Graduation Year 2022 Ultimate Bar Pass Data from the ABA’s spreadsheet. The Ultimate Bar Pass rate includes all 2022 graduates who sat for a bar exam and passed it within two years of graduation (including alternative pathway graduates).
| Rank | School | Pass Rate | Pass Rate (incl. Diploma Privilege) |
| 1 | Baylor | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| 1 | Marquette | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| 1 | Virginia | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 85.71% | 99.55% |
| 5 | Chicago | 99.53% | 99.53% |
| 6 | Harvard | 99.32% | 99.32% |
| 7 | BYU | 99.13% | 99.13% |
| 8 | Duke | 99.06% | 99.06% |
| 9 | Columbia | 99.01% | 99.01% |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 99.01% | 99.01% |
| 9 | Yale | 99.01% | 99.01% |
| 12 | Georgia | 98.95% | 98.95% |
| 13 | Stanford | 98.90% | 98.90% |
| 14 | NYU | 98.71% | 98.71% |
| 15 | Michigan | 98.70% | 98.70% |
| 16 | William & Mary | 98.61% | 98.61% |
| 17 | UC-Berkeley | 98.58% | 98.58% |
| 18 | Northwestern | 98.45% | 98.45% |
| 18 | Wake Forest | 98.45% | 98.45% |
| 20 | Illinois | 98.41% | 98.41% |
| 21 | Minnesota | 98.22% | 98.22% |
| 22 | Penn | 97.66% | 97.66% |
| 23 | Montana | 97.50% | 97.50% |
| 24 | UCLA | 96.98% | 96.98% |
| 25 | Kansas | 96.81% | 96.81% |
| 26 | Washington Univ. | 96.79% | 96.79% |
| 27 | Northeastern | 96.74% | 96.74% |
| 28 | University of Washington | 96.71% | 96.71% |
| 29 | Penn State | 96.70% | 96.70% |
| 30 | Missouri-Columbia | 96.47% | 96.47% |
| 30 | Texas | 96.47% | 96.47% |
| 32 | Fordham | 96.39% | 96.39% |
| 33 | Alabama | 96.15% | 96.15% |
| 34 | Utah | 96.08% | 96.08% |
| 35 | Boston College | 96.05% | 96.05% |
| 36 | Texas Tech | 96.03% | 96.03% |
| 37 | Boston Univ. | 96.02% | 96.02% |
| 38 | Washington & Lee | 95.76% | 95.76% |
| 39 | Oklahoma | 95.73% | 95.73% |
| 39 | USC | 95.73% | 95.73% |
| 41 | Vanderbilt | 95.48% | 95.48% |
| 42 | George Washington | 95.43% | 95.43% |
| 43 | Emory | 95.40% | 95.40% |
| 44 | Texas A&M | 95.38% | 95.38% |
| 45 | Cornell | 95.31% | 95.31% |
| 46 | Chapman | 95.30% | 95.30% |
| 47 | Indiana (Maurer) | 95.21% | 95.21% |
| 48 | Florida State | 95.17% | 95.17% |
| 49 | Duquesne | 95.12% | 95.12% |
| 50 | Ohio State | 95.08% | 95.08% |
| Rank | School | Pass Rate | Pass Rate (incl. Diploma Privilege) |
| 51 | Akron | 95.00% | 95.00% |
| 52 | Temple | 94.83% | 94.83% |
| 53 | St. John’s | 94.81% | 94.81% |
| 54 | Georgia State | 94.71% | 94.71% |
| 55 | North Carolina | 94.62% | 94.62% |
| 55 | Regent | 94.62% | 94.62% |
| 57 | Samford | 94.52% | 94.52% |
| 58 | Arizona State | 94.49% | 94.49% |
| 59 | SMU | 94.40% | 94.40% |
| 60 | Campbell | 94.19% | 94.19% |
| 61 | Georgetown | 94.15% | 94.15% |
| 62 | George Mason | 93.92% | 93.92% |
| 63 | Mercer | 93.91% | 93.91% |
| 64 | Louisiana State | 93.64% | 93.64% |
| 65 | Florida Int’l | 93.59% | 93.59% |
| 66 | Drake | 93.55% | 93.55% |
| 66 | Richmond | 93.55% | 93.55% |
| 68 | Loyola-L.A. | 93.52% | 93.52% |
| 69 | Brooklyn | 93.45% | 93.45% |
| 70 | South Texas | 93.36% | 93.36% |
| 71 | Arkansas-Fayetteville | 93.33% | 93.33% |
| 72 | Cleveland State | 93.13% | 93.13% |
| 73 | Belmont | 93.04% | 93.04% |
| 74 | University of Arizona | 93.02% | 93.02% |
| 75 | Colorado | 92.90% | 92.90% |
| 76 | UC-Davis | 92.82% | 92.82% |
| 77 | Gonzaga | 92.74% | 92.74% |
| 78 | UC-Irvine | 92.70% | 92.70% |
| 79 | Houston | 92.68% | 92.68% |
| 80 | Chicago-Kent | 92.57% | 92.57% |
| 81 | Florida | 92.56% | 92.56% |
| 82 | New Mexico | 92.50% | 92.50% |
| 83 | John Marshall (GA) | 92.45% | 92.45% |
| 84 | South Dakota | 92.31% | 92.31% |
| 85 | Seton Hall | 92.23% | 92.23% |
| 86 | Pittsburgh | 91.80% | 91.80% |
| 87 | Cincinnati | 91.67% | 91.67% |
| 88 | San Diego | 91.63% | 91.63% |
| 89 | Loyola-Chicago | 91.57% | 91.57% |
| 90 | Drexel | 91.50% | 91.50% |
| 90 | Iowa | 91.50% | 91.50% |
| 92 | North Texas | 91.43% | 91.43% |
| 93 | Connecticut | 91.37% | 91.37% |
| 94 | Kentucky | 91.36% | 91.36% |
| 95 | Villanova | 91.26% | 91.26% |
| 96 | Nebraska | 91.24% | 91.24% |
| 97 | Cardozo | 91.20% | 91.20% |
| 98 | Pepperdine | 91.12% | 91.12% |
| 99 | Tulane | 90.75% | 90.75% |
| 100 | Oregon | 90.44% | 90.44% |
| 101 | Capital | 90.24% | 90.24% |
| 102 | New Hampshire | 90.09% | 90.09% |
| 103 | Wayne State | 90.00% | 90.00% |
| 104 | New England | 89.96% | 89.96% |
| 105 | Catholic | 89.91% | 89.91% |
| 106 | UC-San Francisco | 89.67% | 89.67% |
| 107 | Tennessee | 89.66% | 89.66% |
| 108 | Seattle | 89.64% | 89.64% |
| 109 | Appalachian | 89.47% | 89.47% |
| 109 | Maryland | 89.47% | 89.47% |
| 111 | Hofstra | 89.33% | 89.33% |
| 112 | New York Law School | 89.31% | 89.31% |
| 113 | Denver | 89.18% | 89.18% |
| 114 | UNLV | 89.15% | 89.15% |
| 115 | CUNY | 89.01% | 89.01% |
| 116 | St. Thomas (MN) | 88.96% | 88.96% |
| 117 | Albany | 88.68% | 88.68% |
| 118 | Maine | 88.57% | 88.57% |
| 119 | Liberty | 88.52% | 88.52% |
| 120 | St. Louis | 88.33% | 88.33% |
| 121 | Dayton | 88.10% | 88.10% |
| 121 | Faulkner | 88.10% | 88.10% |
| 123 | Missouri-Kansas City | 87.85% | 87.85% |
| 124 | Southwestern | 87.83% | 87.83% |
| 125 | Suffolk | 87.75% | 87.75% |
| 126 | St. Thomas (FL) | 87.68% | 87.68% |
| 127 | Howard | 87.32% | 87.32% |
| 128 | DePaul | 87.15% | 87.15% |
| 129 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 87.14% | 87.14% |
| 129 | Miami | 87.14% | 87.14% |
| 131 | Elon | 87.10% | 87.10% |
| 132 | Wyoming | 86.96% | 86.96% |
| 133 | Case Western | 86.92% | 86.92% |
| 133 | SUNY-Buffalo | 86.92% | 86.92% |
| 135 | Louisville | 86.75% | 86.75% |
| 136 | South Carolina | 86.67% | 86.67% |
| 136 | St. Mary’s | 86.67% | 86.67% |
| 138 | Western New England | 86.42% | 86.42% |
| 139 | Lewis & Clark | 86.06% | 86.06% |
| 140 | Pacific | 86.01% | 86.01% |
| 141 | West Virginia | 86.00% | 86.00% |
| 142 | Mississippi | 85.82% | 85.82% |
| 143 | American | 85.67% | 85.67% |
| 144 | Stetson | 85.60% | 85.60% |
| 145 | Rutgers | 85.56% | 85.56% |
| 146 | Toledo | 85.54% | 85.54% |
| 147 | Washburn | 85.22% | 85.22% |
| 148 | Ave Maria | 85.19% | 85.19% |
| 149 | Tulsa | 85.11% | 85.11% |
| 150 | Mitchell | Hamline | 85.02% | 85.02% |
| 151 | Charleston | 84.91% | 84.91% |
| 152 | Indiana (McKinney) | 84.62% | 84.62% |
| 153 | Massachusetts | 84.34% | 84.34% |
| 154 | Lincoln Memorial | 83.54% | 83.54% |
| 155 | Santa Clara | 83.10% | 83.10% |
| 156 | San Francisco | 83.09% | 83.09% |
| 157 | Northern Illinois | 82.95% | 82.95% |
| 158 | Nova | 82.93% | 82.93% |
| 158 | Ohio Northern | 82.93% | 82.93% |
| 160 | Memphis | 82.86% | 82.86% |
| 160 | Northern Kentucky | 82.86% | 82.86% |
| 162 | Mississippi College | 82.52% | 82.52% |
| 163 | Syracuse | 82.45% | 82.45% |
| 164 | Willamette | 81.25% | 81.25% |
| 165 | Oklahoma City | 81.16% | 81.16% |
| 166 | North Dakota | 81.01% | 81.01% |
| 167 | North Carolina Central | 80.47% | 80.47% |
| 168 | Widener (DE) | 80.43% | 80.43% |
| 169 | Loyola-New Orleans | 79.87% | 79.87% |
| 170 | Michigan State | 79.82% | 79.82% |
| 171 | Hawaii | 79.38% | 79.38% |
| 172 | Idaho | 78.98% | 78.98% |
| 173 | Quinnipiac | 78.81% | 78.81% |
| 174 | Southern Illinois | 78.57% | 78.57% |
| 175 | Barry | 78.40% | 78.40% |
| 176 | Baltimore | 78.36% | 78.36% |
| 177 | Pace | 78.22% | 78.22% |
| 178 | Touro | 78.00% | 78.00% |
| 179 | Detroit Mercy | 77.88% | 77.88% |
| 180 | Creighton | 77.78% | 77.78% |
| 180 | Illinois-Chicago | 77.78% | 77.78% |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 77.61% | 77.61% |
| 183 | Vermont | 76.30% | 76.30% |
| 184 | Roger Williams | 76.16% | 76.16% |
| 185 | Texas Southern | 76.00% | 76.00% |
| 186 | Southern | 75.95% | 75.95% |
| 187 | Widener (PA) | 75.56% | 75.56% |
| 188 | District of Columbia | 75.00% | 75.00% |
| 189 | Cal-Western | 73.95% | 73.95% |
| 190 | Florida A&M | 70.34% | 70.34% |
| 191 | Inter-American (PR) | 69.18% | 69.18% |
| 192 | Western State | 67.86% | 67.86% |
| 193 | Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 62.03% | 62.03% |
| 194 | Cooley | 57.47% | 57.47% |
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