Following up on last Sunday’s post, Law School Rankings: 10-Month Employment Rate (Class of 2025): Here is the ranking of law schools in the Calendar Year 2025 First-Time Takers Bar Pass Data from the ABA’s spreadsheet. The ranking uses an adjusted pass rate that is the sum of the school pass rate (including alternative pathways) and the difference between that school pass rate and average state pass rate, per the current U.S. News methodology: “first-time test-takers’ weighted bar passage rates among all jurisdictions, or states, then added or subtracted the average percentage point difference between those rates and the weighted state average among ABA accredited schools’ first-time test-takers in the corresponding jurisdictions.”
| Rank | School | Average State Pass Rate | School Pass Rate (Incl. Diploma Privilege) | Total Difference | Adjusted Pass Rate |
| 1 | Stanford | 84.66% | 99.43% | 14.77% | 114.20% |
| 2 | Belmont | 79.87% | 96.49% | 16.62% | 113.11% |
| 3 | SMU | 82.53% | 97.75% | 15.22% | 112.97% |
| 4 | Duke | 84.59% | 98.23% | 13.64% | 111.87% |
| 5 | Yale | 85.40% | 98.54% | 13.14% | 111.68% |
| 6 | Harvard | 85.24% | 97.90% | 12.66% | 110.56% |
| 7 | UCLA | 83.13% | 96.65% | 13.52% | 110.17% |
| 8 | Texas | 83.01% | 96.39% | 13.38% | 109.77% |
| 9 | Chicago | 83.77% | 96.73% | 12.96% | 109.69% |
| 10 | Alabama | 81.29% | 95.24% | 13.95% | 109.19% |
| 11 | BYU | 84.77% | 96.85% | 12.08% | 108.93% |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 82.71% | 95.52% | 12.81% | 108.33% |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 82.34% | 95.28% | 12.94% | 108.22% |
| 14 | Jacksonville | 76.54% | 92.31% | 15.77% | 108.08% |
| 15 | Ohio State | 78.58% | 93.13% | 14.55% | 107.68% |
| 16 | NYU | 86.37% | 96.94% | 10.57% | 107.51% |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | 81.93% | 94.64% | 12.71% | 107.35% |
| 18 | Boston Coll. | 85.29% | 96.19% | 10.90% | 107.09% |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 80.08% | 93.04% | 12.96% | 106.00% |
| 20 | UC-Berkeley | 83.61% | 94.79% | 11.18% | 105.97% |
| 21 | Arizona State | 78.23% | 91.94% | 13.71% | 105.65% |
| 22 | Michigan | 82.68% | 94.15% | 11.47% | 105.62% |
| 23 | North Carolina | 82.68% | 94.12% | 11.44% | 105.56% |
| 24 | Boston Univ. | 84.36% | 94.93% | 10.57% | 105.50% |
| 25 | Virginia | 84.85% | 95.11% | 10.26% | 105.37% |
| 26 | Minnesota | 85.31% | 95.31% | 10.00% | 105.31% |
| 27 | Illinois | 81.27% | 93.20% | 11.93% | 105.13% |
| 28 | USC | 83.28% | 94.14% | 10.86% | 105.00% |
| 29 | Campbell | 82.10% | 93.48% | 11.38% | 104.86% |
| 30 | Baylor | 82.65% | 93.69% | 11.04% | 104.73% |
| 31 | Kansas | 83.83% | 94.21% | 10.38% | 104.59% |
| 32 | Penn | 84.56% | 94.42% | 9.86% | 104.28% |
| 33 | Wash. & Lee | 82.75% | 93.46% | 10.71% | 104.17% |
| 34 | Utah | 85.05% | 94.57% | 9.52% | 104.09% |
| 35 | UC-Davis | 82.53% | 93.24% | 10.71% | 103.95% |
| 36 | Georgetown | 85.21% | 94.55% | 9.34% | 103.89% |
| 37 | Oklahoma | 79.96% | 91.67% | 11.71% | 103.38% |
| 38 | Florida | 77.07% | 90.20% | 13.13% | 103.33% |
| 39 | William & Mary | 82.62% | 92.78% | 10.16% | 102.94% |
| 40 | Columbia | 86.60% | 94.73% | 8.13% | 102.86% |
| 41 | Univ. of Wash. | 82.93% | 92.61% | 9.68% | 102.29% |
| 42 | Iowa | 80.89% | 91.39% | 10.50% | 101.89% |
| 43 | Cornell | 85.80% | 93.68% | 7.88% | 101.56% |
| 44 | Florida State | 76.36% | 88.81% | 12.45% | 101.26% |
| 45 | Northwestern | 82.49% | 91.83% | 9.34% | 101.17% |
| 46 | Regent | 81.62% | 91.26% | 9.64% | 100.90% |
| 47 | Richmond | 82.27% | 91.30% | 9.03% | 100.33% |
| 48 | Seton Hall | 74.38% | 87.13% | 12.75% | 99.88% |
| 49 | Villanova | 80.16% | 89.95% | 9.79% | 99.74% |
| 50 | Duquesne | 79.97% | 89.66% | 9.69% | 99.35% |
| Rank | School | Average State Pass Rate | School Pass Rate (Incl. Diploma Privilege) | Total Difference | Adjusted Pass Rate |
| 51 | Samford | 81.87% | 90.44% | 8.57% | 99.01% |
| 52 | Wisconsin | 81.35% | 99.20% | -6.35% | 99.00% |
| 53 | Pepperdine | 82.44% | 90.71% | 8.27% | 98.98% |
| 54 | South Carolina | 81.14% | 90.05% | 8.91% | 98.96% |
| 55 | Colorado | 80.51% | 89.68% | 9.17% | 98.85% |
| 56 | Catholic | 81.92% | 90.38% | 8.46% | 98.84% |
| 57 | St. Thomas (FL) | 75.87% | 87.06% | 11.19% | 98.25% |
| 58 | Temple | 79.85% | 89.00% | 9.15% | 98.15% |
| 59 | Maine | 72.00% | 85.06% | 13.06% | 98.12% |
| 60 | Wake Forest | 81.43% | 89.61% | 8.18% | 97.79% |
| 61 | Notre Dame | 81.60% | 89.44% | 7.84% | 97.28% |
| 62 | UC-Irvine | 82.68% | 89.87% | 7.19% | 97.06% |
| 63 | Georgia | 79.91% | 88.37% | 8.46% | 96.83% |
| 64 | Northeastern | 84.27% | 90.52% | 6.25% | 96.77% |
| 65 | Puerto Rico | 54.95% | 75.68% | 20.73% | 96.41% |
| 66 | Lewis & Clark | 77.12% | 87.10% | 9.55% | 96.34% |
| 67 | Dayton | 79.06% | 87.50% | 8.44% | 95.94% |
| 68 | Florida Int’l | 75.93% | 85.90% | 9.97% | 95.87% |
| 69 | Wash. Univ. | 83.41% | 89.63% | 6.22% | 95.85% |
| 70 | Georgia State | 79.55% | 87.43% | 7.88% | 95.31% |
| 71 | UNLV | 71.83% | 83.47% | 11.64% | 95.11% |
| 72 | Penn State | 80.17% | 87.56% | 7.39% | 94.95% |
| 73 | Fordham | 86.78% | 90.80% | 4.02% | 94.82% |
| 74 | Miami | 77.00% | 85.29% | 8.29% | 93.58% |
| 75 | Stetson | 76.27% | 84.86% | 8.59% | 93.45% |
| 76 | Mercer | 79.75% | 86.52% | 6.77% | 93.29% |
| 77 | St. Louis | 85.60% | 89.09% | 3.49% | 92.58% |
| 78 | Connecticut | 73.55% | 82.81% | 9.26% | 92.07% |
| 79 | Emory | 80.82% | 86.34% | 5.52% | 91.86% |
| 80 | Cincinnati | 78.61% | 85.25% | 6.51% | 91.71% |
| 81 | Tennessee | 80.01% | 85.60% | 5.59% | 91.19% |
| 82 | San Diego | 82.30% | 86.73% | 4.43% | 91.16% |
| 83 | LSU | 79.77% | 85.39% | 5.62% | 91.01% |
| 84 | Nebraska | 79.05% | 84.89% | 5.84% | 90.73% |
| 85 | Univ. of Arizona | 77.69% | 84.13% | 6.44% | 90.57% |
| 86 | Loyola-Chicago | 80.94% | 85.71% | 4.77% | 90.48% |
| 87 | George Wash. | 84.87% | 87.66% | 2.79% | 90.45% |
| 88 | Liberty | 80.14% | 85.29% | 5.15% | 90.44% |
| 89 | Wyoming | 76.01% | 83.05% | 7.04% | 90.09% |
| 90 | Louisville | 78.98% | 84.48% | 5.50% | 89.98% |
| 91 | UC Law SF | 82.74% | 86.25% | 3.51% | 89.76% |
| 92 | Gonzaga | 81.96% | 85.85% | 3.89% | 89.74% |
| 93 | SUNY-Buffalo | 87.23% | 88.46% | 1.23% | 89.69% |
| 94 | George Mason | 83.39% | 86.34% | 2.95% | 89.29% |
| 95 | American | 84.29% | 86.61% | 2.32% | 88.93% |
| 96 | Drexel | 79.50% | 84.21% | 4.71% | 88.92% |
| 97 | Cardozo | 86.77% | 87.83% | 1.06% | 88.89% |
| 98 | South Texas | 82.69% | 85.56% | 2.87% | 88.43% |
| 99 | Indiana-Maurer | 80.95% | 84.62% | 3.67% | 88.29% |
| 100 | St. John’s | 87.08% | 87.55% | 0.47% | 88.02% |
| 101 | Maryland | 75.59% | 81.69% | 6.10% | 87.79% |
| 102 | Albany | 86.02% | 86.71% | 0.69% | 87.40% |
| 103 | NY Law School | 85.94% | 86.47% | 0.53% | 87.00% |
| 104 | St. Mary’s | 82.58% | 84.62% | 2.04% | 86.66% |
| 105 | DePaul | 80.95% | 83.78% | 2.83% | 86.61% |
| 106 | Missouri-Col. | 85.78% | 86.18% | 0.40% | 86.58% |
| 107 | Houston | 82.55% | 84.45% | 1.90% | 86.35% |
| 108 | Syracuse | 83.80% | 84.77% | 0.97% | 85.74% |
| 109 | Brooklyn | 86.89% | 85.47% | -1.42% | 84.05% |
| 110 | St. Thom. (MN) | 86.61% | 85.14% | -1.47% | 83.67% |
| 111 | Rutgers | 75.08% | 79.11% | 4.03% | 83.14% |
| 112 | Montana | 82.31% | 82.50% | 0.19% | 82.69% |
| 113 | Denver | 80.31% | 81.47% | 1.16% | 82.63% |
| 114 | Mississippi Coll. | 80.97% | 81.63% | 0.66% | 82.29% |
| 115 | Arkansas-Fay. | 78.11% | 80.00% | 1.89% | 81.89% |
| 116 | Santa Clara | 82.59% | 81.95% | -0.64% | 81.31% |
| 117 | Kentucky | 78.86% | 79.82% | 0.96% | 80.78% |
| 118 | Michigan State | 74.00% | 77.35% | 3.35% | 80.70% |
| 119 | Oregon | 78.11% | 79.17% | 1.06% | 80.23% |
| 120 | Arkansas-LR | 77.72% | 78.91% | 1.19% | 80.10% |
| 121 | Ind-McKinney | 80.78% | 80.38% | -0.40% | 79.98% |
| 122 | Western State | 82.51% | 81.11% | -1.40% | 79.71% |
| 123 | Quinnipiac | 71.29% | 75.44% | 4.15% | 79.59% |
| 124 | San Francisco | 82.63% | 80.87% | -1.76% | 79.11% |
| 125 | Missouri-KC | 85.70% | 82.40% | -3.44% | 78.99% |
| 126 | Chicago-Kent | 81.05% | 79.71% | -1.34% | 78.37% |
| 127 | Chapman | 82.63% | 80.31% | -2.32% | 77.99% |
| 128 | Toledo | 76.88% | 77.38% | 0.50% | 77.88% |
| 129 | West Virginia | 79.81% | 78.72% | -1.09% | 77.63% |
| 130 | Lincoln Mem. | 79.92% | 78.70% | -1.22% | 77.48% |
| 131 | Ave Maria | 77.63% | 77.46% | -0.17% | 77.29% |
| 132 | Suffolk | 84.33% | 80.75% | -3.58% | 77.17% |
| 133 | Hawaii | 77.16% | 77.08% | -0.08% | 77.00% |
| 134 | North Texas | 82.52% | 79.67% | -2.85% | 76.82% |
| 135 | Loyola-L.A. | 82.67% | 79.72% | -2.95% | 76.77% |
| 136 | New Mexico | 77.90% | 77.00% | -0.90% | 76.10% |
| 137 | Seattle | 82.95% | 79.51% | -3.44% | 76.07% |
| 138 | Case Western | 78.87% | 77.46% | -1.41% | 76.05% |
| 139 | Wayne State | 71.67% | 73.85% | 2.18% | 76.03% |
| 140 | Drake | 78.74% | 77.19% | -1.55% | 75.64% |
| 141 | Mississippi | 81.01% | 78.18% | -2.83% | 75.35% |
| 142 | Charleston | 80.58% | 77.38% | -3.20% | 74.18% |
| 143 | Widener (DE) | 77.61% | 75.88% | -1.73% | 74.15% |
| 144 | N. Kentucky | 78.59% | 76.19% | -2.40% | 73.79% |
| 145 | Nova | 76.08% | 74.47% | -1.61% | 72.86% |
| 146 | Oklahoma City | 79.14% | 75.94% | -3.20% | 72.74% |
| 147 | New Hamp. | 77.16% | 75.57% | -3.38% | 72.42% |
| 148 | Florida A&M | 77.04% | 74.68% | -2.36% | 72.32% |
| 149 | Hofstra | 86.68% | 79.17% | -7.51% | 71.66% |
| 150 | Howard | 84.74% | 78.01% | -6.73% | 71.28% |
| 151 | Detroit Mercy | 71.89% | 71.53% | -0.36% | 71.17% |
| 152 | Tulane | 81.89% | 76.24% | -5.77% | 70.50% |
| 153 | North Dakota | 75.24% | 72.31% | -2.93% | 69.38% |
| 154 | Capital | 78.14% | 73.68% | -4.46% | 69.22% |
| 155 | Idaho | 81.61% | 75.20% | -6.41% | 68.79% |
| 156 | Cleveland St. | 78.02% | 72.65% | -5.37% | 67.28% |
| 157 | Baltimore | 73.99% | 70.53% | -3.46% | 67.07% |
| 158 | South. Illinois | 81.66% | 74.24% | -7.42% | 66.82% |
| 159 | Memphis | 79.75% | 72.63% | -7.12% | 65.51% |
| 160 | New England | 83.77% | 73.88% | -9.89% | 63.99% |
| 161 | Washburn | 84.17% | 73.91% | -10.26% | 63.65% |
| 162 | Creighton | 79.36% | 71.17% | -8.19% | 62.98% |
| 163 | Tulsa | 79.15% | 71.05% | -8.10% | 62.95% |
| 164 | Loyola-NO | 79.65% | 71.17% | -8.48% | 62.69% |
| 165 | Akron | 77.95% | 70.16% | -7.79% | 62.37% |
| 166 | Southwestern | 82.67% | 72.07% | -10.60% | 61.47% |
| 167 | Mitch.|Hamline | 82.93% | 71.95% | -10.98% | 60.97% |
| 168 | Vermont | 75.46% | 67.91% | -7.55% | 60.36% |
| 169 | Cal-Western | 82.53% | 71.43% | -11.10% | 60.33% |
| 170 | Pacific | 82.53% | 71.13% | -11.40% | 59.73% |
| 171 | South Dakota | 79.48% | 69.23% | -10.25% | 58.98% |
| 172 | Widener (PA) | 78.99% | 68.93% | -10.06% | 58.87% |
| 173 | Western NE | 77.44% | 68.00% | -9.44% | 58.56% |
| 174 | Elon | 81.39% | 69.92% | -11.47% | 58.45% |
| 175 | Inter-Am. (PR) | 54.63% | 56.02% | 1.39% | 57.41% |
| 176 | Illinois-Chicago | 81.07% | 68.82% | -12.25% | 56.57% |
| 177 | Willamette | 76.71% | 67.31% | -12.13% | 56.11% |
| 178 | Southern | 80.18% | 68.09% | -12.09% | 56.00% |
| 179 | Faulkner | 80.80% | 67.50% | -13.30% | 54.20% |
| 180 | Roger Williams | 77.46% | 65.19% | -12.27% | 52.92% |
| 181 | CUNY | 86.85% | 69.04% | -17.81% | 51.23% |
| 182 | Touro | 87.08% | 67.86% | -19.22% | 48.64% |
| 183 | J. Marshall (GA) | 79.77% | 63.81% | -15.96% | 47.85% |
| 184 | Pace | 84.05% | 65.18% | -18.87% | 46.31% |
| 185 | Texas Southern | 82.61% | 62.89% | -19.72% | 43.17% |
| 186 | North. Illinois | 80.64% | 61.90% | -18.74% | 43.16% |
| 187 | Massachusetts | 83.35% | 62.63% | -20.72% | 41.91% |
| 188 | Barry | 76.44% | 58.85% | -17.59% | 41.26% |
| 189 | NC Central | 81.80% | 59.40% | -22.40% | 37.00% |
| 190 | Pon. Cat. (PR) | 54.77% | 44.85% | -9.92% | 34.93% |
| 191 | Ohio Northern | 79.51% | 56.41% | -23.10% | 33.31% |
| 192 | D.C. | 82.82% | 57.89% | -24.93% | 32.96% |
| 193 | Appalachian | 80.69% | 54.76% | -25.93% | 28.83% |
| 194 | Cooley | 74.33% | 51.45% | -22.88% | 28.57% |
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