Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2015–2019

Jurisdiction:

Type of Admission:

ID	Jurisdiction	Type of Admission	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
1	Alabama	Admission by Examination	408	381	407	383	405
2	Alaska	Admission by Examination	84	64	53	42	44
3	Arizona	Admission by Examination	635	479	440	479	440
4	Arkansas	Admission by Examination	212	209	220	165	197
5	California	Admission by Examination	6,150	5,496	5,873	4,975	5,187
6	Colorado	Admission by Examination	807	787	767	687	686
7	Connecticut	Admission by Examination	446	353	360	263	254
8	Delaware	Admission by Examination	99	123	139	116	103
9	District of Columbia	Admission by Examination	200	466	972	901	1,634
10	Florida	Admission by Examination	3,177	2,888	2,745	2,517	2,732
11	Georgia	Admission by Examination	1,029	1,016	1,133	935	1,089
12	Hawaii	Admission by Examination	188	146	193	160	176
13	Idaho	Admission by Examination	118	160	151	152	127
14	Illinois	Admission by Examination	2,327	1,987	1,932	1,752	1,710
15	Indiana	Admission by Examination	534	467	491	436	413
16	Iowa	Admission by Examination	262	176	203	185	194
17	Kansas	Admission by Examination	137	155	130	95	125
18	Kentucky	Admission by Examination	398	122	185	0	321
19	Louisiana	Admission by Examination	630	618	558	535	477
20	Maine	Admission by Examination	92	131	102	152	76
21	Maryland	Admission by Examination	1,382	1,231	1,025	873	638
22	Massachusetts	Admission by Examination	1,787	1,542	1,240	1,113	1,209
23	Michigan	Admission by Examination	849	805	674	678	596
24	Minnesota	Admission by Examination	662	601	568	539	546
25	Mississippi	Admission by Examination	205	198	137	129	167
26	Missouri	Admission by Examination	887	755	730	632	684
27	Montana	Admission by Examination	107	80	110	93	99
28	Nebraska	Admission by Examination	166	169	158	138	145
29	Nevada	Admission by Examination	321	276	288	279	314
30	New Hampshire *	Admission by Examination	142	142	162	88	87
31	New Jersey	Admission by Examination	2,586	562	954	750	372
32	New Mexico	Admission by Examination	191	164	222	195	216
33	New York	Admission by Examination	8,261	7,885	8,181	8,199	7,601
34	North Carolina	Admission by Examination	956	917	878	555	852
35	North Dakota	Admission by Examination	64	53	60	45	76
36	Ohio	Admission by Examination	1,036	940	895	802	847
37	Oklahoma	Admission by Examination	278	302	335	269	320
38	Oregon	Admission by Examination	384	417	460	629	383
39	Pennsylvania	Admission by Examination	1,662	1,455	1,261	1,168	1,239
40	Rhode Island	Admission by Examination	175	130	104	58	70
41	South Carolina	Admission by Examination	494	422	427	405	434
42	South Dakota	Admission by Examination	62	53	65	61	77
43	Tennessee	Admission by Examination	616	612	591	507	631
44	Texas	Admission by Examination	2,805	2,849	2,677	2,485	2,608
45	Utah	Admission by Examination	437	317	305	274	257
46	Vermont	Admission by Examination	48	64	54	66	49
47	Virginia	Admission by Examination	1,050	1,008	816	720	646
48	Washington	Admission by Examination	856	829	743	629	597
49	West Virginia	Admission by Examination	181	160	152	136	146
50	Wisconsin †	Admission by Examination	144	126	148	126	118
51	Wyoming	Admission by Examination	58	59	54	57	50
52	Guam	Admission by Examination	11	11	11	2	4
53	N. Mariana Islands	Admission by Examination	4	7	6	6	2
54	Palau	Admission by Examination	1	0	1	2	2
55	Puerto Rico	Admission by Examination	458	375	370	306	354
56	Virgin Islands	Admission by Examination	19	26	13	6	13
57	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission by Examination	47,278	41,766	41,929	37,950	38,839
58	Alabama	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	10	17	28	50	79
59	Alaska	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	18	21	21	48	34
60	Arizona	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	47	53	42	80	73
61	Arkansas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
62	California	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
63	Colorado	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	45	78	70	99	110
64	Connecticut	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	57	81	155
65	Delaware	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
66	District of Columbia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	6	165	431	447
67	Florida	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
68	Georgia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
69	Hawaii	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
70	Idaho	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	33	38	55	47	48
71	Illinois	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	145
72	Indiana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
73	Iowa	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	1	38	50	67	67
74	Kansas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	125	136	96	101	108
75	Kentucky	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
76	Louisiana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
77	Maine	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	7	19	22
78	Maryland	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	6
79	Massachusetts	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	85	213
80	Michigan	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
81	Minnesota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	76	88	111	146	158
82	Mississippi	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
83	Missouri	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	37	50	77	116	104
84	Montana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	51	25	41	51	35
85	Nebraska	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	6	20	30	25	39
86	Nevada	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
87	New Hampshire *	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	7	9	12	22	52
88	New Jersey	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	90	496	483	323
89	New Mexico	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	1	56	73	80	111
90	New York	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	11	172	283	391
91	North Carolina	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	4	144
92	North Dakota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	53	42	32	33	37
93	Ohio	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
94	Oklahoma	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
95	Oregon	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	14	48
96	Pennsylvania	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
97	Rhode Island	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	18
98	South Carolina	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	20	56	79
99	South Dakota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
100	Tennessee	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	69
101	Texas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
102	Utah	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	44	52	43	42	52
103	Vermont	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	7	8	26	24
104	Virginia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
105	Washington	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	84	94	116	140	167
106	West Virginia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	1	11	12
107	Wisconsin †	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
108	Wyoming	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	80	51	35	60	60
109	Guam	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
110	N. Mariana Islands	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
111	Palau	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
112	Puerto Rico	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	0
113	Virgin Islands	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	0	0	0	0	4
114	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	718	982	1,858	2,700	3,434

*Individuals admitted in New Hampshire via the University of New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster Scholar (DWS) Honors Program are not included in this chart. The number of individuals admitted in New Hampshire via the DWS Program in 2015–2019 are as follows: 23 in 2015, 24 in 2016, 17 in 2017, 20 in 2018, and 18 in 2019. (The DWS Honors Program, a two-year performance-based program to which students are accepted prior to their second year of law school, allows successful students to be admitted to the New Hampshire Bar without taking the traditional bar examination.)†Individuals admitted in Wisconsin via diploma privilege are not included in this chart. The number of individuals admitted in Wisconsin via diploma privilege in 2015–2019 are as follows: 407 in 2015, 351 in 2016, 347 in 2017, 351 in 2018, and 327 in 2019. (Wisconsin’s diploma privilege rule allows graduates of its in-state ABA-accredited law schools eligibility for admission without taking the traditional bar examination.)