Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2017–2021

See “COVID-19: Implications for 2020–2021 Admissions” for jurisdiction modifications to the July 2020, February 2021, and July 2021 exams, some of which have implications for the 2020 and 2021 admissions statistics.

Data updated on January 17, 2023.

Jurisdiction:

Type of Admission:

ID	Jurisdiction	Type of Admission	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
1	Alabama	Admission by Examination	407	383	405	341	369
2	Alaska	Admission by Examination	53	42	44	61	62
3	Arizona	Admission by Examination	440	479	440	393	526
4	Arkansas	Admission by Examination	220	165	197	203	215
5	California	Admission by Examination	5,873	4,975	5,187	6,706	10,578
6	Colorado	Admission by Examination	767	687	686	657	695
7	Connecticut	Admission by Examination	360	263	254	212	359
8	Delaware	Admission by Examination	139	116	103	31	224
9	District of Columbia	Admission by Examination	972	901	1,634	2,044	2,093
10	Florida	Admission by Examination	2,745	2,517	2,732	2,475	2,781
11	Georgia	Admission by Examination	1,133	935	1,089	1,140	1,009
12	Hawaii	Admission by Examination	193	160	176	151	192
13	Idaho	Admission by Examination	151	152	127	141	160
14	Illinois	Admission by Examination	1,932	1,752	1,710	2,157	3,171
15	Indiana	Admission by Examination	491	436	413	547	578
16	Iowa	Admission by Examination	203	185	194	161	191
17	Kansas	Admission by Examination	130	95	125	75	139
18	Kentucky	Admission by Examination	185	—	321	314	290
19	Louisiana	Admission by Examination	558	535	477	147	534
20	Maine	Admission by Examination	102	152	76	60	100
21	Maryland	Admission by Examination	1,025	873	638	732	713
22	Massachusetts	Admission by Examination	1,240	1,113	1,209	1,126	1,181
23	Michigan	Admission by Examination	674	678	596	676	572
24	Minnesota	Admission by Examination	568	539	546	537	526
25	Mississippi	Admission by Examination	137	129	167	119	130
26	Missouri	Admission by Examination	730	632	684	615	596
27	Montana	Admission by Examination	110	93	99	86	154
28	Nebraska	Admission by Examination	158	138	145	164	157
29	Nevada	Admission by Examination	288	279	314	278	328
30	New Hampshire *	Admission by Examination	162	88	87	83	70
31	New Jersey	Admission by Examination	954	750	372	371	1,358
32	New Mexico	Admission by Examination	222	195	216	232	161
33	New York	Admission by Examination	8,181	8,199	7,601	7,208	6,420
34	North Carolina	Admission by Examination	878	555	852	747	870
35	North Dakota	Admission by Examination	60	45	76	53	44
36	Ohio	Admission by Examination	895	802	847	854	884
37	Oklahoma	Admission by Examination	335	269	320	291	311
38	Oregon	Admission by Examination	460	629	383	243	376
39	Pennsylvania	Admission by Examination	1,261	1,168	1,239	691	1,580
40	Rhode Island	Admission by Examination	104	58	70	32	134
41	South Carolina	Admission by Examination	427	405	434	395	389
42	South Dakota	Admission by Examination	65	61	77	51	69
43	Tennessee	Admission by Examination	591	507	631	826	498
44	Texas	Admission by Examination	2,677	2,485	2,608	1,892	2,721
45	Utah	Admission by Examination	305	274	257	90	251
46	Vermont	Admission by Examination	54	66	49	60	86
47	Virginia	Admission by Examination	816	720	646	668	631
48	Washington	Admission by Examination	743	629	597	1,593	549
49	West Virginia	Admission by Examination	152	136	146	146	109
50	Wisconsin †	Admission by Examination	148	126	118	130	116
51	Wyoming	Admission by Examination	54	57	50	61	68
52	Guam	Admission by Examination	11	2	4	6	5
53	Northern Mariana Islands	Admission by Examination	6	6	2	7	2
54	Palau	Admission by Examination	1	2	2	—	1
55	Puerto Rico	Admission by Examination	370	306	354	213	423
56	Virgin Islands	Admission by Examination	13	6	13	7	13
57	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission by Examination	41,929	37,950	38,839	39,364	46,762
58	Alabama	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	28	50	79	115	91
59	Alaska	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	21	48	34	43	50
60	Arizona	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	42	80	73	58	83
61	Arkansas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	29	24
62	California	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
63	Colorado	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	70	99	110	130	160
64	Connecticut	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	57	81	155	108	137
65	Delaware	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
66	District of Columbia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	165	431	447	625	814
67	Florida	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
68	Georgia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
69	Hawaii	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
70	Idaho	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	55	47	48	35	47
71	Illinois	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	145	277	302
72	Indiana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	86
73	Iowa	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	50	67	67	62	71
74	Kansas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	96	101	108	140	147
75	Kentucky	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	107
76	Louisiana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
77	Maine	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	7	19	22	17	17
78	Maryland	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	6	260	202
79	Massachusetts	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	85	213	245	214
80	Michigan	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
81	Minnesota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	111	146	158	183	133
82	Mississippi	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
83	Missouri	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	77	116	104	176	171
84	Montana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	41	51	35	51	57
85	Nebraska	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	30	25	39	35	38
86	Nevada	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
87	New Hampshire *	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	12	22	52	54	57
88	New Jersey	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	496	483	323	422	602
89	New Mexico	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	73	80	111	96	90
90	New York	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	172	283	391	556	980
91	North Carolina	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	4	144	210	184
92	North Dakota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	32	33	37	32	31
93	Ohio	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	29	102
94	Oklahoma	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	35
95	Oregon	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	14	48	42	75
96	Pennsylvania	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
97	Rhode Island	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	18	62	46
98	South Carolina	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	20	56	79	106	143
99	South Dakota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
100	Tennessee	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	69	45	42
101	Texas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	484	486
102	Utah	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	43	42	52	55	49
103	Vermont	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	8	26	24	18	40
104	Virginia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
105	Washington	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	116	140	167	197	185
106	West Virginia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	1	11	12	18	20
107	Wisconsin †	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
108	Wyoming	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	35	60	60	46	43
109	Guam	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
110	Northern Mariana Islands	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	17	—
111	Palau	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
112	Puerto Rico	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	—
113	Virgin Islands	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	4	4	11
114	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	1,858	2,700	3,434	5,017	6,617

*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 Honors Program in 2017–2021 are as follows: 17 in 2017, 20 in 2018, 18 in 2019, 21 in 2020, and 23 in 2021. (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 2017–2021 are as follows: 347 in 2017, 351 in 2018, 327 in 2019, 299 in 2020, and 438 in 2021. (Wisconsin’s diploma privilege rule allows graduates of its in-state ABA-accredited law schools eligibility for admission without taking the traditional bar examination.)

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