Jurisdictions reported 67,442 persons taking the bar examination in 2025, with an overall pass rate of 63%. The overall pass rate for the 19,645 February 2025 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 47%; the overall pass rate for the 47,797 July 2025 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 69%. In 2025, 4% of examinees were graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools, with a pass rate of 33%; 15% of examinees were graduates of law schools outside the USA, with a pass rate of 35%.
See the 2025 Statistics for data reported by jurisdictions on the February and July administrations of the bar examination—including breakdowns by source of legal education, first-timer and repeater status, and more—as well as national score distributions, examinee counts, and mean scaled scores for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), and national score distributions and scores earned and transferred by jurisdiction for the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE).
