Jurisdictions reported 64,833 persons taking the bar examination in 2021, with an overall pass rate of 60%. The overall pass rate for the 17,967 February 2021 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 48%; the overall pass rate for the 46,866 July 2021 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 64%. In 2021, 4% of examinees were graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools, with a pass rate of 25%; 11% of examinees were graduates of law schools outside the USA, with a pass rate of 28%.
See the 2021 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 scores earned and transferred by jurisdiction for the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE).
