Jurisdictions reported 66,174 persons taking the bar examination in 2023, with an overall pass rate of 58%. The overall pass rate for the 19,486 February 2023 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 40%; the overall pass rate for the 46,688 July 2023 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 66%. In 2023, 4% of examinees were graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools, with a pass rate of 20%; 13% of examinees were graduates of law schools outside the USA, with a pass rate of 34%.
See the 2023 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).
