Facts & Figures

Winter 2018-2019 (Vol. 87, No. 4)

UBE Scores Earned and Transferred

Number of UBE Scores Earned by Year

Graph showing number of UBE scores earned per year. 2011: 1,453; 2012: 4,105; 2013: 6,071; 2014: 7,641; 2015: 7,537; 2016: 19,120; 2017: 26,897; 2018: 28,292

101,116 UBE scores earned as of January 1, 2019 13,480 UBE scores transferred as of January 1, 2019

The Uniform Bar Examination results in a portable score that can be used to apply for admission in other UBE jurisdictions.

November 2018 MPRE

20,580 November 2018 MPRE Examinees

Number of MPRE Examinees 2014–2018

August 2018 MPRE Mean Score 95.5

MPRE Mean Score 2014–2018

Line graph data. 2014: March 93.1, August 93.1, November 94.5; 2015: March 94.6, August 92.9, November 97.3; 2016: March 93.5, August 92.0, November 93.5; 2017: March 92.7, August 93.7, November 94.1; 2018: March 94.7, August 93.0, November 95.5

MPRE Standard Deviations

	March	August	November
2014	16.4	17.0	16.4
2015	17.4	16.9	17.5
2016	17.6	17.7	17.3
2017	17.1	18.0	17.4
2018	17.9	17.8	18.2

MPRE scores are reported on a scale ranging from 50 to 150. The values reflect valid scores available electronically as of 1/11/19 on both standard and alternative forms of the MPRE.

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