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Bar Exam Passage Rates Continue To Plummet Across The Nation

How many states have seen drops in their bar exam passage rates thus far?

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Answer: Sixteen states saw their overall passage rates decline from the July 2015 administration of the bar exam to the July 2016 administration of the bar exam:

  • Alabama (down by 1.6 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Arizona (down by 3.7 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Connecticut (down by 6 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Florida (down by 6.2 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Indiana (down by 11 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Iowa (down by 17 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Kentucky (down by 6 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Massachusetts (down by 0.9 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Minnesota (down by 4.3 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Missouri (down by 5 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Nevada (down by 9 percentage points from July 2015)
  • New Mexico (down by 8 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Oregon (down by 2 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Pennsylvania (down by 1.8 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Tennessee (down by 1.4 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Washington (down by 6 percentage points from July 2015)

Sixteen states do not have enough data published online to make a determination as to whether their passage rates declined between the past two administrations of the exam:

  • Arkansas (not enough data to determine)
  • Delaware (not enough data to determine)
  • Hawaii (not enough data to determine)
  • Illinois (not enough data to determine)
  • Kansas (not enough data to determine)
  • Maine (not enough data to determine)
  • Michigan (not enough data to determine)
  • Mississippi (not enough data to determine)
  • Montana (not enough data to determine)
  • Nebraska (not enough data to determine)
  • New Hampshire (not enough data to determine)
  • New Jersey (not enough data to determine)
  • North Carolina (not enough data to determine)
  • West Virginia (not enough data to determine)
  • Wisconsin (diploma privilege state)
  • Wyoming (not enough data to determine)

Only four states saw their overall passage rates increase from the July 2015 administration of the exam to the July 2016 administration of the exam:

  • Colorado (up by 1 percentage point from July 2015)
  • Idaho (up by 3.3 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Louisiana (up by 3 percentage points from July 2015)
  • Vermont (up by 14 percentage points from July 2015)

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