July 2021 Bar Exam Stats

As results begin to trickle in, I’ll update this post with state-specific statistics from this past July. The national mean MBE score for the July 2021 exam was 140.4, a decrease of .7 points compared to the same in July 2019. More on the national average is @ https://www.ncbex.org/news/national-means-july-mbe-august-mpre/

The following is the percentage of students that passed the bar exam in a given state:

--Alabama: 52.6%

--California: 53%

--Vermont: 54%

--West Virginia: 57.5% 

--New Jersey: 58%

--Connecticut: 59%

--Maine: 59%

--Florida: 61%

--New York: 63%

--New Hampshire: 63.7%

--Georgia: 64.4%

--Arizona: 65%

--North Dakota: 65%

--South Carolina: 65.25%

--Idaho: 65.6 %

--Mississippi: 66% (unofficial but will update if official results state otherwise)

--Delaware: 66.5%

--Illinois: 67%

--Maryland: 68%

--Texas: 68.29%

--Indians: 69%

--Pennsylvania: 69.43%

--Louisiana: 69.78

--Hawaii: 70.2%

--Iowa: 71%

--New Mexico: 71%

--Nebraska: 72%

--Wyoming: 72%

--Kentucky: 72.17%

--South Dakota: 73% 

--Oklahoma: 73%

--Washington DC: 73%

--Ohio: 73.4%

--Minnesota: 73.5%

--Washington: 73.8%

--Montana: 74%

--Colorado: 74%

--Massachusettes: 74.7%

--Virginia: 74.77%

--North Carolina: 75%

--Missouri: 75.5% 

--Rhode Island: 77%

--Oregon: 79%

--Utah: 86%