Admissions to the Bar by Examination and by Transferred UBE Score, 2014–2018

Jurisdiction:

Type of Admission:

ID	Jurisdiction	Type of Admission	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
1	Alabama	Admission by Examination	461	408	381	407	383
2	Alaska	Admission by Examination	79	84	64	53	42
3	Arizona	Admission by Examination	683	635	479	440	479
4	Arkansas	Admission by Examination	219	212	209	220	165
5	California	Admission by Examination	6,726	6,150	5,496	5,873	4,975
6	Colorado	Admission by Examination	914	807	787	767	687
7	Connecticut	Admission by Examination	516	446	353	360	263
8	Delaware	Admission by Examination	122	99	123	139	116
9	District of Columbia	Admission by Examination	253	200	466	972	901
10	Florida	Admission by Examination	3,137	3,177	2,888	2,745	2,517
11	Georgia	Admission by Examination	1,297	1,029	1,016	1,133	935
12	Hawaii	Admission by Examination	203	188	146	193	160
13	Idaho	Admission by Examination	132	118	160	151	152
14	Illinois	Admission by Examination	2,676	2,327	1,987	1,932	1,752
15	Indiana	Admission by Examination	565	534	467	491	436
16	Iowa	Admission by Examination	294	262	176	203	185
17	Kansas	Admission by Examination	277	137	155	130	95
18	Kentucky	Admission by Examination	475	398	122	185	0
19	Louisiana	Admission by Examination	722	630	618	558	535
20	Maine	Admission by Examination	128	92	131	102	152
21	Maryland	Admission by Examination	1,637	1,382	1,231	1,025	873
22	Massachusetts	Admission by Examination	1,998	1,787	1,542	1,240	1,113
23	Michigan	Admission by Examination	1,011	849	805	674	678
24	Minnesota	Admission by Examination	752	662	601	568	539
25	Mississippi	Admission by Examination	233	205	198	137	129
26	Missouri	Admission by Examination	899	887	755	730	632
27	Montana	Admission by Examination	112	107	80	110	93
28	Nebraska	Admission by Examination	147	166	169	158	138
29	Nevada	Admission by Examination	319	321	276	288	279
30	New Hampshire *	Admission by Examination	168	142	142	162	88
31	New Jersey	Admission by Examination	3,635	2,586	562	954	750
32	New Mexico	Admission by Examination	324	191	164	222	195
33	New York	Admission by Examination	10,273	8,261	7,885	8,181	8,199
34	North Carolina	Admission by Examination	1,102	956	917	878	555
35	North Dakota	Admission by Examination	76	64	53	60	45
36	Ohio	Admission by Examination	1,179	1,036	940	895	802
37	Oklahoma	Admission by Examination	328	278	302	335	269
38	Oregon	Admission by Examination	471	384	417	460	629
39	Pennsylvania	Admission by Examination	1,883	1,662	1,455	1,261	1,168
40	Rhode Island	Admission by Examination	158	175	130	104	58
41	South Carolina	Admission by Examination	469	494	422	427	405
42	South Dakota	Admission by Examination	52	62	53	65	61
43	Tennessee	Admission by Examination	709	616	612	591	507
44	Texas	Admission by Examination	2,892	2,805	2,849	2,677	2,485
45	Utah	Admission by Examination	441	437	317	305	274
46	Vermont	Admission by Examination	104	48	64	54	66
47	Virginia	Admission by Examination	1,224	1,050	1,008	816	720
48	Washington	Admission by Examination	910	856	829	743	629
49	West Virginia	Admission by Examination	185	181	160	152	136
50	Wisconsin †	Admission by Examination	204	144	126	148	126
51	Wyoming	Admission by Examination	61	58	59	54	57
52	Guam	Admission by Examination	10	11	11	11	2
53	N. Mariana Islands	Admission by Examination	8	4	7	6	6
54	Palau	Admission by Examination	4	1	0	1	2
55	Puerto Rico	Admission by Examination	495	458	375	370	306
56	Virgin Islands	Admission by Examination	29	19	26	13	6
57	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission by Examination	54,381	47,278	41,766	41,929	37,950
58	Alabama	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	10	10	17	28	50
59	Alaska	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	8	18	21	21	48
60	Arizona	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	38	47	53	42	80
61	Arkansas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
62	California	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
63	Colorado	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	45	45	78	70	99
64	Connecticut	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	0	57	81
65	Delaware	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
66	District of Columbia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	6	165	431
67	Florida	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
68	Georgia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
69	Hawaii	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
70	Idaho	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	34	33	38	55	47
71	Illinois	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
72	Indiana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
73	Iowa	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	1	38	50	67
74	Kansas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	125	136	96	101
75	Kentucky	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
76	Louisiana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
77	Maine	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	7	19
78	Maryland	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
79	Massachusetts	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	85
80	Michigan	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
81	Minnesota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	48	76	88	111	146
82	Mississippi	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
83	Missouri	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	29	37	50	77	116
84	Montana	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	72	51	25	41	51
85	Nebraska	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	3	6	20	30	25
86	Nevada	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
87	New Hampshire *	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	6	7	9	12	22
88	New Jersey	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	90	496	483
89	New Mexico	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	1	56	73	80
90	New York	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	11	172	283
91	North Carolina	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	4
92	North Dakota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	28	53	42	32	33
93	Ohio	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
94	Oklahoma	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
95	Oregon	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	14
96	Pennsylvania	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
97	Rhode Island	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
98	South Carolina	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	20	56
99	South Dakota	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
100	Tennessee	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
101	Texas	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
102	Utah	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	43	44	52	43	42
103	Vermont	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	7	8	26
104	Virginia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
105	Washington	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	69	84	94	116	140
106	West Virginia	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	1	11
107	Wisconsin †	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
108	Wyoming	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	78	80	51	35	60
109	Guam	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
110	N. Mariana Islands	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
111	Palau	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
112	Puerto Rico	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
113	Virgin Islands	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	—	—	—	—	0
114	Total for All Jurisdictions	Admission by Transferred UBE Score	511	718	982	1,858	2,700

* Individuals admitted in New Hampshire via the University of New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster Scholar (DWS) Honors Program are not included in this chart. The number of individuals admitted in New Hampshire via the DWS Program in 2014–2018 are as follows: 22 in 2014, 23 in 2015, 24 in 2016, 17 in 2017, and 20 in 2018. (The DWS Honors Program, a two-year performance-based program to which students are accepted prior to their second year of law school, allows successful students to be admitted to the New Hampshire Bar without taking the traditional bar examination.)† Individuals admitted in Wisconsin via diploma privilege are not included in this chart. The number of individuals admitted in Wisconsin via diploma privilege in 2014–2018 are as follows: 417 in 2014, 407 in 2015, 351 in 2016, 347 in 2017, and 351 in 2018. (Wisconsin’s diploma privilege rule allows graduates of its in-state ABA-accredited law schools eligibility for admission without taking the traditional bar examination.)