Total Population Trend Analysis

California has an average of 11,214 individuals take the bar exam every year.

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Not including the results from the February bar exam, the total number of students declined between 2008 – 2010, reaching a low-point of 10,896 students. Since then, the bar has averaged a steady increase of 1% every year.

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In each of those sessions, the bar passage rate has remained between a high of 56% in 2008, to a low of 46% in February, 2014. The California bar exam averages a 52% pass rate.

First Time Analysis

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Since 2007, the first time test-takers, passage rates averaged 67%.

Repeating Population Analysis

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There has been a 4% average decrease of repeat test takers since 2007. The July exam had much smaller decrease in overall population of just 1%.

February Trends

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The February Bar Exam averaged a 40% pass rate since 2007. From the graph above, while the overall population has declined in February, the passing percentage has increased since 2007, averaging a 1.7% increase every year.

July Trends

July-Trends

The July Bar Exam has averaged a 59% pass rate since 2007. The July bar has increased .in total population 6% every year. The passing percentage has decreased from a high point in 2008 of 64% passing, to the 58%-59% range in recent years.