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The national LSAT numbers, per-school admissions medians from the ABA 509 reports, bar passage and employment outcomes — with year and source on every figure.

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2026 in numbers

Bar passage, 2025

  • First-time takers from ABA schools passed at an aggregate 84.10% (up from 83.02% in 2024).
  • 92.15% of 2023 graduates who sat for a bar exam had passed within two years (up from 90.52% for 2022 graduates).
  • July 2025 MBE national mean: 142.4 — the highest July mean since 2013.

Source: ABA Section of Legal Education, March 2026 release; NCBE.

Employment, class of 2024

  • 81.4% of graduates in full-time, long-term, bar-admission-required jobs (up from 79.3%) — a record for a class of 38,937.
  • Unemployed and seeking: 4.7%, an all-time low.

Source: ABA Employment Outcomes, March 2025.

Admissions, 2024–25 cycle

  • 76,609 applicants (+18.3%) — the highest volume in over ten years, per LSAC.
  • Fall 2025 entering 1L class: 42,817 (+7.9%), across 196 ABA-approved schools.

Source: LSAC #trending, October 2025; ABA 2025 Standard 509 Data Overview.