Number of 2014 Bar Examination Passers in Japan, By Law School
The following figure and tables show the number of 2014 bar examination passers in Japan by law school. In terms of the number of passed students, top 5 schools (Waseda, Chuo, Tokyo, Keio, Kyoto) are outstanding.
Table 1: Ranking by the number of passed students
Law School | Examinee | Passed | Pass rate |
Waseda University | 489 | 172 | 35% |
Chuo University | 475 | 164 | 35% |
University of Tokyo | 304 | 158 | 52% |
Keio University | 336 | 150 | 45% |
Kyoto University | 245 | 130 | 53% |
Hitotsubashi University | 136 | 64 | 47% |
Meiji University | 365 | 63 | 17% |
Osaka University | 137 | 55 | 40% |
Kobe University | 143 | 44 | 31% |
Tohoku University | 159 | 42 | 26% |
Hokkaido University | 161 | 41 | 25% |
Kyushu University | 162 | 37 | 23% |
Ritsumeikan University | 266 | 33 | 12% |
Sophia University | 158 | 31 | 20% |
Nagoya University | 133 | 30 | 23% |
Chiba University | 84 | 26 | 31% |
Doshisha University | 182 | 26 | 14% |
Tokyo Metropolitan Univ College of Law | 96 | 22 | 23% |
Nihon University | 199 | 22 | 11% |
Hosei University | 181 | 21 | 12% |
Osaka City University | 109 | 19 | 17% |
Kansai University | 183 | 19 | 10% |
Soka University | 70 | 18 | 26% |
Yokohama National University | 93 | 18 | 19% |
Rikkyo University | 137 | 17 | 12% |
Kwansei Gakuin University | 155 | 14 | 9% |
Seikei University | 101 | 14 | 14% |
Okayama University | 72 | 13 | 18% |
Gakushuin University | 104 | 12 | 12% |
Hiroshima University | 95 | 11 | 12% |
University of Tsukuba | 68 | 10 | 15% |
Nanzan University | 61 | 9 | 15% |
Ryukoku University | 105 | 8 | 8% |
Aichi University | 27 | 7 | 26% |
Konan University | 74 | 7 | 9% |
Senshu University | 131 | 7 | 5% |
Kanazawa University | 45 | 6 | 13% |
Meiji Gakuin University | 98 | 6 | 6% |
Yamanashi Gakuin University | 47 | 6 | 13% |
Osaka Gakuin University | 46 | 5 | 11% |
Kinki University | 49 | 5 | 10% |
Shinshu University | 43 | 5 | 12% |
Niigata University | 48 | 5 | 10% |
Hiroshima Shudo University | 44 | 5 | 11% |
Kagoshima University | 28 | 4 | 14% |
Kokugakuin University | 63 | 4 | 6% |
Daito Bunka University | 66 | 4 | 6% |
Toin University of Yokohama | 90 | 4 | 4% |
Aoyama Gakuin University | 44 | 3 | 7% |
Kagawa University | 24 | 3 | 13% |
Kanto Gakuin University | 23 | 3 | 13% |
Kyoto Sangyo University | 45 | 3 | 7% |
Kumamoto University | 43 | 3 | 7% |
Shizuoka University | 30 | 3 | 10% |
Chukyo University | 23 | 3 | 13% |
Tohoku Gakuin University | 36 | 3 | 8% |
Dokkyo University | 66 | 3 | 5% |
Meijo University | 68 | 3 | 4% |
University of the Ryukyus | 26 | 3 | 12% |
Omiya Law University | 105 | 2 | 2% |
Kurume University | 38 | 2 | 5% |
Kobe Gakuin University | 33 | 2 | 6% |
Komazawa University | 46 | 2 | 4% |
Surugadai University | 85 | 2 | 2% |
Tokai University | 56 | 2 | 4% |
Toyo University | 56 | 2 | 4% |
Hakuoh University | 29 | 2 | 7% |
Fukuoka University | 39 | 2 | 5% |
Hokkai-Gakuen University | 42 | 2 | 5% |
Seinan Gakuin University | 50 | 1 | 2% |
Aichi Gakuin University | 32 | 0 | 0% |
Kanagawa University | 40 | 0 | 0% |
Shimane University | 21 | 0 | 0% |
Himeji Dokkyo University | 8 | 0 | 0% |
Preliminary exam passer | 244 | 163 | 67% |
total | 8015 | 1810 | 23% |
Table 2: Ranking by passing rate
Law School | Examinee | Passed | Pass rate |
Preliminary exam passer | 244 | 163 | 67% |
Kyoto University | 245 | 130 | 53% |
University of Tokyo | 304 | 158 | 52% |
Hitotsubashi University | 136 | 64 | 47% |
Keio University | 336 | 150 | 45% |
Osaka University | 137 | 55 | 40% |
Waseda University | 489 | 172 | 35% |
Chuo University | 475 | 164 | 35% |
Chiba University | 84 | 26 | 31% |
Kobe University | 143 | 44 | 31% |
Tohoku University | 159 | 42 | 26% |
Aichi University | 27 | 7 | 26% |
Soka University | 70 | 18 | 26% |
Hokkaido University | 161 | 41 | 25% |
Tokyo Metropolitan Univ College of Law | 96 | 22 | 23% |
Kyushu University | 162 | 37 | 23% |
Nagoya University | 133 | 30 | 23% |
Sophia University | 158 | 31 | 20% |
Yokohama National University | 93 | 18 | 19% |
Okayama University | 72 | 13 | 18% |
Osaka City University | 109 | 19 | 17% |
Meiji University | 365 | 63 | 17% |
Nanzan University | 61 | 9 | 15% |
University of Tsukuba | 68 | 10 | 15% |
Doshisha University | 182 | 26 | 14% |
Kagoshima University | 28 | 4 | 14% |
Seikei University | 101 | 14 | 14% |
Kanazawa University | 45 | 6 | 13% |
Kanto Gakuin University | 23 | 3 | 13% |
Chukyo University | 23 | 3 | 13% |
Yamanashi Gakuin University | 47 | 6 | 13% |
Kagawa University | 24 | 3 | 13% |
Rikkyo University | 137 | 17 | 12% |
Ritsumeikan University | 266 | 33 | 12% |
Shinshu University | 43 | 5 | 12% |
Hosei University | 181 | 21 | 12% |
Hiroshima University | 95 | 11 | 12% |
Gakushuin University | 104 | 12 | 12% |
University of the Ryukyus | 26 | 3 | 12% |
Hiroshima Shudo University | 44 | 5 | 11% |
Nihon University | 199 | 22 | 11% |
Osaka Gakuin University | 46 | 5 | 11% |
Niigata University | 48 | 5 | 10% |
Kansai University | 183 | 19 | 10% |
Kinki University | 49 | 5 | 10% |
Shizuoka University | 30 | 3 | 10% |
Konan University | 74 | 7 | 9% |
Kwansei Gakuin University | 155 | 14 | 9% |
Tohoku Gakuin University | 36 | 3 | 8% |
Ryukoku University | 105 | 8 | 8% |
Kumamoto University | 43 | 3 | 7% |
Hakuoh University | 29 | 2 | 7% |
Aoyama Gakuin University | 44 | 3 | 7% |
Kyoto Sangyo University | 45 | 3 | 7% |
Kokugakuin University | 63 | 4 | 6% |
Meiji Gakuin University | 98 | 6 | 6% |
Daito Bunka University | 66 | 4 | 6% |
Kobe Gakuin University | 33 | 2 | 6% |
Senshu University | 131 | 7 | 5% |
Kurume University | 38 | 2 | 5% |
Fukuoka University | 39 | 2 | 5% |
Hokkai-Gakuen University | 42 | 2 | 5% |
Dokkyo University | 66 | 3 | 5% |
Toin University of Yokohama | 90 | 4 | 4% |
Meijo University | 68 | 3 | 4% |
Komazawa University | 46 | 2 | 4% |
Tokai University | 56 | 2 | 4% |
Toyo University | 56 | 2 | 4% |
Surugadai University | 85 | 2 | 2% |
Seinan Gakuin University | 50 | 1 | 2% |
Omiya Law University | 105 | 2 | 2% |
Aichi Gakuin University | 32 | 0 | 0% |
Kanagawa University | 40 | 0 | 0% |
Shimane University | 21 | 0 | 0% |
Himeji Dokkyo University | 8 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 8015 | 1810 | 23% |
"Preliminary exam passer" means a person who did not go to a postgraduate law school, and passed the preliminary exam instead.
Source is Ministry of Justice.
www.moj.go.jp/content/000126774.pdf
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