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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