LIST: Top-performing law schools in 2024 Bar exams
Credit to Author: Cristina Chi| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:47:00 +0800
MANILA, Philippines — The Ateneo de Manila University emerged as the country's top-performing law school in the 2024 Bar Examinations, leading both the first-time takers and overall performance categories among schools with over 100 examinees, the Supreme Court announced Friday, December 13.
The Supreme Court recognized outstanding law schools across four size-based classifications in two categories: first-time takers and overall performance (including repeaters). This classification system aims to provide a fair comparison among institutions based on their number of examinees.
Among schools with more than 100 first-time examinees, Ateneo posted a 96.36% passing rate, with 159 out of 165 candidates succeeding. It was followed by the University of the Philippines (93.09%), San Beda University (91.54%), the University of Santo Tomas – Manila (88.72%), and the University of San Carlos (85.45%) in Cebu.
In the overall category for large schools, Ateneo maintained its dominance with a 96.02% passing rate (169 out of 176 examinees), while UP placed second with 90.51% (229 out of 253 examinees).
For schools with more than 100 test-takers, the complete rankings are:
For schools with 51-100 examinees:
For schools with 11-50 examinees:
For schools with 1-10 examinees:
Out of 142 law schools that participated in the 2024 Bar Examinations, 130 produced successful examinees.
The Supreme Court announced that 3,962 test-takers successfully hurdled the 2024 Bar Examinations, representing a 37.84% passing rate.
University of the Philippines' Kyle Christian Gorrero Tutor emerged as the bar topnotcher this year with an average score of 85.77%.