FYLSE School Pass Rates Compared

FYLSE School Pass Rates Compared

If you go to the California Bar Examiner’s website hoping to find statistics on pass rates for the First Year Law Students Exam (FYLSE) you will find an aggregate of the pass rates but not a broken down explanation.  Passing the FYLSE is one of the biggest hurdles that a student at an online law school faces and the pass rates from varying schools is like a Scooby Doo mystery.  You really have to do some digging to find the pass rates and often, you have to go from website to website to find the pass rate for schools individually.

I do want to preface this article by stating, these numbers purporting pass rates are from the schools themselves.  I have no way of verifying whether these numbers are correct or not.  I also spent a considerable amount of time attempting to find as many online school pass rates as possible; so what you see is all I could find.  Online Law Schools are not required to post their FYLSE pass rates so many don’t.

Concord Law School at Kaplan

Grade Point Averages and Pass Rates

The statistics below illustrate various Concord first-year grade point average levels for students taking the FYLSE and the resultant pass rates.

First-Year GPA First-Year Pass Rate
Greater than 3.0 79.6%
2.7 to 3.0 45.5%
2.50 to 2.69 23.8%
2.00 to 2.49 9.7%

Northwestern California University

First-time taker pass rates on the California First-Year Law Students’ Examination for Northwestern California University students also fluctuate. Yet, the school’s pass rates are respectable. The first-time taker pass rate during the 5-year period of time from June 2010 through October 2014, for example, was as high as 41.7 percent (June 2010) and as low as 20.6 percent (October 2013) with an average first-timer rate for that 5-year period at 35 percent.

The pass rate for repeaters from Northwestern California University on the California First-Year Law Students’ Examination during the same 5-year period of time from June 2010 through October 2014 was as high as 33.3 percent (October 2014) and as low as 2.7 percent (June 2011) with an average rate for repeaters during that 5-year period at 19.1 percent.

St. Francis 

All Takers

Exam Date Took Passed %Passed
October 2012 3 1 33.3%
June 2013 3 2 66.6%
October 2013 6 2 33.3%
June 2014 3 1 33.3%
October 2014 4 2 50%
June 2015 5 1 20%
October 2015 12 8 66.6%
June 2016 14 8 57%
October 2016 10 7 70%

Abraham Lincoln 

ALU FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENTS’ EXAMINATION PASSAGE STATISTICS.

Data Source: State Bar of California

Exam Date

First Timers All Takers
Took Passed % Passed Took Passed % Passed
Oct 2015 14 2 14.3 31 7 22.6
Jun 2015 19 7 36.8 38 10 26.3
Oct 2014 15 4 26.7 32 7 21.9
Jun 2014 5 5 100.0 31 9 29.0
Oct 2013 18 7 38.9 47 10 21.3
Jun 2013 19 5 26.3 55 11 20.0
Oct 2012 22 3 13.6 45 3 6.7
Jun 2012 11 2 18.2 34 4 11.8
Oct 2011 8 4 50.0 47 6 12.8
Jun 2011 27 5 18.5 70 10 14.3
TOTAL 158 44 27.8

Oak Brook College of Law

Exam Date Statewide Overall Statewide First Time OBCL Overall OBCL First Time
Jun-15 16.9% 24.6% 0.0% 0.0%
Oct-14 25.3% 31.3% 50.0% 77.8%
Jun-14 23.1% 27.0% 33.3%
Oct-13 19.2% 23.5% 57.1% 58.8%
Jun-13 24.1% 26.7% 50.0%