Graduates of Texas A&M University School of Law in downtown Fort Worth passed the July 2026 Texas bar exam at the highest rate of any law school in the state, according to statistics released by the Texas Board of Law Examiners.
Of the 134 Texas A&M graduates who sat for the exam for the first time, 133 passed, a first-time pass rate of 99.25%. The board's figures, dated Oct. 19, list 10 Texas law schools.
How other schools did
The University of Texas was second among first-time takers at 95.91%, followed by SMU at 94.05% and Baylor at 91.67%. Texas Tech came in at 88.97%, South Texas College of Law Houston at 87.67% and the University of Houston at 84.92%.
St. Mary's posted 75%, Texas Southern 72.87% and the University of North Texas, whose law school is in Dallas, 71.79%.
Across all 10 Texas schools, 1,461 of 1,692 first-time takers passed, or 86.35%. Counting graduates of out-of-state schools, attorneys licensed elsewhere and foreign-trained applicants, the statewide first-time rate was 79.21%. Including repeat takers, 2,259 of 3,232 examinees passed, an overall rate of 69.89%.
