The University of San Carlos College of Law produced a 90.91% passing rate compared to the 36.77% national passing rate in the 2023 Bar Examinations administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The bar examination results were released on December 5, 2023. 

With 170 successful bar passers, USC Law is the only Cebu-based university that was among the top-performing law schools with more than 100 candidates nationwide. 

Moreover, USC Law increased its ranking to 3rd in this 2023 Bar Examination from being 4th in the 2022 Bar Exam. 

For several years now, USC Law has been consistently ranked as one of the best law schools in the country. During the 2020-2021 Bar Exams, USC Law’s Batch 2020 had a 98.13% pass rate while Batch 2021 garnered 98.04%. 

A total of 3,812 out of 10,387 Bar takers successfully hurdled the 2023 Bar Examination under Bar Chair Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando. 

To our new Carolinian lawyers, CONGRATULATIONS!