It is difficult to quantitatively determine the best law schools in the Philippines. However, you can narrow the field by looking at the statistics such as the percentage of students who passed the exam. Here are the following:
Top Performing Law Schools
In 2016, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ranked the best performing law schools in the Philippines in the last 10 years based on the following rates of their graduates passing bar exam:
- University of the Philippines (73.71%)
- Ateneo de Manila University (67.55%)
- San Beda College-Manila (67.13%)
- University of San Carlos (58.00%)
- Ateneo de Davao University (53.02%)
- University of Santo Tomas (43.98%)
- University of Cebu (41.49%)
- San Beda College-Alabang (39.10%)
- Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (35.80%)
- Xavier University (32.20%)
Law Schools that Produced the Highest Number of Bar Topnotchers
Meanwhile, according to the website of the Supreme Court, the Philippine law schools that have produced the most passers in the Bar Exam are these schools:
- University of the Philippines, College Law – 52
- Ateneo de Manila Law School – 19
- Philippine Law School – 7
- San Beda College of Law – 7
- University Manila – 6
- Far Eastern University Institute of Law – 3
- University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Civil Law – 3
- University of the Cordilleras (formerly Baguio Colleges Foundation) – 2
- Manila Law College Foundation (formerly Escuela de Derecho de Manila) – 1
- Manuel L. Quezon University, College of Law – 1
- Divine Word College – 1
- San Sebastian College, Institute of Law – 1
The Best Schools in the Philippines
Additionally, in the 2016 QS University Rankings for Asia, the following are the four main universities of Philippine law schools made it into the top 350:
- University of the Philippines – 70th
- De La Salle University – 99th
- Ateneo de Manila University – 143rd
- University of Santo Tomas – 157th
AHEAD Tutorial and Review Center will hold review classes for Law School Entrance Exam starting on August 28, 2016 to help students prepare for the tests administered by the top Philippine law schools listed above.
Registration is still ongoing.
For inquiries, visit AHEAD Tutorial and Review Center at No. 317, 2nd Floor, FBR Building, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. You may also contact us at (02) 426 0034 – 36 / info@ahead.edu.ph.