Short answer: there's no official NextGen score calculator. NCBE reports one scaled score from 500 to 750 and doesn't publish how raw answers convert to it. Here's what you can work out:
- An unofficial estimate from your practice percentages (step 1).
- Where a scaled score passes. Every jurisdiction that has announced a passing score chose between 610 and 620, so 620 passes in all 29 (step 2).
- Where a NextGen score transfers (step 3), and where a legacy UBE score transfers (step 4).
Every number below was checked against NCBE's tables on October 24, 2026.
Step 1: estimate your score from practice
NCBE weights the exam's three parts: standalone multiple choice 49%, integrated question sets 21% and performance tasks 30%. Weight your practice the same way:
Weighted % = 0.49 × multiple-choice % + 0.21 × question-set % + 0.30 × performance-task %
For example, 66% on multiple choice, 55% on question sets and 58% on performance tasks gives 32.3 + 11.6 + 17.4 = 61.3%. Score your written work against model answers and rubrics; grading it by feel inflates the number.
Then read the result against our benchmark. A 60% weighted score is the readiness line we use, and 70% or more is the comfort zone. It's a heuristic, not an NCBE figure, and the practice scores guide explains why we use it.
If you want a number on NCBE's scale, our dashboard's unofficial estimate maps the weighted percentage straight onto it: 500 + 2.5 × weighted %.
| Weighted practice % | Unofficial estimate |
|---|---|
| 50% | 625 |
| 55% | 638 |
| 60% (our benchmark) | 650 |
| 65% | 663 |
| 70% | 675 |
Don't run that line backwards. It puts 620 at a weighted 48%, but practice questions aren't scaled like the exam and their difficulty varies. That's why we plan around the 60% benchmark, which sits 30 points above the highest announced passing score.
Step 2: where your score passes
29 jurisdictions have announced a NextGen passing score, all between 610 and 620. Find your score in the first column; the last column counts every jurisdiction where it passes.
| Passing score | Jurisdictions | A score this high passes in |
|---|---|---|
| 610 | Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Washington | 5 |
| 612 | Guam, Palau | 7 |
| 614 | Indiana | 8 |
| 615 | Northern Mariana Islands | 9 |
| 616 | Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, US Virgin Islands | 16 |
| 620 | Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont | 29 |
Oregon used 615 for July 2026 only; from February 2027 its passing score is 620. Many of these jurisdictions don't give the NextGen exam until 2027 or 2028, and the rest haven't announced a score. The passing scores by state guide lists each one's first exam and a planning estimate for every state still marked TBA.
Step 3: where a NextGen score transfers
Using your score somewhere else is a separate question. A jurisdiction's transfer minimum can differ from its own passing score, and the score has an expiry date. Here are the jurisdictions accepting transferred NextGen scores with a published minimum:
| Transfer minimum | Jurisdictions | A score this high transfers to |
|---|---|---|
| 610 | Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Washington | 6 |
| 612 | Guam, Palau | 8 |
| 614 | Indiana | 9 |
| 615 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10 |
| 616 | Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, US Virgin Islands | 17 |
| 620 | Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming | 36 |
A few of those come with conditions:
- Alaska is listed by NCBE at 620 from July 2026, but the Alaska Bar says its NextGen transfer application isn't open yet.
- Minnesota hasn't set its score yet, but NCBE says its court has indicated that 620 or higher won't need to wait.
- Ohio starts accepting transferred scores in November 2026.
- Oregon is listed at 615/620: 615 applied to July 2026, 620 after.
The rest don't fit the table:
- Alabama and Kansas accept transferred scores, but their minimum varies.
- Oklahoma accepts them, with the minimum still TBA.
- Florida, New York and Virginia start accepting in July 2028, and Florida and New York take no score earned before then.
- Hawaii doesn't accept transferred NextGen scores.
How long a score stays usable runs from two to five years depending on the jurisdiction; the score transfer guide has each clock and what a transfer never carries.
Step 4: holding a legacy UBE score?
The legacy UBE runs on a 400-point scale through February 2028. These are the transfer minimums on NCBE's jurisdiction pages:
| Legacy transfer minimum | Jurisdictions | A legacy score this high transfers to |
|---|---|---|
| 260 | Alabama, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin | 10 |
| 262 | Guam | 11 |
| 264 | Indiana | 12 |
| 266 | Connecticut, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, US Virgin Islands | 24 |
| 268 | Michigan | 25 |
| 270 | Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming | 43 |
The Northern Mariana Islands accept legacy scores too, with no minimum listed.
What a legacy score "equals" on the NextGen scale is a different question, and the answer is nothing: an individual legacy score doesn't convert. What NCBE did publish is a table for jurisdictions setting their NextGen passing score that pairs the two scales' standards point for point, from 260 → 610 up to 270 → 620. Of the 26 jurisdictions with both a legacy passing score and an announced NextGen one, 25 chose exactly that pair. Washington even lowered its legacy score from 266 to 260 in December 2025 so the two would match. Illinois (266 → 620) is the only exception.
California, Texas and New York
- California gives its own exam until its first NextGen exam in July 2028. Its Supreme Court ordered the NextGen passing score to be equivalent to its current 1390 out of 2000; the number on the 500–750 scale isn't set yet.
- Texas gives the legacy UBE (passing score 270) through February 2028 and NextGen from July 2028, passing score TBA. It already accepts transferred NextGen scores of 620 or more.
- New York gives the legacy UBE (266) through February 2028 and NextGen from July 2028, passing score TBA. It accepts no NextGen score earned before July 2028.
Sources
Checked on October 23 and 24, 2026:
- NCBE, NextGen UBE minimum passing scores, decisions by jurisdiction (transfer minimums and footnotes), UBE minimum scores, Uniform Bar Examination (MBE 50%, MEE 30%, MPT 20%) and each jurisdiction's page (legacy transfer minimums)
- NCBE, The Bar Examiner, Guidance Brief on the Recommended NextGen UBE Passing Score Range (610 to 620, and the 260 → 610 to 270 → 620 table)
- NCBE Help & Support, "What is the scoring breakdown for the NextGen UBE?" (question sets 21%, performance tasks 30%)
- Washington State Bar Association, Amended Order No. 25700-B-747 (December 17, 2025: legacy passing score lowered from 266 to 260, NextGen set at 610)
- Supreme Court of California, California Supreme Court Approves Adoption of NextGen Uniform Bar Exam (passing score equivalent to 1390 out of 2000)
