University of District of Columbia School of Law is a public law school in District of Columbia. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 65.57% first-time bar passage rate (state average 80.6%). 71.2% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 2.4% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $12,438 per year; a median grant of $8,292 brings median net tuition to about $4,146. The median LSAT is 151 with a 37.0% acceptance rate.
These shares count where every employed graduate landed, by sector and firm size, across all job types; they can total more than the full-time long-term (FTLT) employment headline, which counts only the stricter full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage subset.
Bar passage · first-time
This school65.57%
State avg80.6%
first-time -15.1 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 75% · class of 2025 first-time 57.89% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 151
148153
uGPAmedian 3.28
3.053.55
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied749
Offered277
Enrolled 1L83
Offer rate 37% · yield 30%.
Grant distribution
No grant 30.4%Under half 36.8%Half to full 30.4%Full 2.4%
Demographics
Women 64%Men 36%
White
54
Black
110
Hispanic
34
Asian
16
Two or more
18
Other / unreported
4
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$12,438
Non-resident
$28,874
Mandatory fees
$1,000
Living estimate
$34,035
Median grant
$8,292
Grant 25 / 75
$5,458 / $12,436
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
54
Full-time faculty
25
Faculty of color
31
Total JD enrollment
236
Graduates
80
Mean attorney salary · state
$238,990
Trajectory since 2011
LSAT · 25-75 band
Middle-50% LSAT band by entering class.
uGPA · 25-75 band
Middle-50% uGPA band by entering class.
First-time bar passage
First-time bar passage rate by year.
Full-time resident tuition
Sticker resident tuition by year.
Total JD enrollment
Total JD enrollment by year.
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
148 / 151 / 153
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.05 / 3.28 / 3.55
Acceptance rate
37.0%
Applications received
749
Offers extended
277
1L enrollment
83
Total JD enrollment
236
GRE-only takers
0
1L attrition (academic / other)
4 / 3
Transfers in / out
0 / 5
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$12,438
Non-resident tuition
$28,874
Mandatory fees
$1,000
Living-expense estimate
$34,035
Median grant
$8,292
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$5,458 / $12,436
No-grant share
30.4%
< half-tuition grants
36.8%
Half-to-full grants
30.4%
Full-tuition grants
2.4%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.0%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
32
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
149 / 151 / 154
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
2.67 / 3.17 / 3.35
Part-time tuition
$422 per credit
Part-time JD figures, most recent ABA 509 cycle. Tuition is reported per credit; annual cost depends on the part-time load taken.
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
65.57%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
75.0%
State average (same exam)
80.6%
Difference vs. state
-15.1 pts
Different cohorts: first-time bar passage reflects graduates who entered law school about three years before the current admissions class shown above. Read the two as separate snapshots, not a single pipeline.
What is the first-time bar passage rate at University of District of Columbia School of Law?
University of District of Columbia School of Law reported a 65.57% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 80.6% state average.
How much does University of District of Columbia School of Law cost?
Resident tuition at University of District of Columbia School of Law is $12,438 per year (about $37,314 over three years). The median grant is $8,292, bringing median net tuition to roughly $4,146 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for University of District of Columbia School of Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at University of District of Columbia School of Law is 151 and the median GPA is 3.28; the acceptance rate is 37.0%.
What are the job outcomes at University of District of Columbia School of Law?
71.2% of University of District of Columbia School of Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 2.4% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 20.0% were still seeking employment.
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Data from the ABA Standard 509 disclosures, self-reported by law schools and not guaranteed (raw data may have errors or omissions). State attorney-salary context: U.S. BLS OEWS 2024 (SOC 23-1011); cost-of-living: U.S. BEA Regional Price Parities. How the data is sourced & validated: Methodology. Unfamiliar with a term (FTLT, net tuition, bimodal)? Glossary. Copyright basis & permitted use: Terms.