ABA Standard 509 · 2025 cycle · Last synced June 26, 2026
Duke University School of Law
North Carolina · Private · School ID: duke-university
CohortsAdmissions: entering class 2025Employment: class of 2024, ~10 mo. outBar: class of 2024, first-time
⚠ Pending review. Some figures are missing from this school’s public ABA record and are being sourced & verified: faculty 2025. How we handle data gaps.
Duke University School of Law is a private law school in North Carolina. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 97.48% first-time bar passage rate (state average 82.9%). 98.7% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 73.1% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $80,100 per year; a median grant of $35,000 brings median net tuition to about $45,100. The median LSAT is 171 with a 12.9% acceptance rate.
No placements reported (0%): Business, Academia, Still seeking. 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 school97.48%
State avg82.9%
first-time +14.5 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 99.06% · class of 2025 first-time 98.23% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 171
169172
uGPAmedian 3.91
3.833.96
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied6,240
Offered804
Enrolled 1L227
Offer rate 13% · yield 28%.
Grant distribution
No grant 5.6%Under half 67.1%Half to full 27%Full 0.3%
Demographics
Women 54%Men 46%
White
386
Black
55
Hispanic
82
Asian
132
Two or more
35
Other / unreported
33
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$80,100
Non-resident
$80,100
Mandatory fees
$1,729
Living estimate
$26,116
Median grant
$35,000
Grant 25 / 75
$27,000 / $40,000
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
211
Full-time faculty
0
Faculty of color
0
Total JD enrollment
723
Graduates
230
Mean attorney salary · state
$143,860
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)
169 / 171 / 172
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.83 / 3.91 / 3.96
Acceptance rate
12.9%
Applications received
6,240
Offers extended
804
1L enrollment
227
Total JD enrollment
723
GRE-only takers
4
1L attrition (academic / other)
0 / 3
Transfers in / out
0 / 1
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$80,100
Non-resident tuition
$80,100
Mandatory fees
$1,729
Living-expense estimate
$26,116
Median grant
$35,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$27,000 / $40,000
No-grant share
5.6%
< half-tuition grants
67.1%
Half-to-full grants
27.0%
Full-tuition grants
0.3%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.0%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
97.48%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
99.06%
State average (same exam)
82.9%
Difference vs. state
+14.5 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 Duke University School of Law?
Duke University School of Law reported a 97.48% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 82.9% state average.
How much does Duke University School of Law cost?
Resident tuition at Duke University School of Law is $80,100 per year (about $240,300 over three years). The median grant is $35,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $45,100 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Duke University School of Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Duke University School of Law is 171 and the median GPA is 3.91; the acceptance rate is 12.9%.
What are the job outcomes at Duke University School of Law?
98.7% of Duke University School of Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 73.1% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 0.0% 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.