Georgetown University Law Center is a private law school in District of Columbia. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 93.05% first-time bar passage rate (state average 83.3%). 95.9% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 59.0% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $83,576 per year; a median grant of $35,000 brings median net tuition to about $48,576. The median LSAT is 171 with a 15.8% acceptance rate.
No placements reported (0%): Solo. 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 school93.05%
State avg83.3%
first-time +9.8 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 94.15% · class of 2025 first-time 94.55% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 171
166173
uGPAmedian 3.93
3.753.98
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied13,924
Offered2,193
Enrolled 1L672
Offer rate 16% · yield 31%.
Grant distribution
No grant 39.5%Under half 34.7%Half to full 23.1%Full 1.9%Stipend 0.7%
Demographics
Women 58%Men 42%
White
1,280
Black
153
Hispanic
171
Asian
356
Two or more
84
Other / unreported
222
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$83,576
Non-resident
$83,576
Mandatory fees
—
Living estimate
$33,905
Median grant
$35,000
Grant 25 / 75
$25,000 / $47,500
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
752
Full-time faculty
218
Faculty of color
159
Total JD enrollment
2,266
Graduates
703
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)
166 / 171 / 173
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.75 / 3.93 / 3.98
Acceptance rate
15.8%
Applications received
13,924
Offers extended
2,193
1L enrollment
672
Total JD enrollment
2,266
GRE-only takers
12
GRE Verbal (25 / 50 / 75)
161 / 162 / 166
GRE Quant (25 / 50 / 75)
158 / 161 / 164
GRE Analytical (25 / 50 / 75)
5 / 5 / 5.5
1L attrition (academic / other)
0 / 2
Transfers in / out
120 / 1
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$83,576
Non-resident tuition
$83,576
Mandatory fees
—
Living-expense estimate
$33,905
Median grant
$35,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$25,000 / $47,500
No-grant share
39.5%
< half-tuition grants
34.7%
Half-to-full grants
23.1%
Full-tuition grants
1.9%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.7%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
78
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
164 / 169 / 172
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.50 / 3.77 / 3.95
Part-time tuition
$2,950 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)
93.05%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
94.15%
State average (same exam)
83.3%
Difference vs. state
+9.8 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 Georgetown University Law Center?
Georgetown University Law Center reported a 93.05% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 83.3% state average.
How much does Georgetown University Law Center cost?
Resident tuition at Georgetown University Law Center is $83,576 per year (about $250,728 over three years). The median grant is $35,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $48,576 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Georgetown University Law Center?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Georgetown University Law Center is 171 and the median GPA is 3.93; the acceptance rate is 15.8%.
What are the job outcomes at Georgetown University Law Center?
95.9% of Georgetown University Law Center graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 59.0% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 1.4% 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.