Harvard Law School is a private law school in Massachusetts. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 97.86% first-time bar passage rate (state average 83.4%). 97.2% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 56.2% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $77,100 per year; a median grant of $27,510 brings median net tuition to about $49,590. The median LSAT is 174 with a 9.2% 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 school97.86%
State avg83.4%
first-time +14.4 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 99.32% · class of 2025 first-time 97.9% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 174
171176
uGPAmedian 3.96
3.894.00
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied8,872
Offered816
Enrolled 1L579
Offer rate 9% · yield 71%.
Grant distribution
No grant 62.1%Under half 25.9%Half to full 11.1%Full 0.5%Stipend 0.4%
Demographics
Women 52%Men 48%
White
948
Black
116
Hispanic
152
Asian
389
Two or more
101
Other / unreported
78
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$77,100
Non-resident
$77,100
Mandatory fees
$1,592
Living estimate
$38,690
Median grant
$27,510
Grant 25 / 75
$12,106 / $43,338
Cond. schol. loss
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Faculty & market
Total faculty
365
Full-time faculty
203
Faculty of color
94
Total JD enrollment
1,784
Graduates
602
Mean attorney salary · state
$197,600
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)
171 / 174 / 176
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.89 / 3.96 / 4.00
Acceptance rate
9.2%
Applications received
8,872
Offers extended
816
1L enrollment
579
Total JD enrollment
1,784
GRE-only takers
37
GRE Verbal (25 / 50 / 75)
166 / 167 / 169
GRE Quant (25 / 50 / 75)
162 / 166 / 169
GRE Analytical (25 / 50 / 75)
5 / 5.5 / 5.5
1L attrition (academic / other)
0 / 1
Transfers in / out
37 / 2
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$77,100
Non-resident tuition
$77,100
Mandatory fees
$1,592
Living-expense estimate
$38,690
Median grant
$27,510
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$12,106 / $43,338
No-grant share
62.1%
< half-tuition grants
25.9%
Half-to-full grants
11.1%
Full-tuition grants
0.5%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.4%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
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Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
97.86%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
99.32%
State average (same exam)
83.4%
Difference vs. state
+14.4 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 Harvard Law School?
Harvard Law School reported a 97.86% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 83.4% state average.
How much does Harvard Law School cost?
Resident tuition at Harvard Law School is $77,100 per year (about $231,300 over three years). The median grant is $27,510, bringing median net tuition to roughly $49,590 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Harvard Law School?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Harvard Law School is 174 and the median GPA is 3.96; the acceptance rate is 9.2%.
What are the job outcomes at Harvard Law School?
97.2% of Harvard Law School graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 56.2% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 0.3% 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.