ABA Standard 509 · 2025 cycle · Last synced June 26, 2026
University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law
Nevada · Public · School ID: nevada-las-vegas-university-of
CohortsAdmissions: entering class 2025Employment: class of 2024, ~10 mo. outBar: class of 2024, first-time
⚠ Data corrected. One or more figures on this page were adjudicated against the ABA source to make the series true. See how we handle anomalies.
⚠ Pending review. Some figures are missing from this school’s public ABA record and are being sourced & verified: UGPA 2011; bar 2012–2016; bar_takers 2012–2016; tuition 2013. How we handle data gaps.
University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law is a public law school in Nevada. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 77.16% first-time bar passage rate (state average 70.9%). 94.0% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 12.0% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $31,518 per year; a median grant of $22,998 brings median net tuition to about $8,520. The median LSAT is 160 with a 30.8% 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 school77.16%
State avg70.9%
first-time +6.2 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 89.15% · class of 2025 first-time 83.47% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 160
156162
uGPAmedian 3.76
3.393.88
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied1,056
Offered325
Enrolled 1L156
Offer rate 31% · yield 48%.
Grant distribution
No grant 23.8%Under half 40.6%Half to full 25.2%Full 5.5%Stipend 4.8%
Demographics
Women 54%Men 46%
White
232
Black
27
Hispanic
88
Asian
45
Two or more
30
Other / unreported
35
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$31,518
Non-resident
$46,040
Mandatory fees
$1,610
Living estimate
$31,263
Median grant
$22,998
Grant 25 / 75
$14,980 / $39,946
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
107
Full-time faculty
43
Faculty of color
30
Total JD enrollment
457
Graduates
117
Mean attorney salary · state
$138,090
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)
156 / 160 / 162
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.39 / 3.76 / 3.88
Acceptance rate
30.8%
Applications received
1,056
Offers extended
325
1L enrollment
156
Total JD enrollment
457
GRE-only takers
0
1L attrition (academic / other)
0 / 1
Transfers in / out
14 / 4
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$31,518
Non-resident tuition
$46,040
Mandatory fees
$1,610
Living-expense estimate
$31,263
Median grant
$22,998
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$14,980 / $39,946
No-grant share
23.8%
< half-tuition grants
40.6%
Half-to-full grants
25.2%
Full-tuition grants
5.5%
Above-full grants (stipend)
4.8%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
22
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
154 / 159 / 161
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.34 / 3.57 / 3.92
Part-time tuition
$1,126 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)
77.16%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
89.15%
State average (same exam)
70.9%
Difference vs. state
+6.2 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 Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law?
University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law reported a 77.16% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 70.9% state average.
How much does University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law cost?
Resident tuition at University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law is $31,518 per year (about $94,554 over three years). The median grant is $22,998, bringing median net tuition to roughly $8,520 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law is 160 and the median GPA is 3.76; the acceptance rate is 30.8%.
What are the job outcomes at University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law?
94.0% of University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 12.0% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 4.3% 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.