Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is a private law school in Illinois. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 91.8% first-time bar passage rate (state average 81.0%). 97.3% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 69.7% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $79,772 per year; a median grant of $40,000 brings median net tuition to about $39,772. The median LSAT is 173 with a 12.3% 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 school91.8%
State avg81%
first-time +10.8 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 98.45% · class of 2025 first-time 91.83% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 173
167175
uGPAmedian 3.96
3.764.00
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied7,976
Offered981
Enrolled 1L250
Offer rate 12% · yield 25%.
Grant distribution
No grant 23.6%Under half 34.5%Half to full 39.6%Stipend 2.4%
Demographics
Women 57%Men 43%
White
378
Black
62
Hispanic
84
Asian
185
Two or more
30
Other / unreported
37
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$79,772
Non-resident
$79,772
Mandatory fees
$861
Living estimate
$28,220
Median grant
$40,000
Grant 25 / 75
$20,000 / $50,000
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
268
Full-time faculty
121
Faculty of color
59
Total JD enrollment
776
Graduates
264
Mean attorney salary · state
$175,180
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)
167 / 173 / 175
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.76 / 3.96 / 4.00
Acceptance rate
12.3%
Applications received
7,976
Offers extended
981
1L enrollment
250
Total JD enrollment
776
GRE-only takers
16
GRE Verbal (25 / 50 / 75)
163 / 166 / 169
GRE Quant (25 / 50 / 75)
162 / 163 / 166
GRE Analytical (25 / 50 / 75)
4.5 / 5 / 5
1L attrition (academic / other)
0 / 2
Transfers in / out
38 / 4
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$79,772
Non-resident tuition
$79,772
Mandatory fees
$861
Living-expense estimate
$28,220
Median grant
$40,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$20,000 / $50,000
No-grant share
23.6%
< half-tuition grants
34.5%
Half-to-full grants
39.6%
Full-tuition grants
0.0%
Above-full grants (stipend)
2.4%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
91.8%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
98.45%
State average (same exam)
81.0%
Difference vs. state
+10.8 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 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law?
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law reported a 91.8% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 81.0% state average.
How much does Northwestern Pritzker School of Law cost?
Resident tuition at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is $79,772 per year (about $239,316 over three years). The median grant is $40,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $39,772 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Northwestern Pritzker School of Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is 173 and the median GPA is 3.96; the acceptance rate is 12.3%.
What are the job outcomes at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law?
97.3% of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 69.7% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 1.5% 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.