Vanderbilt Law School is a private law school in Tennessee. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 94.51% first-time bar passage rate (state average 81.0%). 98.8% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 56.3% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $76,440 per year; a median grant of $32,792 brings median net tuition to about $43,648. The median LSAT is 170 with a 13.3% acceptance rate.
No placements reported (0%): Business, 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 school94.51%
State avg81%
first-time +13.5 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 95.48% · class of 2025 first-time 94.64% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 170
167171
uGPAmedian 3.91
3.773.97
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied6,124
Offered812
Enrolled 1L172
Offer rate 13% · yield 21%.
Grant distribution
No grant 10.3%Under half 61.4%Half to full 23.8%Full 1.6%Stipend 3%
Demographics
Women 57%Men 43%
White
329
Black
31
Hispanic
55
Asian
62
Two or more
21
Other / unreported
27
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$76,440
Non-resident
$76,440
Mandatory fees
$2,359
Living estimate
$34,934
Median grant
$32,792
Grant 25 / 75
$17,500 / $44,927
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
152
Full-time faculty
57
Faculty of color
25
Total JD enrollment
525
Graduates
167
Mean attorney salary · state
$136,770
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 / 170 / 171
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.77 / 3.91 / 3.97
Acceptance rate
13.3%
Applications received
6,124
Offers extended
812
1L enrollment
172
Total JD enrollment
525
GRE-only takers
1
1L attrition (academic / other)
0 / 3
Transfers in / out
13 / 2
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$76,440
Non-resident tuition
$76,440
Mandatory fees
$2,359
Living-expense estimate
$34,934
Median grant
$32,792
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$17,500 / $44,927
No-grant share
10.3%
< half-tuition grants
61.4%
Half-to-full grants
23.8%
Full-tuition grants
1.6%
Above-full grants (stipend)
3.0%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
94.51%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
95.48%
State average (same exam)
81.0%
Difference vs. state
+13.5 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 Vanderbilt Law School?
Vanderbilt Law School reported a 94.51% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 81.0% state average.
How much does Vanderbilt Law School cost?
Resident tuition at Vanderbilt Law School is $76,440 per year (about $229,320 over three years). The median grant is $32,792, bringing median net tuition to roughly $43,648 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Vanderbilt Law School?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Vanderbilt Law School is 170 and the median GPA is 3.91; the acceptance rate is 13.3%.
What are the job outcomes at Vanderbilt Law School?
98.8% of Vanderbilt Law School graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 56.3% 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.