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Washington, District of Columbia

American University Washington College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1940
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
162
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.63
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$66,990
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
405
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
69.4%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
86.6%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

First-time bar passage — 2025 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
86.6%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
84.3%
Difference
+2.32 pts
First-time takers
366
317 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
District of Columbia19917788.9%87.5%+1.42
20 Remaining Jurisdictions564783.9%80.4%+3.55
New York453782.2%87.3%-5.05
Maryland433888.4%73%+15.41
Virginia231878.3%81.6%-3.34

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
91.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
320
Takers
316
Passers
289

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202586.6%84.3%
202481.3%82%
202374.9%80%
202273%78%
202179.9%78.6%
202081.9%77.5%
201975.5%75.4%
201862.4%71%
201762.8%74.9%