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.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

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.

Tuition & mandatory fees — 2017-2018

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Tuition and fees by program and residency
Program	Tuition	Fees
Full-time · resident	$54,832	Not reported
Full-time · nonresident	$54,832	Not reported
Part-time · resident	$38,284	Not reported
Part-time · nonresident	$38,284	Not reported

Living expenses (school estimates)

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Living on campus$23,688
Living off campus$23,688
Living at home$23,688

Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.

Estimated annual cost (calculation)

Tuition$54,832
Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$23,688

PreLaw Advisor total$78,520

Not included (not published): Mandatory fees.

Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.

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Grants & scholarships (2017–2018 students)

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Grant recipients and amounts
Measure	All	Full-time	Part-time
Total students	1,277	1,035	242
Receiving grants	812	716	96
% receiving grants	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Less than half tuition	597	535	62
Half to full tuition	185	152	33
Full tuition	28	27	1
More than full tuition	2	2	0
25th percentile grant	Not applicable	$12,500	$9,375
Median grant	Not applicable	$17,500	$15,000
75th percentile grant	Not applicable	$25,000	$25,000

The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.

Conditional scholarships

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.

Entering 2016-20177 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2015-20165 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2014-20155 received · 0 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.