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Grundy, Virginia

Appalachian School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 2001
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
146
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.20
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$41,000
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
92
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
53.5%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
54.8%
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 — 2020 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2021 report)
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Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
41.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
81.6%
Difference
-40.37 pts
First-time takers
51
21 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
15 Remaining Jurisdictions30930%79.6%-49.57
Virginia11654.6%84.3%-29.75
West Virginia10660%81.3%-21.29

Ultimate bar passage — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
80.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
27
Takers
26
Passers
21

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
202554.8%80.7%
202463.2%77.2%
202361.2%74.6%
202251.2%74.9%
202134%73.9%
202041.2%81.6%
201948%77.2%
201830%74%
201761%73.7%