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New York, New York

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1978
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
165
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.78
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$74,438
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
326
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
89.1%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
87.8%
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.

Published class percentiles — fall 2025

LSAT25th 162 · Median 165 · 75th 167
LSAT: published 25th percentile 162, median 165, 75th percentile 167.
Undergraduate GPA25th 3.56 · Median 3.78 · 75th 3.87
Undergraduate GPA: published 25th percentile 3.56, median 3.78, 75th percentile 3.87.

Published percentiles describe the class that enrolled; they are not an admissions prediction and PreLaw Advisor does not estimate anyone’s chances. Sign in to compare your own numbers privately.

Over the years on file

Median LSAT

1652025

2017: 1592018: 1612019: 1622020: 1622021: 1642022: 1642023: 1642024: 1642025: 165
Acceptance rate

29.6%2025

2017: 49.2%2018: 40.3%2019: 42.2%2020: 37.7%2021: 30.8%2022: 33.8%2023: 37.6%2024: 37.5%2025: 29.6%
Applications

3,8332025

2017: 2,5842018: 2,8622019: 2,9992020: 3,1932021: 3,8202022: 3,4142023: 3,1482024: 3,1222025: 3,833
First-time bar passage

87.8%2026

2018: 85.1%2019: 79.1%2020: 84.7%2021: 90.8%2022: 81.2%2023: 83.5%2024: 83.9%2025: 88.5%2026: 87.8%

Each line fits its own range, so it shows direction over time and cannot be compared with another school’s. Admissions figures use the ABA report year (the fall entering class); bar passage uses the report year, which covers the previous year’s graduates.