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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.

First-time bar passage — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2019 report)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
79.1%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
80.4%
Difference
-1.29 pts
First-time takers
268
212 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
New York24919779.1%81.3%-2.18
7 Remaining Jurisdictions191579%73.1%+5.86

Ultimate bar passage — 2016 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2019 report)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
95.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
334
Takers
330
Passers
315

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
202587.8%86.8%
202488.5%85.2%
202383.9%82.3%
202283.5%81.8%
202181.2%84.5%
202090.8%85.3%
201984.7%83.5%
201879.1%80.4%
201785.1%82.5%