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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 2006
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
154
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.51
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$48,600
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
241
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
76.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
77.4%
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 — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
50%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
75.4%
Difference
-25.43 pts
First-time takers
190
95 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
South Carolina1236855.3%74.8%-19.52
16 Remaining Jurisdictions391538.5%75.2%-36.73
North Carolina16956.3%79.9%-23.66
District of Columbia12325%72.1%-47.08

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
72.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
114
Takers
104
Passers
75

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
202577.4%80.6%
202474.1%76.8%
202365.6%77.2%
202263.9%76.3%
202159.4%75.2%
202052.6%74.6%
201950%75.4%
201851.6%72%
201743.6%72.2%