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Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland State University College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1957
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
155
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.50
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$29,766
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
195
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
72.7%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
72.7%
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)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
80.4%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
84.1%
Difference
-3.70 pts
First-time takers
92
74 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
Ohio856981.2%84.3%-3.07
4 Remaining Jurisdictions7571.4%80.2%-8.81

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
93.9%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
84
Takers
82
Passers
77

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
202572.7%78%
202475.5%80.5%
202366.4%77.1%
202278%78.5%
202179.5%79.2%
202080.4%84.1%
201975.6%79.4%
201891.6%77.2%
201778.5%75.5%