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Washington, District of Columbia

Columbus School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1925
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
161
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.68
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$61,580
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
182
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
79.6%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
90.4%
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 — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
73.8%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
73.3%
Difference
+0.51 pts
First-time takers
107
79 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
Maryland322268.8%66.7%+2.05
District of Columbia292689.7%74.6%+15.06
13 Remaining Jurisdictions201575%75.3%-0.30
Virginia15960%75.6%-15.62
New York11763.6%83.9%-20.28

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
80%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
134
Takers
130
Passers
104

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
202590.4%81.9%
202483.1%81.1%
202384.5%79.3%
202278.2%77.2%
202173.7%78.9%
202088.6%76.7%
201980.2%74.1%
201878.7%69.8%
201773.8%73.3%