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Chicago, Illinois

DePaul University College 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
158
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.61
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$55,328
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
186
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
81.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
83.8%
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 — 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
69.3%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
74.4%
Difference
-5.16 pts
First-time takers
192
133 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
Illinois17212069.8%74.1%-4.33
10 Remaining Jurisdictions201365%77.6%-12.61

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
78.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
239
Takers
228
Passers
179

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
202583.8%81%
202476%78.6%
202375%78.1%
202268.4%75%
202168.2%76.9%
202075.2%80.8%
201969.3%74.4%
201861.1%75.7%
201769.6%79.5%