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Des Moines, Iowa

Drake University Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
156
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.67
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$50,920
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
141
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
86%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
77.2%
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 — 2025 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
77.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
78.7%
Difference
-1.55 pts
First-time takers
114
88 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
Iowa937378.5%77.9%+0.60
11 Remaining Jurisdictions211571.4%81.8%-10.41

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
98.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
107
Takers
104
Passers
102

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
202577.2%78.7%
202485.7%83.7%
202390.6%85.1%
202288.4%81.7%
202179.4%74.3%
202084.8%81.5%
201984.1%81.9%
201883.2%82.8%
201778.9%85.5%