Arlington, Virginia

George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1980
Institution type: Public
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 169; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.93; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $24,864; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 159; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 81.4%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 86.3%; 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 — 2021 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2022 report)
Covers: Report year 2022
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

90.6%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

78.5%

Difference

+12.08 pts

First-time takers

160

145 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
Jurisdiction	Takers	Passers	School %	Jurisdiction %	Difference
District of Columbia	66	59	89.4%	80.6%	+8.82
Virginia	66	59	89.4%	78.1%	+11.32
15 Remaining Jurisdictions	28	27	96.4%	74.7%	+21.73

Ultimate bar passage — 2019 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2022 report)
Covers: Report year 2022
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

99.4%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

164

Takers

156

Passers

155

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 class	School	Jurisdictions
2025	86.3%	83.4%
2024	86%	80.7%
2023	87.4%	79%
2022	87.4%	77.9%
2021	90.6%	78.5%
2020	95.3%	79.3%
2019	87.9%	75.2%
2018	84.5%	73.6%
2017	86%	75.1%