Washington, District of Columbia

Georgetown Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1924
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 171; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.93; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $83,576; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 672; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 91.6%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 94.6%; 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 — 2022 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2023 report)
Covers: Report year 2023
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

91.6%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

79%

Difference

+12.66 pts

First-time takers

681

624 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	260	239	91.9%	79.6%	+12.30
New York	210	196	93.3%	82.7%	+10.64
24 Remaining Jurisdictions	69	66	95.7%	73.1%	+22.54
California	49	45	91.8%	72.2%	+19.69
Texas	25	21	84%	75.3%	+8.69
Maryland	23	18	78.3%	76%	+2.31
Illinois	16	14	87.5%	75%	+12.49
Virginia	15	11	73.3%	78.1%	-4.73
Massachusetts	14	14	100%	81%	+19.01

Ultimate bar passage — 2020 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2023 report)
Covers: Report year 2023
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

95.5%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

682

Takers

637

Passers

608

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	94.6%	85.2%
2024	93.1%	83.3%
2023	90.5%	80.8%
2022	91.6%	79%
2021	93.2%	80.6%
2020	94.6%	79.5%
2019	92.7%	77.1%
2018	90.2%	73.3%
2017	92.5%	76.5%