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Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia State University College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1984
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
160
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.64
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$16,162
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
237
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
88.7%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
87.4%
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 — 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 28, 2026
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School pass rate
79%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
78.2%
Difference
+0.80 pts
First-time takers
167
138 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
Georgia16312878.5%78.4%+0.15
4 Remaining Jurisdictions44100%72.3%+27.66

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
90.7%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
209
Takers
182
Passers
165

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
202587.4%79.6%
202490%79.9%
202378.5%77.5%
202279%78.2%
202183.9%78.2%
202088.3%76.2%
201986.9%77.8%
201884.5%71.2%
201782.3%73.4%