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Washington, District of Columbia

Howard University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1931
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
156
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.63
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$39,780
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
176
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
71%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
78%
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
65.4%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
79.2%
Difference
-13.76 pts
First-time takers
133
89 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
District of Columbia584272.4%79.6%-7.21
New York392666.7%82.7%-16.02
6 Remaining Jurisdictions201155%76.2%-21.15
California16850%72.2%-22.15

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
82%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
144
Takers
100
Passers
82

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
202578%84.7%
202476.8%82.2%
202374.2%80.4%
202265.4%79.2%
202163%80.7%
202069.6%77.3%
201967.6%76.7%
201863.2%72.7%
201777.6%76.1%