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East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan State University College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1941
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
162
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.73
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$43,480
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
150
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
81.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
77.4%
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 — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
81.4%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
75.4%
Difference
+5.96 pts
First-time takers
220
179 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
Michigan14111984.4%75.1%+9.26
23 Remaining Jurisdictions423583.3%75.8%+7.54
New York17952.9%83.9%-30.98
California10770%66.2%+3.81
Illinois10990%79.8%+10.18

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
88.9%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
292
Takers
269
Passers
239

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
202577.4%74%
202478.3%74.4%
202372.8%66.5%
202277.5%74.2%
202173%74.1%
202079.1%77.9%
201977%72.9%
201876.6%74%
201781.4%75.4%