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Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi College School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1980
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
152
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.37
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$37,980
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
179
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
90.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
81.6%
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 — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2019 report)
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Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
44.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
65.7%
Difference
-21.46 pts
First-time takers
104
46 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
Mississippi743648.7%62.1%-13.42
9 Remaining Jurisdictions20420%73.7%-53.68
Louisiana10660%75.7%-15.73

Ultimate bar passage — 2016 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2019 report)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
79.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
141
Takers
134
Passers
106

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
202581.6%81%
202463.4%79.7%
202375.3%73.6%
202265.4%74.7%
202169.6%74.8%
202066.7%78.8%
201960.6%78.6%
201844.2%65.7%
201753.8%68.2%