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Durham, North Carolina

North Carolina Central University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1950
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
151
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.31
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$13,444
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
133
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
62%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
59.4%
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 — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
76.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
78.9%
Difference
-2.62 pts
First-time takers
122
93 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
North Carolina957073.7%79.9%-6.23
10 Remaining Jurisdictions161593.8%76.1%+17.65
District of Columbia11872.7%72.1%+0.65

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
77.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
175
Takers
162
Passers
126

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
202559.4%81.8%
202455.9%79.9%
202356.6%75%
202242.9%73%
202167.7%79.6%
202079.3%82.1%
201976.2%78.9%
201871.2%68.3%
201757.1%67.7%