Boston, Massachusetts

Northeastern University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1969
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 164; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.77; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $65,652; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 283; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 82.2%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 90.5%; 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 — 2024 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2025 report)
Covers: Report year 2025
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

87.4%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

82.9%

Difference

+4.54 pts

First-time takers

222

194 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
Jurisdiction	Takers	Passers	School %	Jurisdiction %	Difference
Massachusetts	123	117	95.1%	84.3%	+10.78
21 Remaining Jurisdictions	47	35	74.5%	76.7%	-2.25
New York	40	33	82.5%	86.3%	-3.80
California	12	9	75%	77.6%	-2.62

Ultimate bar passage — 2022 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2025 report)
Covers: Report year 2025
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

96.7%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

187

Takers

184

Passers

178

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 class	School	Jurisdictions
2025	90.5%	84.3%
2024	87.4%	82.9%
2023	86.2%	80%
2022	89.4%	79.5%
2021	87.3%	79.5%
2020	84.5%	83%
2019	85.6%	80.2%
2018	85.7%	77.7%
2017	82.5%	78.9%