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DeKalb, Illinois

Northern Illinois University College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1978
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
150
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.41
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$23,667
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
134
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
70.1%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
61.9%
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)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
59.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
75.7%
Difference
-16.50 pts
First-time takers
76
45 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
Illinois583865.5%76.2%-10.71
9 Remaining Jurisdictions18738.9%73.9%-34.97

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
86.3%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
83
Takers
80
Passers
69

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
202561.9%80.6%
202457.1%78.7%
202359.6%78.1%
202258.6%75.3%
202163.1%76.4%
202081.6%80.8%
201979.1%74.4%
201859.2%75.7%
201776.1%79.9%