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Chicago, Illinois

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
173
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.96
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$79,772
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
250
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
92%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
91.8%
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 — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
91.6%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
78.6%
Difference
+13.04 pts
First-time takers
262
240 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
Illinois14513492.4%78.3%+14.13
New York484491.7%83%+8.71
California353085.7%72.3%+13.38
9 Remaining Jurisdictions343294.1%78.3%+15.86

Ultimate bar passage — 2021 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
98.9%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
273
Takers
267
Passers
264

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
202591.8%82.5%
202491.8%81%
202391.6%78.6%
202292.9%76.2%
202195.1%79%
202096%80.6%
201992%76.1%
201892%75.1%
201790.6%78.3%