Chicago, Illinois

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1923
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

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 — 2025 graduates

Source

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

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School pass rate

91.8%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

82.5%

Difference

+9.34 pts

First-time takers

257

236 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
Illinois	157	147	93.6%	81.1%	+12.54
New York	36	34	94.4%	87.3%	+7.17
California	30	24	80%	82.7%	-2.67
8 Remaining Jurisdictions	22	21	95.5%	80.1%	+15.39
District of Columbia	12	10	83.3%	87.5%	-4.19

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source

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

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Ultimate pass rate

98.1%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

278

Takers

266

Passers

261

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	91.8%	82.5%
2024	91.8%	81%
2023	91.6%	78.6%
2022	92.9%	76.2%
2021	95.1%	79%
2020	96%	80.6%
2019	92%	76.1%
2018	92%	75.1%
2017	90.6%	78.3%