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New York, New York

NYU School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1930
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
172
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.92
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$83,952
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
452
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
98.1%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
96.9%
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 — 2022 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2023 report)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
94.9%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
81%
Difference
+13.89 pts
First-time takers
471
447 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
New York38236495.3%82.7%+12.60
19 Remaining Jurisdictions464495.7%74.4%+21.26
California322887.5%72.2%+15.35
District of Columbia1111100%79.6%+20.38

Ultimate bar passage — 2020 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2023 report)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
99.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
477
Takers
464
Passers
460

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
202596.9%86.4%
202496.7%85%
202396.6%81.5%
202294.9%81%
202198.7%84.2%
202098%84.1%
201996%82.5%
201897.4%79.4%
201797.4%83.4%