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Newark, New Jersey

Rutgers Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1941
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
158
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.66
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$31,577
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
489
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
85.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
79.1%
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 — 2020 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2021 report)
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Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
74.6%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
71.9%
Difference
+2.75 pts
First-time takers
323
241 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 Jersey28121576.5%70.6%+5.87
Pennsylvania281967.9%80.1%-12.20
4 Remaining Jurisdictions14750%77.5%-27.51

Ultimate bar passage — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
87.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
350
Takers
336
Passers
295

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
202579.1%75.1%
202472.8%75.1%
202367%70.1%
202268.7%72.7%
202167.1%71.1%
202074.6%71.9%
201973.9%77%
201866.8%71.2%
201776.8%72%