St. Louis, Missouri

Saint Louis University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1924
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 157; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.61; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $55,260; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 222; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 87.6%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 89.1%; 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 — 2019 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2020 report)
Covers: Report year 2020
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

87%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

81%

Difference

+6.09 pts

First-time takers

162

141 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
Missouri	129	119	92.3%	82.4%	+9.84
12 Remaining Jurisdictions	17	13	76.5%	76.2%	+0.32
Illinois	16	9	56.3%	74.1%	-17.85

Ultimate bar passage — 2017 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2020 report)
Covers: Report year 2020
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

98%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

152

Takers

147

Passers

144

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	89.1%	85.6%
2024	84%	81.9%
2023	86.7%	83%
2022	72.8%	78.6%
2021	85.4%	81.1%
2020	88.5%	84.8%
2019	87%	81%
2018	87.5%	81%
2017	93%	85.5%