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School of Law, Sullivan Hall, Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, Washington

Seattle University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1994
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
159
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.60
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$2,061 / credit
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
209
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
75.5%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
79.5%
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 — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
75.1%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
77.5%
Difference
-2.39 pts
First-time takers
209
157 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
Washington19615076.5%77.9%-1.35
6 Remaining Jurisdictions13753.9%74.3%-20.47

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
91.4%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
262
Takers
243
Passers
222

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
202579.5%83%
202478.7%82.2%
202374.6%82.1%
202276.4%79.4%
202175.8%82.2%
202076.9%74%
201971.3%75.5%
201869.5%77%
201775.1%77.5%