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Minneapolis, Minnesota

St Thomas School of Law, University of (Minneapolis)

Accreditation
ABA approved since 2003
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
159
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.72
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$50,998
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
166
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
82.6%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
85.1%
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.

Tuition & mandatory fees — 2023-2024

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2023)
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Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · resident$47,838$541
Full-time · nonresident$47,838$541

Living expenses (school estimates)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$25,334
  • Living off campus$25,334
  • Living at home$25,334

Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.

Estimated annual cost (calculation)

  • Tuition$47,838
  • Mandatory fees$541
  • Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$25,334
PreLaw Advisor total$73,713

Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.

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Grants & scholarships (2023–2024 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students468468Not applicable
Receiving grants469469Not applicable
% receiving grants100%100%Not applicable
Less than half tuition365365Not applicable
Half to full tuition9696Not applicable
Full tuition88Not applicable
More than full tuition00Not applicable
25th percentile grantNot applicable$19,031Not applicable
Median grantNot applicable$25,421Not applicable
75th percentile grantNot applicable$33,656Not applicable

The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.

Conditional scholarships

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.

  • Entering 2022-20230 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2021-20220 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2020-20210 received · 0 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.