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Syracuse, New York

Syracuse University College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
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
3.60
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$64,650
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
271
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
71.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
84.8%
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 — 2024 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2025 report)
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Report year 2025
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
82.9%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82.6%
Difference
+0.29 pts
First-time takers
193
160 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 York1038784.5%86.3%-1.83
28 Remaining Jurisdictions786482.1%78.1%+3.97
Florida12975%72.4%+2.59

Ultimate bar passage — 2022 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2025 report)
Covers
Report year 2025
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
82.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
207
Takers
188
Passers
155

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
202584.8%83.8%
202482.9%82.6%
202374.6%80.2%
202270.1%79.4%
202183.1%82.7%
202081.5%84.4%
201983.5%81.6%
201878%78.6%
201782.7%80.6%