Washington, District of Columbia

The George Washington University Law School

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1923
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 168; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.86; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $75,420; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 612; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 89.8%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 87.7%; 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)
Covers: Report year 2021
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

93%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

78.2%

Difference

+14.85 pts

First-time takers

386

359 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
District of Columbia	181	174	96.1%	75%	+21.12
New York	67	60	89.6%	85.9%	+3.62
24 Remaining Jurisdictions	65	59	90.8%	79.7%	+11.10
California	29	26	89.7%	77.9%	+11.80
Maryland	28	24	85.7%	76.9%	+8.78
Virginia	16	16	100%	84.3%	+15.70

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

97.2%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

516

Takers

498

Passers

484

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	87.7%	84.9%
2024	90.2%	82.7%
2023	86.1%	80.9%
2022	86.1%	79%
2021	93.5%	80.5%
2020	93%	78.2%
2019	88%	75.4%
2018	84.7%	72%
2017	88%	75.7%