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 — 2022 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2023 report)
Covers: Report year 2023
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

86.1%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

79%

Difference

+7.09 pts

First-time takers

509

438 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	253	221	87.4%	79.6%	+7.73
New York	125	112	89.6%	82.7%	+6.91
Maryland	32	26	81.3%	76%	+5.30
10 Remaining Jurisdictions	30	26	86.7%	76.8%	+9.92
California	26	19	73.1%	72.2%	+0.93
Virginia	18	15	83.3%	78.1%	+5.27
Florida	13	8	61.5%	63.8%	-2.26
Pennsylvania	12	11	91.7%	73.4%	+18.24

Ultimate bar passage — 2020 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2023 report)
Covers: Report year 2023
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

96%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

425

Takers

396

Passers

380

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%