New Orleans, Louisiana

Tulane University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1925
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 161; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.67; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $69,578; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 241; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 84.1%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 76.1%; 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.

First-time bar passage — 2025 graduates

Source

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

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School pass rate

76.1%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

81.9%

Difference

-5.77 pts

First-time takers

201

153 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
20 Remaining Jurisdictions	47	37	78.7%	78.5%	+0.18
New York	45	38	84.4%	87.3%	-2.83
Louisiana	42	31	73.8%	78.9%	-5.11
Texas	42	35	83.3%	82.7%	+0.66
Florida	15	6	40%	75.7%	-35.65
District of Columbia	10	6	60%	87.5%	-27.52

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source

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

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Ultimate pass rate

92.8%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

212

Takers

209

Passers

194

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	76.1%	81.9%
2024	77.7%	79.2%
2023	79.6%	76%
2022	74.7%	75.2%
2021	78.9%	77.1%
2020	79.4%	77.5%
2019	75.6%	76.2%
2018	74%	75%
2017	77.8%	76.7%