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Los Angeles, California

UCLA School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1950
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
171
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.95
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$59,084
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
328
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
94.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
96.7%
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 — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
87.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
68.1%
Difference
+19.15 pts
First-time takers
345
301 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
California29925786%66.2%+19.76
New York232191.3%83.9%+7.38
10 Remaining Jurisdictions2323100%77.2%+22.78

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
96.6%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
336
Takers
320
Passers
309

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
202596.7%83.1%
202494.2%78.9%
202388.8%73.6%
202292.5%73.2%
202193.8%78%
202096.6%78.3%
201989.5%70.9%
201885%62.9%
201787.2%68.1%