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Fayetteville, Arkansas

University of Arkansas School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1926
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
158
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.71
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$541 / credit
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
135
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
73.1%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
80%
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
83.8%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
84%
Difference
-0.17 pts
First-time takers
99
83 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
Arkansas786988.5%84.1%+4.32
Missouri141178.6%85.3%-6.68
7 Remaining Jurisdictions7342.9%79.9%-37.08

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
85.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
109
Takers
107
Passers
91

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
202580%78.1%
202480%77.1%
202381.8%77.5%
202281.9%73.9%
202179.4%76.6%
202083.8%84%
201978.3%75.4%
201868.6%71.9%
201784.3%78.2%