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Denver, Colorado

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
160
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.66
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$63,390
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
285
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
77.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
81.5%
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
81.5%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
80.3%
Difference
+1.16 pts
First-time takers
286
233 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
Colorado25220782.1%80.2%+1.97
18 Remaining Jurisdictions342676.5%80%-3.56

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
96%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
261
Takers
251
Passers
241

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
202581.5%80.3%
202484.9%85.1%
202381.7%77.7%
202278.2%74.4%
202179.5%76%
202079.1%79.3%
201980.8%76.7%
201876.9%72.9%
201778.4%75.4%