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Chicago, Illinois

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1951
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
153
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.40
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$1,248 / credit
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
379
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
71.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
68.8%
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
71.6%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
80.7%
Difference
-9.18 pts
First-time takers
218
156 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
Illinois20514771.7%81%-9.28
10 Remaining Jurisdictions13969.2%76.3%-7.08

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
80.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
254
Takers
245
Passers
198

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
202568.8%81.1%
202460.1%78.8%
202359.2%78.1%
202252.3%75%
202164.4%77%
202071.6%80.7%
201959.2%74.4%
201861.7%75.9%
201773.1%79.5%