Baltimore, Maryland

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1930
Institution type: Public
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 164; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.72; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $37,830; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 229; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 79.8%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 81.7%; 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 — 2018 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2019 report)
Covers: Report year 2019
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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School pass rate

76.9%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

67.4%

Difference

+9.47 pts

First-time takers

199

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
Maryland	147	118	80.3%	66%	+14.25
District of Columbia	14	11	78.6%	69.8%	+8.78
New York	14	12	85.7%	81.3%	+4.41
7 Remaining Jurisdictions	13	8	61.5%	71.1%	-9.52
California	11	4	36.4%	60.3%	-23.98

Ultimate bar passage — 2016 graduates

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2019 report)
Covers: Report year 2019
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Ultimate pass rate

85.4%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

212

Takers

205

Passers

175

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	81.7%	75.6%
2024	82.1%	72.2%
2023	74.9%	71.6%
2022	80.4%	76.4%
2021	82.7%	75.5%
2020	86.5%	76.8%
2019	86.2%	77.1%
2018	76.9%	67.4%
2017	75.7%	69%