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Coral Gables, Florida

University of Miami School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1941
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
164
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.79
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$66,720
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
313
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
83.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
85.3%
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
79.1%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
66.5%
Difference
+12.65 pts
First-time takers
311
246 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
Florida26521681.5%65.2%+16.36
9 Remaining Jurisdictions181583.3%75.4%+7.89
New York171058.8%81.3%-22.48
California11545.5%60.3%-14.89

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
92.3%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
318
Takers
298
Passers
275

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
202585.3%77%
202481.3%74.6%
202375.6%69.9%
202269.8%66.4%
202181.8%70.1%
202071.3%70.1%
201978.4%71.8%
201879.1%66.5%
201783.7%69.6%