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Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Michigan Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
171
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.88
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$76,108
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
343
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
95.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
94.2%
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 — 2021 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2022 report)
Covers
Report year 2022
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
97.2%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
79.8%
Difference
+17.39 pts
First-time takers
354
344 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
New York10710497.2%86.2%+11.01
30 Remaining Jurisdictions7373100%75.9%+24.13
District of Columbia484797.9%80.6%+17.35
California464495.7%77%+18.66
Illinois434195.4%77%+18.38
Michigan262492.3%72%+20.31
Texas1111100%77.5%+22.47

Ultimate bar passage — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2022 report)
Covers
Report year 2022
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
98.3%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
314
Takers
302
Passers
297

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
202594.2%82.7%
202495.6%80.4%
202397.3%77.9%
202295.5%77.7%
202197.2%79.8%
202093.7%80.1%
201995.4%77.2%
201893.8%74.8%
201793.4%77.5%