Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Michigan Law School

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1923
Institution type: Public
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

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 — 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

94.2%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

82.7%

Difference

+11.47 pts

First-time takers

342

322 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
New York	123	118	95.9%	87.3%	+8.66
Illinois	48	43	89.6%	81.1%	+8.49
Michigan	44	40	90.9%	71.3%	+19.57
19 Remaining Jurisdictions	43	40	93%	79.3%	+13.70
District of Columbia	30	29	96.7%	87.5%	+9.15
California	29	28	96.6%	82.7%	+13.88
Washington	14	13	92.9%	83.1%	+9.79
Texas	11	11	100%	82.7%	+17.33

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

99.4%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

309

Takers

306

Passers

304

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	94.2%	82.7%
2024	95.6%	80.4%
2023	97.3%	77.9%
2022	95.5%	77.7%
2021	97.2%	79.8%
2020	93.7%	80.1%
2019	95.4%	77.2%
2018	93.8%	74.8%
2017	93.4%	77.5%