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University, Mississippi

University of Mississippi School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1930
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
157
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.68
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$19,797
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
160
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
81.8%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
78.2%
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 — 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
65.1%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
69.8%
Difference
-4.72 pts
First-time takers
129
84 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
Mississippi473472.3%62.1%+10.27
13 Remaining Jurisdictions392153.9%73.8%-19.98
Tennessee201575%76.2%-1.23
Texas13646.2%73.1%-26.97
Alabama10880%79.6%+0.42

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
84.4%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
120
Takers
115
Passers
97

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
202578.2%81%
202473.2%79.7%
202373.7%75%
202264.9%74.5%
202169.8%75.2%
202083.3%78.9%
201973.8%79.2%
201865.1%69.8%
201770.7%71.7%