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Chapel Hill, North Carolina

University of North Carolina School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
168
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.89
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$28,082
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
181
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
90.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
94.1%
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 — 2017 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
84.8%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
68.7%
Difference
+16.15 pts
First-time takers
204
173 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
North Carolina13611483.8%65.2%+18.60
14 Remaining Jurisdictions383079%76.3%+2.70
New York1616100%83.9%+16.08
Georgia141392.9%73.2%+19.63

Ultimate bar passage — 2015 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2018 report)
Covers
Report year 2018
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
82.6%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
232
Takers
218
Passers
180

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
202594.1%82.7%
202492.3%79.6%
202392%75.5%
202293.8%73.3%
202189.3%79.8%
202097.1%81.9%
201992.5%79.4%
201890.8%69.1%
201784.8%68.7%