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Columbia, South Carolina

University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1925
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
162
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.67
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$20,322
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
221
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
88.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
90.1%
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.

Published class percentiles — fall 2025

LSAT25th 160 · Median 162 · 75th 164
LSAT: published 25th percentile 160, median 162, 75th percentile 164.
Undergraduate GPA25th 3.43 · Median 3.67 · 75th 3.86
Undergraduate GPA: published 25th percentile 3.43, median 3.67, 75th percentile 3.86.

Published percentiles describe the class that enrolled; they are not an admissions prediction and PreLaw Advisor does not estimate anyone’s chances. Sign in to compare your own numbers privately.

Over the years on file

Median LSAT

1622025

2017: 1542018: 1552019: 1552020: 1562021: 1582022: 1592023: 1602024: 1612025: 162
Acceptance rate

29.9%2025

2017: 46.6%2018: 49.8%2019: 51.7%2020: 47.3%2021: 38.3%2022: 37.6%2023: 34.0%2024: 29.5%2025: 29.9%
Applications

2,1142025

2017: 1,3172018: 1,4512019: 1,3202020: 1,3702021: 1,7462022: 1,7542023: 1,8882024: 2,0982025: 2,114
First-time bar passage

90.0%2026

2018: 76.8%2019: 78.2%2020: 80.9%2021: 83.3%2022: 82.0%2023: 76.9%2024: 81.6%2025: 83.3%2026: 90.0%

Each line fits its own range, so it shows direction over time and cannot be compared with another school’s. Admissions figures use the ABA report year (the fall entering class); bar passage uses the report year, which covers the previous year’s graduates.