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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.

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