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Vermillion, South Dakota

University of South Dakota

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1923
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
152
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.47
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$12,076
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
88
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
78%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
69.2%
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.

Areas of law with verified programs

An area appears here when University of South Dakota’s own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in it. The program that put it here is listed beside it.

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