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Knoxville, Tennessee

University of Tennessee Winston College of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1925
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
164
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.89
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$16,696
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
140
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
88.7%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
85.6%
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 — 2025 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
85.6%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
80%
Difference
+5.59 pts
First-time takers
125
107 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
Tennessee948388.3%79.7%+8.59
18 Remaining Jurisdictions312477.4%81%-3.56

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
92.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
114
Takers
111
Passers
103

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
202585.6%80%
202491.9%78.5%
202383.7%74%
202288.4%72.4%
202188.5%72.6%
202089.5%79.8%
201985.6%80.6%
201875.2%75.4%
201785.3%78.2%