Austin, Texas

University of Texas School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1923
Institution type: Public
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 172; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.89; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $38,236; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 373; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 95.8%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 96.4%; 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

89.4%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

77.1%

Difference

+12.31 pts

First-time takers

321

287 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
Jurisdiction	Takers	Passers	School %	Jurisdiction %	Difference
Texas	253	226	89.3%	76.6%	+12.76
New York	36	33	91.7%	83.9%	+7.75
12 Remaining Jurisdictions	19	17	89.5%	79.2%	+10.31
California	13	11	84.6%	66.2%	+18.43

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

85.5%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

357

Takers

338

Passers

289

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 class	School	Jurisdictions
2025	96.4%	83%
2024	95.9%	81.6%
2023	94%	78.9%
2022	90.4%	75.9%
2021	94.5%	78%
2020	95.1%	78.8%
2019	93.3%	77.2%
2018	90.9%	73.2%
2017	89.4%	77.1%