South Royalton, Vermont

Vermont Law and Graduate School

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1975
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 152; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.25; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $55,382; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 290; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 69.2%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 67.9%; 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

67.9%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

75.5%

Difference

-7.55 pts

First-time takers

134

91 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
25 Remaining Jurisdictions	56	35	62.5%	77.6%	-15.11
Vermont	37	25	67.6%	61.8%	+5.75
New York	18	14	77.8%	87.3%	-9.49
Massachusetts	12	11	91.7%	85.4%	+6.28
District of Columbia	11	6	54.6%	87.5%	-32.97

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

79.4%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

113

Takers

107

Passers

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	67.9%	75.5%
2024	64.9%	76.5%
2023	63.5%	73.1%
2022	53.6%	69.1%
2021	59%	71.9%
2020	66%	77.8%
2019	45.8%	71.8%
2018	69.6%	75.5%
2017	60.7%	75.2%