Villanova, Pennsylvania

Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1954
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 164; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.80; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $59,800; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 232; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 90.8%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 90%; 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

90%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

80.2%

Difference

+9.79 pts

First-time takers

189

170 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
Pennsylvania	116	106	91.4%	79.7%	+11.67
New York	23	22	95.7%	87.3%	+8.38
16 Remaining Jurisdictions	22	16	72.7%	79.9%	-7.20
Delaware	17	16	94.1%	79.7%	+14.40
New Jersey	11	10	90.9%	71.1%	+19.81

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

96.5%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

175

Takers

170

Passers

164

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	90%	80.2%
2024	91.3%	80.1%
2023	91.8%	75.8%
2022	80.9%	73.7%
2021	88.2%	74.7%
2020	86.8%	78.8%
2019	87.4%	77.8%
2018	78.2%	75.9%
2017	76.3%	78.1%