St. Louis, Missouri

Washington University School of Law (WashU Law)

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

Median LSAT: 175; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.96; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $72,792; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 261; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 94.1%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 89.6%; 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 — 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

87.2%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

79.6%

Difference

+7.60 pts

First-time takers

242

211 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
27 Remaining Jurisdictions	77	68	88.3%	75.5%	+12.81
Missouri	67	64	95.5%	86.3%	+9.22
New York	53	42	79.3%	83.9%	-4.67
California	23	16	69.6%	66.2%	+3.38
Illinois	22	21	95.5%	79.8%	+15.63

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

95.4%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

231

Takers

219

Passers

209

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	89.6%	83.4%
2024	93.6%	81.4%
2023	91.5%	80%
2022	92.3%	77%
2021	91.6%	79.3%
2020	94.1%	81.6%
2019	89.1%	78.8%
2018	86.8%	76.2%
2017	87.2%	79.6%