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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.
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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 — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2019 report)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
86.8%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
76.2%
Difference
+10.62 pts
First-time takers
189
164 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
21 Remaining Jurisdictions584984.5%74.2%+10.29
Missouri524994.2%82.1%+12.13
New York302996.7%81.3%+15.37
Illinois221986.4%76.2%+10.13
California15746.7%60.3%-13.67
Texas121191.7%73.1%+18.55

Ultimate bar passage — 2016 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2019 report)
Covers
Report year 2019
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
91%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
224
Takers
212
Passers
193

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
202589.6%83.4%
202493.6%81.4%
202391.5%80%
202292.3%77%
202191.6%79.3%
202094.1%81.6%
201989.1%78.8%
201886.8%76.2%
201787.2%79.6%