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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 — 2020 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
94.1%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
81.6%
Difference
+12.53 pts
First-time takers
221
208 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
26 Remaining Jurisdictions776989.6%79.6%+10.05
Missouri737298.6%85.3%+13.38
Illinois282589.3%81%+8.30
California212095.2%77.9%+17.38
New York1212100%85.9%+14.07
District of Columbia1010100%75%+24.99

Ultimate bar passage — 2018 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2021 report)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
95.5%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
212
Takers
201
Passers
192

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%