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 — 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

89.6%

Weighted jurisdiction rate

83.4%

Difference

+6.22 pts

First-time takers

270

242 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
30 Remaining Jurisdictions	65	56	86.2%	78.9%	+7.24
New York	56	50	89.3%	87.3%	+2.02
Illinois	46	43	93.5%	81.1%	+12.39
Missouri	45	43	95.6%	86.4%	+9.12
Texas	23	21	91.3%	82.7%	+8.63
California	20	14	70%	82.7%	-12.67
District of Columbia	15	15	100%	87.5%	+12.48

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%

Within two years of graduation

Graduates

228

Takers

225

Passers

216

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%