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Las Vegas, Nevada

William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Accreditation
ABA approved since 2000
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
160
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.76
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$31,518
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
156
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
88.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
83.5%
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
78.7%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
72.2%
Difference
+6.50 pts
First-time takers
122
96 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
Nevada1068479.3%72.1%+7.15
8 Remaining Jurisdictions161275%76.5%-1.46

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
91.1%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
139
Takers
135
Passers
123

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
202583.5%71.8%
202477.2%70.9%
202376.8%71.1%
202272.5%63.6%
202173.9%68.5%
202074.8%71.8%
201976.4%70.7%
201872.8%69%
201778.7%72.2%