American University

Washington, DC [Private]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
158 Minimal LSAT 25th
163 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.12
GPA
 50th
 3.40
GPA
 75th
 3.58
79.2% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
159 Minimal LSAT 25th
162 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.22
GPA
 50th
 3.44
GPA
 75th
 3.59
74.75% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
152 Modest LSAT 25th
156 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.13
GPA
 50th
 3.37
GPA
 75th
 3.54
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
152 Modest LSAT 25th
155 Low LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.96
GPA
 50th
 3.29
GPA
 75th
 3.48
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010 0% 0% 0%
2011 0% 0% 0%
2012
0.6%
0%
0.6%
2013
0%
0%
0%
2014 0% ??? ???
2015 0% 0% 0%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -16.1%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +11.1%Since 2011
 

Job Outcomes + Tuition Paid

 

LT: Long Term FT: Full Time BPR: Bar Passage Req. JD Adv: JD Advantage Pro: Professional

Class Total Tuition Long Term, Full Time Jobs
Bar Req. JD Adv. or Prof.
2011 $124,266 35.8% 16.5%
2012 $129,960
38.9%
17.3%
2013 $135,348
45.6%
18.1%
2014 $140,038
54.6%
18%

Total tuition includes tuition for a full-time student who completed three years of law school on time. The total does not include cost of living, cost of borrowing, or accrued interest during school and before the first debt repayment. More details on debt-financing available here.

Tuition Change

Tuition+46.8%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 464 graduates $136,121 84.2% $53,223,311
Class of 2011 467 graduates $151,318 80.4% $56,744,250
Class of 2012 463 graduates $152,659 77.4% $54,651,922
Class of 2013 507 graduates $158,636 88% $70,751,656
Class of 2014 460 graduates $159,316 83% $60,858,712

American University declined to make available important information about its J.D. graduates' debt, thus at least one year of data is missing from the TFI table and chart.

Total federal investment does not include money borrowed by J.D. students who left school through attrition, transfer, or otherwise. Neither does it include money borrowed for non-JD coursework at the law school. More info on total federal investment available here.