Boston University

Boston, MA [Private]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
164 Minimal LSAT 25th
166 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.52
GPA
 50th
 3.72
GPA
 75th
 3.83
94.7% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
163 Minimal LSAT 25th
167 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.50
GPA
 50th
 3.72
GPA
 75th
 3.78
92.78% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
160 Minimal LSAT 25th
163 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.42
GPA
 50th
 3.66
GPA
 75th
 3.74
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
160 Minimal LSAT 25th
163 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.41
GPA
 50th
 3.67
GPA
 75th
 3.75
??? 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% 0% 0%
2013
0.5%
0.9%
1.4%
2014
0%
??? ???
2015 0% 0% 0%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -11.9%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +3.4%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 $118,762 50.9% 8.4%
2012 $123,150
64.1%
4.8%
2013 $127,660
67.3%
5.8%
2014 $132,608
72.8%
8.1%

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+48.9%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 273 graduates $103,980 84.1% $23,915,400
Class of 2011 273 graduates $108,267 87.9% $25,984,080
Class of 2012 273 graduates $110,437 81.7% $24,627,451
Class of 2013 278 graduates $110,309 78% $23,937,053
Class of 2014 246 graduates $107,850 66% $17,471,700

Boston 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.