University of Chicago

Chicago, IL [Private]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
168 Minimal LSAT 25th
171 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.59
GPA
 50th
 3.78
GPA
 75th
 3.87
94.8% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
167 Minimal LSAT 25th
171 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.71
GPA
 50th
 3.87
GPA
 75th
 3.94
92.11% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
166 Minimal LSAT 25th
170 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.79
GPA
 50th
 3.90
GPA
 75th
 3.96
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
166 Minimal LSAT 25th
170 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.69
GPA
 50th
 3.90
GPA
 75th
 3.97
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010 0% 0% 0%
2011
0.5%
0%
0.5%
2012
0%
0%
0%
2013 0% 0% 0%
2014 0% ??? ???
2015 0% 0% 0%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -10.7%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +1.1%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 $132,777 88.2% 7.4%
2012 $138,728
94.9%
1.9%
2013 $144,698
92.6%
3.7%
2014 $151,874
92.4%
4.3%

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+62.3%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 195 graduates $127,997 84.4% $21,119,505
Class of 2011 203 graduates $125,035 92.2% $23,381,545
Class of 2012 215 graduates $135,307 83.3% $24,219,953
Class of 2013 215 graduates $153,753 85% $28,136,799
Class of 2014 210 graduates $144,695 75% $22,861,810

University of Chicago 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.