Duke University

Durham, NC [Private]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
168 Minimal LSAT 25th
170 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.68
GPA
 50th
 3.80
GPA
 75th
 3.90
95.4% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
167 Minimal LSAT 25th
170 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.62
GPA
 50th
 3.75
GPA
 75th
 3.84
94.08% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
166 Minimal LSAT 25th
169 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.66
GPA
 50th
 3.77
GPA
 75th
 3.85
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
166 Minimal LSAT 25th
169 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.56
GPA
 50th
 3.76
GPA
 75th
 3.84
??? 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% 0% 0%
2014 0% ??? ???
2015 0% 0% 0%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -5.5%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +3.6%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 $135,931 82.1% 6.3%
2012 $142,610
85.3%
1.8%
2013 $149,001
85.9%
1.7%
2014 $154,875
90.2%
3.3%

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+57%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 213 graduates $113,911 85.2% $20,617,891
Class of 2011 207 graduates $128,057 86% $22,794,146
Class of 2012 225 graduates $131,092 87.9% $25,956,216
Class of 2013 241 graduates $124,549 60% $18,059,605
Class of 2014 215 graduates $125,406 80% $21,569,832

Duke 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.