Howard University

Washington, DC [Private]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
151 Modest LSAT 25th
154 Low LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.00
GPA
 50th
 3.20
GPA
 75th
 3.50
64.3% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
150 Modest LSAT 25th
153 Low LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.92
GPA
 50th
 3.13
GPA
 75th
 3.39
65.47% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
148 High LSAT 25th
151 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.95
GPA
 50th
 3.18
GPA
 75th
 3.48
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
148 High LSAT 25th
150 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.00
GPA
 50th
 3.28
GPA
 75th
 3.55
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010
3.8%
1.9%
5.8%
2011
4.4%
1.5%
5.8%
2012
2.3%
0%
2.3%
2013
2.6%
0%
2.6%
2014
4.8%
??? ???
2015
4.9%
0%
4.9%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -8.3%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +11%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 $74,299 47.8% 15.9%
2012 $80,060
47.7%
25.2%
2013 $87,210
50%
26.8%
2014 $93,514
55.8%
22.1%

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+50.8%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 133 graduates $112,004 94.7% $14,112,504
Class of 2011 157 graduates $113,283 98.7% $17,558,865
Class of 2012 151 graduates $123,068 90.7% $16,860,316
Class of 2013 138 graduates $123,485 88% $14,941,685
Class of 2014 113 graduates $124,021 96% $13,394,268

Howard 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.