University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA [Private]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
166 Minimal LSAT 25th
170 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.54
GPA
 50th
 3.85
GPA
 75th
 3.90
95.6% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
166 Minimal LSAT 25th
170 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.58
GPA
 50th
 3.86
GPA
 75th
 3.93
98.45% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
164 Minimal LSAT 25th
169 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.52
GPA
 50th
 3.89
GPA
 75th
 3.95
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
163 Minimal LSAT 25th
169 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.52
GPA
 50th
 3.89
GPA
 75th
 3.95
??? 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 -4.8%Since 2010
 
% Admitted -2.9%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 $139,206 84.3% 6.6%
2012 $145,594
94.4%
2.6%
2013 $152,218
90.7%
5.8%
2014 $158,848
94.6%
3.2%

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+53.4%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 276 graduates $105,297 85.5% $24,850,092
Class of 2011 274 graduates $119,719 81% $26,577,618
Class of 2012 270 graduates $118,278 71.5% $22,827,654
Class of 2013 259 graduates $130,855 75% $25,385,870
Class of 2014 278 graduates $130,002 74% $26,780,412

University of Pennsylvania 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.