University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD [Public]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
149 High LSAT 25th
150 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.12
GPA
 50th
 3.38
GPA
 75th
 3.72
97.8% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
148 High LSAT 25th
150 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.05
GPA
 50th
 3.27
GPA
 75th
 3.53
75.44% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
144 Extreme LSAT 25th
148 High LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.71
GPA
 50th
 3.10
GPA
 75th
 3.44
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
144 Extreme LSAT 25th
147 High LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.01
GPA
 50th
 3.36
GPA
 75th
 3.67
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010 0% 0% 0%
2011
1.1%
0%
1.1%
2012
0%
0%
0%
2013
1.4%
0%
1.4%
2014
2.7%
??? ???
2015
2.3%
0%
2.3%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment +14.7%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +5.4%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 Resident: $30,894
Non-Res: $60,141
38.2% 10.9%
2012 Resident: $34,243
Non-Res: $66,841
63.2%
21.1%
2013 Resident: $36,836
Non-Res: $73,146
62%
22.5%
2014 Resident: $39,532
Non-Res: $79,616
67.9%
11.1%

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

Non-Resident Tuition+186.4%Since 2008
Resident Tuition+148.9%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 65 graduates $53,251 86.2% $2,982,056
Class of 2011 55 graduates $58,427 92.7% $2,979,777
Class of 2012 76 graduates $54,352 90.8% $3,750,288
Class of 2013 71 graduates $54,352 95% $3,641,584
Class of 2014 81 graduates $78,963 90% $5,764,299

University of South Dakota 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.