CohortsAdmissions: entering class 2025Employment: class of 2024, ~10 mo. outBar: class of 2024, first-time
⚠ Data corrected. One or more figures on this page were adjudicated against the ABA source to make the series true. See how we handle anomalies.
⚠ Pending review. Some figures are missing from this school’s public ABA record and are being sourced & verified: transfers 2014–2015. How we handle data gaps.
University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law is a public law school in Illinois. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 60.1% first-time bar passage rate (state average 78.8%). 80.3% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 5.4% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $36,192 per year; a median grant of $23,250 brings median net tuition to about $12,942. The median LSAT is 153 with a 52.6% acceptance rate.
These shares count where every employed graduate landed, by sector and firm size, across all job types; they can total more than the full-time long-term (FTLT) employment headline, which counts only the stricter full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage subset.
Bar passage · first-time
This school60.1%
State avg78.8%
first-time -18.7 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 77.8% · class of 2025 first-time 68.8% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 153
150156
uGPAmedian 3.40
3.133.64
Applications to offers to enrolled
Applied2,488
Offered1,308
Enrolled 1L379
Offer rate 53% · yield 29%.
Grant distribution
No grant 39.4%Under half 27.0%Half to full 32.7%Full 0.6%Stipend 0.3%
Demographics
Women 64%Men 36%
White
588
Black
110
Hispanic
186
Asian
81
Two or more
38
Other / unreported
12
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$36,192
Non-resident
$45,240
Mandatory fees
—
Living estimate
$24,976
Median grant
$23,250
Grant 25 / 75
$9,000 / $33,750
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
207
Full-time faculty
52
Faculty of color
61
Total JD enrollment
1,015.0
Graduates
274
Mean attorney salary · state
$175,180
Trajectory
Trajectory since 2011
LSAT · 25-75 band
LSAT scoreunchanged since 2011
Middle-50% LSAT band by entering class.
uGPA · 25-75 band
Undergraduate GPAup 0.12 since 2011
Middle-50% uGPA band by entering class.
First-time bar passage
First-time bar passage ratedown 29% since 2011
First-time bar passage rate by year.
Full-time resident tuition
Resident tuitiondown $2k since 2011
Sticker resident tuition by year.
Total JD enrollment
Students enrolleddown 464 since 2011
Total JD enrollment by year.
Admissions
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
150 / 153 / 156
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.13 / 3.40 / 3.64
Acceptance rate
52.6%
Applications received
2,488
Offers extended
1,308
1L enrollment
379
Total JD enrollment
1,015.0
GRE-only takers
13
1L attrition (academic / other)
18 / 4
Transfers in / out
1 / 0
Cost
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$36,192
Non-resident tuition
$45,240
Mandatory fees
—
Living-expense estimate
$24,976
Median grant
$23,250
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$9,000 / $33,750
No-grant share
39.4%
< half-tuition grants
27.0%
Half-to-full grants
32.7%
Full-tuition grants
0.6%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.3%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
77
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
148 / 150 / 153
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
2.94 / 3.29 / 3.58
Part-time tuition
$1,248 per credit
Part-time JD figures, most recent ABA 509 cycle. Tuition is reported per credit; annual cost depends on the part-time load taken.
Bar passage
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
60.1%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
77.8%
State average (same exam)
78.8%
Difference vs. state
-18.7 pts
Different cohorts: first-time bar passage reflects graduates who entered law school about three years before the current admissions class shown above. Read the two as separate snapshots, not a single pipeline.
What is the first-time bar passage rate at University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law?
University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law reported a 60.1% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 78.8% state average.
How much does University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law cost?
Resident tuition at University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law is $36,192 per year (about $108,576 over three years). The median grant is $23,250, bringing median net tuition to roughly $12,942 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law is 153 and the median GPA is 3.40; the acceptance rate is 52.6%.
What are the job outcomes at University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law?
80.3% of University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 5.4% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 14.2% were still seeking employment.
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Data from the ABA Standard 509 disclosures, self-reported by law schools and not guaranteed (raw data may have errors or omissions). State attorney-salary context: U.S. BLS OEWS 2024 (SOC 23-1011); cost-of-living: U.S. BEA Regional Price Parities. How the data is sourced & validated: Methodology. Unfamiliar with a term (FTLT, net tuition, bimodal)? Glossary. Copyright basis & permitted use: Terms.