New York Law School is a private law school in New York. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 81.9% first-time bar passage rate (state average 84.7%). 85.9% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 12.2% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $71,052 per year; a median grant of $40,000 brings median net tuition to about $31,052. The median LSAT is 157 with a 39.7% acceptance rate.
No placements reported (0%): Solo. 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 school81.9%
State avg84.7%
first-time -2.8 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 89.3% · class of 2025 first-time 86.5% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 157
154160
uGPAmedian 3.63
3.413.78
Applications to offers to enrolled
Applied4,114
Offered1,632
Enrolled 1L409
Offer rate 40% · yield 25%.
Grant distribution
No grant 14.9%Under half 29.1%Half to full 55.8%Stipend 0.2%
Demographics
Women 66%Men 34%
White
658
Black
44
Hispanic
183
Asian
109
Two or more
39
Other / unreported
74
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$71,052
Non-resident
$71,052
Mandatory fees
$2,472
Living estimate
$23,759
Median grant
$40,000
Grant 25 / 75
$21,300 / $55,000
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
247
Full-time faculty
53
Faculty of color
50
Total JD enrollment
1,107
Graduates
313
Mean attorney salary · state
$208,480
Trajectory
Trajectory since 2011
LSAT · 25-75 band
LSAT scoreup 3 since 2011
Middle-50% LSAT band by entering class.
uGPA · 25-75 band
Undergraduate GPAup 0.41 since 2011
Middle-50% uGPA band by entering class.
First-time bar passage
First-time bar passage ratedown 0% since 2011
First-time bar passage rate by year.
Full-time resident tuition
Resident tuitionup $23k since 2011
Sticker resident tuition by year.
Total JD enrollment
Students enrolleddown 816 since 2011
Total JD enrollment by year.
Admissions
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
154 / 157 / 160
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.41 / 3.63 / 3.78
Acceptance rate
39.7%
Applications received
4,114
Offers extended
1,632
1L enrollment
409
Total JD enrollment
1,107
GRE-only takers
0
1L attrition (academic / other)
24 / 9
Transfers in / out
0 / 6
Cost
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$71,052
Non-resident tuition
$71,052
Mandatory fees
$2,472
Living-expense estimate
$23,759
Median grant
$40,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$21,300 / $55,000
No-grant share
14.9%
< half-tuition grants
29.1%
Half-to-full grants
55.8%
Full-tuition grants
0.0%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.2%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
53
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
151 / 155 / 159
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.27 / 3.60 / 3.75
Part-time tuition
$54,710
Part-time JD figures, most recent ABA 509 cycle.
Bar passage
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
81.9%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
89.3%
State average (same exam)
84.7%
Difference vs. state
-2.8 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 New York Law School?
New York Law School reported a 81.9% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 84.7% state average.
How much does New York Law School cost?
Resident tuition at New York Law School is $71,052 per year (about $213,156 over three years). The median grant is $40,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $31,052 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for New York Law School?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at New York Law School is 157 and the median GPA is 3.63; the acceptance rate is 39.7%.
What are the job outcomes at New York Law School?
85.9% of New York Law School graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 12.2% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 6.4% 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.