Penn State Dickinson Law is a public law school in Pennsylvania. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 87.04% first-time bar passage rate (state average 79.7%). 87.0% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 8.5% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $60,048 per year; a median grant of $36,000 brings median net tuition to about $24,048. The median LSAT is 159 with a 43.0% 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 school87.04%
State avg79.7%
first-time +7.4 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 96.7% · class of 2025 first-time 87.56% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 159
157161
uGPAmedian 3.71
3.503.86
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied1,912
Offered822
Enrolled 1L215
Offer rate 43% · yield 26%.
Grant distribution
Under half 22.1%Half to full 71.7%Stipend 6.7%
Demographics
Women 54%Men 46%
White
421
Black
52
Hispanic
71
Asian
61
Two or more
27
Other / unreported
33
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$60,048
Non-resident
$60,048
Mandatory fees
$431
Living estimate
$28,094
Median grant
$36,000
Grant 25 / 75
$26,000 / $56,928
Cond. schol. loss
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Faculty & market
Total faculty
126
Full-time faculty
72
Faculty of color
32
Total JD enrollment
665
Graduates
223
Mean attorney salary · state
$150,780
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
157 / 159 / 161
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.50 / 3.71 / 3.86
Acceptance rate
43.0%
Applications received
1,912
Offers extended
822
1L enrollment
215
Total JD enrollment
665
GRE-only takers
2
1L attrition (academic / other)
1 / 1
Transfers in / out
0 / 11
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$60,048
Non-resident tuition
$60,048
Mandatory fees
$431
Living-expense estimate
$28,094
Median grant
$36,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$26,000 / $56,928
No-grant share
0.0%
< half-tuition grants
22.1%
Half-to-full grants
71.7%
Full-tuition grants
0.0%
Above-full grants (stipend)
6.7%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
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Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
87.04%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
96.7%
State average (same exam)
79.7%
Difference vs. state
+7.4 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 Penn State Dickinson Law?
Penn State Dickinson Law reported a 87.04% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 79.7% state average.
How much does Penn State Dickinson Law cost?
Resident tuition at Penn State Dickinson Law is $60,048 per year (about $180,144 over three years). The median grant is $36,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $24,048 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Penn State Dickinson Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Penn State Dickinson Law is 159 and the median GPA is 3.71; the acceptance rate is 43.0%.
What are the job outcomes at Penn State Dickinson Law?
87.0% of Penn State Dickinson Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 8.5% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 5.8% 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.