Vermont Law School is a private law school in Vermont. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 64.9% first-time bar passage rate (state average 76.5%). 77.7% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 2.3% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $55,382 per year; a median grant of $28,000 brings median net tuition to about $27,382. The median LSAT is 152 with a 58.5% acceptance rate.
No placements reported (0%): BigLaw 251–500, 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 school64.9%
State avg76.5%
first-time -11.5 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 76.3% · class of 2025 first-time 67.9% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 152
148157
uGPAmedian 3.25
2.813.61
Applications to offers to enrolled
Applied1,553
Offered909
Enrolled 1L290
Offer rate 59% · yield 32%.
Grant distribution
No grant 1.3%Under half 63.7%Half to full 27.5%Full 7.5%
Demographics
Women 65%Men 35%
White
445
Black
60
Hispanic
93
Asian
20
Two or more
16
Other / unreported
70
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$55,382
Non-resident
$55,382
Mandatory fees
$1,075
Living estimate
$23,952
Median grant
$28,000
Grant 25 / 75
$18,000 / $41,250
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
144
Full-time faculty
53
Faculty of color
23
Total JD enrollment
704
Graduates
130
Mean attorney salary · state
$95,920
Trajectory
Trajectory since 2011
LSAT · 25-75 band
LSAT scoredown 2 since 2011
Middle-50% LSAT band by entering class.
uGPA · 25-75 band
Undergraduate GPAdown 0.01 since 2011
Middle-50% uGPA band by entering class.
First-time bar passage
First-time bar passage ratedown 15% since 2011
First-time bar passage rate by year.
Full-time resident tuition
Resident tuitionup $11k since 2011
Sticker resident tuition by year.
Total JD enrollment
Students enrolledup 97 since 2011
Total JD enrollment by year.
Admissions
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
148 / 152 / 157
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
2.81 / 3.25 / 3.61
Acceptance rate
58.5%
Applications received
1,553
Offers extended
909
1L enrollment
290
Total JD enrollment
704
GRE-only takers
5
1L attrition (academic / other)
9 / 0
Transfers in / out
8 / 0
Cost
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$55,382
Non-resident tuition
$55,382
Mandatory fees
$1,075
Living-expense estimate
$23,952
Median grant
$28,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$18,000 / $41,250
No-grant share
1.3%
< half-tuition grants
63.7%
Half-to-full grants
27.5%
Full-tuition grants
7.5%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.0%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
158
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
148 / 152 / 155
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
2.77 / 3.18 / 3.53
Part-time tuition
$41,538
Part-time JD figures, most recent ABA 509 cycle.
Bar passage
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
64.9%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
76.3%
State average (same exam)
76.5%
Difference vs. state
-11.5 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 Vermont Law School?
Vermont Law School reported a 64.9% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 76.5% state average.
How much does Vermont Law School cost?
Resident tuition at Vermont Law School is $55,382 per year (about $166,146 over three years). The median grant is $28,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $27,382 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Vermont Law School?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Vermont Law School is 152 and the median GPA is 3.25; the acceptance rate is 58.5%.
What are the job outcomes at Vermont Law School?
77.7% of Vermont Law School graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 2.3% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 6.2% 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.