City University of New York (CUNY)

Getting in

Fall 2025 entering class

Applications

2,300

Offers of admission

659

Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)

28.7%

LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile

152 / 155 / 161

GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile

3.26 / 3.54 / 3.77

Cost

2025–26 school year

Tuition and fees per year, residents

$15,450 tuition + $563 fees

Tuition and fees per year, non-residents

$25,640 tuition + $563 fees

Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), residents

$48,039

Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), non-residents

$78,609

Living costs, off campus

$30,805 a year

Living costs, living at home

$15,959 a year

Living costs are the school's own estimate for a single student.

Grants and scholarships

2024–25

Students receiving a grant

17%

Full-time grant, 25th / median / 75th percentile

$8,000 / $8,000 / $8,000 a year

Where graduates work

Class of 2025

Graduates

192

Employed

159

Full-time, long-term jobs that require passing the bar

73.4% of graduates

BigLaw: full-time, long-term jobs at firms with 501+ lawyers

1.0% of graduates

Federal clerkships

0.0% of graduates

State and local clerkships

6.8% of graduates

Government

14.1% of graduates

Public interest

46.9% of graduates

Education

2.6% of graduates

Business and industry

2.1% of graduates

Percentages are of all graduates and count full-time, long-term jobs ten months after graduation.

Bar passage

ABA bar passage report, 2026

First-time takers

197

First-time pass rate

69.0%

ABA state average

86.9%This is the ABA's average across the states where this school's graduates took the bar, weighted by where most sat. It is not one state's number.

Difference from the ABA state average

-17.8 points

Two-year pass rate

84.5%