Columbia University

Getting in

Fall 2025 entering class

Applications

9,463

Offers of admission

1,120

Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)

11.8%

LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile

169 / 173 / 175

GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile

3.85 / 3.92 / 3.98

Cost

2025–26 school year

Tuition and fees per year, residents

$85,368 tuition + $3,022 fees

Tuition and fees per year, non-residents

$85,368 tuition + $3,022 fees

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

$265,170

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

$265,170

Living costs, on campus

$31,554 a year

Living costs, off campus

$31,554 a year

Living costs, living at home

$5,814 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

2024–25

Students receiving a grant

54%

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

$20,000 / $32,000 / $48,000 a year

Where graduates work

Class of 2025

Graduates

458

Employed

447

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

96.5% of graduates

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

70.1% of graduates

Federal clerkships

4.1% of graduates

State and local clerkships

1.3% of graduates

Government

2.8% of graduates

Public interest

6.8% of graduates

Education

0.0% of graduates

Business and industry

0.7% 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

455

First-time pass rate

94.7%

ABA state average

86.6%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

+8.1 points

Two-year pass rate

99.3%