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DePaul University

Private law school · ABA Standard 509 disclosures, 2025, Fall 2025 entering class
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Getting in

Applications
2,643
Offers of admission
920
Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)
34.8%
LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile
154 / 158 / 160
GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile
3.17 / 3.61 / 3.80

Cost

Tuition and fees per year, residents
$55,328 tuition + $300 fees
Tuition and fees per year, non-residents
$55,328 tuition + $300 fees
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), residents
$166,884
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), non-residents
$166,884
Living costs (estimate)
$29,110 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

Students receiving a grant
99%
Full-time grant, 25th / median / 75th percentile
$20,000 / $34,950 / $35,000 a year

Where graduates work

Graduates
155
Employed
141
Full-time, long-term jobs that require passing the bar
81.3% of graduates
BigLaw: full-time, long-term jobs at firms with 501+ lawyers
8.4% of graduates
Federal clerkships
0.0% of graduates
State and local clerkships
1.3% of graduates
Government
7.7% of graduates
Public interest
8.4% of graduates
Education
0.6% of graduates
Business and industry
7.7% of graduates

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

Bar passage

First-time takers
148
First-time pass rate
83.8%
ABA state average
81.0%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
+2.8 points
Two-year pass rate
86.7%

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Source: ABA Standard 509 disclosures, 2025 (admissions, costs, grants), the ABA employment summary for the Class of 2025 and the ABA bar passage report, 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the ABA. This is information, not advice and not a promise of admission or money.