Harvard University

Getting in

Fall 2025 entering class

Applications

8,872

Offers of admission

816

Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)

9.2%

LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile

171 / 174 / 176

GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile

3.89 / 3.96 / 4.00

Cost

2025–26 school year

Tuition and fees per year, residents

$77,100 tuition + $1,592 fees

Tuition and fees per year, non-residents

$77,100 tuition + $1,592 fees

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

$236,076

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

$236,076

Living costs (estimate)

$38,690 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

2024–25

Students receiving a grant

38%

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

$12,106 / $27,510 / $43,338 a year

Where graduates work

Class of 2025

Graduates

602

Employed

594

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

93.2% of graduates

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

53.5% of graduates

Federal clerkships

16.6% of graduates

State and local clerkships

2.7% of graduates

Government

2.5% of graduates

Public interest

9.6% of graduates

Education

0.2% of graduates

Business and industry

2.3% 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

620

First-time pass rate

97.9%

ABA state average

85.2%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

+12.7 points

Two-year pass rate

98.7%