Pace University

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

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Getting in

Fall 2025 entering class

Applications: 2,293
Offers of admission: 1,012
Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications): 44.1%
LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile: 151 / 154 / 157
GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile: 3.31 / 3.54 / 3.74

Cost

2025–26 school year

Tuition and fees per year, residents: $56,648 tuition + $1,108 fees
Tuition and fees per year, non-residents: $56,648 tuition + $1,108 fees
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), residents: $173,268
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), non-residents: $173,268
Living costs, on campus: $27,826 a year
Living costs, off campus: $33,422 a year
Living costs, living at home: $13,404 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

2024–25

Students receiving a grant: 93%
Full-time grant, 25th / median / 75th percentile: $20,000 / $29,000 / $38,500 a year
Conditional scholarships: Of 285 students who started in 2024–25 with a conditional scholarship, 119 (42%) had it reduced or eliminated.A conditional scholarship can be reduced or eliminated if your grades fall below the school's cutoff.

Where graduates work

Class of 2025

Graduates: 261
Employed: 236
Full-time, long-term jobs that require passing the bar: 80.8% of graduates
BigLaw: full-time, long-term jobs at firms with 501+ lawyers: 5.4% of graduates
Federal clerkships: 0.4% of graduates
State and local clerkships: 13.8% of graduates
Government: 21.1% of graduates
Public interest: 5.7% of graduates
Education: 0.0% of graduates
Business and industry: 7.3% 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: 247
First-time pass rate: 65.2%
ABA state average: 84.1%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: -18.9 points
Two-year pass rate: 82.4%

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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.