University of Detroit Mercy

Getting in

Fall 2025 entering class

Applications

1,478

Offers of admission

612

Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)

41.4%

LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile

154 / 156 / 159

GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile

3.16 / 3.52 / 3.73

Cost

2025–26 school year

Tuition and fees per year, residents

Charged per credit hour; the ABA reports no annual figure

Tuition and fees per year, non-residents

Charged per credit hour; the ABA reports no annual figure

Living costs, off campus

$23,983 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

2024–25

Students receiving a grant

58%

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

$10,504 / $18,636 / $32,614 a year

Where graduates work

Class of 2025

Graduates

190

Employed

177

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

88.4% of graduates

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

2.6% of graduates

Federal clerkships

0.0% of graduates

State and local clerkships

2.1% of graduates

Government

10.0% of graduates

Public interest

5.8% of graduates

Education

1.1% of graduates

Business and industry

5.3% 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

144

First-time pass rate

71.5%

ABA state average

71.9%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

-0.4 points

Two-year pass rate

76.9%