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University of Minnesota

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

Applications
3,405
Offers of admission
909
Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)
26.7%
LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile
166 / 171 / 173
GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile
3.62 / 3.88 / 3.95

Cost

Tuition and fees per year, residents
$51,440 tuition + $2,678 fees
Tuition and fees per year, non-residents
$61,845 tuition + $2,678 fees
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), residents
$162,354
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), non-residents
$193,569
Living costs (estimate)
$19,600 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

Students receiving a grant
94%
Full-time grant, 25th / median / 75th percentile
$25,000 / $35,000 / $48,528 a year

Where graduates work

Graduates
222
Employed
213
Full-time, long-term jobs that require passing the bar
91.0% of graduates
BigLaw: full-time, long-term jobs at firms with 501+ lawyers
17.6% of graduates
Federal clerkships
3.2% of graduates
State and local clerkships
23.0% of graduates
Government
9.0% of graduates
Public interest
10.4% of graduates
Education
0.5% of graduates
Business and industry
6.8% of graduates

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

Bar passage

First-time takers
213
First-time pass rate
95.3%
ABA state average
85.3%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
+10.0 points
Two-year pass rate
96.1%

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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.