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University of Pittsburgh

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

Applications
1,606
Offers of admission
560
Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)
34.9%
LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile
158 / 160 / 163
GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile
3.26 / 3.54 / 3.74

Cost

Tuition and fees per year, residents
$39,936 tuition + $1,697 fees
Tuition and fees per year, non-residents
$53,434 tuition + $1,697 fees
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), residents
$124,899
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), non-residents
$165,393
Living costs (estimate)
$20,346 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

Students receiving a grant
82%
Full-time grant, 25th / median / 75th percentile
$24,000 / $30,000 / $38,000 a year

Where graduates work

Graduates
122
Employed
109
Full-time, long-term jobs that require passing the bar
82.0% of graduates
BigLaw: full-time, long-term jobs at firms with 501+ lawyers
15.6% of graduates
Federal clerkships
3.3% of graduates
State and local clerkships
3.3% of graduates
Government
9.0% of graduates
Public interest
12.3% of graduates
Education
0.0% of graduates
Business and industry
8.2% of graduates

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

Bar passage

First-time takers
115
First-time pass rate
93.0%
ABA state average
80.1%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
+13.0 points
Two-year pass rate
96.2%

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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.