Vermont Law School

Getting in

Fall 2025 entering class

Applications

1,553

Offers of admission

909

Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)

58.5%

LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile

148 / 152 / 157

GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile

2.81 / 3.25 / 3.61

Cost

2025–26 school year

Tuition and fees per year, residents

$55,382 tuition + $1,075 fees

Tuition and fees per year, non-residents

Not reported

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

$169,371

Living costs, off campus

$23,952 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

2024–25

Students receiving a grant

99%

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

$18,000 / $28,000 / $41,250 a year

Where graduates work

Class of 2025

Graduates

130

Employed

115

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

69.2% of graduates

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

2.3% of graduates

Federal clerkships

0.0% of graduates

State and local clerkships

21.5% of graduates

Government

13.1% of graduates

Public interest

9.2% of graduates

Education

2.3% of graduates

Business and industry

3.8% 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

134

First-time pass rate

67.9%

ABA state average

75.5%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

-7.6 points

Two-year pass rate

79.4%