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Yale University

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

Applications
5,562
Offers of admission
226
Acceptance rate (offers ÷ applications)
4.1%
LSAT, 25th / median / 75th percentile
171 / 174 / 177
GPA, 25th / median / 75th percentile
3.90 / 3.96 / 4.00

Cost

Tuition and fees per year, residents
$76,636 tuition + $2,325 fees
Tuition and fees per year, non-residents
$76,636 tuition + $2,325 fees
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), residents
$236,883
Three years of tuition and fees, before grants (at 2025–26 rates), non-residents
$236,883
Living costs (estimate)
$28,202 a year

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

Grants and scholarships

Students receiving a grant
63%
Full-time grant, 25th / median / 75th percentile
$24,825 / $34,747 / $47,286 a year

Where graduates work

Graduates
211
Employed
200
Full-time, long-term jobs that require passing the bar
87.2% of graduates
BigLaw: full-time, long-term jobs at firms with 501+ lawyers
31.3% of graduates
Federal clerkships
23.2% of graduates
State and local clerkships
3.8% of graduates
Government
6.6% of graduates
Public interest
14.2% of graduates
Education
0.9% of graduates
Business and industry
3.3% of graduates

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

Bar passage

First-time takers
206
First-time pass rate
98.5%
ABA state average
85.4%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
+13.1 points
Two-year pass rate
100.0%

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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.