156
Median LSAT
3.48
Median GPA
35.1%
Acceptance rate
$36,000
Annual tuition
0%
BigLaw
0%
Federal clerkships
92.3%
First-time bar passage
$129K
Est. net cost

What these figures cover

Admissions
Entering class of Fall 2025
Cost
Academic year 2025 to 2026
Grant aid
Grant aid, academic year 2024 to 2025
Employment
Class of 2025, ten months out
Bar passage
First-time takers in 2025 (2026 ABA report), from the 2026 ABA report

Reported by the school to the ABA, except anything labelled an HFL estimate.

Admissions

Entering class of Fall 2025

An LSAT of 156 and a GPA of 3.48 sit at the median, against an acceptance rate of 35.1%.

Check your odds

LSAT, middle 50 percent

15425th156median15975th

GPA, middle 50 percent

3.2825th3.48median3.6875th

How Jacksonville University weighs LSAT and GPA

LSAC publishes no admissions index formula for Jacksonville University, so there is no public figure for how it trades an LSAT point against a GPA point.

Admit rates by LSAT and GPA

LSAC does not publish an admission grid for Jacksonville University.

Grids come from LSAC's Official Guide. Schools choose whether to publish one, and this page updates automatically when LSAC adds this school.

LSAC currently publishes a grid for 136 of the 197 schools in its inventory. The class profile above is drawn from the school's own ABA 509 report and is not affected.

How LSAT and GPA medians have shiftedABA 509, 2024 to 2025

Reporting span 2024 to 2025, 2 years of data.

  • LSAT median rose from 154 to 156 between 2024 and 2025.
  • GPA median fell from 3.53 to 3.48 between 2024 and 2025.

LSAT median over time

GPA median over time

Cost & Aid

Academic year 2025 to 2026

Grant aid, academic year 2024 to 2025

100% of students receive a scholarship, bringing the three year net cost to about $129K from a sticker price well above it.

See scholarship data

Cost summary

Sticker cost, 3 years
$182,733
Est. net cost, 3 years
$129,108
Modeled salary, covered job categories
$101,831, 92% of class
Illustrative repayment
8.5 years
Debt to income (HFL estimate)
1.27

What students actually pay

Sticker$36,000
Estimated average paid$18,125
Estimated avg. discount$17,875

Annual, non-resident tuition plus mandatory fees. The average includes students receiving no aid at all. The two estimated figures are an HFL model built from the school's reported grant percentiles, not figures the ABA publishes.

Scholarship distribution, all students

  • 57.0% Less than half
  • 43.0% Half to full
Receive a scholarship
100%
Median award
$18,000
25th to 75th percentile
$15K to $22K
How we estimate what students actually payABA 509 disclosures, 2025 release (tuition 2025 to 2026, grants 2024 to 2025)

Sticker price is published tuition plus mandatory fees. Actual average paid applies the school’s reported grant percentiles to its student body, so it includes the students who receive no aid at all.

Students with no scholarship pay the full sticker price. Grant recipients are split into quartiles using the reported 25th, 50th and 75th percentile awards, and each quartile is credited with the average award across its range. That uses every percentile the ABA publishes rather than the median alone.

We use non-resident tuition throughout, so the estimate is deliberately conservative. An individual offer can land well above or well below this average.

The two halves of this estimate are not from the same year. Tuition and fees are the 2025 to 2026 figures; the grant percentiles behind the discount are the 2024 to 2025 awards, which is the most recent year the ABA reports. A school that raised tuition or changed its aid budget between the two will sit slightly off.

Debt to income divides the three year net cost after scholarships by the expected first year salary.

At 1.0 the net cost equals one year of that salary, at 2.0 it is two years, and so on. Where an individual draws the line depends on their career plans, other resources and tolerance for debt, so no threshold is marked here.

The calculation uses listed non-resident tuition and the average scholarship discount across all students, including those receiving no aid, so it errs toward caution.

Careers

Class of 2025, ten months out

0% of the most recent class, 0 of 13 graduates, went into prestigious placements: firms of 501 or more attorneys and federal clerkships. Another 92.3% were employed elsewhere.

Cost and career outcomes

Headline outcomes

0%
Prestigious job placement
0 of 13 graduates
92.3%
Non-prestigious job placement
12 of 13 graduates
0%
Firms of 501+
0 of 13 graduates
0%
Federal clerkships
0 of 13 graduates
Prestigious job placement:
Full time, long term jobs at firms of 501 or more attorneys, plus full time, long term federal clerkships.
Non-prestigious job placement:
Other employed outcomes outside the HFL prestige category.

Class of 2025, ten months out. The two rates add up to this school's employment rate rather than to 100 percent. Firm and clerkship figures here are full time, long term.

The other 1 of 13 graduates (7.7%) were not in reported employment. Further study, deferred start dates, unemployment and unknown outcomes stay in their own categories in the breakdown.

Employment breakdown

  • 38.5% Other firms
  • 7.7% Clerkships, all courts
  • 7.7% Public interest
  • 38.5% Government
  • 7.7% Start date deferred

Class of 13 graduates, ten months out. Shares are of the whole class. Any “Not reported” slice is the part of the class the school did not account for in its ABA return, shown rather than spread across the other categories. Firm and clerkship shares here count every reported job, including part time and short term ones, so they can run slightly above the full time, long term figures beside them.

Employed, any job type
92.3%, 12 of 13 graduates
In jobs requiring bar admission
92.3%, 12 of 13 graduates

Employment trends

How employment outcomes have changedABA, 2025 to 2025

Reporting span 2025 to 2025, 1 years of data.

Headline outcomes over time

Bar Passage

First-time takers in 2025 (2026 ABA report)

92.3% of first-time takers passed, 15.8 points above the average for the jurisdictions where they sat.

Bar passage rate, first-time takers in 2025

Jacksonville University92.3%
Average where these graduates sat76.5%
Difference, above that average+15.8 pts

12 of 13 first-time takers passed in 2025. The ABA counts every first-time taker who sat that year, including graduates of earlier classes. The comparison is the ABA’s average across the jurisdictions where these graduates sat, weighted by how many sat in each. It is not any single state’s rate.

Where they sat

JurisdictionTakersSchoolAll ABA schools
Florida1292%76%
1 other jurisdictions1100%87%

“School” is Jacksonville University’s pass rate in that jurisdiction. “All ABA schools” is the pass rate for graduates of ABA or Council accredited law schools who sat there, which is not every person who sat the exam. The comparison above is the “All ABA schools” column weighted by the “Takers” column.

How to read a bar passage rateABA First-Time Bar Passage, 2026 report (first-time takers in 2025)

This is the first-time pass rate: everyone who sat the bar for the first time in the reporting year, whoever they are. The ABA counts first-time takers from prior graduating classes too, so it is not restricted to the newest class. Repeat takers are excluded.

The comparison figure is not the school’s home state average. It is the ABA’s average across every jurisdiction where this school’s graduates sat, weighted by how many sat in each, and each jurisdiction’s rate covers graduates of ABA or Council accredited law schools rather than every person who sat there. At a school whose class scatters across the country it can differ sharply from the local rate: 15 of the University of Virginia’s 307 first-time takers sat in Virginia, where the rate was 81.60 percent, while the published comparison is 84.85 percent.

These figures describe graduates’ first-time bar outcomes. Results reflect students’ backgrounds and preparation as well as where they take the exam. They do not isolate the school’s effect or predict an individual result.

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Frequently asked questions

How hard is it to get into Jacksonville University?

Jacksonville University has an acceptance rate of 35.1%. The median LSAT score is 156, with a middle 50 percent running from 154 to 159. The median GPA is 3.48, with a middle 50 percent from 3.28 to 3.68. Applicants should aim at or above the median to be competitive.

What is Jacksonville University's bar passage rate?

12 of 13 Jacksonville University first-time takers passed, a rate of 92.3%, among those who sat in 2025. The ABA counts every first-time taker who sat that year, including graduates of earlier classes, so this is not a single graduating class. That is 15.8 percentage points above the 76.5% average for graduates of ABA or Council accredited law schools in the jurisdictions where they sat, weighted by how many sat in each. These figures describe graduates' first-time bar outcomes. Results reflect students' backgrounds and preparation as well as where they take the exam. They do not isolate the school's effect or predict an individual result.

What LSAT score do I need for Jacksonville University?

The median LSAT score at Jacksonville University is 156. The 25th percentile is 154 and the 75th percentile is 159. To be competitive, aim at or above the median of 156. Applicants below the 25th percentile face significantly lower chances unless the rest of the application is exceptional.

What GPA do I need for Jacksonville University?

The median undergraduate GPA at Jacksonville University is 3.48. The 25th percentile is 3.28 and the 75th percentile is 3.68. Strong applicants typically have a GPA at or above the median.

Is Jacksonville University worth the cost?

Jacksonville University has annual tuition of $36K and places 0.0% of graduates in BigLaw, meaning firms of 501 or more attorneys, plus 0.0% in federal clerkships, for a prestigious job placement rate of 0.0%. That is 0 of 13 graduates in the class of 2025. The overall employment rate is 92.31%. Based on our estimates, graduates can expect to earn approximately $102K, weighted by this school's actual employment outcomes rather than by a single BigLaw median. Individual outcomes vary and are not guaranteed. Weigh your career goals, any scholarship offer, and your debt tolerance.

What are Jacksonville University employment outcomes?

92.31% of Jacksonville University graduates were employed ten months after graduation. 0.0% secured full time, long term BigLaw positions at firms of 501 or more attorneys and 0.0% obtained full time, long term federal clerkships. Based on our estimates, graduates can expect to earn approximately $102K, weighted by this school's actual employment outcomes rather than by a single BigLaw median. Individual outcomes vary.

How does Jacksonville University compare to similar law schools?

Jacksonville University competes with other similarly ranked schools. With a 0.0% prestigious job placement rate, Jacksonville University offers competitive outcomes against peer institutions. Compare median LSAT scores, employment outcomes, and total cost of attendance when evaluating similar schools.

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