Law School Profile · Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Law School
2025 First Year Class data, sourced from the ABA 509 Required Disclosure. Data last updated May 2026.
Median LSAT
Middle 50%: 171 – 176
174
Median GPA
Middle 50%: 3.89 – 4.00
3.96
Admissions funnel · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509Applications
8,872
100%
Accepted
816
9.2%
Matriculated
483
59% yield
Application basics · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509- Application deadline
- February 15
- Application fee
- $90
- Accepts GRE
- Yes
- Part-time program
- Not offered
Selectivity
Is Harvard hard to get into?
Harvard Law School is one of the most selective law schools in the country. Only 9.2% of the 8,872 applicants in the 2025 First Year Class were offered admission. The middle 50% of admitted students scored between 171 and 176 on the LSAT, with GPAs between 3.89 and 4.00.
Harvard's median LSAT is 174. Enter your scaled score — or convert from questions missed on a PrepTest — and we’ll compare it against the 171–176 middle 50% range.
Out of 77 scored questions — don't count the unscored experimental section.
Scaled score
77 correct out of 77
4 points above Harvard's 75th percentile (176)
Based on LSAC scoring curves for PrepTests 101–159 (post-August 2024 format).
Tuition and aid
via ABA 5092025 First Year Class — annual tuition, cost of living, and grant aid as reported to the ABA.
Cost of attendance
- Annual tuition
- $77,100
- Estimated 3-year tuition
- $231,300
- Annual cost of living
- $38,690
- Estimated 3-year total
- $347,370
Grant aid
- Students receiving aid
- 38%
- Median scholarship
- $27,510
- 25th percentile
- $12,106
- 75th percentile
- $43,338
2024 graduates — first-time bar passage and employment status as reported to the ABA.
Full-time legal employment
Long-term, JD-required positions
88.6%
First-time bar passage
Across all reported jurisdictions
97.9%
Employment by employer type
Based on 622 graduates
- Large firms (501+ attorneys)320 51.4%
- Federal clerkships112 18.0%
- Public interest47 7.6%
- Mid-size firms (26–500)39 6.3%
- Government21 3.4%
- State / local clerkships19 3.1%
- Business & industry17 2.7%
- Small firms (1–25)15 2.4%
- Unemployed15 2.4%
- Academia9 1.4%
Top jurisdictions where graduates work
New York
graduates
197
District of Columbia
graduates
107
California
graduates
75
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Every number on this page comes from one of three federally mandated ABA Required Disclosures for Harvard Law School:
- ABA 509 ↗
- ABA Employment Summary (2024 graduates) ↗
- ABA Bar Admission Outcomes ↗
- ABA Required Disclosures hub ↗
Data last updated May 2026. hls.harvard.edu.