Law School Profile · Nashville, Tennessee
Vanderbilt Law School
2025 First Year Class data, sourced from the ABA 509 Required Disclosure. Data last updated July 2026.
Median LSAT
Middle 50%: 167 – 171
170
Median GPA
Middle 50%: 3.77 – 3.97
3.91
Admissions funnel · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509Applications
6,124
100%
Accepted
812
13.3%
Matriculated
170
21% yield
Application basics · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509- Application deadline
- April 1
- Application fee
- $70
- Accepts GRE
- Yes
- Part-time program
- Not offered
Selectivity
Is Vanderbilt hard to get into?
Vanderbilt Law School is among the more selective law schools in the country. 13.3% of the 6,124 applicants in the 2025 First Year Class were offered admission. The middle 50% of admitted students scored between 167 and 171 on the LSAT, with GPAs between 3.77 and 3.97.
Vanderbilt's median LSAT is 170. Enter your scaled score — or convert from questions missed on a PrepTest — and we’ll compare it against the 167–171 middle 50% range.
Out of 77 scored questions — don't count the unscored experimental section.
Scaled score
77 correct out of 77
9 points above Vanderbilt's 75th percentile (171)
Based on LSAC scoring curves for PrepTests 101–159 (post-August 2024 format).
Admissions events
Vanderbilt Law School admissions events
Open houses, information sessions, and admissions office hours are the easiest way to get to know Vanderbilt before you apply — but every school posts them differently, so they're easy to miss. Here are the upcoming Vanderbilt admissions events we're tracking, with links to register.
No upcoming events posted right now.
Vanderbilt adds admissions events throughout the cycle. Check the official admissions events page for the latest open houses, information sessions, and office hours.
Visit Vanderbilt's admissions events page on law.vanderbilt.edu ↗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
- $76,440
- Estimated 3-year tuition
- $229,320
- Annual cost of living
- $34,934
- Estimated 3-year total
- $334,122
Grant aid
- Students receiving aid
- 90%
- Median scholarship
- $32,792
- 25th percentile
- $17,500
- 75th percentile
- $44,927
2024 graduates — first-time bar passage and employment status as reported to the ABA.
Full-time legal employment
Long-term, JD-required positions
92.2%
First-time bar passage
Across all reported jurisdictions
94.5%
Employment by employer type
Based on 166 graduates
- Large firms (501+ attorneys)79 47.6%
- Mid-size firms (26–500)29 17.5%
- Federal clerkships15 9.0%
- Public interest10 6.0%
- Small firms (1–25)10 6.0%
- Government9 5.4%
- State / local clerkships4 2.4%
- Business & industry4 2.4%
- Academia3 1.8%
- Unemployed1 0.6%
Top jurisdictions where graduates work
Tennessee
graduates
38
New York
graduates
35
Texas
graduates
24
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Every number on this page comes from one of three federally mandated ABA Required Disclosures for Vanderbilt Law School:
- ABA 509 ↗
- ABA Employment Summary (2024 graduates) ↗
- ABA Bar Admission Outcomes ↗
- ABA Required Disclosures hub ↗
Data last updated July 2026. These figures and events are compiled from public sources and can be outdated or change without notice — always confirm current numbers, deadlines, and event dates on Vanderbilt Law School's official website before making any decisions: law.vanderbilt.edu.