ABA 509 Profile · Public · Kansas City, MO
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law: admission requirements and 509 data
A median LSAT of 156 and a median undergraduate GPA of 3.65 describe the class that entered in 2025. 714 people applied, 328 were admitted and 142 enrolled. Every figure below is taken from this school's ABA Standard 509 Information Report, the disclosure the ABA requires each approved law school to publish for applicants.
Median LSAT
156
p25 154 to p75 159
Median UGPA
3.65
p25 3.33 to p75 3.80
Acceptance Rate
45.9%
328 offers of 714 applications
First-Year Class
143
all full time
Tuition Per Credit
$986/cr
billed by credit hour, not by year
Living Estimate
$23,924
school's own figure, single student off campus
Median Grant
$7,270
85% of students hold one
First-Time Bar Pass
84.1%
jurisdiction average 82.2%
How the acceptance rate is worked out
328 offers of admission ÷ 714 completed applications = 45.9%
We divide offers by completed applications rather than reprinting a rate. The 509 report states 45.94%, which agrees with the division above. The rate counts every completed application, including applicants who never became competitive, so it is a measure of volume as much as of standards.
What the 2025 numbers say about University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of Missouri - Kansas City received 714 completed applications for the 2025 entering class and made 328 offers of admission, an acceptance rate of 45.9%. 142 of those admitted enrolled, a yield of 43.3%. The full first-year class came to 143 students, all full time. Total JD enrollment across all years is 405.
Enrolled students posted a median LSAT of 156, with a 25th percentile of 154 and a 75th of 159. That is 3 points below the 159 median across the 196 ABA-approved schools in this data. It ranks 122 of 196 on LSAT median. Undergraduate GPA ran 3.33 at the 25th percentile, 3.65 at the median and 3.80 at the 75th.
The school bills tuition by the credit hour rather than by the year, at $986 a credit, against the 91 credits the JD requires. The school's own living-expense estimate for a single student off campus is $23,924. 371 JD students hold a grant or scholarship, 85% of the student body, and the median full-time award is $7,270. 18 awards cover full tuition or more. The school reports that it awards conditional scholarships, so read any offer letter for the retention condition.
Of the graduating class that sat a bar exam for the first time, 106 of 126 passed, a rate of 84.13%. The weighted average across the jurisdictions where those graduates sat was 82.17%, so the school ran 1.96 points ahead of the jurisdictions it feeds. Ten months after graduation, 106 of 128 graduates (82.8%) held a job requiring bar admission. 12 joined law firms of 251 lawyers or more (9.4% of the class), of whom 8 went to firms of 501 or more. 2 took federal clerkships. The largest single destination was Missouri with 70 graduates, followed by Kansas with 29.
University of Missouri - Kansas City has been approved by the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education since 1936. It is a public school based in Kansas City, MO. 2 first-year students left for academic reasons, 1.0% of the class.
The full 509 record
Admitted class profile, 2025 entering class
| Completed applications | 714 |
|---|---|
| Offers of admission | 328 |
| Matriculants from the applicant pool | 142 |
| Yield (matriculants per offer) | 43.3% |
| LSAT 75th percentile | 159 |
| LSAT 50th percentile | 156 |
| LSAT 25th percentile | 154 |
| UGPA 75th percentile | 3.80 |
| UGPA 50th percentile | 3.65 |
| UGPA 25th percentile | 3.33 |
| Students admitted on an LSAT score | 143 |
| Students admitted on a GRE score | 0 |
Program, faculty and calendar
| Total JD enrollment | 405 |
|---|---|
| JD degrees awarded | 127 |
| Credit hours required for the JD | 91 |
| Academic term | Semesters |
| Full-time faculty | 36 |
| Faculty other than full time | 57 |
| Course titles beyond the first year | 149 |
| Law clinic seats filled159 available | 47 |
| Field placements filled | 122 |
| Application deadline | March 1, April 1 |
Tuition, fees and living costs, 2025 to 2026
| Full-time annual fees, resident | $0 |
|---|---|
| Full-time annual fees, non-resident | $0 |
| Full-time tuition per credit, resident | $786 |
| Full-time tuition per credit, non-resident | $986 |
| Living expenses, on campus | $23,962 |
| Living expenses, off campus | $23,924 |
| Living expenses, at home | $15,578 |
| Tuition guarantee program | No |
Grants and scholarships
| JD students receiving a grantof 435 students | 371 |
|---|---|
| Share receiving a grant | 85% |
| Awards below half tuition | 302 |
| Awards from half to full tuition | 51 |
| Awards at full tuition | 0 |
| Awards above full tuition | 18 |
| Full-time grant, 75th percentile | $11,250 |
| Full-time grant, 50th percentile | $7,270 |
| Full-time grant, 25th percentile | $4,000 |
| Conditional scholarships offered | Yes |
Attrition, transfers and outcomes
| First-year academic attrition1.0% of the first-year class | 2 |
|---|---|
| First-year other attrition | 2 |
| Students transferring in | 0 |
| First-year students transferring out | 2 |
| First-time bar takers | 126 |
| First-time bar passers | 106 |
| Gap to the jurisdiction average | +1.96 points |
| Graduates in a job requiring bar admission82.8% of 128 graduates | 106 |
| Graduates at firms of 251 or more lawyers9.4% of graduates | 12 |
| Graduates at firms of 501 or more lawyers | 8 |
| Graduates in federal clerkships | 2 |
| Graduates seeking work at the reporting date | 5 |
As listed on the 509 report
500 East 52nd Street
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 235-1644
Council approved since 1936
Missouri has 4 ABA-approved law schools. The Missouri guide compares them on LSAT median, cost and bar passage, and covers the state's admission rules.
Closest on the numbers
Schools with the nearest LSAT median to University of Missouri - Kansas City
Samford University Cumberland
156 LSAT, 3.63 GPA, 49.0% accept
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
156 LSAT, 3.64 GPA, 51.4% accept
Drake University
156 LSAT, 3.67 GPA, 54.8% accept
Howard University
156 LSAT, 3.63 GPA, 24.1% accept
University of Wyoming
156 LSAT, 3.55 GPA, 35.8% accept
Data: ABA Standard 509 Information Report (2025), published for consumer disclosure, retrieved from the ABA Required Disclosures portal on 2026-09-01. Bar passage and employment figures come from the same portal's Bar Passage Outcomes and Employment Summary reports for the class of 2024. Figures describe the 2025 to 2026 reporting cycle for University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law and are restated in our own structure; no ABA document or file is reproduced here. Verify anything decision-critical with the school.
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