State Guide · 1 ABA School · 509 data 2025
Montana law school requirements
Montana has 1 ABA-approved law school, reporting an LSAT median of 156. Together they took 568 completed applications, made 292 offers and filled 95 first-year seats in 2025. Every number on this page comes from those schools' own ABA Standard 509 reports.
ABA schools
1
1 public, 0 private
LSAT median range
156 to 156
across the state
First-year seats
95
from 568 applications
Tuition range
$51,582 to $51,582
full time, non-resident
The 1 ABA-approved Montana law school
| School | Type | LSAT | GPA | Accept | 1L | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of MontanaMissoula | Public | 156 | 3.64 | 51.4% | 95 | $51,582 |
What the state data shows
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana reports the highest LSAT median in the state at 156, with a 3.64 GPA median and a 51.4% acceptance rate on 568 applications. The national median of school medians is 159, so Montana's strongest reported median sits 3 points below it.
1 of the 1 schools charge residents less than non-residents, so residency status is worth checking before you apply. The lowest published resident tuition belongs to Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana at $24,582 a year, where the median full-time grant is $10,000.
1 of the 1 schools reporting bar outcomes beat the weighted average pass rate in the jurisdictions where their graduates sat. Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana reports the state's highest first-time pass rate at 82.05% from 78 first-time takers, against a 80.67% jurisdiction average. Bar admission is granted state by state, so the jurisdiction you intend to practise in matters as much as the school.
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Data: ABA Standard 509 Information Report (2025), published for consumer disclosure, retrieved from the ABA Required Disclosures portal on 2026-09-01, with bar passage figures from the same portal's Bar Passage Outcomes report for the class of 2024. Restated in our own structure; no ABA document or file is reproduced here.