State Guide · 2 ABA Schools · 509 data 2025
Utah law school requirements
Utah has 2 ABA-approved law schools, with LSAT medians from 166 to 170. Together they took 2,144 completed applications, made 526 offers and filled 229 first-year seats in 2025. Every number on this page comes from those schools' own ABA Standard 509 reports.
ABA schools
2
1 public, 1 private
LSAT median range
166 to 170
across the state
First-year seats
229
from 2,144 applications
Tuition range
$31,984 to $45,382
full time, non-resident
The 2 ABA-approved Utah law schools
| School | Type | LSAT | GPA | Accept | 1L | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Reuben ClarkProvo | Private | 170 | 3.95 | 22.8% | 122 | $31,984 |
| University of Utah S.J. QuinneySalt Lake City | Public | 166 | 3.87 | 25.3% | 107 | $45,382 |
What the state data shows
J. Reuben Clark reports the highest LSAT median in the state at 170, with a 3.95 GPA median and a 22.8% acceptance rate on 649 applications. The spread of 4 LSAT points between the top and bottom of the state means a single score can be a stretch at one Utah school and comfortably above median at another. The national median of school medians is 159, so Utah's strongest reported median sits 11 points above it.
2 of the 2 schools charge residents less than non-residents, so residency status is worth checking before you apply. The lowest published resident tuition belongs to J. Reuben Clark at $15,992 a year, where the median full-time grant is $11,646. Across the state, published non-resident tuition runs from $31,984 to $45,382, a gap of $13,398 a year before fees, living costs or scholarship.
2 of the 2 schools reporting bar outcomes beat the weighted average pass rate in the jurisdictions where their graduates sat. University of Utah S.J. Quinney reports the state's highest first-time pass rate at 94.74% from 95 first-time takers, against a 84.88% 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.