State Guide · 8 ABA Schools · 509 data 2025
Virginia law school requirements
Virginia has 8 ABA-approved law schools, with LSAT medians from 146 to 173. Together they took 17,678 completed applications, made 3,880 offers and filled 1,289 first-year seats in 2025. Every number on this page comes from those schools' own ABA Standard 509 reports.
ABA schools
8
3 public, 5 private
LSAT median range
146 to 173
across the state
First-year seats
1,289
from 17,678 applications
Tuition range
$40,978 to $76,396
full time, non-resident
The 8 ABA-approved Virginia law schools
| School | Type | LSAT | GPA | Accept | 1L | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of VirginiaCharlottesville | Public | 173 | 3.99 | 10.2% | 309 | $76,396 |
| George Mason University, Antonin ScaliaArlington | Public | 169 | 3.93 | 15.9% | 159 | $40,978 |
| Washington and Lee UniversityLexington | Private | 167 | 3.75 | 22.7% | 131 | $57,450 |
| William & MaryWilliamsburg | Public | 166 | 3.82 | 22.0% | 184 | $62,900 |
| University of RichmondRichmond | Private | 164 | 3.81 | 39.6% | 146 | $57,700 |
| Regent UniversityVirginia Beach | Private | 158 | 3.68 | 44.3% | 127 | $1,400/cr |
| Liberty School of LawLynchburg | Private | 154 | 3.54 | 58.8% | 141 | $43,150 |
| Appalachian School of LawGrundy | Private | 146 | 3.20 | 60.9% | 92 | $41,000 |
What the state data shows
University of Virginia reports the highest LSAT median in the state at 173, with a 3.99 GPA median and a 10.2% acceptance rate on 6,734 applications. The spread of 27 LSAT points between the top and bottom of the state means a single score can be a stretch at one Virginia school and comfortably above median at another. The national median of school medians is 159, so Virginia's strongest reported median sits 14 points above it.
3 of the 8 schools charge residents less than non-residents, so residency status is worth checking before you apply. The lowest published resident tuition belongs to George Mason University, Antonin Scalia at $24,864 a year, where the median full-time grant is $21,000. Across the state, published non-resident tuition runs from $40,978 to $76,396, a gap of $35,418 a year before fees, living costs or scholarship.
7 of the 8 schools reporting bar outcomes beat the weighted average pass rate in the jurisdictions where their graduates sat. University of Virginia reports the state's highest first-time pass rate at 94.98% from 299 first-time takers, against a 82.83% 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.