State Guide · 3 ABA Schools · 509 data 2025
Washington law school requirements
Washington has 3 ABA-approved law schools, with LSAT medians from 155 to 165. Together they took 6,989 completed applications, made 2,217 offers and filled 619 first-year seats in 2025. Every number on this page comes from those schools' own ABA Standard 509 reports.
ABA schools
3
1 public, 2 private
LSAT median range
155 to 165
across the state
First-year seats
619
from 6,989 applications
Tuition range
$57,810 to $57,962
full time, non-resident
The 3 ABA-approved Washington law schools
| School | Type | LSAT | GPA | Accept | 1L | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of WashingtonSeattle | Public | 165 | 3.76 | 19.6% | 207 | $57,810 |
| Seattle UniversitySeattle | Private | 159 | 3.60 | 38.9% | 209 | $2,061/cr |
| Gonzaga UniversitySpokane | Private | 155 | 3.55 | 51.1% | 203 | $57,962 |
What the state data shows
University of Washington reports the highest LSAT median in the state at 165, with a 3.76 GPA median and a 19.6% acceptance rate on 3,412 applications. The spread of 10 LSAT points between the top and bottom of the state means a single score can be a stretch at one Washington school and comfortably above median at another. The national median of school medians is 159, so Washington's strongest reported median sits 6 points above it.
1 of the 3 schools charge residents less than non-residents, so residency status is worth checking before you apply. The lowest published resident tuition belongs to University of Washington at $45,927 a year, where the median full-time grant is $14,000. Across the state, published non-resident tuition runs from $57,810 to $57,962, a gap of $152 a year before fees, living costs or scholarship.
1 of the 3 schools reporting bar outcomes beat the weighted average pass rate in the jurisdictions where their graduates sat. University of Washington reports the state's highest first-time pass rate at 91.72% from 169 first-time takers, against a 82.21% 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.