ABA 509 DATA, 2025
CUNY Law School Admissions: LSAT, GPA, Cost, and Jobs (2025)
CUNY Law's median LSAT is 155, the median GPA 3.5, and the acceptance rate 28.6% on 2,300 applications. Tuition runs just $15,450 a year for residents, but only 16.7% of the class gets any grant on top of that.
What it takes to get in
These are the school's own reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT and GPA numbers from its ABA Standard 509 filing, the same disclosure every accredited law school has to file each year. The 50th percentile is the median: half the admitted class scored above it, half below.
| Year | LSAT 25th | LSAT 50th | LSAT 75th | GPA 25th | GPA 50th | GPA 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 152 | 155 | 161 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
5-year comparison data isn't on file for this school across the full window.
Your odds
A 161 LSAT and up puts you in CUNY's top quarter, 155 sits you right at the median, and 152 or below drops you into the bottom 25% of the admitted class. At a 28.6% acceptance rate, a median score gives you a real shot. Run your own numbers through the calculator before you spend a filing fee guessing.
See where you land: the LSAT Unplugged law school chances calculator. What is 1 LSAT point worth here? See the scholarship math.
What it costs
| Sticker tuition (2025) | $25,640/yr |
| Resident | $15,450/yr |
| Nonresident | $25,640/yr |
| 3-year sticker total | $76,920 |
| Pays full sticker | 83.3% |
| Gets some grant | 16.7% |
Only 16.7% of CUNY's class gets any grant money and 83.3% pays full sticker, so a score above the 161 75th percentile matters more here than at most schools, since grant money is scarce.
What you get out (Class of 2024)
| Class year reported | 2024 |
| FT/LT employed, 10 months out | 75.6% |
| Biglaw (101+ lawyer firms) | 4.2% |
| Federal clerkships | 0.5% |
| Government + public interest | 54.5% |
| Bar pass rate | 55.9% |
75.6% of the 2024 class landed a full-time, long-term job within 10 months, more than half went into government or public interest work, and a 55.9% bar pass rate is the number to weigh against even CUNY's low resident tuition.
Schools like CUNY
These 6 are the closest match by median LSAT, then median GPA, out of all 196 schools in the 509 master (as of 2026). Use them as your realistic comparison set, not the list of "reach" schools everyone starts with.
FAQ
What LSAT score do you need for CUNY Law School?
The median LSAT for CUNY's 2025 class is 155. The 25th percentile is 152 and the 75th is 161, a wide 9-point spread.
What GPA do you need for CUNY Law School?
The median GPA is 3.5. The 25th percentile is 3.3 and the 75th is 3.8.
What is CUNY Law School's acceptance rate?
28.6% for the 2025 cycle, based on 659 offers out of 2,300 applications.
How much does CUNY Law School cost with and without aid?
Sticker tuition is $25,640 a year for nonresidents but only $15,450 for residents, working out to $76,920 over 3 years at the nonresident rate before living costs. Still, only 16.7% of the class gets any grant, and 83.3% pays that full price.
What jobs do CUNY Law School graduates get?
75.6% of the 2024 graduating class had a full-time, long-term job within 10 months. 54.5% went into government or public interest work, just 4.2% went to firms with 101 or more lawyers, and the bar pass rate for that class was 55.9%.
Is CUNY worth it at sticker?
The low resident tuition makes this an easier bet than the FT/LT and bar pass numbers alone would suggest. A 55.9% bar pass rate is the real risk to weigh, and it applies whether you're paying the resident rate or the nonresident sticker, since so few get a grant either way.
Source: ABA Standard 509 Information Reports, 2025, via LSAT Unplugged's 509 master. Verify against the school's filing before relying on it. Last updated 2026-09-30.
