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Here is how to get into GW law school, numbers first: it admits 27.2 percent, 2,644 offers on 9,718 applications, with medians of 168 and 3.86 and 25th percentiles of 162 and 3.55. Everything after that is strategy, and this page is the strategy.
27.2 percent for the fall 2025 entering class: 2,644 offers of admission on 9,718 completed applications, per GW's own 2025 ABA 509 report.
The 25th percentile private salary is $130,000 against a $215,000 median. Class rank determines which side of that line you land on, in a class of roughly 480. Do not enroll here at sticker price without a plan for finishing in the top quarter.
Verified figureValueAcceptance rate27.2% (2,644 offers on 9,718 applications)LSAT 25/50/75162 / 168 / 170GPA 25/50/753.55 / 3.86 / 3.93Annual cost of attendance$114,097Median grant / share receiving$28,000 to 77% of studentsClass of 2025 graduates569Firms of 101+ attorneys32.5% (185 graduates)Federal clerkships2.6% (15 graduates)Employed at 10 months96.8%Top marketsDC 236, NY 88, VA 51CityWashington, DCCar neededNoJanuary average low / July average high30.1F / 89.6F
Sources: GW's 2025 ABA 509 report (https://www.law.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5421/files/2025-12/Std509InfoReport-62-12-15-2025%2012-16-58.pdf), its class of 2025 ABA Employment Summary (https://www.law.gwu.edu/media/28686), and its admissions pages (https://www.law.gwu.edu/regular-jd-admissions-process). Climate from NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals. Verified July 26, 2026.
The enrolled class tells you what GW actually takes. LSAT percentiles were 162 at the 25th, 168 at the median and 170 at the 75th.
A 168 clears the median and makes you numbers-competitive. A 170 puts you in the top quarter, which is where merit money conversations start. Below 162 you are under the disclosed floor and the rest of the file has to carry an unusual amount.
Friendly.
GPA percentiles were 3.55 at the 25th, 3.86 at the median and 3.93 at the 75th. The 25th percentile is the number that matters most if your transcript is the weaker half of your file, because it is the disclosed floor rather than the advertised middle.
The spread between the median and the 25th is 0.31, which is unusually wide and means a damaged transcript survives here more often than at peers.
Very friendly. A 162 LSAT 25th percentile against a 168 median and a 27.2% acceptance rate make GW one of the most accessible schools in these volumes.
No school publishes admit rates by score band, so this grid is directional and built strictly from where each combination sits against the disclosed percentiles above.
Your positionRead on your oddsWhat to doLSAT 170+ and GPA 3.93+Above both 75th percentilesApply early and negotiate; you are who the aid budget exists forLSAT 168-170 and GPA 3.86-3.93At or above both mediansCompetitive; timing and the essay decide the marginLSAT 168+ and GPA below 3.55SplitterLSAT carries the file; addendum only if the GPA has a real storyLSAT 162-168 and GPA 3.86+Reverse splitterRetake is usually the highest-value moveLSAT 162-168 and GPA 3.55-3.86Below the class midpoint, inside the rangeEverything early and flawless; expect little aidBelow 162 or below 3.55Below the 25th percentileRetake, then rebuild the list
Percentile anchors from the 2025 ABA 509; the readings are our framework, not published admit rates.
Very friendly. A 162 LSAT 25th percentile against a 168 median and a 27.2% acceptance rate make GW one of the most accessible schools in these volumes. Friendly.
The disclosed evidence behind that: the GPA spread is 0.31 and the LSAT spread is 6 points. A wide GPA spread means the school routinely enrolls students well below its own transcript midpoint; a wide LSAT spread means the same on the test.
Yield protection: Moderate.
Substantial merit aid is available and GW competes on it, which matters given the outcome distribution.
The disclosed figures: a median grant of $28,000 reaching 77 percent of students, against a cost of attendance of $114,097. That puts the median student at roughly $86,097 a year before interest.
Since July 1, 2026 federal borrowing for professional students is capped at $50,000 a year and $200,000 in aggregate with Grad PLUS eliminated, under the Reimagining and Improving Student Education final rule, which attributes the change to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08556/reimagining-and-improving-student-education-federal-student-loan-program-final-regulations). That leaves about $64,097 a year at sticker to close privately, our arithmetic.
Early decision: Binding, Feb 1
Interviews: No
Both lines come from the school's own admissions pages (https://www.law.gwu.edu/regular-jd-admissions-process), verified July 26, 2026. Terms reflect the most recently posted cycle; re-verify in September.
One caution for anyone cross-checking us against a secondary summary. Widely circulated write-ups of this school's early decision and interview policy are out of date on this point, which is why every line above carries the school's own URL rather than a citation to a compilation.
GW wants specificity about federal practice. Applicants who name a programme, an agency, and a path read very differently from generalists.
Work experience: Preferred, and a very large share of the evening cohort works full-time in the federal government.
Federal. A very large share work or have worked in agencies, on the Hill, or in the military, and many attend part-time while continuing to do so.
The volume play in Washington. Enormous, generalist, and the most bimodal outcome distribution in these volumes.
The outcomes: 32.5 percent into firms of 101 or more attorneys, 2.6 percent into federal clerkships, 96.8 percent employed at ten months, concentrated in DC 236, NY 88, VA 51.
For the daily texture see what GW Law is really like, and for the verdict see our honest take.
The fall 2025 enrolled medians were 168 LSAT with a 162 twenty-fifth percentile and a 170 seventy-fifth. A 168 is numbers-competitive; 170 puts you in the top quarter.
27.2 percent for fall 2025, 2,644 offers on 9,718 completed applications, per its 2025 ABA 509 report.
Median 3.86, with a 3.55 twenty-fifth percentile and a 3.93 seventy-fifth. The spread of 0.31 between median and floor is what tells you how far below the middle the school will go.
Substantial merit aid is available and GW competes on it, which matters given the outcome distribution. The disclosed median grant is $28,000 reaching 77 percent of students.
Very friendly. A 162 LSAT 25th percentile against a 168 median and a 27.2% acceptance rate make GW one of the most accessible schools in these volumes.
Written by Ali, Georgetown Law, founder of Lovare Institut.
July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026