How to Get Into Campbell Law School: LSAT, GPA & Admissions (2026)

The short answer to how to get into Campbell Law School is to reach the medians in Campbell Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure: a 156 LSAT and a 3.51 GPA. The middle 50 percent scored 152 to 159 with a 3.21 to 3.77 GPA. A 156 here is genuinely competitive, right at the center of the class.

By Ali Unar, Georgetown Law, Founder of Lovare Institut. Ali Unar is a Georgetown Law student and the founder of Lovare Institut, an admissions and LSAT-prep practice built on primary-source law school data. Verified August 2026. Admissions figures on this page come from Campbell Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class), employment from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and bar passage from the school's ABA bar-passage report and its own published pages.

Campbell Law School is a North Carolina school that trains for the North Carolina bar and places most of its class in state, and it does the core job well. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, North Carolina took 71.3% of Campbell Law graduates, and in its ABA bar-passage report the school posted an 85.37% first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024, rising to a 94.19% ultimate rate for the 2022 cohort. Admission is realistic: Campbell Law School reported a 50.68% acceptance rate on a large pool of 1,168 applications in its 2025 ABA 509. The fact every applicant must weigh is cost. Campbell Law reports the highest full-time tuition and fees in this group at $52,770, and even after the median grant a typical aided student still nets about $30,999 in tuition and fees per year before living expenses, the steepest net in this group. The honest thesis of this page is that Campbell Law School is a strong bet for a student aimed at the North Carolina bar, provided that student negotiates aid hard and enters with clear eyes about the price.

Campbell Law School at a glance: LSAT, GPA, acceptance rate and cost

Campbell Law School posts a 156 LSAT median, a 3.51 GPA median, and a 50.68% acceptance rate in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. Full-time tuition and fees run $52,770, living expenses add $35,281, and 99% of students receive a grant. The table collects Campbell Law's headline numbers for the fall 2025 entering class.

MetricCampbell Law School (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)152 / 156 / 159GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.21 / 3.51 / 3.77Acceptance rate50.68%Applications1,168Offers of admission592Matriculants from the applicant pool199First-year class202Full-time tuition and fees$52,770 (tuition $51,840 plus fees $930)Living expenses$35,281Share receiving grants99%Median grant$21,771 (25th $15,000, 75th $29,850)Conditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage85.37% (exam year 2024, North Carolina)Employed at ten months83.9% (146 of 174)

Source: Campbell Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class), with employment from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 and bar passage from Campbell Law's ABA bar-passage report. The 509 prints tuition, fees, and living expenses separately and does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page does not invent one.

What LSAT and GPA do you really need to get into Campbell Law School?

Campbell Law School reports an LSAT spread of 152 to 159 and a GPA spread of 3.21 to 3.77 in its 2025 ABA 509. A 156 and a 3.51 sit at both medians. Below the 152 LSAT or the 3.21 GPA, an applicant needs a clear compensating strength on the other number.

Campbell Law School reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 152, 156, and 159, and a GPA 25th, 50th, and 75th of 3.21, 3.51, and 3.77 for the fall 2025 entering class, per its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The median is the fiftieth percentile: half of enrolled students at Campbell Law scored above 156 on the LSAT and above 3.51 in GPA, and half below. The practical read is that a 156 is a solid, median-level score here rather than a stretch, so a candidate near 156 with a GPA around 3.5 sits at the center of the admitted class at Campbell Law School.

The bands are wide and fairly forgiving on GPA. The LSAT runs from 152 at the 25th to 159 at the 75th, a seven-point spread, and the GPA runs from 3.21 to 3.77, a 0.56 spread. That 3.21 lower quartile matters: Campbell Law School enrolls a real share of students with GPAs in the low 3.2s, so a modest transcript does not close the door if the LSAT and the rest of the file are sound. A median is a target, not a cutoff, and at Campbell Law the GPA band is wide enough that a candidate below 3.5 remains competitive with a strong LSAT.

Lovare reads Campbell Law School as splitter friendly, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.3 and an LSAT 25th-to-median spread of four points. A splitter-friendly school forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high; a reverse-splitter-friendly school forgives a lower LSAT when the GPA is high. At Campbell Law the 0.3 GPA spread gives real room on the transcript, so an applicant with a GPA nearer the 3.21 lower quartile but an LSAT at or above the 156 median has a genuine path at Campbell Law School.

Is Campbell Law School harder to get into than its reputation?

Campbell Law School sits in the accessible half of its selectivity band. Lovare's band analysis places Campbell Law 40th most selective of the 58 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of its 156, using acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509. Its 50.68% acceptance rate, drawn from a large 1,168-application pool, makes Campbell Law a realistic target rather than a reach.

Reputation treats Campbell Law School as North Carolina's practical, bar-focused program, and the data fits that picture. Lovare built a peer band of the 58 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Campbell Law's 156, that is a median of 154 to 158, then ranked them by acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. Campbell Law School comes in 40th most selective of the 58, a position in the more accessible part of a large band. A 50.68% acceptance rate means roughly half of a sizable applicant pool receives an offer, so a candidate at or near the medians has a genuine shot.

This is where honesty serves the applicant. A 50.68% acceptance rate and a mid-to-lower band position do not make Campbell Law School a lesser choice; they make it a realistic one for a candidate with a low-to-mid 150s LSAT and a GPA in the 3.2 to 3.5 range. Campbell Law draws the largest applicant pool in this group, 1,168 files for a class of 202, which reflects real demand for a North Carolina program with a strong bar record, and it still admits about half of that pool. The constructive read is that Campbell Law School is a school where a mid-150s applicant is competitive, provided that applicant weighs the cost honestly.

The outcome numbers support the case on the academic side. Campbell Law School reports a first-time bar passage rate of 85.37% for exam year 2024 in its ABA bar-passage report, with North Carolina as the largest jurisdiction, and an ultimate rate of 94.19% for the 2022 cohort, both strong figures. Its first-year academic attrition, also from the 2025 ABA 509, is a low 3.0%, which signals that Campbell Law does not enroll students it expects to wash out. The place to keep clear eyes is not the bar or attrition numbers but the price, which the cost section takes up next.

How much does Campbell Law School cost, and how much scholarship money will you get?

Campbell Law School reports full-time tuition and fees of $52,770 and living expenses of $35,281 in its 2025 ABA 509, the highest sticker in this group. Grants reach 99% of students, with a median award of $21,771, so a median-grant recipient still nets about $30,999 in tuition and fees before living costs. The aid is not conditional.

Start with the sticker, because it is the highest here. Campbell Law School's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports full-time tuition of $51,840 plus $930 in fees, for $52,770 in tuition and fees, and lists living expenses of $35,281 separately, also the highest living figure in this group. The 509 does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page quotes the components the school actually reports rather than a manufactured all-in number. On the sticker alone, Campbell Law School is the most expensive option in this set.

The aid is broad but does not fully close the gap. According to the same 509, Campbell Law School awards grants to 99% of students, with awards at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $15,000, $21,771, and $29,850. Campbell Law reports 1 full-tuition award and 2 awards above full tuition, so the top tier is thin. Applying the median grant to the tuition-and-fees sticker, a median-grant recipient still nets about $30,999 per year in tuition and fees before living costs, the steepest net in this group. Nearly every student receives something, which helps, but the median discount at Campbell Law School leaves a larger balance than at the lower-sticker schools nearby, so negotiating aid up toward the 75th-percentile $29,850 award materially changes the math.

The aid is at least dependable. Campbell Law School does not use conditional scholarships, so a grant is not tied to a first-year class-rank or GPA threshold and cannot be cut if your grades slip. The award Campbell Law quotes at admission is the award you keep for all three years, which removes one financial trap even though the underlying price remains the highest in this group at Campbell Law School.

What are your real chances off the Campbell Law School waitlist?

Campbell Law School does not disclose waitlist offers or admits, and no ABA report does. The honest proxy is implied yield: 199 matriculants against 592 offers is a 33.6% yield in the 2025 ABA 509. That moderate yield means Campbell Law fills much of its large class from first-round offers, with limited waitlist movement.

Here is the reasoning in full. Campbell Law School enrolled 199 matriculants from 592 offers in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, an implied yield of 33.6%. No ABA disclosure, Campbell Law's included, publishes how many applicants are admitted off the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield is the honest proxy for waitlist movement. When roughly a third of admitted students enroll, a school makes offers well beyond its target class size and fills the bulk of its seats from the first round.

A 33.6% yield points to moderate rather than heavy waitlist reliance, though a class this large can still turn to a waitlist to fine-tune the final count. Campbell Law School extended 592 offers to seat a first-year class of 202, so most seats are spoken for through regular admission. If you land on the Campbell Law waitlist, the standard play still applies: send a concise letter of continued interest naming Campbell Law School as a top choice, add any new LSAT score or grades, and keep another acceptance in hand as your anchor while you wait.

One honest note on the class figures. Campbell Law School's 2025 ABA 509 lists 199 matriculants from the applicant pool and a first-year class of 202, a near match that means the class fills almost entirely from this cycle's pool rather than from deferrals or transfers. The 33.6% implied yield is computed from the 199 pool matriculants against the 592 offers, which is the correct comparison for reasoning about this cycle's waitlist odds at Campbell Law School.

Where do Campbell Law School graduates actually work?

Campbell Law School is a North Carolina program through and through. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, North Carolina took 71.3% of graduates and the top three markets reached 75.3%. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers took 7.5% of the class, and federal clerkships took 1.7%.

Lead with the market concentration, because it defines Campbell Law outcomes. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Campbell Law School placed 124 of its graduates in North Carolina, 4 in Virginia, and 3 in California. That is a 71.3% top-market share, high by law-school standards, and a 75.3% top-three share, the gap between them showing how heavily the class stays in state. Campbell Law School is not a national-network school; it is a North Carolina school that feeds the state bar, which is a strength for an applicant who wants to build a career in North Carolina and a real limitation for one who does not.

The raw employment rate is the number to weigh. Campbell Law School reported 146 of 174 graduates employed at ten months, or 83.9%, in the same ABA Employment Summary, the lowest ten-month rate in this group. That is a solid majority but not the near-automatic placement some peers post, so an applicant should use the school's in-state network early and treat North Carolina as the target market rather than assuming statewide employment follows automatically from the degree at Campbell Law School.

On firm size and clerkships the numbers are candid. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 7.5% of Campbell Law School graduates entering large firms of 101 or more lawyers and 1.7% entering federal clerkships. Those are modest shares typical of a regional, in-state program: Campbell Law places into North Carolina firms, government offices, and the state courts more than into large national firms or the federal clerkship track. An applicant whose central goal is large-firm or federal-clerkship work should factor that in before choosing Campbell Law School.

When are Campbell Law School's application deadlines?

This page's sources do not specify Campbell Law School's application deadlines or its Early Decision terms. Both should be confirmed directly on Campbell Law's admissions page rather than taken from any date this page cannot verify. The guidance here is dated: it reflects what was verifiable in August 2026.

Because the school's Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, Campbell Law School applicants should treat the school's own admissions page as the authority on deadlines, decision rounds, and whether any early or binding option exists. Cycle dates shift from year to year, so verify the current timeline on Campbell Law's site before you plan around it, and do not rely on a date this page does not publish.

The numbers still support a timing strategy, and here the stakes are financial. Campbell Law School drew 1,168 applications and extended 592 offers for a first-year class of 202, per its 2025 ABA 509. Because Campbell Law carries the highest sticker in this group and the median grant leaves a real balance, an early, complete application matters most for the scholarship: the strongest early files tend to draw the largest awards, and moving from the median grant toward the 75th-percentile $29,850 award changes the price meaningfully. Because Campbell Law School draws 1,168 applicants for a class of 202, submitting a complete file early rather than late is a low-cost way to strengthen your position for both admission and aid. Apply to Campbell Law School when your file is ready and your LSAT is at its best, and confirm the current dates on the school's site.

Frequently asked questions about getting into Campbell Law School

Is a 156 LSAT good enough for Campbell Law School?

Yes. A 156 is exactly the LSAT median at Campbell Law School, per its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, where the middle 50 percent scored 152 to 159. A 156 puts you at the center of the admitted class, competitive rather than reaching. Pair it with a GPA near the 3.51 median and you are a solid candidate at Campbell Law School.

What GPA do you need for Campbell Law School?

Campbell Law School reports a GPA median of 3.51, with a 25th to 75th range of 3.21 to 3.77, in its 2025 ABA 509. Aim for 3.51 or higher, but note the 3.21 lower quartile: Campbell Law enrolls students with GPAs in the low 3.2s, so a modest transcript paired with an LSAT at or above 156 is still competitive at Campbell Law School.

What is Campbell Law School's acceptance rate?

Campbell Law School admitted 50.68% of applicants for the fall 2025 class, extending 592 offers against 1,168 applications, according to its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. That accessible rate, drawn from the largest applicant pool in this group, together with a 40th of 58 band standing, makes Campbell Law School a realistic target for a low-to-mid 150s applicant.

How many people apply to Campbell Law School?

Campbell Law School received 1,168 applications for the fall 2025 entering class, the largest pool in this group, made 592 offers, and enrolled 199 matriculants from the pool for a first-year class of 202, per its 2025 ABA 509. That demand reflects Campbell Law School's standing as a leading North Carolina program with a strong bar record.

How much does Campbell Law School cost?

Campbell Law School reports full-time tuition and fees of $52,770, made up of $51,840 tuition and $930 in fees, plus $35,281 in living expenses, per its 2025 ABA 509, the highest sticker in this group. The disclosure prints no combined cost-of-attendance total. Even with near-universal aid, the median grant leaves a larger balance at Campbell Law School than at nearby lower-sticker schools.

What will you actually pay at Campbell Law School after a scholarship?

Less than the sticker, but more than at its lower-priced peers. Campbell Law School reports a $52,770 tuition-and-fees sticker against a $21,771 median grant in its 2025 ABA 509, so a median-aided student nets about $30,999 per year in tuition and fees before living costs. Pushing your award toward the 75th-percentile $29,850 grant is the surest way to lower that net at Campbell Law School.

Does Campbell Law School give scholarships?

Yes, nearly universally. Campbell Law School reports that 99% of students receive grant aid, with awards of $15,000, $21,771, and $29,850 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, plus 1 full-tuition and 2 above-full-tuition awards, per its 2025 ABA 509. Those awards are not conditional, so a Campbell Law School grant cannot be cut for grades.

What is Campbell Law School's bar passage rate?

Campbell Law School posted an 85.37% first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024, with North Carolina as the largest jurisdiction, according to its ABA bar-passage report. That is a strong first-time rate. Its ultimate pass rate for the 2022 cohort was 94.19%, so the large majority of Campbell Law School graduates clear the bar within two years of graduating.

Where do Campbell Law School graduates work?

Overwhelmingly in North Carolina. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Campbell Law School placed 124 graduates in North Carolina, 4 in Virginia, and 3 in California, a 71.3% top-market share and 75.3% across the top three. Campbell Law School is a North Carolina-focused program rather than a national one.

Can a splitter get into Campbell Law School?

Yes. Lovare reads Campbell Law School as splitter friendly, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.3 and an LSAT spread of four points in the 2025 ABA 509. That means Campbell Law forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is strong, so an applicant with a GPA near the 3.21 lower quartile but an LSAT at or above 156 has a genuine path at Campbell Law School.

How selective is Campbell Law School compared with schools at the same LSAT?

Campbell Law School is 40th most selective of the 58 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of its 156, ranked by acceptance rate in the 2025 ABA 509, per Lovare's analysis. That mid-to-lower band standing means Campbell Law School is more accessible than the tightest schools posting the same median LSAT, which makes it a realistic target.

Is Campbell Law School worth it?

It depends on your market and your aid. Campbell Law School offers an 85.37% first-time bar rate, a deep North Carolina footprint, and 99% grant reach, per its 2025 ABA 509 and bar-passage report, but its $52,770 sticker and roughly $30,999 median net are the highest in this group, and its 83.9% employment rate the lowest. For a North Carolina-bound student who negotiates aid, Campbell Law School can be worth it.

What is Campbell Law School's first-year attrition rate?

Campbell Law School reports first-year academic attrition of 3.0% in its 2025 ABA 509, a low figure meaning very few first-year students were dismissed for academic reasons in the reported year. Because Campbell Law School does not use conditional scholarships, a difficult first year does not additionally threaten a student's grant aid.

What is Campbell Law School's ultimate bar passage rate?

Campbell Law School reports an ultimate bar passage rate of 94.19% for the 2022 cohort, measured within two years of graduation, per its ABA bar-passage report. That sits above its 85.37% first-time rate, which means most Campbell Law School graduates who do not pass on the first attempt ultimately pass on a later one, a reassuring signal for a bar-focused program.

What LSAT and GPA give the best shot at a Campbell Law School scholarship?

Scores above the medians. Because Campbell Law School reports 99% grant reach and a 75th-percentile award of $29,850 in its 2025 ABA 509, an LSAT above the 156 median toward the 159 upper quartile paired with a GPA above 3.51 toward 3.77 positions you for the largest awards, which matters most at the highest-sticker school in this group, Campbell Law School.

Sources

Every figure on this page is drawn from primary disclosures, listed here so readers can verify each one directly.

Campbell Law School 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=169&year=2025

Campbell Law School ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=169&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=169&year=2024

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