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

How to get into Tulane Law School is a national question, not a regional one. According to Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 class posted a 161 LSAT median (159 to 164) and a 3.67 GPA median (3.47 to 3.81). Hit both and you are competitive at this genuinely national law school.

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. The admissions figures on this page come from Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class), the employment figures from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and the remaining detail from Tulane Law's own pages.

The single most distinctive fact about Tulane Law is that it does not funnel graduates into one home market. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Tulane Law's largest market, Louisiana, took just 32.6% of the class, with New York second at 39 graduates and Texas third at 27, so the top three markets combined took only 62.8%. That is a strikingly national distribution: where a typical regional school concentrates the large majority of its graduates in a single state, Tulane Law's own home market holds under a third of the class. This geographic spread is the thesis this page returns to: Tulane Law is a national law school anchored in New Orleans, and its admissions numbers, its outcomes, and one honest caution about its bar rate all read most clearly through that lens.

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

Tulane Law is a nationally distributed private school with a broad market reach. According to Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 class posted a 161 LSAT median, a 3.67 GPA median, and a 39.97% acceptance rate. Full-time tuition and fees run $74,756, with living expenses listed at $29,670. The table collects the core numbers.

MetricTulane Law (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)159 / 161 / 164GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.47 / 3.67 / 3.81Acceptance rate39.97%Applications2,069Offers of admission827Matriculants from the pool240First-year class241Full-time tuition and fees$74,756Living expenses$29,670Share receiving grants87% of studentsMedian grant$37,500Conditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage77.73%Employed at ten months93.1% (203 of 218)

Source: Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class), Tulane Law's ABA bar-passage report, and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024. Tuition and living expenses are printed separately in the 509, which does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page does not quote one.

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

You realistically need a 161 LSAT and a 3.67 GPA to sit at the center of Tulane Law's class. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure puts the LSAT middle at 159 to 164 and the GPA middle at 3.47 to 3.81. Below either 25th percentile, the other number has to carry a clear compensating strength.

Take the two numbers one at a time. The Tulane University law LSAT median is 161, with a 25th percentile of 159 and a 75th percentile of 164, per Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The band leans upward: only two points separate the median from the 159 bottom quarter, but a full three points separate it from the 164 top quarter, so a 164 reaches well into the top of the class, a 161 sits at the middle, and a 159 marks the bottom quarter yet stays inside the admitted range. Because Tulane Law admits about 40% of applicants, an LSAT at or a little above 161 is a genuinely strong position rather than a stretch.

The GPA band is comparatively narrow at the bottom. The Tulane University law GPA median is 3.67, with a 25th percentile of 3.47 and a 75th percentile of 3.81, according to the same disclosure. The distance from the 25th percentile to the median is 0.2 of a point. In plain terms, Tulane Law's admitted students cluster in the mid-to-high 3.6s and 3.7s, but a 3.47 remains a live number rather than a disqualifier, and the top quarter reaches 3.81.

So what does a realistic Tulane Law profile look like? A 161 LSAT paired with a 3.67 GPA lands an applicant squarely at both medians, per Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, and given a 39.97% acceptance rate that is a comfortable, competitive position. Fall below the 159 LSAT or the 3.47 GPA and you need a clear compensating strength on the other number. On the splitter question, Tulane Law is modestly splitter friendly: its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure shows a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.2 and an LSAT spread of 2 points, so the GPA band is a little more forgiving than the LSAT band. A splitter-friendly school forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high, and Tulane Law leans slightly that way, so a high-LSAT applicant with a GPA in the low 3.5s has a realistic path.

Is Tulane Law harder to get into than its reputation?

No, and this is good news for applicants. Tulane Law is more attainable than its national brand suggests. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports a 39.97% acceptance rate, which ranks it 28th most selective of the 38 leading schools within two LSAT points of its 161 median. Its admit rate sits in the lower third of its academic band.

To judge the Tulane University law acceptance rate fairly, compare it only against schools with a similar academic profile. Among the 38 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Tulane Law's 161, that is a median of 159 to 163, ranked by acceptance rate, Tulane Law is the 28th most selective, per Lovare's analysis of the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. That places Tulane Law in the lower third of its own academic band: 27 of the 38 schools sharing its LSAT profile admit a smaller share of applicants than Tulane Law's 39.97%.

The practical reading is constructive. Tulane Law carries a strong, nationally recognized brand that might lead an applicant to assume a tougher admit rate, but at 39.97% Tulane Law admits about two applicants in five, which is more welcoming than most schools sharing its 161 LSAT median. One driver is a comparatively small applicant pool of 2,069 against 827 offers, per its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The takeaway is not that Tulane Law is easy, but that a file at or near the medians has a realistic, even favorable, shot, and an applicant with numbers above the medians can approach Tulane Law as a strong scholarship target rather than a reach.

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

Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $74,756 and living expenses at $29,670, with no single cost-of-attendance total printed. The aid is deep: 87% of Tulane Law students receive a grant, with a median award of $37,500, and the scholarships are not conditional on grades.

Start with the sticker. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $74,756, a high sticker, and separately lists living expenses at $29,670. That 509 does not print a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so any all-in annual number quoted elsewhere for Tulane Law is someone's arithmetic rather than a figure the school reports, and this page will not invent one.

The aid picture is where the high sticker gets cut down substantially. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports that 87% of students receive a grant, with grant amounts at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $30,000, $37,500, and $45,000. Those are large median awards: at the median, a Tulane Law grant covers roughly half of tuition. Tulane Law made 3 full-tuition awards and 0 awards above full tuition, according to the same disclosure, so the model here is broad, sizable discounts rather than a handful of full rides. For a typical recipient, a student holding Tulane Law's median grant of $37,500 nets about $37,256 in tuition and fees before living costs, per the same disclosure, which brings the effective price down into a far more reasonable range than the $74,756 sticker implies.

One consumer-protective point works in the applicant's favor at Tulane Law. According to Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, its scholarships are not conditional, so a first-year award cannot be cut for landing in the bottom half of the curve. The grant you are quoted in your offer is the grant you keep, which removes the renewal risk that some schools attach to first-year merit money. Because Tulane Law discounts so broadly and its acceptance rate is comparatively forgiving, an applicant who pushes the LSAT and GPA above the medians is well positioned to negotiate a large award off that high sticker.

The strategic read for Tulane Law is that its high sticker and deep discounting reward strong numbers twice over. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure shows grant amounts clustered between $30,000 at the 25th percentile and $45,000 at the 75th, a comparatively tight $15,000 spread, which means even applicants at the lower end of Tulane Law's aid distribution receive a substantial award rather than a token one. Because Tulane Law admits about two applicants in five and awards grants to 87% of enrolled students, a candidate with an LSAT above the 161 median and a GPA above the 3.67 median has real leverage to push toward the upper end of that grant range, turning a $74,756 sticker into a genuinely competitive net price at Tulane Law.

What are your real chances off the Tulane Law waitlist?

Moderate. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure records 827 offers and 240 matriculants, an implied yield of 29.0%. No ABA disclosure publishes waitlist admits, so implied yield is the honest proxy: a 29.0% yield means Tulane Law sends more than three offers per seat and does not fill its class from first-round commitments alone.

Here is the reasoning in full. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports 827 offers of admission and 240 matriculants drawn from the applicant pool, which is an implied yield of 29.0%. No ABA disclosure, Tulane Law's included, publishes how many applicants are admitted off the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield is the honest stand-in for waitlist movement. The logic is that when a school converts 29.0% of its offers into enrollments, it sends nearly three and a half offers for every seat it fills, a class-building pattern that leaves room for a waitlist to move in a given year.

For a waitlisted applicant, the read is cautiously hopeful. A 29.0% implied yield at Tulane Law is on the lower-middle side, consistent with a national applicant pool in which many admitted students weigh Tulane Law against schools in other regions. The honest limit is that Tulane Law, like every school, does not publish year-to-year waitlist admit counts, so movement varies by cycle. If you are on the Tulane Law waitlist, a concise letter of continued interest reaffirming Tulane Law as a first choice is worth sending, because a school with a national yield profile values applicants who signal they will actually enroll in New Orleans.

Where do Tulane Law graduates actually work?

Across the country, unusually so. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Tulane Law's top market, Louisiana, took only 32.6% of graduates, and the top three markets together took 62.8%, a strikingly low geographic concentration. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers hired 31.2% of the class, and federal clerkships took 2.8%.

The defining fact about Tulane Law's outcomes is their geographic spread. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Tulane Law placed 71 graduates in Louisiana, 39 in New York, and 27 in Texas, its three largest markets. Louisiana, the home market, took just 32.6% of the class, and the top three markets combined reached only 62.8%, per the same summary. Where a typical regional school funnels the large majority of its graduates into a single state, Tulane Law spreads its class across the Gulf South, the Northeast, and Texas, which makes it a genuinely portable degree for a student who does not want to be tied to one regional market. Its 39 graduates in New York and 27 in Texas, set against 71 in Louisiana, show a school competing for jobs in several major markets at once rather than dominating one.

By employer type, the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 31.2% of Tulane Law graduates taking jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers, a solid large-firm share that reaches into national markets including New York. Federal clerkships took 2.8% of the class, per the same summary. The picture is of a school whose graduates compete for large-firm and clerkship positions in several regions at once, rather than dominating a single local market.

The overall placement rate is solid. The same ABA Employment Summary shows 203 of 218 Tulane Law graduates employed at ten months, a 93.1% rate, so 15 graduates were not yet placed at the ten-month mark, a gap an applicant should weigh alongside the school's national reach. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports first-year academic attrition of 0.0%, so essentially no one who starts at Tulane Law washes out academically. The reason to weigh Tulane Law on distribution rather than that 93.1% headline is that the national spread of its outcomes is the school's real distinguishing feature.

When are Tulane Law's application deadlines?

Tulane Law runs a J.D. admissions cycle, but this page does not print a specific deadline date because the packet behind it did not pull one. The honest instruction is to confirm Tulane Law's current deadlines, and any early-decision terms, directly on the school's admissions site. This guidance is dated August 2026.

On early decision specifically, Tulane Law's ED terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so rather than state a binding-or-not rule or a date that might be wrong, this page notes the absence plainly: if you are weighing an early application to Tulane Law, confirm whether Tulane Law offers an Early Decision round, whether it is binding, and what its deadline is, on the school's own admissions page before you rely on it. Application cycle dates shift from year to year, and a date that holds for one cycle can move in the next, so treat Tulane Law's official site as the registrar of record. What this page can say with confidence, verified in August 2026, is that a strong Tulane Law application benefits from being complete early in the cycle, because with 87% of students receiving grants, the scholarship money is most plentiful earlier in the year.

Frequently asked questions about getting into Tulane Law

Is a 161 LSAT good enough for Tulane Law?

A 161 is exactly Tulane Law's LSAT median, per Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, so it is good enough to be competitive, and given a 39.97% acceptance rate it is a comfortable position. Half of the fall 2025 class scored at or above 161 and half below, inside a 159 to 164 middle range. Paired with a GPA near the 3.67 median, a 161 places a Tulane Law applicant at the center of the class.

What GPA do you need for Tulane Law?

Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports a GPA median of 3.67, with a 25th percentile of 3.47 and a 75th percentile of 3.81. Realistically you want a GPA of at least 3.47 to stay inside Tulane Law's admitted band, and because Tulane Law is modestly splitter friendly, a strong LSAT at or above 161 can offset a GPA in the low 3.5s in the school's read of the file.

What is Tulane Law's acceptance rate?

Tulane Law's acceptance rate is 39.97%, computed as 827 offers against 2,069 applications in Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. That ranks Tulane Law 28th most selective among the 38 leading schools within two LSAT points of its 161 median, in the lower third of its academic band. About two applicants in five receive an offer from Tulane Law in a given cycle.

How many people apply to Tulane Law?

Tulane Law received 2,069 applications for its fall 2025 entering class, according to Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. From that pool, Tulane Law extended 827 offers of admission and enrolled 240 matriculants, building a first-year class of 241. The comparatively small applicant pool is one reason Tulane Law's 39.97% acceptance rate runs higher than most schools sharing its 161 LSAT median.

How much does Tulane Law cost?

Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $74,756 and living expenses at $29,670 for the year. Tulane Law does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page will not quote one. A student holding Tulane Law's median grant of $37,500 nets about $37,256 in tuition and fees before living costs, which cuts the effective price roughly in half.

Does Tulane Law give scholarships?

Yes, deeply. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports that 87% of students receive a grant, with a median award of $37,500 and grants reaching a $45,000 upper quartile. Tulane Law made 3 full-tuition awards and none above full tuition, and its scholarships are not conditional, so a first-year grant at Tulane Law cannot be cut for grades.

What is Tulane Law's bar passage rate?

Tulane Law's ABA bar-passage report shows a first-time pass rate of 77.73% for the 2024 exam year, with Louisiana as the largest jurisdiction, a comparatively low first-time rate and a figure worth weighing honestly. The ultimate pass rate, measured two years out for the 2022 cohort, rises to 90.75%, per the same report, so many who do not pass initially pass on a later attempt.

Where do Tulane Law graduates work?

Across several regions. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Louisiana taking 71 Tulane Law graduates (32.6%), New York 39, and Texas 27, so the top three markets account for only 62.8% of the class, an unusually national spread. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers hired 31.2% of Tulane Law graduates, reaching into markets like New York.

Can a splitter get into Tulane Law?

Yes, modestly. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure shows a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.2 and an LSAT spread of 2 points, so the GPA band is a little more forgiving than the LSAT band. That makes Tulane Law modestly splitter friendly: an applicant with a 161-or-better LSAT and a GPA in the low 3.5s fits the profile Tulane Law admits, helped by the school's 39.97% acceptance rate.

How does Tulane Law's yield compare with its acceptance rate?

Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure shows 827 offers against 2,069 applications, a 39.97% acceptance rate, yet only 240 of those admits enrolled, a 29.0% yield. The gap reflects a national applicant pool: Tulane Law admits a comparatively large share of applicants, then sees many choose schools in other regions, which is what you would expect from a school whose graduates spread across Louisiana, New York, and Texas.

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

Lower third of its band. Among the 38 leading schools with a median LSAT within two points of Tulane Law's 161, ranked by acceptance rate, Tulane Law is 28th most selective at 39.97%, per Lovare's analysis of the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. Twenty-seven band peers admit a smaller share of applicants than Tulane Law does, so Tulane Law is more attainable than its national brand suggests.

Is Tulane Law worth it?

For a portable, national degree, the case is real, with one caveat. Against a $74,756 sticker in Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, 87% of students receive grants with a $37,500 median, and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 93.1% employed at ten months across many markets. Weigh that against Tulane Law's 77.73% first-time bar rate when you decide.

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

The highest you can post, because Tulane Law discounts broadly off a high sticker. Per Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, grants reach a $45,000 upper quartile, with a $37,500 median. An LSAT at or above the 164 upper quartile paired with a GPA near the 3.81 top quarter gives the strongest shot at the largest awards, and at Tulane Law numbers above the medians carry real negotiating weight.

Why is Tulane Law's bar passage rate lower than some peers?

Tulane Law's first-time rate of 77.73% in the 2024 exam year, per its ABA bar-passage report, reflects that its largest jurisdiction is Louisiana, whose civil-law bar is among the more demanding in the country. The ultimate rate rises to 90.75% for the 2022 cohort, per the same report. An applicant to Tulane Law should plan seriously for the bar and factor this figure into the decision.

Does Tulane Law have high first-year attrition?

No. Tulane Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports first-year academic attrition of 0.0%, meaning essentially no member of the entering class was dismissed for grades in the first year. For an applicant, that is a reassuring signal: once you are admitted to Tulane Law and enroll, the school is not using the first-year curve to force students out, and your scholarship is not conditional either.

Sources

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

Tulane Law 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=65&year=2025

Tulane Law ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=65&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=65&year=2024

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