How to Get Into University of Utah Law School: LSAT, GPA & Admissions (2026)

To learn how to get into University of Utah Law School, start with two numbers. According to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 entering class posted an LSAT median of 166, on a band of 162 to 168, and a GPA median of 3.87, on a band of 3.62 to 3.94. Reach both medians and you are competitive at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney), not yet admitted.

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 Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, the employment figures from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and the bar and outcome figures from Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s ABA bar-passage report and the school's own pages.

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) offers something unusual: a high LSAT median paired with a comparatively forgiving acceptance rate and the strongest bar outcome in this set. According to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 class posted a 166 LSAT median and a 3.87 GPA median, yet the school admitted 25.28% of applicants. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT sits within two points of that 166, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) ranks 22nd most selective by acceptance rate, per Lovare's analysis of the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures, so it is more accessible than its high median suggests. The payoff is real: Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s ABA bar-passage report shows a first-time pass rate of 95.06% for the 2024 exam year, the highest in this set. The thesis of this page is that Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is a high-median school a strong applicant can realistically reach, with a bar record among the best.

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) at a glance: LSAT, GPA, acceptance rate and cost

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) admissions pair a high median with an accessible rate. According to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 LSAT median is 166, the GPA median is 3.87, and the acceptance rate is 25.28%, while 91% of students receive grants. The table below gathers the core Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) numbers for quick reference.

MetricUtah Law (S.J. Quinney) (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)162 / 166 / 168GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.62 / 3.87 / 3.94Acceptance rate25.28%Applications1,495Offers of admission378Matriculants from the pool106First-year class107Full-time tuition and feesResident $34,721 / nonresident $45,382Living expenses$38,078Share receiving grants91%Median grant$28,410Full-tuition and above-full-tuition awards24 full-tuition, 28 above-full-tuition (52 total)Conditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage95.06%Employed at ten months94.7% (90 of 95)

Source: Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'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 for Utah Law (S.J. Quinney), so this page does not quote one. Verified August 2026.

What LSAT and GPA do you really need to get into Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)?

For Utah Law (S.J. Quinney), the realistic target is a 166 LSAT and a 3.87 GPA, the fall 2025 medians in Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. The middle 50% runs 162 to 168 on the LSAT and 3.62 to 3.94 on GPA. Below either 25th percentile, the other number has to carry the Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) file.

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 162, 166, and 168, and a GPA spread of 3.62, 3.87, and 3.94, in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Read the two rows together and the class is strong and fairly balanced: the LSAT band runs a moderate six points from the 25th to the 75th percentile, and the GPA band is high but not airless, opening from 3.62 to 3.94. The median admit to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) carries a 166 LSAT and a 3.87 GPA, and half the class sits above each line and half below.

A realistic profile at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) therefore starts at those two medians. A 166 LSAT and a 3.87 GPA place an applicant at the center of the fall 2025 class, per Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, which makes for a competitive file rather than a safe one. Push either number toward the 75th percentile, a 168 LSAT or a 3.94 GPA, and the odds improve for both admission and scholarship money at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney). Fall below the 25th percentile on either measure, a 162 LSAT or a 3.62 GPA, and Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) will look to the other number to carry the application.

On the splitter question, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is splitter friendly, the more common of the two patterns. The GPA spread from the 25th percentile to the median is 0.25 and the LSAT spread is 4 points, per Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, so the school gives a high LSAT room to offset a softer GPA. A splitter carries a high LSAT with a lower GPA; a reverse-splitter carries a high GPA with a lower LSAT. Because Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is splitter friendly, a 168 LSAT can pull a GPA toward the 3.62 quartile into contention more readily than a 3.94 GPA can rescue an LSAT under 162. The practical takeaway for an applicant to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is that LSAT points are the higher-leverage investment, both for admission and for the scholarship money that offsets a comparatively high sticker.

Is Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) harder to get into than its reputation?

No, it is more accessible than its high median implies. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT is within two points of Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 166, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) ranks 22nd most selective by acceptance rate, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA 509 data. Its 25.28% rate is more forgiving than most schools at the same LSAT level, so the 166 median overstates how hard it is to get an offer.

To size up Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) fairly, compare it only against schools with a similar academic profile. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 166, that is a median of 164 to 168, ranked by acceptance rate, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is the 22nd most selective of the group, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA Standard 509 data. In plain terms, 21 schools in that LSAT band admit a smaller share of applicants than Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 25.28% rate, computed from 378 offers against 1,495 applications in Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, while only 11 admit a larger share.

The verdict is that Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is not as hard to get into as its 166 median LSAT implies. The 166 median is genuine, but Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) reaches it partly through deep scholarship funding, with 91% of students receiving grants per its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, which lifts the enrolled medians without requiring a rock-bottom acceptance rate. For a strong-numbers applicant, and especially for a splitter with a high LSAT, the real path into Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is wider than the 166 median suggests, which makes it an efficient target for a candidate whose numbers sit in the mid-160s.

How much does Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) cost, and how much scholarship money will you get?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) lists resident tuition and fees of $34,721 and nonresident of $45,382 in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, plus $38,078 in living expenses. Ninety-one percent of students receive grants, with a $28,410 median, so a nonresident admit on the median grant nets about $16,972 in tuition and fees before living costs. The scholarships are not conditional, so an award cannot be cut for grades.

Start with the sticker. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $34,721 for Utah residents and $45,382 for nonresidents, and it separately lists living expenses at $38,078, a high figure that reflects the Salt Lake City cost of living. As is standard in the 509, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) does not print a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so any all-in annual number quoted elsewhere is someone's arithmetic rather than a figure Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) reports, and this page will not invent one.

The aid picture is where Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) does real work against that sticker. According to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, 91% of students receive grant aid, with grant amounts at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $14,205, $28,410, and $37,996. The median grant of $28,410 covers most of the $34,721 resident sticker, and the upper-quartile grant of $37,996 clears resident tuition and fees entirely. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) also reports 24 full-tuition awards and 28 above-full-tuition awards, 52 awards at or above full tuition in total, from that same disclosure.

For a typical recipient the math is favorable. Against the $45,382 nonresident sticker for tuition and fees, a student receiving Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s median grant of $28,410 nets about $16,972 in tuition and fees before living costs, using figures from Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure; a resident starts from the lower $34,721 sticker, most of which the median grant covers. One point in the applicant's favor: Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s scholarships are not conditional, per its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, so a grant cannot be cut for landing in the bottom half of the first-year curve. Combined with first-year academic attrition of just 1.0% in the same disclosure, the aid an admit is offered at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is money they can plan around for all three years.

What are your real chances off the Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) waitlist?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) does not publish waitlist offers or admits, so the honest proxy is implied yield, matriculants divided by offers, which is 28.0% for fall 2025 per Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. A 28.0% yield is moderate, so Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) fills most of its class from first-round offers and leans only modestly on its waitlist. Movement is possible but not the base case.

Here is the reasoning in full. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports 378 offers of admission and 106 matriculants drawn from the applicant pool, which is an implied yield of 28.0%. No ABA disclosure, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s included, publishes how many applicants are admitted from the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield is the honest proxy for waitlist movement. The logic runs as follows: a higher yield means a school fills more of its class from first-round offers and has less unfilled space to backfill from a waitlist, which makes waitlist admission harder.

A 28.0% yield puts Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) in the middle of the range, neither a school that overfills from first offers nor one that must rebuild its class from the waitlist. For a waitlisted applicant to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney), the practical read is that a spot can open, but it is not the base case: a concise letter of continued interest and prompt responsiveness are worth the effort, while treating a Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) waitlist spot as likely to convert would be a planning mistake. The stronger move is to keep other offers live rather than count on Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) reaching deep into its waitlist.

Where do Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates actually work?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is a Utah-concentrated school with a modest large-firm share and an excellent bar record. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 78.9% of Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates took first jobs in Utah and 84.2% stayed within the top three markets. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers hired 16.8%, and federal clerkships took 2.1%.

The single most useful fact about Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s employment outcomes is heavy Utah concentration. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) placed 75 graduates in Utah, 3 in Florida, and 2 in Alaska, its three largest markets. Utah alone absorbed 78.9% of the class, and the top three markets together took 84.2%, per the same ABA Employment Summary. A Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) degree, in practice, is a Utah credential first, with only scattered representation elsewhere.

By employer type, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) places a moderate share into large firms. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 16.8% of Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates taking jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers, and federal clerkships took another 2.1% of the class, per the same summary. That large-firm share is reasonable for a single-market public school, and it is concentrated in the Salt Lake City legal market rather than spread nationally; a student targeting Utah BigLaw or Utah regional practice is the natural fit.

Overall placement is strong, and the bar record is the headline. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 90 of 95 Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates employed at the ten-month mark, a 94.7% employment rate, and Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure reports first-year academic attrition of 1.0%. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s ABA bar-passage report shows a first-time pass rate of 95.06% for the 2024 exam year in Utah, the highest in this set, rising to a 96.08% ultimate rate for the 2022 cohort. For a student who intends to practice in Utah, that combination of a 78.9% in-state share and a 95.06% first-time bar rate is about as clean an outcome profile as a regional public school offers.

When are Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s application deadlines?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s specific application deadlines and any Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so both should be confirmed directly on Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s admissions site. What is dated here is the admissions data itself, drawn from Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure and verified in August 2026. Applying early in a rolling cycle is the safer play.

A word on timing strategy for Utah Law (S.J. Quinney). Because the numbers on this page show Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) extending 378 offers to fill a 107-seat class at a 28.0% yield, the practical advice at a school with deep scholarship funding is to submit a complete application early, when seats and grant dollars are both more plentiful. This profile does not state a specific Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) deadline or Early Decision policy, because those terms are not confirmed here, and this page does not guess at dates; the safe step is to read the current calendar on Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s own admissions pages.

One caveat applies to every date decision. Application cycle dates and Early Decision rules shift from year to year, and a policy that held in one cycle can move in the next. The admissions figures cited throughout this Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) profile reflect the 2025 ABA 509 disclosure as verified in August 2026, but the current deadlines are a live detail to confirm on Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s site before you rely on them, because a profile like this one is a planning aid, not the school's official calendar of record.

Frequently asked questions about getting into Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)

Is a 166 LSAT good enough for Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)?

A 166 is exactly Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s LSAT median, per Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, so it is good enough to be competitive and, given the accessible acceptance rate, a genuinely strong position. Half of the fall 2025 class scored at or above 166, inside a 162 to 168 band. Paired with a GPA near the 3.87 median, a 166 makes an applicant a strong candidate at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney).

What GPA do you need to get into Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports a GPA median of 3.87, with a 25th percentile of 3.62 and a 75th percentile of 3.94. The middle half of the fall 2025 class sits between 3.62 and 3.94. Aim for at least 3.62, and if your GPA is lower, a 168 LSAT at the upper quartile is the strongest way to offset it at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney), which is splitter friendly.

What is Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s acceptance rate?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s acceptance rate is 25.28%, computed as 378 offers against 1,495 applications in Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Among the 33 schools within two LSAT points of its 166 median, that rate ranks 22nd most selective, per Lovare's analysis, so Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is more accessible than most of its LSAT peers. Roughly one applicant in four receives an offer.

How many people apply to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) each year?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) received 1,495 applications for its fall 2025 entering class, according to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. From that pool, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) extended 378 offers of admission and enrolled 106 matriculants, building a first-year class of 107. The distance between 1,495 applications and 378 offers is what produces the 25.28% acceptance rate.

How much does Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) cost?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $34,721 for residents and $45,382 for nonresidents, plus living expenses of $38,078. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page will not quote one. A student on the $28,410 median grant nets about $16,972 in nonresident tuition and fees before living costs.

Does Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) give scholarships?

Yes, and broadly. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports that 91% of students receive grant aid, with grant amounts of $14,205, $28,410, and $37,996 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) funds 24 full-tuition awards and 28 above-full-tuition awards, and because its scholarships are not conditional, an award cannot be cut for first-year grades.

What is Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s bar passage rate?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s ABA bar-passage report shows a first-time pass rate of 95.06% for the 2024 exam year in its largest jurisdiction, Utah, the highest first-time rate in this set. The ultimate pass rate, measured two years out for the 2022 cohort, is 96.08%, per the same report. Nearly all Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates who sit for a bar exam pass on the first attempt.

Where do Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates work?

Most Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates stay in Utah. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Utah taking 75 graduates (78.9%), Florida 3, and Alaska 2, so the top three markets account for 84.2% of the class. A Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) degree points strongly toward the Utah legal market, with only scattered representation elsewhere.

Can a splitter get into Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)?

Yes, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is splitter friendly. Its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure shows a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.25 against an LSAT spread of 4 points, so Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high more readily than the reverse. A 168 LSAT paired with a GPA below the 3.62 quartile still has a real path at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney), provided the rest of the file is strong.

How selective is Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) compared with schools at the same LSAT?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) is more accessible than most schools at its LSAT level. Among the 33 schools with a median LSAT within two points of its 166, ranked by acceptance rate, Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 25.28% ranks 22nd most selective, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA 509 data. Its high 166 median is lifted by deep scholarship funding, not by a rock-bottom acceptance rate, so the median overstates the difficulty.

Is Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) worth it?

For a Utah-bound student, yes. Against nonresident tuition and fees of $45,382 in Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, 91% of students receive grants and the $28,410 median grant nets about $16,972, while the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 94.7% of graduates employed at ten months. The 95.06% first-time bar rate, the highest in this set, seals the value case for Utah Law (S.J. Quinney).

What LSAT and GPA give the best shot at a Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) scholarship?

Numbers at or above Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 75th percentiles give the best shot: a 168 LSAT and a 3.94 GPA, per Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Because Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s upper-quartile grant reaches $37,996, which clears resident tuition and fees, a top-quartile profile is well positioned for a full-tuition or better award at Utah Law (S.J. Quinney).

What is Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s employment rate?

The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 90 of 95 Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) graduates employed at the ten-month mark, a 94.7% employment rate. Of those, 16.8% took jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers and 2.1% took federal clerkships, per the same summary. Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s first-year academic attrition is 1.0% in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure.

What is Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s first-year attrition rate?

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) reports first-year academic attrition of 1.0% in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, meaning almost no one who starts is dismissed for grades. Combined with a 95.06% first-time bar pass rate and a 96.08% ultimate rate for the 2022 cohort, per Utah Law (S.J. Quinney)'s ABA bar-passage report, the data shows students admitted to Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) overwhelmingly finish and pass the bar.

Sources

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

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=151&year=2025

Utah Law (S.J. Quinney) ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=151&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=151&year=2024

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