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Widener Law Commonwealth

LSAT 148
GPA 3.30
Tuition & Fees $57,470
Acceptance Rate 60.18 %
First Time Bar Exam Pass Rate 47.87 %

Widener Law Commonwealth Overview

Widener Law Commonwealth, Harrisburg, PA
Established in 1989, Widener Law Commonwealth is a private (not-for-profit) law school located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The 2025 tuition & fees of Widener Law Commonwealth is $57,470.
The acceptance rate of the school is 60.18% and yield is 34.08%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 148 and the average GPA is 3.30. Total 436 students are attending Widener Law Commonwealth and 137 of them is first-year students. Last year 89 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 62 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 47.87%). You may want to check the general academic information of Widener Law Commonwealth at Widener University academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

125 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 148 Widener Law Commonwealth. The average undergraduate GPA from 125 submitters is 3.30. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile.
Widener Law Commonwealth 2024 LSAT Scores and GPA
25th Percentile50th Percentile75th Percentile
Full-timePart-timeFull-timePart-timeFull-timePart-time
LSAT Scores146147148151151156
Undergraduate GPA2.892.573.213.133.513.47

Widener Law Commonwealth 2023 Tuition & Fees

Widener Law Commonwealth tuition & fees is $57,470 for the academic year 2022-2023. The average undergraduate tuition & fees other than law school at Widener Law Commonwealth is $53,638. For graduate schools, its average graduate tuition and fees is $27,105
Widener Law Commonwealth Tuition & Fees
Widener Law Commonwealth$57,470
Average Living Costs
Living Costs$16,452
Books & Supplies$1,650
Personal Expenses$4,077
Average Costs at Widener University
Undergraduate$53,638
Graduate$27,105

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 778 students applied to Widener Law Commonwealth and 458 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 124 students finally enrolled to Widener Law Commonwealth. The acceptance rate is 60.18% and yield (enrollment rate) is 34%. With 1 deferred/pre-admitted students, Widener Law Commonwealth has 125 first-year class students for the academic year 2021-2022.
Widener Law Commonwealth 2024 Admission Statistics
Number of Students
Applicants778
Admitted458
Enrolled124
Acceptance Rate60.18%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)34.08%
Deferred / Previously Admitted1
Total First Year Class Enrollment125

Law Student Population

Widener Law Commonwealth has total 436 students for the academic year 2021-2022. Of the total students, 337 students enrolled in JD program and 0 enrolled in non-JD programs.
Total Enrollment at Widener Law Commonwealth
Total Enrollment337
JD Enrollment337
Non-JD Enrollment0
Widener Law Commonwealth has 125 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 51 male and 75 female students. 1 student(s) with other type of gender. By attendance type, 104 students enrolled as full-time and 23 students as part-time status. The following table summarizes the first year enrollment by gender and attendance type at Widener Law Commonwealth.
First Year Student Enrollment at Widener Law Commonwealth
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total125 10423
Men51 456
Women75 5817
Other1 10

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 101 students have graduated from Widener Law Commonwealth. Among them, 89 students (including exam takers from prior year and early first time takers) took the bar exam for the first time and 62 passed the exam. The first-time bar exam pass rate at Widener Law Commonwealth is 47.87% where the average pass rate of Pennsylvania is 79.44%.
First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at Widener Law Commonwealth
Total Graduates101
First-time Bar Exam Taker89
(75 new graduates, 14 from prior year)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker26 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate62 / 69.66%
Pass Rate at Pennsylvania79.44%