Founded in 1989, Widener Law Commonwealth, also known as Widener Law, is located in Harrisburg, PA. Widener Law Commonwealth' tuition & fees is $58,958 for first-year students in the academic year 2024-2025. 87.91% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of the aid is $24,000. That could cover 40.71% of full tuition & fees.
The acceptance rate is 65.00% and total of 145 first-year students enrolled in the law school. The average GPA of the enrolled students is 3.34 and the average LSAT score is 148. For first-time exam takers, its bar exam pass rate is 53.75%.
Widener Law Commonwealth's 2025 tuition & fees is $58,958 for its first-year students. The 2025 tuition was increased by 2.59% from last year.
For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $23,501. With the living costs, the total cost of attendance (COA) of Widener Law Commonwealth is $82,459.
The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other law school costs for Widener Law Commonwealth.
At Widener Law Commonwealth, 87.91% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $24,000. 1.24% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 40.87% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.
Grants and Scholarships Statistics
Amounts / Percentage
Full-time
Number Received
240
Half or Less than Tuition
55.00%
Half to Full Tuition
43.75%
Full Tuition
1.25%
More than Full Tuition
0.00%
Part-time
Number Received
83
Half or Less than Tuition
66.27%
Half to Full Tuition
32.53%
Full Tuition
1.20%
More than Full Tuition
0.00%
GPA and LSAT Scores
The average GPA of Widener Law Commonwealth is 3.34 and the average LSAT score is 148. The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 148 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 146 students including both full-time and part-time status. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles.
Widener Law Commonwealth Average GPA and LSAT scores
25th Percentile
50th Percentile
75th Percentile
GPA
3
3.34
3.61
Full-Time
3.02
3.37
3.62
Part-Time
2.88
3.29
3.45
LSAT Scores
146
148
152
Full-Time
146
148
151
Part-Time
147
149
154
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-2024, total 720 students have applied to Widener Law Commonwealth and 468 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 145 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 65.00% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 30.98% at Widener Law Commonwealth. With 4 pre-admitted students, total 149 first-year students enrolled in Widener Law Commonwealth.
Last year, total 94 students took the bar exam first time at Widener Law Commonwealth. Among them, 45 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 47.87%. For reference, the average pass rate at Pennsylvania law schools is 73.64%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Widener Law Commonwealth.
In 2023, 86 students graduated from Widener Law Commonwealth. Of them, 63 graduates employed where bar passage required and 10 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 75 graduates employed as full-time and 2 employed as part-time status.
Widener Law Commonwealth Bar Exam Pass Rate for First-time Takers