Founded in 1892, Sturm College of Law, also known as DU Law, is located in Denver, CO. Sturm College of Law' tuition & fees is $62,585 for first-year students in the academic year 2024-2025. 81.02% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of the aid is $29,000. That could cover 46.34% of full tuition & fees.
The acceptance rate is 50.37% and total of 267 first-year students enrolled in the law school. The average GPA of the enrolled students is 3.58 and the average LSAT score is 160. For first-time exam takers, its bar exam pass rate is 81.71%.
Sturm College of Law's 2025 tuition & fees is $62,585 for its first-year students. The 2025 tuition was increased by 13.43% from last year.
For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $23,280. With the living costs, the total cost of attendance (COA) of Sturm College of Law is $85,865.
The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other law school costs for Sturm College of Law.
At Sturm College of Law, 81.02% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $29,000. 3.34% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 50.23% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.
Grants and Scholarships Statistics
Amounts / Percentage
Full-time
Number Received
555
Half or Less than Tuition
48.11%
Half to Full Tuition
48.29%
Full Tuition
0.00%
More than Full Tuition
3.60%
Part-time
Number Received
104
Half or Less than Tuition
37.50%
Half to Full Tuition
60.58%
Full Tuition
0.00%
More than Full Tuition
1.92%
GPA and LSAT Scores
The average GPA of Sturm College of Law is 3.58 and the average LSAT score is 160. The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 270 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 271 students including both full-time and part-time status. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles.
For the academic year 2023-2024, total 2,156 students have applied to Sturm College of Law and 1,086 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 267 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 50.37% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 24.59% at Sturm College of Law. With 5 pre-admitted students, total 272 first-year students enrolled in Sturm College of Law.
Last year, total 225 students took the bar exam first time at Sturm College of Law. Among them, 176 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 78.22%. For reference, the average pass rate at Colorado law schools is 74.34%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Sturm College of Law.
In 2023, 233 students graduated from Sturm College of Law. Of them, 187 graduates employed where bar passage required and 19 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 200 graduates employed as full-time and 17 employed as part-time status.
Sturm College of Law Bar Exam Pass Rate for First-time Takers
