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    U.S. Law Schools

    There are 197 U.S. Law Schools accredited and approved by American Bar Association (ABA) - 86 public and 111 private schools.
    The 2024 average law school tuition & fees for U.S. Law Schools $30,198 for state residents and $50,356 for out-of-state students.
    The average LSAT (Law School Admission Test) scores of enrolled students is 159 and the average GPA is 3.61. The average acceptance rate is 42.35% and the yield (enrollment rate) is 31%. For the first-time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 75.49%.
    The next table shows the average statistics for U.S. Law Schools.
    U.S. Law Schools Statistics
    Number of Schools197 (86 public, 111 private)
    Tuition & Fees
    In-State$30,198
    Out-of-State$50,356
    Population139,883
    First-Year Students36,782
    Average LSAT Scores159
    Average GPA3.61
    Acceptance Rate42.35%
    Yield (Enrollment Rate)31.09%
    Bar Exam Pass Rate (First-time Takers)75.49%
    All data if for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar passage rate. You may want to sort the schools by touching/clicking the column name that you want.
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    U.S. Law Schools
    School NameStateTuition & FeesLSATGPAAcceptance RateStudent PopulationBar Exam Pass Rate
    Yale Law School Connecticut $73,865 175 3.96 5.58% 705 95.77%
    Harvard Law School Massachusetts $75,008 174 3.93 9.58% 2,031 98.46%
    University of Chicago Law School Illinois $77,877 173 3.94 12.78% 686 94.26%
    Columbia Law School New York $81,292 173 3.90 12.23% 1,748 93.72%
    Stanford Law School California $73,713 173 3.95 7.26% 682 94.41%
    Washington University School of Law Missouri $67,744 173 3.95 17.16% 1,341 92.34%
    Cornell Law School New York $77,593 172 3.90 18.39% 875 90.31%
    New York University School of Law New York $80,014 172 3.90 16.76% 2,094 94.90%
    Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Illinois $74,552 172 3.92 15.53% 1,189 92.89%
    University of Pennsylvania Law School Pennsylvania $76,934 172 3.92 9.88% 1,048 93.77%
    Georgetown University Law Center District of Columbia $75,950 171 3.91 19.57% 3,030 91.63%
    University of Michigan Law School Michigan $72,584 ($69,584) 171 3.85 12.58% 978 95.48%
    University of Texas School of Law Texas $54,096 ($36,429) 171 3.86 14.90% 1,005 90.39%
    University of Virginia School of Law Virginia $74,200 ($71,200) 171 3.94 11.46% 960 95.36%
    Boston University School of Law Massachusetts $65,020 170 3.86 17.82% 1,070 90.58%
    Berkeley School of Law California $74,995 ($62,567) 170 3.87 14.92% 1,302 93.35%
    Los Angeles School of Law California $68,700 ($56,455) 170 3.92 16.80% 1,376 92.47%
    Duke University School of Law North Carolina $75,618 170 3.87 10.51% 868 93.52%
    Vanderbilt University Law School Tennessee $72,184 170 3.89 16.76% 555 92.05%
    Levin College of Law Florida $38,040 ($21,804) 169 3.91 17.01% 762 76.78%
    University of Georgia School of Law Georgia $37,752 ($18,994) 169 3.83 14.77% 694 89.06%
    Notre Dame Law School Illinois $68,554 169 3.83 24.39% 565 92.72%
    Gould School of Law California $78,038 169 3.88 12.52% 1,436 89.00%
    J. Reuben Clark Law School Utah $30,152 ($15,076) 168 3.94 28.77% 379 93.16%
    George Mason University School of Law Virginia $42,798 ($26,950) 168 3.89 14.03% 924 87.41%
    The George Washington University Law School District of Columbia $69,740 168 3.85 28.72% 1,870 86.05%
    University of Minnesota Law School Minnesota $58,396 ($48,964) 168 3.85 39.76% 720 93.48%
    The University of Alabama School of Law Alabama $44,470 ($24,080) 167 3.95 26.62% 473 91.27%
    Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Arizona $50,317 ($28,839) 167 3.90 21.28% 1,600 82.26%
    Boston College Law School Massachusetts $66,895 167 3.77 13.38% 765 91.77%
    Irvine School of Law California $68,190 ($55,945) 167 3.72 18.18% 510 84.40%
    Fordham University School of Law New York $72,282 167 3.75 21.13% 1,575 89.03%
    Emory University School of Law Georgia $65,510 166 3.82 40.87% 879 86.64%
    University of North Carolina School of Law North Carolina $48,204 ($27,972) 166 3.78 16.27% 572 93.75%
    Texas A&M University School of Law Texas $48,618 ($32,634) 166 3.97 14.64% 1,683 87.86%
    Marshall-Wythe School of Law Virginia $66,043 ($43,286) 166 3.77 27.31% 556 93.90%
    Davis School of Law California $67,164 ($54,919) 165 3.69 28.99% 718 81.78%
    Florida State University College of Law Florida $40,705 ($20,694) 165 3.85 21.12% 1,311 77.21%
    University of Illinois College of Law Illinois $51,893 ($41,893) 165 3.75 43.69% 683 90.48%
    Michael E. Moritz College of Law Ohio $49,292 ($34,040) 165 3.83 33.08% 564 89.89%
    Wake Forest University School of Law North Carolina $54,192 165 3.79 31.47% 682 89.84%
    Washington and Lee University School of Law Virginia $55,550 165 3.72 31.44% 380 90.27%
    University of Wisconsin Law School Michigan $52,893 ($35,197) 165 3.79 35.58% 729 75.00%
    Baylor Law School Texas $61,877 164 3.73 17.77% 418 91.97%
    Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law New York $70,646 164 3.79 37.64% 1,030 83.45%
    University of Colorado Boulder School of Law Colorado $42,217 ($34,747) 164 3.81 34.24% 525 84.38%
    Maurer School of Law Indiana $62,526 ($41,476) 164 3.86 46.86% 611 82.46%
    Pepperdine University School of Law California $68,046 164 3.86 28.18% 1,114 79.50%
    University of Richmond School of Law Virginia $53,440 164 3.75 41.46% 408 76.38%
    Dedman School of Law Texas $63,502 164 3.83 32.69% 725 85.28%
    S.J. Quinney College of Law Utah $43,598 ($33,634) 164 3.85 30.20% 320 94.17%
    Villanova University School of Law Pennsylvania $56,215 164 3.80 22.50% 777 80.90%
    University of Washington School of Law Washington $55,617 ($43,584) 164 3.74 34.67% 715 89.40%
    James E. Rogers College of Law Arizona $30,700 ($26,200) 163 3.79 29.35% 2,519 72.06%
    University of Iowa College of Law Iowa $51,955 ($31,426) 163 3.76 47.71% 555 84.72%
    University of Maryland School of Law Maryland $52,538 ($36,209) 163 3.76 30.18% 786 80.00%
    Northeastern University School of Law Massachusetts $60,562 163 3.72 37.27% 950 89.44%
    Beasley School of Law Pennsylvania $46,776 ($30,880) 163 3.65 39.40% 967 83.06%
    Washington College of Law District of Columbia $63,088 162 3.63 35.69% 1,635 73.02%
    University of Miami School of Law Florida $62,406 162 3.72 32.94% 1,347 69.84%
    Penn State Dickinson Law Pennsylvania $57,902 162 3.63 35.37% 311 88.31%
    St. John's University School of Law New York $71,664 162 3.71 41.48% 863 85.53%
    University of Tennessee College of Law Tennessee $39,152 ($20,408) 162 3.78 30.21% 417 88.39%
    Wayne State University Law School Michigan $41,388 ($37,950) 162 3.83 27.41% 480 84.07%
    Chapman University School of Law California $61,286 161 3.67 30.68% 422 74.29%
    University of Houston Law Center Texas $50,132 ($34,942) 161 3.72 32.27% 866 83.90%
    Loyola Law School California $65,912 161 3.71 33.92% 1,132 79.94%
    Penn State Law Pennsylvania $56,436 161 3.77 36.94% 553 86.29%
    University of San Diego School of Law California $62,981 161 3.80 33.61% 974 76.33%
    Tulane University School of Law Louisiana $67,780 161 3.64 48.01% 897 74.70%
    Belmont University College of Law Tennessee $53,620 160 3.77 39.62% 350 87.07%
    Brooklyn Law School New York $70,356 160 3.56 50.00% 1,177 76.44%
    University of California College of the Law, San Francisco California $55,207 ($48,273) 160 3.59 30.91% 1,185 70.92%
    Case Western Reserve University School of Law Ohio $61,094 160 3.70 41.79% 664 86.84%
    University of Connecticut School of Law Connecticut $62,550 ($31,508) 160 3.71 29.31% 517 85.38%
    Sturm College of Law Colorado $55,175 160 3.58 50.37% 920 78.22%
    Florida International University College of Law Florida $36,049 ($21,806) 160 3.74 25.18% 591 80.25%
    University of Kansas School of Law Kansas $29,739 ($23,402) 160 3.71 48.71% 400 85.44%
    Lewis & Clark Law School Oregon $56,346 160 3.59 67.88% 660 78.61%
    Loyola University Chicago School of Law Illinois $56,186 160 3.60 43.92% 1,123 79.09%
    University of Missouri School of Law Missouri $29,877 ($23,877) 160 3.70 52.49% 424 90.59%
    William S. Boyd School of Law Nevada $42,168 ($29,268) 160 3.78 33.59% 456 72.54%
    University of Pittsburgh Law School Pennsylvania $50,634 ($39,618) 160 3.56 39.45% 559 76.47%
    Seton Hall University School of Law New Jersey $66,780 160 3.66 45.58% 1,064 85.71%
    University of South Carolina School of Law South Carolina $41,500 ($23,722) 160 3.70 34.00% 613 76.88%
    Columbus School of Law District of Columbia $58,436 159 3.63 31.83% 400 78.15%
    Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois $55,327 159 3.67 50.45% 777 78.05%
    Drexel University School of Law Pennsylvania $54,600 159 3.70 34.16% 693 71.88%
    Georgia State University College of Law Georgia $36,810 ($17,202) 159 3.56 31.03% 676 79.04%
    Michigan State University College of Law Michigan $47,984 ($43,424) 159 3.55 39.37% 643 77.46%
    University of Oklahoma College of Law Oklahoma $36,653 ($22,808) 159 3.71 47.23% 1,105 85.19%
    Santa Clara University School of Law California $59,254 159 3.55 52.43% 662 64.62%
    University of Cincinnati College of Law Ohio $29,010 ($24,010) 158 3.80 47.66% 455 79.31%
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law Nebraska $37,442 ($16,082) 158 3.75 65.90% 466 85.83%
    University of Oregon School of Law Oregon $57,586 ($46,264) 158 3.52 75.23% 513 81.16%
    Stetson University College of Law Florida $51,708 158 3.59 38.39% 948 63.39%
    Texas Tech University School of Law Texas $39,232 ($27,532) 158 3.63 38.08% 439 79.51%
    DePaul University College of Law Illinois $52,145 157 3.59 43.59% 603 68.39%
    William S. Richardson School of Law Hawaii $46,588 ($23,164) 157 3.48 28.80% 313 71.43%
    University of Kentucky College of Law Kentucky $51,380 ($25,748) 157 3.67 52.54% 410 82.89%
    Paul M. Hebert Law Center Louisiana $39,105 ($23,665) 157 3.65 48.93% 626 83.87%
    University of Maine School of Law Maine $40,640 ($26,940) 157 3.62 58.29% 270 76.32%
    University of Mississippi School of Law Mississippi $38,880 ($18,470) 157 3.62 43.53% 531 64.89%
    Regent University School of Law Virginia $41,496 157 3.68 40.88% 944 92.59%
    Rutgers Law School - Camden campus New Jersey $46,695 ($32,062) 157 3.60 38.88% 1,339 68.73%
    Seattle University School of Law Washington $57,015 157 3.51 52.26% 750 76.44%
    Syracuse University College of Law New York $62,050 157 3.58 42.59% 743 70.11%
    University of Arkansas School of Law Arkansas $39,733 ($17,900) 156 3.71 42.57% 402 81.91%
    Duquesne Kline School of Law Pennsylvania $55,500 156 3.55 55.43% 509 82.64%
    Hofstra University School of Law New York $68,860 156 3.59 50.38% 857 69.41%
    Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Louisiana $30,400 ($25,400) 156 3.68 57.64% 373 65.59%
    New York Law School New York $64,824 156 3.51 53.11% 1,062 72.51%
    University of Tulsa College of Law Oklahoma $29,864 156 3.53 43.17% 323 71.43%
    University at Buffalo Law School New York $33,550 ($28,710) 156 3.72 41.08% 823 71.85%
    Albany Law School New York $58,234 155 3.47 54.87% 694 70.81%
    Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law North Carolina $49,730 155 3.48 38.66% 560 75.51%
    Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Ohio $30,142 ($30,015) 155 3.42 35.88% 504 77.95%
    University of Dayton School of Law Ohio $38,843 155 3.61 34.30% 552 75.58%
    Howard University School of Law District of Columbia $38,612 155 3.43 33.55% 488 65.41%
    Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indiana $51,623 ($31,559) 155 3.61 62.29% 893 73.21%
    Marquette University Law School Wisconsin $49,710 155 3.61 45.51% 593 100.00%
    McGeorge School of Law California $59,580 155 3.40 61.31% 666 57.52%
    Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Tennessee $25,262 ($19,980) 155 3.40 43.66% 283 65.05%
    Mercer Law School Georgia $43,132 155 3.59 46.98% 399 77.59%
    University of New Hampshire School of Law New Hampshire $48,320 ($40,320) 155 3.41 57.38% 680 86.90%
    University of New Mexico School of Law New Mexico $44,158 ($20,674) 155 3.61 53.48% 312 81.08%
    Saint Louis University School of Law New York $48,594 155 3.59 61.90% 561 72.83%
    Cumberland School of Law Alabama $45,236 155 3.61 55.67% 487 83.69%
    Southwestern Law School California $58,392 155 3.44 49.85% 955 60.14%
    University of St. Thomas School of Law Minnesota $48,379 155 3.62 72.17% 525 86.81%
    West Virginia University College of Law West Virginia $42,120 ($25,272) 155 3.59 45.13% 314 59.18%
    University of Baltimore School of Law Maryland $51,014 ($34,980) 154 3.39 58.66% 737 60.47%
    University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Michigan $46,724 154 3.46 52.22% 619 78.26%
    Drake University Law School Iowa $48,410 154 3.49 69.42% 386 88.35%
    Gonzaga University School of Law Massachusetts $53,604 154 3.48 61.67% 553 71.43%
    Liberty University School of Law Virginia $42,981 ($42,891) 154 3.56 56.43% 837 76.81%
    University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law Missouri $29,359 ($23,359) 154 3.55 58.87% 418 78.63%
    University of Montana School of Law Montana $47,795 ($22,060) 154 3.48 71.49% 362 83.10%
    Suffolk University Law School Massachusetts $57,748 154 3.55 64.30% 1,288 71.10%
    Washburn University School of Law Kansas $39,900 ($26,340) 154 3.59 66.10% 305 76.92%
    University of Wyoming College of Law Wyoming $36,426 ($17,946) 154 3.51 55.09% 226 61.43%
    University of Akron School of Law Ohio $26,215 ($26,115) 153 3.52 62.07% 431 73.87%
    California Western School of Law California $60,430 153 3.38 55.38% 625 53.49%
    Charleston School of Law South Carolina $46,134 153 3.49 53.13% 675 63.86%
    City University of New York School of Law New York $26,204 ($16,014) 153 3.45 39.89% 674 74.56%
    Elon University School of Law North Carolina $58,256 153 3.43 45.93% 445 51.20%
    Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of Law California $56,000 153 3.28 22.43% 300 45.38%
    New England School of Law Massachusetts $57,298 153 3.44 74.29% 1,083 74.46%
    Shepard Broad Law Center Florida $47,539 153 3.36 55.11% 881 55.42%
    Quinnipiac University School of Law Connecticut $54,880 153 3.51 58.33% 365 64.41%
    University of San Francisco School of Law California $54,250 153 3.46 55.23% 612 58.06%
    South Texas College of Law Texas $41,110 153 3.36 44.04% 1,036 77.82%
    UNT Dallas College of Law Texas $32,008 ($19,127) 153 3.43 30.06% 417 60.75%
    Jacksonville University College of Law Florida $36,000 153 3.43 32.60% - -
    William H. Bowen School of Law Arkansas $32,671 ($16,728) 152 3.39 58.99% 436 70.29%
    Ave Maria School of Law Florida $49,656 152 3.35 45.19% 274 66.22%
    Creighton University School of Law Nebraska $49,934 152 3.35 71.36% 385 69.16%
    University of Illinois Chicago School of Law Illinois $39,708 ($32,508) 152 3.39 69.53% 990 52.27%
    Salmon P. Chase College of Law Kentucky $38,165 ($24,619) 152 3.38 71.91% 375 69.91%
    Pace University School of Law New York $53,886 152 3.47 53.34% 862 62.89%
    St. Mary's University School of Law Texas $44,779 ($43,460) 152 3.38 35.94% 884 71.63%
    St. Thomas University School of Law Florida $46,200 152 3.40 51.44% 739 60.44%
    Western State College of Law California $49,848 152 3.16 45.14% 332 46.67%
    Willamette University College of Law Oregon $50,944 152 3.26 69.34% 348 72.22%
    David A. Clarke School of Law District of Columbia $25,873 ($13,438) 151 3.27 44.34% 248 33.85%
    Florida A&M University College of Law Florida $32,936 ($13,676) 151 3.52 35.83% 347 53.57%
    University of Idaho College of Law Idaho $45,168 ($25,932) 151 3.35 75.27% 422 63.06%
    Duncan School of Law Tennessee $41,310 151 3.49 52.17% 372 62.20%
    Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Louisiana $52,350 151 3.37 64.71% 610 71.43%
    Mitchell Hamline School of Law Minnesota $52,620 151 3.26 67.43% 1,281 71.60%
    University of South Dakota School of Law South Dakota $36,333 ($16,793) 151 3.56 76.16% 244 72.15%
    University of Toledo College of Law Ohio $25,484 ($25,284) 151 3.53 61.59% 353 65.96%
    Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center New York $57,545 151 3.22 50.49% 542 56.44%
    Vermont Law School Vermont $51,700 151 3.30 64.19% 582 53.57%
    Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Georgia $52,006 150 3.19 46.88% 349 65.45%
    Capital University Law School Ohio $42,875 150 3.45 77.52% 463 72.99%
    Thomas Goode Jones School of Law Alabama $39,900 150 3.21 58.25% 325 65.91%
    Mississippi College School of Law Mississippi $38,202 150 3.33 67.41% 362 65.38%
    University of North Dakota School of Law North Dakota $32,648 ($17,396) 150 3.37 62.01% 238 63.01%
    Northern Illinois University College of Law Illinois $23,553 150 3.43 54.48% 317 58.59%
    Roger Williams University School of Law Rhode Island $46,464 150 3.30 65.19% 516 47.41%
    Thurgood Marshall School of Law Texas $29,497 ($21,657) 150 3.16 39.65% 568 44.51%
    University of Massachusetts School of Law Massachusetts $41,272 ($31,990) 150 3.39 67.27% 354 54.02%
    Western New England University School of Law Massachusetts $50,070 150 3.30 59.82% 365 67.16%
    Widener Law Delaware Delaware $57,470 150 3.26 67.83% 770 51.65%
    Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law Florida $43,150 149 3.24 55.63% 771 49.40%
    North Carolina Central University School of Law North Carolina $39,042 ($16,371) 149 3.35 34.62% 430 42.86%
    Oklahoma City University School of Law Oklahoma $37,500 149 3.36 65.40% 427 57.34%
    Southern Illinois University School of Law Illinois $21,555 149 3.30 60.47% 273 53.42%
    Claude W. Pettit College of Law Ohio $34,650 148 3.40 68.25% 196 73.17%
    University of Puerto Rico School of Law Puerto Rico $8,680 148 3.76 42.35% 461 68.29%
    Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Michigan $46,240 148 3.07 46.15% 472 36.00%
    Widener Law Commonwealth Pennsylvania $57,470 148 3.34 65.00% 374 47.87%
    Southern University Law Center Louisiana $30,034 ($17,434) 147 3.12 53.46% 874 55.24%
    Appalachian School of Law Georgia $41,000 146 3.13 54.19% 140 51.22%
    Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law Puerto Rico $14,510 142 3.36 58.41% 681 49.54%
    Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law Puerto Rico $16,803 138 3.32 39.88% 542 35.29%
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