U.S. Law Schools - Page 9

There are 197 U.S. Law Schools - Page 9 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 - Page 9 $30,475 for state residents and $50,994 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 77.17%.
The next table shows the average statistics for U.S. Law Schools - Page 9.
U.S. Law Schools - Page 9 Statistics
Number of Schools197 (86 public, 111 private)
Tuition & Fees
In-State$30,475
Out-of-State$50,994
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)77.17%
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U.S. Law Schools - Page 9
School NameStateTuition & FeesLSATGPAAcceptance RateStudent PopulationBar Exam Pass Rate
Yale Law School Connecticut $76,369 175 3.96 5.58% 705 96.79%
Harvard Law School Massachusetts $78,692 174 3.93 9.58% 2,031 96.10%
University of Chicago Law School Illinois $77,877 173 3.94 12.78% 686 97.10%
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 96.70%
Washington University School of Law Missouri $67,744 173 3.95 17.16% 1,341 91.93%
Cornell Law School New York $77,593 172 3.90 18.39% 875 94.29%
New York University School of Law New York $80,014 172 3.90 16.76% 2,094 96.58%
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Illinois $74,552 172 3.92 15.53% 1,189 91.60%
University of Pennsylvania Law School Pennsylvania $76,934 172 3.92 9.88% 1,048 96.25%
Georgetown University Law Center District of Columbia $79,672 171 3.91 19.57% 3,030 90.51%
University of Michigan Law School Michigan $72,584 ($69,584) 171 3.85 12.58% 978 97.27%
University of Texas School of Law Texas $54,096 ($36,429) 171 3.86 14.90% 1,005 94.01%
University of Virginia School of Law Virginia $77,700 ($74,700) 171 3.94 11.46% 960 96.50%
Boston University School of Law Massachusetts $65,020 170 3.86 17.82% 1,070 87.70%
Berkeley School of Law California $74,995 ($62,567) 170 3.87 14.92% 1,302 88.24%
Los Angeles School of Law California $71,430 ($59,185) 170 3.92 16.80% 1,376 88.82%
Duke University School of Law North Carolina $75,618 170 3.87 10.51% 868 94.44%
Vanderbilt University Law School Tennessee $75,440 170 3.89 16.76% 555 96.97%
Levin College of Law Florida $38,040 ($21,804) 169 3.91 17.01% 762 81.86%
University of Georgia School of Law Georgia $37,752 ($18,994) 169 3.83 14.77% 694 83.73%
Notre Dame Law School Illinois $68,554 169 3.83 24.39% 565 91.46%
Gould School of Law California $78,038 169 3.88 12.52% 1,436 82.42%
J. Reuben Clark Law School Utah $30,152 ($15,076) 168 3.94 28.77% 379 95.41%
George Mason University School of Law Virginia $42,798 ($26,950) 168 3.89 14.03% 924 87.43%
The George Washington University Law School District of Columbia $69,740 168 3.85 28.72% 1,870 86.09%
University of Minnesota Law School Minnesota $58,396 ($48,964) 168 3.85 39.76% 720 89.55%
The University of Alabama School of Law Alabama $44,470 ($24,080) 167 3.95 26.62% 473 91.30%
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Arizona $50,317 ($28,839) 167 3.90 21.28% 1,600 86.44%
Boston College Law School Massachusetts $66,895 167 3.77 13.38% 765 95.88%
Irvine School of Law California $68,190 ($55,945) 167 3.72 18.18% 510 86.86%
Fordham University School of Law New York $72,282 167 3.75 21.13% 1,575 87.78%
Emory University School of Law Georgia $65,510 166 3.82 40.87% 879 86.22%
University of North Carolina School of Law North Carolina $51,486 ($29,696) 166 3.78 16.27% 572 92.00%
Texas A&M University School of Law Texas $48,618 ($32,634) 166 3.97 14.64% 1,683 92.99%
Marshall-Wythe School of Law Virginia $68,329 ($44,706) 166 3.77 27.31% 556 92.96%
Davis School of Law California $67,164 ($54,919) 165 3.69 28.99% 718 82.66%
Florida State University College of Law Florida $40,705 ($20,694) 165 3.85 21.12% 1,311 82.97%
University of Illinois College of Law Illinois $51,893 ($41,893) 165 3.75 43.69% 683 72.48%
Michael E. Moritz College of Law Ohio $49,292 ($34,040) 165 3.83 33.08% 564 90.66%
Wake Forest University School of Law North Carolina $54,192 165 3.79 31.47% 682 93.26%
Washington and Lee University School of Law Virginia $55,550 165 3.72 31.44% 380 83.33%
University of Wisconsin Law School Michigan $52,893 ($35,197) 165 3.79 35.58% 729 100.00%
Baylor Law School Texas $64,650 164 3.73 17.77% 418 91.61%
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law New York $73,440 164 3.79 37.64% 1,030 83.86%
University of Colorado Boulder School of Law Colorado $42,217 ($34,747) 164 3.81 34.24% 525 81.14%
Maurer School of Law Indiana $62,526 ($41,476) 164 3.86 46.86% 611 81.48%
Pepperdine University School of Law California $68,046 164 3.86 28.18% 1,114 83.33%
University of Richmond School of Law Virginia $55,500 164 3.75 41.46% 408 79.59%
Dedman School of Law Texas $63,502 164 3.83 32.69% 725 84.86%
S.J. Quinney College of Law Utah $43,598 ($33,634) 164 3.85 30.20% 320 93.98%
Villanova University School of Law Pennsylvania $58,615 164 3.80 22.50% 777 91.81%
University of Washington School of Law Washington $55,617 ($43,584) 164 3.74 34.67% 715 89.51%
James E. Rogers College of Law Arizona $29,988 ($25,353) 163 3.79 29.35% 2,519 78.45%
University of Iowa College of Law Iowa $51,955 ($31,426) 163 3.76 47.71% 555 88.89%
University of Maryland School of Law Maryland $52,538 ($36,209) 163 3.76 30.18% 786 74.87%
Northeastern University School of Law Massachusetts $60,562 163 3.72 37.27% 950 86.22%
Beasley School of Law Pennsylvania $46,776 ($30,880) 163 3.65 39.40% 967 85.15%
Washington College of Law District of Columbia $65,556 162 3.63 35.69% 1,635 74.85%
University of Miami School of Law Florida $62,406 162 3.72 32.94% 1,347 75.20%
Penn State Dickinson Law Pennsylvania $59,054 162 3.63 35.37% 311 77.46%
St. John's University School of Law New York $72,630 162 3.71 41.48% 863 87.10%
University of Tennessee College of Law Tennessee $39,152 ($20,408) 162 3.78 30.21% 417 83.65%
Wayne State University Law School Michigan $41,388 ($37,950) 162 3.83 27.41% 480 66.67%
Chapman University School of Law California $63,126 161 3.67 30.68% 422 80.00%
University of Houston Law Center Texas $50,132 ($34,942) 161 3.72 32.27% 866 86.01%
Loyola Law School California $68,512 161 3.71 33.92% 1,132 78.76%
Penn State Law Pennsylvania $57,556 161 3.77 36.94% 553 86.79%
University of San Diego School of Law California $62,981 161 3.80 33.61% 974 78.76%
Tulane University School of Law Louisiana $71,172 161 3.64 48.01% 897 79.61%
Belmont University College of Law Tennessee $56,360 160 3.77 39.62% 350 93.58%
Brooklyn Law School New York $70,356 160 3.56 50.00% 1,177 78.82%
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco California $55,207 ($48,273) 160 3.59 30.91% 1,185 72.14%
Case Western Reserve University School of Law Ohio $61,094 160 3.70 41.79% 664 72.90%
University of Connecticut School of Law Connecticut $62,550 ($31,508) 160 3.71 29.31% 517 80.95%
Sturm College of Law Colorado $62,585 160 3.58 50.37% 920 81.71%
Florida International University College of Law Florida $36,049 ($21,806) 160 3.74 25.18% 591 86.49%
University of Kansas School of Law Kansas $29,739 ($23,402) 160 3.71 48.71% 400 91.86%
Lewis & Clark Law School Oregon $59,070 160 3.59 67.88% 660 77.58%
Loyola University Chicago School of Law Illinois $56,450 160 3.60 43.92% 1,123 83.56%
University of Missouri School of Law Missouri $29,877 ($23,877) 160 3.70 52.49% 424 86.87%
William S. Boyd School of Law Nevada $44,552 ($30,748) 160 3.78 33.59% 456 76.80%
University of Pittsburgh Law School Pennsylvania $50,634 ($39,618) 160 3.56 39.45% 559 84.55%
Seton Hall University School of Law New Jersey $66,780 160 3.66 45.58% 1,064 82.23%
University of South Carolina School of Law South Carolina $41,500 ($23,722) 160 3.70 34.00% 613 81.60%
Columbus School of Law District of Columbia $58,436 159 3.63 31.83% 400 84.47%
Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois $55,327 159 3.67 50.45% 777 84.08%
Drexel University School of Law Pennsylvania $54,600 159 3.70 34.16% 693 76.76%
Georgia State University College of Law Georgia $36,810 ($17,202) 159 3.56 31.03% 676 78.53%
Michigan State University College of Law Michigan $47,984 ($43,424) 159 3.55 39.37% 643 72.78%
University of Oklahoma College of Law Oklahoma $36,653 ($22,808) 159 3.71 47.23% 1,105 87.88%
Santa Clara University School of Law California $59,254 159 3.55 52.43% 662 61.79%
University of Cincinnati College of Law Ohio $29,010 ($24,010) 158 3.80 47.66% 455 87.93%
University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law Nebraska $37,442 ($16,082) 158 3.75 65.90% 466 76.19%
University of Oregon School of Law Oregon $60,414 ($48,516) 158 3.52 75.23% 513 76.67%
Stetson University College of Law Florida $54,892 158 3.59 38.39% 948 76.98%
Texas Tech University School of Law Texas $39,232 ($27,532) 158 3.63 38.08% 439 92.09%
DePaul University College of Law Illinois $52,145 157 3.59 43.59% 603 75.00%
William S. Richardson School of Law Hawaii $46,588 ($23,164) 157 3.48 28.80% 313 69.14%
University of Kentucky College of Law Kentucky $51,380 ($25,748) 157 3.67 52.54% 410 74.19%
Paul M. Hebert Law Center Louisiana $39,105 ($23,665) 157 3.65 48.93% 626 92.00%
University of Maine School of Law Maine $40,640 ($26,940) 157 3.62 58.29% 270 88.16%
University of Mississippi School of Law Mississippi $38,880 ($18,470) 157 3.62 43.53% 531 73.72%
Regent University School of Law Virginia $43,546 157 3.68 40.88% 944 83.51%
Rutgers Law School - Camden campus New Jersey $46,695 ($32,062) 157 3.60 38.88% 1,339 67.01%
Seattle University School of Law Washington $59,494 157 3.51 52.26% 750 69.09%
Syracuse University College of Law New York $62,050 157 3.58 42.59% 743 74.59%
University of Arkansas School of Law Arkansas $39,733 ($17,900) 156 3.71 42.57% 402 82.54%
Duquesne Kline School of Law Pennsylvania $55,500 156 3.55 55.43% 509 83.33%
Hofstra University School of Law New York $68,860 156 3.59 50.38% 857 76.34%
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Louisiana $30,400 ($25,400) 156 3.68 57.64% 373 74.77%
New York Law School New York $64,824 156 3.51 53.11% 1,062 70.71%
University of Tulsa College of Law Oklahoma $29,864 156 3.53 43.17% 323 70.87%
University at Buffalo Law School New York $33,550 ($28,710) 156 3.72 41.08% 823 81.05%
Albany Law School New York $61,136 155 3.47 54.87% 694 82.05%
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law North Carolina $49,730 155 3.48 38.66% 560 81.88%
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Ohio $30,142 ($30,015) 155 3.42 35.88% 504 66.38%
University of Dayton School of Law Ohio $38,843 155 3.61 34.30% 552 86.49%
Howard University School of Law District of Columbia $39,756 155 3.43 33.55% 488 74.22%
Robert H. McKinney School of Law Indiana $51,623 ($31,559) 155 3.61 62.29% 893 76.00%
Marquette University Law School Wisconsin $52,050 155 3.61 45.51% 593 -
McGeorge School of Law California $59,580 155 3.40 61.31% 666 67.07%
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law Tennessee $25,262 ($19,980) 155 3.40 43.66% 283 76.09%
Mercer Law School Georgia $43,132 155 3.59 46.98% 399 76.47%
University of New Hampshire School of Law New Hampshire $48,320 ($40,320) 155 3.41 57.38% 680 69.29%
University of New Mexico School of Law New Mexico $44,158 ($20,674) 155 3.61 53.48% 312 81.91%
Saint Louis University School of Law New York $48,594 155 3.59 61.90% 561 86.74%
Cumberland School of Law Alabama $45,236 155 3.61 55.67% 487 78.36%
Southwestern Law School California $58,392 155 3.44 49.85% 955 63.98%
University of St. Thomas School of Law Minnesota $48,379 155 3.62 72.17% 525 78.71%
West Virginia University College of Law West Virginia $42,120 ($25,272) 155 3.59 45.13% 314 69.39%
University of Baltimore School of Law Maryland $51,014 ($34,980) 154 3.39 58.66% 737 64.68%
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Michigan $47,654 154 3.46 52.22% 619 59.23%
Drake University Law School Iowa $48,410 154 3.49 69.42% 386 90.63%
Gonzaga University School of Law Massachusetts $56,227 154 3.48 61.67% 553 65.69%
Liberty University School of Law Virginia $44,260 154 3.56 56.43% 837 82.14%
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law Missouri $29,359 ($23,359) 154 3.55 58.87% 418 77.21%
University of Montana School of Law Montana $54,449 ($26,983) 154 3.48 71.49% 362 85.94%
Suffolk University Law School Massachusetts $61,044 154 3.55 64.30% 1,288 79.33%
Washburn University School of Law Kansas $39,900 ($26,340) 154 3.59 66.10% 305 84.04%
University of Wyoming College of Law Wyoming $37,162 ($18,322) 154 3.51 55.09% 226 80.88%
University of Akron School of Law Ohio $26,215 ($26,115) 153 3.52 62.07% 431 72.15%
California Western School of Law California $62,550 153 3.38 55.38% 625 48.35%
Charleston School of Law South Carolina $46,134 153 3.49 53.13% 675 65.63%
City University of New York School of Law New York $29,042 ($18,852) 153 3.45 39.89% 674 55.88%
Elon University School of Law North Carolina $60,588 153 3.43 45.93% 445 59.35%
Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of Law California $56,000 153 3.28 22.43% 300 -
New England School of Law Massachusetts $60,075 153 3.44 74.29% 1,083 71.53%
Shepard Broad Law Center Florida $47,539 153 3.36 55.11% 881 63.92%
Quinnipiac University School of Law Connecticut $56,080 153 3.51 58.33% 365 66.09%
University of San Francisco School of Law California $55,290 153 3.46 55.23% 612 67.37%
South Texas College of Law Texas $41,110 153 3.36 44.04% 1,036 80.34%
UNT Dallas College of Law Texas $32,008 ($19,127) 153 3.43 30.06% 417 68.54%
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 75.40%
Ave Maria School of Law Florida $50,750 152 3.35 45.19% 274 66.22%
Creighton University School of Law Nebraska $51,430 152 3.35 71.36% 385 65.31%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law Illinois $39,708 ($32,508) 152 3.39 69.53% 990 59.19%
Salmon P. Chase College of Law Kentucky $38,165 ($24,619) 152 3.38 71.91% 375 81.61%
Pace University School of Law New York $53,886 152 3.47 53.34% 862 65.15%
St. Mary's University School of Law Texas $44,854 152 3.38 35.94% 884 73.47%
St. Thomas University School of Law Florida $46,200 152 3.40 51.44% 739 58.42%
Western State College of Law California $49,848 152 3.16 45.14% 332 58.49%
Willamette University College of Law Oregon $53,994 152 3.26 69.34% 348 52.69%
David A. Clarke School of Law District of Columbia $25,873 ($13,438) 151 3.27 44.34% 248 47.92%
Florida A&M University College of Law Florida $33,076 ($13,816) 151 3.52 35.83% 347 40.20%
University of Idaho College of Law Idaho $46,205 ($26,969) 151 3.35 75.27% 422 74.76%
Duncan School of Law Tennessee $41,310 151 3.49 52.17% 372 60.87%
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Louisiana $54,708 151 3.37 64.71% 610 66.30%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law Minnesota $53,930 151 3.26 67.43% 1,281 71.99%
University of South Dakota School of Law South Dakota $36,333 ($16,793) 151 3.56 76.16% 244 67.27%
University of Toledo College of Law Ohio $25,484 ($25,284) 151 3.53 61.59% 353 69.89%
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center New York $57,545 151 3.22 50.49% 542 55.35%
Vermont Law School Vermont $53,768 151 3.30 64.19% 582 63.48%
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Georgia $52,006 150 3.19 46.88% 349 64.94%
Capital University Law School Ohio $42,838 150 3.45 77.52% 463 77.44%
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law Alabama $39,900 150 3.21 58.25% 325 66.67%
Mississippi College School of Law Mississippi $39,642 150 3.33 67.41% 362 75.25%
University of North Dakota School of Law North Dakota $32,648 ($17,396) 150 3.37 62.01% 238 60.71%
Northern Illinois University College of Law Illinois $23,553 150 3.43 54.48% 317 59.55%
Roger Williams University School of Law Rhode Island $48,064 150 3.30 65.19% 516 57.89%
Thurgood Marshall School of Law Texas $29,497 ($21,657) 150 3.16 39.65% 568 63.45%
University of Massachusetts School of Law Massachusetts $41,272 ($31,990) 150 3.39 67.27% 354 59.43%
Western New England University School of Law Massachusetts $50,070 150 3.30 59.82% 365 68.60%
Widener Law Delaware Delaware $57,470 150 3.26 67.83% 770 63.78%
Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law Florida $43,150 149 3.24 55.63% 771 52.76%
North Carolina Central University School of Law North Carolina $39,042 ($16,371) 149 3.35 34.62% 430 56.59%
Oklahoma City University School of Law Oklahoma $37,500 149 3.36 65.40% 427 59.38%
Southern Illinois University School of Law Illinois $21,555 149 3.30 60.47% 273 65.67%
Claude W. Pettit College of Law Ohio $35,250 148 3.40 68.25% 196 50.94%
University of Puerto Rico School of Law Puerto Rico $8,680 148 3.76 42.35% 461 51.43%
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School Michigan $46,240 148 3.07 46.15% 472 37.25%
Widener Law Commonwealth Pennsylvania $58,958 148 3.34 65.00% 374 53.75%
Southern University Law Center Louisiana $30,034 ($17,434) 147 3.12 53.46% 874 52.94%
Appalachian School of Law Georgia $41,000 146 3.13 54.19% 140 61.22%
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law Puerto Rico $14,510 142 3.36 58.41% 681 45.45%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law Puerto Rico $16,803 138 3.32 39.88% 542 62.32%
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