Albany Law School

Albany Law School is a Private, 4 years school in Albany, NY. The law school tuition & fees at Albany Law School is $61,136. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 155 and the average GPA is 3.47 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 694 students are attending the law school and 189 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 155
Tuition & Fees (JD): $61,136
LLM Tuition & Fees: $45,960
Acceptance Rate: 54.87%
Student Population: 694
First-Year Student: 189

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at Albany Law School is $61,136 for law school students. The tuition increased by 4.98% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $14,385 including costs for room & boards, transportation, and other personal expenses. The living costs does not include the fees for health insurance.

The average tuition & fees of law schools in New York is $62,265 for New York residents and $63,267 for out-of-state students. For all laws schools in United States, the average law school tuition & fees is $42,924 for State residents and $48,063 for out-of-state students.

The tuition & fees of Albany Law School is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of New York law schools.

The next table shows the Albany Law School tuition & fees and compare it to the New York law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2025 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

Albany Law School 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
Albany Law School	$55,470	$58,234	$61,136
New York Law Schools	$60,517	$63,267	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$47,510	$48,063	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 155 and the average GPA is 3.47 at Albany Law School.

The LSAT score of Albany Law School is lower than the average LSAT score of New York law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of Albany Law School is lower than the average LSAT score of New York law schools.

The next table shows the submitted LSAT scores and GPA by 25^th/50^th/75^th percentile and full-time/part-time status and compare each score to last year scores.

LSAT Scores
GPA

Albany Law School LSAT scores distribution
	Albany Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	152	157	155
50^th percentile	155	160	159
75^th percentile	157	163	161

Albany Law SchoolGPA distribution
	Albany Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.22	3.39	3.33
50^th percentile	3.47	3.63	3.61
75^th percentile	3.68	3.80	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,294 students have applied to Albany Law School. Among them, 710 students have accepted to admit and 189 have enrolled into Albany Law SchoolThe acceptance rate is 54.87% and the yield is 27%.

The acceptance rate of Albany Law School is higher than the acceptance rate of New York law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at Albany Law School.

Albany Law School Admission Statistics
	Albany Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,294	51,347	414,758
Admitted	710	15,668	130,837
Enrolled	189	4,180	36,756
Acceptance Rate	54.87%	38.89%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	26.62%	27.79%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 694 students enrolled to Albany Law School. Among them 581 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 113 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 189 students newly joined to to Albany Law School. By gender, there are 89 men , 99 women, and 1 other/unknown gender first-time students at Albany Law School. All students enrolled as full-time status at Albany Law School.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Albany Law School Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	677	694
JD Enrollment	566	581
Non-JD Enrollment	111	113

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	192	189
Men	83	89
Women	114	99
Other	1	1

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 82.05% where 156 students took the exam and 128 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of New York law schools (82.17%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	156	182
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	161	156
New Graduates	125	128
Prior Year Graduates	28	21
Early Takers	8	7
No Exam Takers	28	45
Exam Passer	114	128
Exam Pass Rate	70.81%	82.05%
New York Pass Rate	82.39%	82.17%