Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

The law school of Yeshiva University, known as Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, is a Private, 4 years school in New York, NY. The law school tuition & fees at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is $73,440. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 164 and the average GPA is 3.79 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 1,030 students are attending the law school and 311 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 164
Tuition & Fees (JD): $73,440
LLM Tuition & Fees: $70,646
Acceptance Rate: 37.64%
Student Population: 1,030
First-Year Student: 311

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is $73,440 for law school students. The tuition increased by 3.95% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $22,143 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 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of New York law schools, as well as costs of all law schools in United States.

The next table shows the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 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.

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law	$68,462	$70,646	$73,440
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 164 and the average GPA is 3.79 at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

The LSAT score of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is higher than the average LSAT score of New York law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The undergraduate GPA of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is higher than the average LSAT score of New York law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

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

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	160	157	155
50^th percentile	164	160	159
75^th percentile	166	163	161

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawGPA distribution
	Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.55	3.39	3.33
50^th percentile	3.79	3.63	3.61
75^th percentile	3.88	3.80	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 3,148 students have applied to Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Among them, 1,185 students have accepted to admit and 311 have enrolled into Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawThe acceptance rate is 37.64% and the yield is 26%.

The acceptance rate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is lower than the acceptance rate of New York law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Admission Statistics
	Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	3,148	51,347	414,758
Admitted	1,185	15,668	130,837
Enrolled	311	4,180	36,756
Acceptance Rate	37.64%	38.89%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	26.24%	27.79%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,030 students enrolled to Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Among them 939 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 91 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 311 students newly joined to to Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. By gender, there are 122 men , 189 women, and 3 other/unknown gender first-time students at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. By attending status, 266 students enrolled as full-time and 48 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	1,056	1,030
JD Enrollment	956	939
Non-JD Enrollment	100	91

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	313	262	51	311	263	48
Men	127	101	25	120	97	25
Women	187	161	26	189	166	23
Other	0	0	0	3	3	0

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 83.86% where 316 students took the exam and 265 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of New York law schools (82.29%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	280	319
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	284	316
New Graduates	266	291
Prior Year Graduates	11	13
Early Takers	7	12
No Exam Takers	6	9
Exam Passer	237	265
Exam Pass Rate	83.45%	83.86%
New York Pass Rate	81.75%	82.29%