Claude W. Pettit College of Law

The law school of Ohio Northern University, known as Claude W. Pettit College of Law, is a Private, 4 years school in Ada, OH. The law school tuition & fees at Claude W. Pettit College of Law is $35,250. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 148 and the average GPA is 3.40 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 196 students are attending the law school and 85 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 148
Tuition & Fees (JD): $35,250
Acceptance Rate: 68.25%
Student Population: 196
First-Year Student: 85

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at Claude W. Pettit College of Law is $35,250 for law school students. The tuition increased by 1.73% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $10,926 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 Ohio is $35,214 for Ohio residents and $37,512 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 Claude W. Pettit College of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of Ohio law schools.

The next table shows the Claude W. Pettit College of Law tuition & fees and compare it to the Ohio law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2025 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

Claude W. Pettit College of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
Claude W. Pettit College of Law	$32,950	$34,650	$35,250
Ohio Law Schools	$32,404	$37,512	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$47,510	$48,063	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 148 and the average GPA is 3.4 at Claude W. Pettit College of Law.

The LSAT score of Claude W. Pettit College of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Ohio law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of Claude W. Pettit College of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Ohio 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

Claude W. Pettit College of Law LSAT scores distribution
	Claude W. Pettit College of Law	Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	144	152	155
50^th percentile	148	155	159
75^th percentile	152	158	161

Claude W. Pettit College of LawGPA distribution
	Claude W. Pettit College of Law	Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.04	3.27	3.33
50^th percentile	3.4	3.58	3.61
75^th percentile	3.73	3.81	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 400 students have applied to Claude W. Pettit College of Law. Among them, 273 students have accepted to admit and 85 have enrolled into Claude W. Pettit College of LawThe acceptance rate is 68.25% and the yield is 31%.

The acceptance rate of Claude W. Pettit College of Law is higher than the acceptance rate of Ohio law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at Claude W. Pettit College of Law.

Claude W. Pettit College of Law Admission Statistics
	Claude W. Pettit College of Law	Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	400	8,114	414,758
Admitted	273	3,663	130,837
Enrolled	85	1,181	36,756
Acceptance Rate	68.25%	51.35%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	31.14%	32.88%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 196 students enrolled to Claude W. Pettit College of Law. All students enrolled in JD(Juris Doctor Degree) program .

For the first class, 85 students newly joined to to Claude W. Pettit College of Law. By gender, there are 42 men , 42 women, and 2 other/unknown gender first-time students at Claude W. Pettit College of Law. All students enrolled as full-time status at Claude W. Pettit College of Law.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Claude W. Pettit College of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	178	196
JD Enrollment	178	196
Non-JD Enrollment	0	0

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	57	85
Men	26	42
Women	33	42
Other	0	2

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 50.94% where 53 students took the exam and 27 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of Ohio law schools (75.31%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	43	52
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	41	53
New Graduates	38	51
Prior Year Graduates	3	2
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	4	1
Exam Passer	30	27
Exam Pass Rate	73.17%	50.94%
Ohio Pass Rate	77.22%	75.31%