Columbia Law School

The law school of Columbia University in the City of New York, known as Columbia Law School, is a Private, 4 years school in New York, NY. The law school tuition & fees at Columbia Law School is $81,292. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 173 and the average GPA is 3.90 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 1,748 students are attending the law school and 363 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 173
Tuition & Fees (JD): $81,292
LLM Tuition & Fees: $81,292
Acceptance Rate: 12.23%
Student Population: 1,748
First-Year Student: 363

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Columbia Law School is $81,292 for law school students. The tuition increased by 3.85% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $21,578 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 Columbia Law School 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 Columbia Law School tuition & fees and compare it to the New York law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

Columbia Law School 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Columbia Law School	$76,088	$78,278	$81,292
New York Law Schools	$58,953	$60,517	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 173 and the average GPA is 3.9 at Columbia Law School.

The LSAT score of Columbia Law School 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 Columbia Law School 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

Columbia Law School LSAT scores distribution
	Columbia Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	169	157	155
50^th percentile	173	160	159
75^th percentile	175	163	161

Columbia Law SchoolGPA distribution
	Columbia Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.81	3.39	3.33
50^th percentile	3.9	3.63	3.61
75^th percentile	3.97	3.80	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 7,754 students have applied to Columbia Law School. Among them, 948 students have accepted to admit and 363 have enrolled into Columbia Law SchoolThe acceptance rate is 12.23% and the yield is 38%.

The acceptance rate of Columbia Law School 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 Columbia Law School.

Columbia Law School Admission Statistics
	Columbia Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	7,754	51,347	414,758
Admitted	948	15,668	130,837
Enrolled	363	4,180	36,756
Acceptance Rate	12.23%	38.89%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	38.29%	27.79%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,748 students enrolled to Columbia Law School. Among them 1,410 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 338 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 363 students newly joined to to Columbia Law School. By gender, there are 189 men , 205 women, and 7 other/unknown gender first-time students at Columbia Law School. All students enrolled as full-time status at Columbia Law School.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Columbia Law School Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	1,783	1,748
JD Enrollment	1,357	1,410
Non-JD Enrollment	426	338

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	324	363
Men	193	189
Women	200	205
Other	5	7

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 93.72% where 412 students took the exam and 393 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of New York law schools (81.62%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	400	426
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	397	412
New Graduates	381	391
Prior Year Graduates	4	9
Early Takers	12	12
No Exam Takers	17	6
Exam Passer	372	393
Exam Pass Rate	93.72%	93.72%
New York Pass Rate	81.24%	81.62%