Cornell Law School

The law school of Cornell University, known as Cornell Law School, is a Private, 4 years school in Ithaca, NY. The law school tuition & fees at Cornell Law School is $77,593. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 172 and the average GPA is 3.90 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 875 students are attending the law school and 187 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 172
Tuition & Fees (JD): $77,593
LLM Tuition & Fees: $77,594
Acceptance Rate: 18.39%
Student Population: 875
First-Year Student: 187

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Cornell Law School is $77,593 for law school students. The tuition increased by 4.60% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $18,466 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 Cornell 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 Cornell 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.

Cornell Law School 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Cornell Law School	$72,058	$74,184	$77,593
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 172 and the average GPA is 3.9 at Cornell Law School.

The LSAT score of Cornell 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 Cornell 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

Cornell Law School LSAT scores distribution
	Cornell Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	169	157	155
50^th percentile	172	160	159
75^th percentile	175	163	161

Cornell Law SchoolGPA distribution
	Cornell Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.78	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 5,198 students have applied to Cornell Law School. Among them, 956 students have accepted to admit and 187 have enrolled into Cornell Law SchoolThe acceptance rate is 18.39% and the yield is 20%.

The acceptance rate of Cornell 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 Cornell Law School.

Cornell Law School Admission Statistics
	Cornell Law School	New York Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	5,198	51,347	414,758
Admitted	956	15,668	130,837
Enrolled	187	4,180	36,756
Acceptance Rate	18.39%	38.89%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	19.56%	27.79%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 875 students enrolled to Cornell Law School. Among them 586 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 289 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 187 students newly joined to to Cornell Law School. By gender, there are 96 men , 92 women, and 1 other/unknown gender first-time students at Cornell Law School. All students enrolled as full-time status at Cornell Law School.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Cornell Law School Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	964	875
JD Enrollment	585	586
Non-JD Enrollment	379	289

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	202	187
Men	112	96
Women	95	92
Other	0	1

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 94.29% where 175 students took the exam and 165 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of New York law schools (81.56%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	182	175
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	196	175
New Graduates	171	156
Prior Year Graduates	8	8
Early Takers	17	11
No Exam Takers	4	6
Exam Passer	177	165
Exam Pass Rate	90.31%	94.29%
New York Pass Rate	80.54%	81.56%