DePaul University College of Law

DePaul University College of Law is a Private, 4 years school in Chicago, IL. The law school tuition & fees at DePaul University College of Law is $52,145. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 157 and the average GPA is 3.59 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 603 students are attending the law school and 157 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 157
Tuition & Fees (JD): $52,145
LLM Tuition & Fees: $41,008
Acceptance Rate: 43.59%
Student Population: 603
First-Year Student: 157

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at DePaul University College of Law is $52,145 for law school students. The tuition increased by 1.98% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $21,848 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 Illinois is $48,400 for Illinois residents and $50,311 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 DePaul University College of Law is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of Illinois law schools, as well as costs of all law schools in United States.

The next table shows the DePaul University College of Law tuition & fees and compare it to the Illinois law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

DePaul University College of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
DePaul University College of Law	$49,980	$51,132	$52,145
Illinois Law Schools	$48,803	$49,695	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 157 and the average GPA is 3.59 at DePaul University College of Law.

The LSAT score of DePaul University College of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Illinois law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of DePaul University College of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Illinois 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

DePaul University College of Law LSAT scores distribution
	DePaul University College of Law		Illinois Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Illinois Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	154	151	156	155
50^th percentile	158	153	160	159
75^th percentile	159	157	162	161

DePaul University College of LawGPA distribution
	DePaul University College of Law		Illinois Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Illinois Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.29	3.2	3.36	3.33
50^th percentile	3.61	3.35	3.62	3.61
75^th percentile	3.81	3.53	3.79	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,771 students have applied to DePaul University College of Law. Among them, 772 students have accepted to admit and 157 have enrolled into DePaul University College of LawThe acceptance rate is 43.59% and the yield is 20%.

The acceptance rate of DePaul University College of Law is lower than the acceptance rate of Illinois law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at DePaul University College of Law.

DePaul University College of Law Admission Statistics
	DePaul University College of Law	Illinois Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,771	22,770	414,758
Admitted	772	7,312	130,837
Enrolled	157	1,761	36,756
Acceptance Rate	43.59%	43.83%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	20.34%	24.84%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 603 students enrolled to DePaul University College of Law. Among them 531 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 72 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 157 students newly joined to to DePaul University College of Law. By gender, there are 50 men and 112 women first-time students at DePaul University College of Law. By attending status, 139 students enrolled as full-time and 23 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

DePaul University College of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	664	603
JD Enrollment	533	531
Non-JD Enrollment	131	72

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	172	150	27	157	139	23
Men	67	52	12	63	45	5
Women	113	98	15	112	94	18

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 75% where 140 students took the exam and 105 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of Illinois law schools (78.06%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	186	150
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	174	140
New Graduates	164	129
Prior Year Graduates	10	11
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	16	10
Exam Passer	119	105
Exam Pass Rate	68.39%	75%
Illinois Pass Rate	74.95%	78.06%