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 156 and the average GPA is 3.57. Total 664 students are attending the law school and 172 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 156
2024 Tuition & Fees (JD): $52,145
LLM Tuition & Fees: $41,008
Acceptance Rate: 41.81%
Student Population: 664
First-Year Student: 172

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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 $47,120 for Illinois residents and $49,031 for out-of-state students. For all laws schools in United States, the average law school tuition & fees is $41,844 for State residents and $47,084 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	$47,214	$49,031	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$43,395	$47,084	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 156 and the average GPA is 3.57 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	152	151	156	155
50^th percentile	156	154	160	158
75^th percentile	158	156	161	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	3.25	3.02	3.31	3.29
50^th percentile	3.6	3.33	3.59	3.58
75^th percentile	3.77	3.55	3.76	3.76

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,782 students have applied to DePaul University College of Law. Among them, 745 students have accepted to admit and 172 have enrolled into DePaul University College of LawThe acceptance rate is 41.81% and the yield is 23%.

The acceptance rate of DePaul University College of Law is higher 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	1,782	23,101	427,103
Admitted	745	7,126	128,500
Enrolled	172	1,777	36,795
Acceptance Rate	41.81%	41.49%	40.93%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	23.09%	25.72%	31.46%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 664 students enrolled to DePaul University College of Law. Among them 533 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 131 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 172 students newly joined to to DePaul University College of Law. By gender, there are 64 men and 113 women first-time students at DePaul University College of Law. By attending status, 150 students enrolled as full-time and 27 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

DePaul University College of Law Student Population
	2022	2023
Total Enrollment	719	664
JD Enrollment	574	533
Non-JD Enrollment	145	131

First-year Student Population
	2022			2023
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	205	181	42	172	150	27
Men	92	63	13	67	52	12
Women	147	118	29	113	98	15

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 68.39% where 174 students took the exam and 119 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of Illinois law schools (74.95%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2022	2023
Number of Graduates	222	186
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	210	174
New Graduates	195	164
Prior Year Graduates	15	10
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	26	16
Exam Passer	158	119
Exam Pass Rate	75.24%	68.39%
Illinois Pass Rate	0%	74.95%