Duquesne Kline School of Law

The law school of Duquesne University, known as Duquesne Kline School of Law, is a Private, 4 years school in Pittsburgh, PA. The law school tuition & fees at Duquesne Kline School of Law is $55,500. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 156 and the average GPA is 3.55 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 509 students are attending the law school and 169 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 156
Tuition & Fees (JD): $55,500
LLM Tuition & Fees: $32,498
Acceptance Rate: 55.43%
Student Population: 509
First-Year Student: 169

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Duquesne Kline School of Law is $55,500 for law school students. The tuition increased by 3.90% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $15,944 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 Pennsylvania is $53,951 for Pennsylvania residents and $56,941 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 Duquesne Kline School of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of Pennsylvania law schools.

The next table shows the Duquesne Kline School of Law tuition & fees and compare it to the Pennsylvania law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

Duquesne Kline School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Duquesne Kline School of Law	$51,238	$53,416	$55,500
Pennsylvania Law Schools	$52,140	$54,012	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 156 and the average GPA is 3.55 at Duquesne Kline School of Law.

The LSAT score of Duquesne Kline School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Pennsylvania law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of Duquesne Kline School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Pennsylvania 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

Duquesne Kline School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	Duquesne Kline School of Law		Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	153	151	156	155
50^th percentile	156	152	161	159
75^th percentile	159	156	163	161

Duquesne Kline School of LawGPA distribution
	Duquesne Kline School of Law		Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.33	2.74	3.39	3.33
50^th percentile	3.61	3.24	3.66	3.61
75^th percentile	3.8	3.52	3.82	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 911 students have applied to Duquesne Kline School of Law. Among them, 505 students have accepted to admit and 169 have enrolled into Duquesne Kline School of LawThe acceptance rate is 55.43% and the yield is 33%.

The acceptance rate of Duquesne Kline School of Law is higher than the acceptance rate of Pennsylvania law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at Duquesne Kline School of Law.

Duquesne Kline School of Law Admission Statistics
	Duquesne Kline School of Law	Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	911	18,835	414,758
Admitted	505	5,231	130,837
Enrolled	169	1,394	36,756
Acceptance Rate	55.43%	37.57%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	33.47%	26.83%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 509 students enrolled to Duquesne Kline School of Law. All students enrolled in JD(Juris Doctor Degree) program .

For the first class, 169 students newly joined to to Duquesne Kline School of Law. By gender, there are 79 men and 90 women first-time students at Duquesne Kline School of Law. By attending status, 137 students enrolled as full-time and 32 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Duquesne Kline School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	487	509
JD Enrollment	487	509
Non-JD Enrollment	0	0

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	167	135	31	169	137	32
Men	81	67	17	83	65	14
Women	82	68	14	90	72	18

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 83.33% where 132 students took the exam and 110 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of Pennsylvania law schools (75.12%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	129	137
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	121	132
New Graduates	121	132
Prior Year Graduates	0	0
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	5	5
Exam Passer	100	110
Exam Pass Rate	82.64%	83.33%
Pennsylvania Pass Rate	73.46%	75.12%