Harvard Law School

The law school of Harvard University, known as Harvard Law School, is a Private, 4 years school in Cambridge, MA. The law school tuition & fees at Harvard Law School is $78,692. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 174 and the average GPA is 3.93 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 2,031 students are attending the law school and 455 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 174
Tuition & Fees (JD): $78,692
LLM Tuition & Fees: $75,408
Acceptance Rate: 9.58%
Student Population: 2,031
First-Year Student: 455

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at Harvard Law School is $78,692 for law school students. The tuition increased by 4.91% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $25,382 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 Massachusetts is $58,074 for Massachusetts residents and $59,234 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 Harvard Law School is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of Massachusetts law schools, as well as costs of all law schools in United States.

The next table shows the Harvard Law School tuition & fees and compare it to the Massachusetts law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2025 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

Harvard Law School 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
Harvard Law School	$71,734	$75,008	$78,692
Massachusetts Law Schools	$56,604	$59,234	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$47,510	$48,063	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 174 and the average GPA is 3.93 at Harvard Law School.

The LSAT score of Harvard Law School is higher than the average LSAT score of Massachusetts law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The undergraduate GPA of Harvard Law School is higher than the average LSAT score of Massachusetts 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

Harvard Law School LSAT scores distribution
	Harvard Law School	Massachusetts Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	171	156	155
50^th percentile	174	160	159
75^th percentile	176	163	161

Harvard Law SchoolGPA distribution
	Harvard Law School	Massachusetts Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.84	3.38	3.33
50^th percentile	3.93	3.62	3.61
75^th percentile	3.99	3.77	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 8,334 students have applied to Harvard Law School. Among them, 798 students have accepted to admit and 455 have enrolled into Harvard Law SchoolThe acceptance rate is 9.58% and the yield is 57%.

The acceptance rate of Harvard Law School is lower than the acceptance rate of Massachusetts law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

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

Harvard Law School Admission Statistics
	Harvard Law School	Massachusetts Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	8,334	32,616	414,758
Admitted	798	9,417	130,837
Enrolled	455	2,069	36,756
Acceptance Rate	9.58%	42.97%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	57.02%	24.06%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 2,031 students enrolled to Harvard Law School. Among them 1,797 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 234 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 455 students newly joined to to Harvard Law School. By gender, there are 273 men , 287 women, and 1 other/unknown gender first-time students at Harvard Law School. All students enrolled as full-time status at Harvard Law School.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Harvard Law School Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	2,029	2,031
JD Enrollment	1,758	1,797
Non-JD Enrollment	271	234

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	460	455
Men	259	273
Women	301	287
Other	1	1

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 96.1% where 564 students took the exam and 542 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of Massachusetts law schools (79.88%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	608	572
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	586	564
New Graduates	562	538
Prior Year Graduates	22	22
Early Takers	2	4
No Exam Takers	16	17
Exam Passer	577	542
Exam Pass Rate	98.46%	96.1%
Massachusetts Pass Rate	78.78%	79.88%