Howard University School of Law

Howard University School of Law is a Private, 4 years school in Washington, DC. The law school tuition & fees at Howard University School of Law is $39,756. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 155 and the average GPA is 3.43 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 488 students are attending the law school and 178 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 155
Tuition & Fees (JD): $39,756
LLM Tuition & Fees: $38,612
Acceptance Rate: 33.55%
Student Population: 488
First-Year Student: 178

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at Howard University School of Law is $39,756 for law school students. The tuition increased by 2.96% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $21,548 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 District of Columbia is $53,211 for District of Columbia residents and $55,283 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 Howard University School of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of District of Columbia law schools.

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

Howard University School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
Howard University School of Law	$37,720	$38,612	$39,756
District of Columbia Law Schools	$53,823	$55,283	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$47,510	$48,063	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 155 and the average GPA is 3.43 at Howard University School of Law.

The LSAT score of Howard University School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of District of Columbia law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of Howard University School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of District of Columbia 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

Howard University School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	Howard University School of Law	District of Columbia Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	153	156	155
50^th percentile	155	161	159
75^th percentile	158	163	161

Howard University School of LawGPA distribution
	Howard University School of Law	District of Columbia Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.2	3.36	3.33
50^th percentile	3.43	3.62	3.61
75^th percentile	3.64	3.76	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,827 students have applied to Howard University School of Law. Among them, 613 students have accepted to admit and 178 have enrolled into Howard University School of LawThe acceptance rate is 33.55% and the yield is 29%.

The acceptance rate of Howard University School of Law is higher than the acceptance rate of District of Columbia law schools.

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

Howard University School of Law Admission Statistics
	Howard University School of Law	District of Columbia Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,827	28,323	414,758
Admitted	613	7,735	130,837
Enrolled	178	1,861	36,756
Acceptance Rate	33.55%	32.28%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	29.04%	26.19%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 488 students enrolled to Howard University School of Law. Among them 487 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 1 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 178 students newly joined to to Howard University School of Law. By gender, there are 83 men and 100 women first-time students at Howard University School of Law. All students enrolled as full-time status at Howard University School of Law.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Howard University School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	464	488
JD Enrollment	464	487
Non-JD Enrollment	0	1

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	160	178
Men	70	83
Women	93	100

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 74.22% where 128 students took the exam and 95 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of District of Columbia law schools (80.4%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	160	133
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	133	128
New Graduates	127	119
Prior Year Graduates	6	9
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	33	14
Exam Passer	87	95
Exam Pass Rate	65.41%	74.22%
District of Columbia Pass Rate	79.17%	80.4%