Penn State Dickinson Law

The law school of Pennsylvania State University-Dickinson Law, known as Penn State Dickinson Law, is a Public, 4 years school in Carlisle, PA. The law school tuition & fees at Penn State Dickinson Law is $59,054. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 162 and the average GPA is 3.63 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 311 students are attending the law school and 102 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 162
Tuition & Fees (JD): $59,054
LLM Tuition & Fees: $57,902
Acceptance Rate: 35.37%
Student Population: 311
First-Year Student: 102

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at Penn State Dickinson Law is $59,054 for law school students. The tuition increased by 1.99% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $19,900 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 Penn State Dickinson Law is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of Pennsylvania law schools, as well as costs of all law schools in United States.

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

Penn State Dickinson Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
Penn State Dickinson Law	$54,614	$57,902	$59,054
Pennsylvania Law Schools	$54,012	$56,941	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$47,510	$48,063	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 162 and the average GPA is 3.63 at Penn State Dickinson Law.

The LSAT score of Penn State Dickinson Law is higher than the average LSAT score of Pennsylvania law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The undergraduate GPA of Penn State Dickinson 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

Penn State Dickinson Law LSAT scores distribution
	Penn State Dickinson Law	Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	157	156	155
50^th percentile	162	161	159
75^th percentile	163	163	161

Penn State Dickinson LawGPA distribution
	Penn State Dickinson Law	Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.29	3.39	3.33
50^th percentile	3.63	3.66	3.61
75^th percentile	3.84	3.82	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,524 students have applied to Penn State Dickinson Law. Among them, 539 students have accepted to admit and 102 have enrolled into Penn State Dickinson LawThe acceptance rate is 35.37% and the yield is 19%.

The acceptance rate of Penn State Dickinson Law is lower than the acceptance rate of Pennsylvania law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at Penn State Dickinson Law.

Penn State Dickinson Law Admission Statistics
	Penn State Dickinson Law	Pennsylvania Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,524	18,835	414,758
Admitted	539	5,231	130,837
Enrolled	102	1,394	36,756
Acceptance Rate	35.37%	37.57%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	18.92%	26.83%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 311 students enrolled to Penn State Dickinson Law. Among them 298 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 13 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 102 students newly joined to to Penn State Dickinson Law. By gender, there are 49 men , 56 women, and 2 other/unknown gender first-time students at Penn State Dickinson Law. All students enrolled as full-time status at Penn State Dickinson Law.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Penn State Dickinson Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	279	311
JD Enrollment	272	298
Non-JD Enrollment	7	13

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	100	102
Men	44	49
Women	55	56
Other	0	2

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 77.46% where 71 students took the exam and 55 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of Pennsylvania law schools (75.3%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	82	75
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	77	71
New Graduates	77	69
Prior Year Graduates	0	0
Early Takers	0	2
No Exam Takers	5	4
Exam Passer	68	55
Exam Pass Rate	88.31%	77.46%
Pennsylvania Pass Rate	73.45%	75.3%