Shepard Broad Law Center

The law school of Nova Southeastern University, known as Shepard Broad Law Center, is a Private, 4 years school in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The law school tuition & fees at Shepard Broad Law Center is $47,539. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.36 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 881 students are attending the law school and 213 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 153
Tuition & Fees (JD): $47,539
LLM Tuition & Fees: $39,648
Acceptance Rate: 55.11%
Student Population: 881
First-Year Student: 213

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Shepard Broad Law Center is $47,539 for law school students. The tuition increased by 2.90% compared to last year.

The average tuition & fees of law schools in Florida is $35,794 for Florida residents and $40,768 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 Shepard Broad Law Center is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of Florida law schools.

The next table shows the Shepard Broad Law Center tuition & fees and compare it to the Florida law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

Shepard Broad Law Center 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Shepard Broad Law Center	$45,419	$46,197	$47,539
Florida Law Schools	$42,134	$42,932	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.36 at Shepard Broad Law Center.

The LSAT score of Shepard Broad Law Center is lower than the average LSAT score of Florida law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of Shepard Broad Law Center is lower than the average LSAT score of Florida 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

Shepard Broad Law Center LSAT scores distribution
	Shepard Broad Law Center		Florida Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Florida Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	151	149	154	155
50^th percentile	153	153	157	159
75^th percentile	155	155	159	161

Shepard Broad Law CenterGPA distribution
	Shepard Broad Law Center		Florida Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Florida Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.11	2.92	3.29	3.33
50^th percentile	3.41	3.14	3.57	3.61
75^th percentile	3.65	3.36	3.75	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,272 students have applied to Shepard Broad Law Center. Among them, 701 students have accepted to admit and 213 have enrolled into Shepard Broad Law CenterThe acceptance rate is 55.11% and the yield is 30%.

The acceptance rate of Shepard Broad Law Center is higher than the acceptance rate of Florida law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at Shepard Broad Law Center.

Shepard Broad Law Center Admission Statistics
	Shepard Broad Law Center	Florida Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,272	21,870	414,758
Admitted	701	7,126	130,837
Enrolled	213	2,058	36,756
Acceptance Rate	55.11%	37.78%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	30.39%	29.03%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 881 students enrolled to Shepard Broad Law Center. Among them 630 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 251 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 213 students newly joined to to Shepard Broad Law Center. By gender, there are 82 men , 114 women, and 16 other/unknown gender first-time students at Shepard Broad Law Center. By attending status, 179 students enrolled as full-time and 33 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Shepard Broad Law Center Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	760	881
JD Enrollment	620	630
Non-JD Enrollment	140	251

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	221	200	19	213	163	33
Men	93	79	5	87	68	14
Women	135	121	14	114	95	19
Other	0	0	0	16	16	0

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 63.92% where 158 students took the exam and 101 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of Florida law schools (67.84%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	169	166
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	166	158
New Graduates	151	143
Prior Year Graduates	15	14
Early Takers	0	1
No Exam Takers	18	17
Exam Passer	92	101
Exam Pass Rate	55.42%	63.92%
Florida Pass Rate	64.23%	67.84%