University of Dayton School of Law

University of Dayton School of Law is a Private, 4 years school in Dayton, OH. The law school tuition & fees at University of Dayton School of Law is $38,843. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 155 and the average GPA is 3.61 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 552 students are attending the law school and 135 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 155
Tuition & Fees (JD): $38,843
LLM Tuition & Fees: $32,008
Acceptance Rate: 34.30%
Student Population: 552
First-Year Student: 135

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at University of Dayton School of Law is $38,843 for law school students. The tuition increased by 3.96% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $17,000 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 Ohio is $35,214 for Ohio residents and $37,512 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 University of Dayton School of Law is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of Ohio law schools.

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

University of Dayton School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
University of Dayton School of Law	$36,133	$37,364	$38,843
Ohio Law Schools	$35,306	$32,404	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 155 and the average GPA is 3.61 at University of Dayton School of Law.

The undergraduate GPA of University of Dayton School of Law is higher than the average LSAT score of Ohio 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

University of Dayton School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	University of Dayton School of Law		Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	151	155	152	155
50^th percentile	154	158	155	159
75^th percentile	157	160	158	161

University of Dayton School of LawGPA distribution
	University of Dayton School of Law		Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.39	3.35	3.27	3.33
50^th percentile	3.63	3.57	3.58	3.61
75^th percentile	3.79	3.88	3.81	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,073 students have applied to University of Dayton School of Law. Among them, 368 students have accepted to admit and 135 have enrolled into University of Dayton School of LawThe acceptance rate is 34.30% and the yield is 37%.

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

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

University of Dayton School of Law Admission Statistics
	University of Dayton School of Law	Ohio Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,073	8,114	414,758
Admitted	368	3,663	130,837
Enrolled	135	1,181	36,756
Acceptance Rate	34.30%	51.35%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	36.68%	32.88%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 552 students enrolled to University of Dayton School of Law. Among them 377 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 175 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 135 students newly joined to to University of Dayton School of Law. By gender, there are 57 men , 78 women, and 1 other/unknown gender first-time students at University of Dayton School of Law. By attending status, 88 students enrolled as full-time and 48 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

University of Dayton School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	525	552
JD Enrollment	383	377
Non-JD Enrollment	142	175

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	129	92	40	135	88	47
Men	63	42	19	70	40	17
Women	71	50	21	78	48	30
Other	0	0	0	1	0	1

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 86.49% where 111 students took the exam and 96 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of Ohio law schools (75.96%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	87	114
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	86	111
New Graduates	80	106
Prior Year Graduates	6	5
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	7	8
Exam Passer	65	96
Exam Pass Rate	75.58%	86.49%
Ohio Pass Rate	76.81%	75.96%