William S. Richardson School of Law

The law school of University of Hawaii at Manoa, known as William S. Richardson School of Law, is a Public, 4 years school in Honolulu, HI. The law school tuition & fees at William S. Richardson School of Law is $46,588. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 157 and the average GPA is 3.48 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 313 students are attending the law school and 90 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 157
Tuition & Fees (JD): $46,588
LLM Tuition & Fees: $29,788
Acceptance Rate: 28.80%
Student Population: 313
First-Year Student: 90

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at William S. Richardson School of Law is $23,164 for Hawaii residents and $46,588 for out-of-state students. The tuition has not been increased to the same amount as last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $18,937 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 Hawaii is $23,164 for Hawaii residents and $46,588 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 next table shows the William S. Richardson School of Law tuition & fees and compare it to the Hawaii law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

William S. Richardson School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022		2023		2024
	In-State	Out-of-State	In-State	Out-of-State	In-State	Out-of-State
William S. Richardson School of Law	$23,164	$46,588	$23,164	$46,588	$23,164	$46,588
Hawaii Law Schools	$23,164	$46,588	$23,164	$46,588	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$40,818	$46,359	$42,101	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 157 and the average GPA is 3.48 at William S. Richardson School of Law.

The undergraduate GPA of William S. Richardson School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Hawaii 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

William S. Richardson School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	William S. Richardson School of Law		Hawaii Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Hawaii Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	153	155	154	155
50^th percentile	158	155	157	159
75^th percentile	160	158	160	161

William S. Richardson School of LawGPA distribution
	William S. Richardson School of Law		Hawaii Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Hawaii Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.34	2.97	3.27	3.33
50^th percentile	3.58	3.37	3.48	3.61
75^th percentile	3.9	3.48	3.79	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 875 students have applied to William S. Richardson School of Law. Among them, 252 students have accepted to admit and 90 have enrolled into William S. Richardson School of LawThe acceptance rate is 28.80% and the yield is 36%.

The acceptance rate of William S. Richardson School of Law is lower than the acceptance rate of Hawaii law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at William S. Richardson School of Law.

William S. Richardson School of Law Admission Statistics
	William S. Richardson School of Law	Hawaii Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	875	875	414,758
Admitted	252	252	130,837
Enrolled	90	90	36,756
Acceptance Rate	28.80%	28.80%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	35.71%	35.71%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 313 students enrolled to William S. Richardson School of Law. Among them 304 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 9 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 90 students newly joined to to William S. Richardson School of Law. By gender, there are 31 men and 61 women first-time students at William S. Richardson School of Law. By attending status, 64 students enrolled as full-time and 28 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

William S. Richardson School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	315	313
JD Enrollment	307	304
Non-JD Enrollment	8	9

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	85	77	11	90	64	28
Men	35	27	3	39	21	10
Women	58	50	8	61	43	18

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 69.14% where 81 students took the exam and 56 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of Hawaii law schools (69.4%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	105	88
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	105	81
New Graduates	80	66
Prior Year Graduates	24	15
Early Takers	1	0
No Exam Takers	25	22
Exam Passer	75	56
Exam Pass Rate	71.43%	69.14%
Hawaii Pass Rate	74.78%	69.4%

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