ABA-Accredited Law Schools Comparison Table

The following table compares ABA-Accredited Law Schools with important law schools facts. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar exam passage data for 2022-2023.
School NameTuition & FeesAcceptance RateAverage GPAAverage LSATTotal EnrollmentEnrollment (First-Year Students)Bar Exam Pass Rate*
Albany Law School
private, Albany, NY
$58,234 54.87% 3.47 155 694 189 70.81%
Appalachian School of Law
private, Grundy, GA
$41,000 54.19% 3.13 146 140 55 51.22%
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
private, Atlanta, GA
$52,006 46.88% 3.19 150 349 120 65.45%
Ave Maria School of Law
private, Naples, FL
$49,656 45.19% 3.35 152 274 100 66.22%
Baylor Law School
private, Waco, TX
$61,877 17.77% 3.73 164 418 95 91.97%
Beasley School of Law
public, Philadelphia, PA
$46,776
($30,880)
39.40% 3.65 163 967 208 83.06%
Belmont University College of Law
private, Nashville, TN
$53,620 39.62% 3.77 160 350 115 87.07%
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
private, New York, NY
$70,646 37.64% 3.79 164 1,030 311 83.45%
Berkeley School of Law
public, Berkeley, CA
$74,995
($62,567)
14.92% 3.87 170 1,302 318 93.35%
Boston College Law School
private, Newton, MA
$66,895 13.38% 3.77 167 765 205 91.77%
Boston University School of Law
private, Boston, MA
$65,020 17.82% 3.86 170 1,070 220 90.58%
Brooklyn Law School
private, Brooklyn, NY
$70,356 50.00% 3.56 160 1,177 378 76.44%
California Western School of Law
private, San Diego, CA
$60,430 55.38% 3.38 153 625 208 53.49%
Capital University Law School
private, Columbus, OH
$42,875 77.52% 3.45 150 463 148 72.99%
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
private, Cleveland, OH
$61,094 41.79% 3.70 160 664 161 86.84%
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
public, Memphis, TN
$25,262
($19,980)
43.66% 3.40 155 283 75 65.05%
Chapman University School of Law
private, Orange, CA
$61,286 30.68% 3.67 161 422 139 74.29%
Charleston School of Law
private, Charleston, SC
$46,134 53.13% 3.49 153 675 257 63.86%
Chicago-Kent College of Law
private, Chicago, IL
$55,327 50.45% 3.67 159 777 213 78.05%
City University of New York School of Law
public, Long Island City, NY
$26,204
($16,014)
39.89% 3.45 153 674 207 74.56%
Claude W. Pettit College of Law
private, Ada, OH
$34,650 68.25% 3.40 148 196 85 73.17%
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
public, Cleveland, OH
$30,142
($30,015)
35.88% 3.42 155 504 148 77.95%
Columbia Law School
private, New York, NY
$81,292 12.23% 3.90 173 1,748 363 93.72%
Columbus School of Law
private, Washington, DC
$58,436 31.83% 3.63 159 400 114 78.15%
Cornell Law School
private, Ithaca, NY
$77,593 18.39% 3.90 172 875 187 90.31%
Creighton University School of Law
private, Omaha, NE
$49,934 71.36% 3.35 152 385 129 69.16%
Cumberland School of Law
private, Birmingham, AL
$45,236 55.67% 3.61 155 487 148 83.69%
David A. Clarke School of Law
public, Washington, DC
$25,873
($13,438)
44.34% 3.27 151 248 80 33.85%
Davis School of Law
public, Davis, CA
$67,164
($54,919)
28.99% 3.69 165 718 206 81.78%
Dedman School of Law
private, Dallas, TX
$63,502 32.69% 3.83 164 725 187 85.28%
DePaul University College of Law
private, Chicago, IL
$52,145 43.59% 3.59 157 603 157 68.39%
Drake University Law School
private, Des Moines, IA
$48,410 69.42% 3.49 154 386 113 88.35%
Drexel University School of Law
private, Philadelphia, PA
$54,600 34.16% 3.70 159 693 142 71.88%
Duke University School of Law
private, Durham, NC
$75,618 10.51% 3.87 170 868 231 93.52%
Duncan School of Law
private, Knoxville, TN
$41,310 52.17% 3.49 151 372 146 62.20%
Duquesne Kline School of Law
private, Pittsburgh, PA
$55,500 55.43% 3.55 156 509 169 82.64%
Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
private, Orlando, FL
$43,150 55.63% 3.24 149 771 244 49.40%
Elon University School of Law
private, Greensboro, NC
$58,256 45.93% 3.43 153 445 166 51.20%
Emory University School of Law
private, Atlanta, GA
$65,510 40.87% 3.82 166 879 282 86.64%
Florida A&M University College of Law
public, Orlando, FL
$32,936
($13,676)
35.83% 3.52 151 347 124 53.57%
Florida International University College of Law
public, Miami, FL
$36,049
($21,806)
25.18% 3.74 160 591 181 80.25%
Florida State University College of Law
public, Tallahassee, FL
$40,705
($20,694)
21.12% 3.85 165 1,311 139 77.21%
Fordham University School of Law
private, New York, NY
$72,282 21.13% 3.75 167 1,575 431 89.03%
George Mason University School of Law
public, Arlington, VA
$42,798
($26,950)
14.03% 3.89 168 924 97 87.41%
Georgetown University Law Center
private, Washington, DC
$75,950 19.57% 3.91 171 3,030 570 91.63%
Georgia State University College of Law
public, Atlanta, GA
$36,810
($17,202)
31.03% 3.56 159 676 197 79.04%
Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of Law
private, San Francisco, CA
$56,000 22.43% 3.28 153 300 25 45.38%
Gonzaga University School of Law
private, Spokane, MA
$53,604 61.67% 3.48 154 553 195 71.43%
Gould School of Law
private, Los Angeles, CA
$78,038 12.52% 3.88 169 1,436 178 89.00%
Harvard Law School
private, Cambridge, MA
$75,008 9.58% 3.93 174 2,031 455 98.46%
Hofstra University School of Law
private, Hempstead, NY
$68,860 50.38% 3.59 156 857 269 69.41%
Howard University School of Law
private, Washington, DC
$38,612 33.55% 3.43 155 488 178 65.41%
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law
private, San Juan, PR
$14,510 58.41% 3.36 142 681 183 49.54%
Irvine School of Law
public, Irvine, CA
$68,190
($55,945)
18.18% 3.72 167 510 146 84.40%
J. Reuben Clark Law School
private, Provo, UT
$30,152 28.77% 3.94 168 379 99 93.16%
Jacksonville University College of Law
private, Jacksonville, FL
$36,000 32.60% 3.43 153 - 26 -
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
private, Central Islip, NY
$57,545 50.49% 3.22 151 542 172 56.44%
James E. Rogers College of Law
public, Tucson, AZ
$30,700
($26,200)
29.35% 3.79 163 2,519 118 72.06%
Levin College of Law
public, Gainesville, FL
$38,040
($21,804)
17.01% 3.91 169 762 177 76.78%
Lewis & Clark Law School
private, Portland, OR
$56,346 67.88% 3.59 160 660 157 78.61%
Liberty University School of Law
private, Lynchburg, VA
$42,981 56.43% 3.56 154 837 105 76.81%
Los Angeles School of Law
public, Los Angeles, CA
$68,700
($56,455)
16.80% 3.92 170 1,376 301 92.47%
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
public, Louisville, LA
$30,400
($25,400)
57.64% 3.68 156 373 115 65.59%
Loyola Law School
private, Los Angeles, CA
$65,912 33.92% 3.71 161 1,132 314 79.94%
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
private, Chicago, IL
$56,186 43.92% 3.60 160 1,123 273 79.09%
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
private, New Orleans, LA
$52,350 64.71% 3.37 151 610 206 71.43%
Marquette University Law School
private, Milwaukee, WI
$49,710 45.51% 3.61 155 593 195 100.00%
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
public, Williamsburg, VA
$66,043
($43,286)
27.31% 3.77 166 556 146 93.90%
Maurer School of Law
public, Bloomington, IN
$62,526
($41,476)
46.86% 3.86 164 611 153 82.46%
McGeorge School of Law
private, Sacramento, CA
$59,580 61.31% 3.40 155 666 197 57.52%
Mercer Law School
private, Macon, GA
$43,132 46.98% 3.59 155 399 150 77.59%
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
public, Columbus, OH
$49,292
($34,040)
33.08% 3.83 165 564 158 89.89%
Michigan State University College of Law
private, East Lansing, MI
$47,984 39.37% 3.55 159 643 203 77.46%
Mississippi College School of Law
private, Jackson, MS
$38,202 67.41% 3.33 150 362 127 65.38%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
private, St. Paul, MN
$52,620 67.43% 3.26 151 1,281 334 71.60%
New England School of Law
private, Boston, MA
$57,298 74.29% 3.44 153 1,083 375 74.46%
New York Law School
private, New York, NY
$64,824 53.11% 3.51 156 1,062 346 72.51%
New York University School of Law
private, New York, NY
$80,014 16.76% 3.90 172 2,094 407 94.90%
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
private, Raleigh, NC
$49,730 38.66% 3.48 155 560 180 75.51%
North Carolina Central University School of Law
public, Durham, NC
$39,042
($16,371)
34.62% 3.35 149 430 122 42.86%
Northeastern University School of Law
private, Boston, MA
$60,562 37.27% 3.72 163 950 229 89.44%
Northern Illinois University College of Law
public, DeKalb, IL
$23,553 54.48% 3.43 150 317 103 58.59%
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
private, Chicago, IL
$74,552 15.53% 3.92 172 1,189 228 92.89%
Notre Dame Law School
private, Notre Dame, IL
$68,554 24.39% 3.83 169 565 173 92.72%
Oklahoma City University School of Law
private, Oklahoma City, OK
$37,500 65.40% 3.36 149 427 144 57.34%
Pace University School of Law
private, White Plains, NY
$53,886 53.34% 3.47 152 862 281 62.89%
Paul M. Hebert Law Center
public, Baton Rouge, LA
$39,105
($23,665)
48.93% 3.65 157 626 203 83.87%
Penn State Dickinson Law
public, Carlisle, PA
$57,902 35.37% 3.63 162 311 102 88.31%
Penn State Law
public, University Park, PA
$56,436 36.94% 3.77 161 553 129 86.29%
Pepperdine University School of Law
private, Malibu, CA
$68,046 28.18% 3.86 164 1,114 173 79.50%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law
private, Ponce, PR
$16,803 39.88% 3.32 138 542 110 35.29%
Quinnipiac University School of Law
private, Hamden, CT
$54,880 58.33% 3.51 153 365 108 64.41%
Regent University School of Law
private, Virginia Beach, VA
$41,496 40.88% 3.68 157 944 108 92.59%
Robert H. McKinney School of Law
public, Indianapolis, IN
$51,623
($31,559)
62.29% 3.61 155 893 249 73.21%
Roger Williams University School of Law
private, Bristol, RI
$46,464 65.19% 3.30 150 516 146 47.41%
Rutgers Law School - Camden campus
public, Camden, NJ
$46,695
($32,062)
38.88% 3.60 157 1,339 390 68.73%
S.J. Quinney College of Law
public, Salt Lake City, UT
$43,598
($33,634)
30.20% 3.85 164 320 96 94.17%
Saint Louis University School of Law
private, Queens, NY
$48,594 61.90% 3.59 155 561 178 72.83%
Salmon P. Chase College of Law
public, Highland Heights, KY
$38,165
($24,619)
71.91% 3.38 152 375 125 69.91%
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
public, Phoenix, AZ
$50,317
($28,839)
21.28% 3.90 167 1,600 195 82.26%
Santa Clara University School of Law
private, Santa Clara, CA
$59,254 52.43% 3.55 159 662 240 64.62%
Seattle University School of Law
private, Seattle, WA
$57,015 52.26% 3.51 157 750 213 76.44%
Seton Hall University School of Law
private, Newark, NJ
$66,780 45.58% 3.66 160 1,064 235 85.71%
Shepard Broad Law Center
private, Fort Lauderdale, FL
$47,539 55.11% 3.36 153 881 213 55.42%
South Texas College of Law
private, Houston, TX
$41,110 44.04% 3.36 153 1,036 376 77.82%
Southern Illinois University School of Law
public, Carbondale, IL
$21,555 60.47% 3.30 149 273 108 53.42%
Southern University Law Center
public, Baton Rouge, LA
$30,034
($17,434)
53.46% 3.12 147 874 231 55.24%
Southwestern Law School
private, Los Angeles, CA
$58,392 49.85% 3.44 155 955 345 60.14%
St. John's University School of Law
private, Queens, NY
$71,664 41.48% 3.71 162 863 269 85.53%
St. Mary's University School of Law
private, San Antonio, TX
$44,779 35.94% 3.38 152 884 281 71.63%
St. Thomas University School of Law
private, Miami Gardens, FL
$46,200 51.44% 3.40 152 739 240 60.44%
Stanford Law School
private, Stanford, CA
$73,713 7.26% 3.95 173 682 157 94.41%
Stetson University College of Law
private, Gulfport, FL
$51,708 38.39% 3.59 158 948 289 63.39%
Sturm College of Law
private, Denver, CO
$55,175 50.37% 3.58 160 920 267 78.22%
Suffolk University Law School
private, Boston, MA
$57,748 64.30% 3.55 154 1,288 388 71.10%
Syracuse University College of Law
private, Syracuse, NY
$62,050 42.59% 3.58 157 743 231 70.11%
Texas A&M University School of Law
public, Fort Worth, TX
$48,618
($32,634)
14.64% 3.97 166 1,683 139 87.86%
Texas Tech University School of Law
public, Lubbock, TX
$39,232
($27,532)
38.08% 3.63 158 439 152 79.51%
The George Washington University Law School
private, Washington, DC
$69,740 28.72% 3.85 168 1,870 514 86.05%
The University of Alabama School of Law
public, Tuscaloosa, AL
$44,470
($24,080)
26.62% 3.95 167 473 124 91.27%
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
private, Montgomery, AL
$39,900 58.25% 3.21 150 325 118 65.91%
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
public, Houston, TX
$29,497
($21,657)
39.65% 3.16 150 568 199 44.51%
Tulane University School of Law
private, New Orleans, LA
$67,780 48.01% 3.64 161 897 203 74.70%
University at Buffalo Law School
public, Buffalo, NY
$33,550
($28,710)
41.08% 3.72 156 823 139 71.85%
University of Akron School of Law
public, Akron, OH
$26,215
($26,115)
62.07% 3.52 153 431 122 73.87%
University of Arkansas School of Law
public, Fayetteville, AR
$39,733
($17,900)
42.57% 3.71 156 402 128 81.91%
University of Baltimore School of Law
public, Baltimore, MD
$51,014
($34,980)
58.66% 3.39 154 737 221 60.47%
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
public, San Francisco, CA
$55,207
($48,273)
30.91% 3.59 160 1,185 356 70.92%
University of Chicago Law School
private, Chicago, IL
$77,877 12.78% 3.94 173 686 180 94.26%
University of Cincinnati College of Law
public, Cincinnati, OH
$29,010
($24,010)
47.66% 3.80 158 455 121 79.31%
University of Colorado Boulder School of Law
public, Boulder, CO
$42,217
($34,747)
34.24% 3.81 164 525 161 84.38%
University of Connecticut School of Law
public, Hartford, CT
$62,550
($31,508)
29.31% 3.71 160 517 143 85.38%
University of Dayton School of Law
private, Dayton, OH
$38,843 34.30% 3.61 155 552 135 75.58%
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
private, Detroit, MI
$46,724 52.22% 3.46 154 619 215 78.26%
University of Georgia School of Law
public, Athens, GA
$37,752
($18,994)
14.77% 3.83 169 694 159 89.06%
University of Houston Law Center
public, Houston, TX
$50,132
($34,942)
32.27% 3.72 161 866 259 83.90%
University of Idaho College of Law
public, Moscow, ID
$45,168
($25,932)
75.27% 3.35 151 422 161 63.06%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
public, Chicago, IL
$39,708
($32,508)
69.53% 3.39 152 990 340 52.27%
University of Illinois College of Law
public, Champaign, IL
$51,893
($41,893)
43.69% 3.75 165 683 159 90.48%
University of Iowa College of Law
public, Iowa City, IA
$51,955
($31,426)
47.71% 3.76 163 555 153 84.72%
University of Kansas School of Law
public, Lawrence, KS
$29,739
($23,402)
48.71% 3.71 160 400 112 85.44%
University of Kentucky College of Law
public, Lexington, KY
$51,380
($25,748)
52.54% 3.67 157 410 152 82.89%
University of Maine School of Law
public, Portland, ME
$40,640
($26,940)
58.29% 3.62 157 270 84 76.32%
University of Maryland School of Law
public, Baltimore, MD
$52,538
($36,209)
30.18% 3.76 163 786 216 80.00%
University of Massachusetts School of Law
public, North Dartmouth, MA
$41,272
($31,990)
67.27% 3.39 150 354 111 54.02%
University of Miami School of Law
private, Coral Gables, FL
$62,406 32.94% 3.72 162 1,347 351 69.84%
University of Michigan Law School
public, Ann Arbor, MI
$72,584
($69,584)
12.58% 3.85 171 978 275 95.48%
University of Minnesota Law School
public, Minneapolis, MN
$58,396
($48,964)
39.76% 3.85 168 720 214 93.48%
University of Mississippi School of Law
public, University, MS
$38,880
($18,470)
43.53% 3.62 157 531 166 64.89%
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
public, Kansas City, MO
$29,359
($23,359)
58.87% 3.55 154 418 133 78.63%
University of Missouri School of Law
public, Columbia, MO
$29,877
($23,877)
52.49% 3.70 160 424 121 90.59%
University of Montana School of Law
public, Missoula, MT
$47,795
($22,060)
71.49% 3.48 154 362 96 83.10%
University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law
public, Lincoln, NE
$37,442
($16,082)
65.90% 3.75 158 466 147 85.83%
University of New Hampshire School of Law
public, Concord, NH
$48,320
($40,320)
57.38% 3.41 155 680 225 86.90%
University of New Mexico School of Law
public, Albuquerque, NM
$44,158
($20,674)
53.48% 3.61 155 312 89 81.08%
University of North Carolina School of Law
public, Chapel Hill, NC
$48,204
($27,972)
16.27% 3.78 166 572 174 93.75%
University of North Dakota School of Law
public, Grand Forks, ND
$32,648
($17,396)
62.01% 3.37 150 238 83 63.01%
University of Oklahoma College of Law
public, Norman, OK
$36,653
($22,808)
47.23% 3.71 159 1,105 165 85.19%
University of Oregon School of Law
public, Eugene, OR
$57,586
($46,264)
75.23% 3.52 158 513 156 81.16%
University of Pennsylvania Law School
private, Philadelphia, PA
$76,934 9.88% 3.92 172 1,048 231 93.77%
University of Pittsburgh Law School
public, Pittsburgh, PA
$50,634
($39,618)
39.45% 3.56 160 559 111 76.47%
University of Puerto Rico School of Law
public, San Juan, PR
$8,680 42.35% 3.76 148 461 123 68.29%
University of Richmond School of Law
private, University of Richmond School of Law, VA
$53,440 41.46% 3.75 164 408 134 76.38%
University of San Diego School of Law
private, San Diego, CA
$62,981 33.61% 3.80 161 974 249 76.33%
University of San Francisco School of Law
private, San Francisco, CA
$54,250 55.23% 3.46 153 612 158 58.06%
University of South Carolina School of Law
public, Columbia, SC
$41,500
($23,722)
34.00% 3.70 160 613 200 76.88%
University of South Dakota School of Law
public, Vermillion, SD
$36,333
($16,793)
76.16% 3.56 151 244 80 72.15%
University of St. Thomas School of Law
private, Minneapolis, MN
$48,379 72.17% 3.62 155 525 155 86.81%
University of Tennessee College of Law
public, Knoxville, TN
$39,152
($20,408)
30.21% 3.78 162 417 141 88.39%
University of Texas School of Law
public, Austin, TX
$54,096
($36,429)
14.90% 3.86 171 1,005 251 90.39%
University of Toledo College of Law
public, Toledo, OH
$25,484
($25,284)
61.59% 3.53 151 353 103 65.96%
University of Tulsa College of Law
private, Tulsa, OK
$29,864 43.17% 3.53 156 323 80 71.43%
University of Virginia School of Law
public, Charlottesville, VA
$74,200
($71,200)
11.46% 3.94 171 960 277 95.36%
University of Washington School of Law
public, Seattle, WA
$55,617
($43,584)
34.67% 3.74 164 715 176 89.40%
University of Wisconsin Law School
public, Madison, MI
$52,893
($35,197)
35.58% 3.79 165 729 164 75.00%
University of Wyoming College of Law
public, Laramie, WY
$36,426
($17,946)
55.09% 3.51 154 226 81 61.43%
UNT Dallas College of Law
public, Dallas, TX
$32,008
($19,127)
30.06% 3.43 153 417 137 60.75%
Vanderbilt University Law School
private, Nashville, TN
$72,184 16.76% 3.89 170 555 163 92.05%
Vermont Law School
private, South Royalton, VT
$51,700 64.19% 3.30 151 582 201 53.57%
Villanova University School of Law
private, Villanova, PA
$56,215 22.50% 3.80 164 777 157 80.90%
Wake Forest University School of Law
private, Winston-Salem, NC
$54,192 31.47% 3.79 165 682 175 89.84%
Washburn University School of Law
public, Topeka, KS
$39,900
($26,340)
66.10% 3.59 154 305 97 76.92%
Washington and Lee University School of Law
private, Lexington, VA
$55,550 31.44% 3.72 165 380 124 90.27%
Washington College of Law
private, Washington, DC
$63,088 35.69% 3.63 162 1,635 405 73.02%
Washington University School of Law
private, St. Louis, MO
$67,744 17.16% 3.95 173 1,341 228 92.34%
Wayne State University Law School
public, Detroit, MI
$41,388
($37,950)
27.41% 3.83 162 480 126 84.07%
West Virginia University College of Law
public, Morgantown, WV
$42,120
($25,272)
45.13% 3.59 155 314 107 59.18%
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School
private, Lansing, MI
$46,240 46.15% 3.07 148 472 146 36.00%
Western New England University School of Law
private, Springfield, MA
$50,070 59.82% 3.30 150 365 86 67.16%
Western State College of Law
private, Irvine, CA
$49,848 45.14% 3.16 152 332 117 46.67%
Widener Law Commonwealth
private, Harrisburg, PA
$57,470 65.00% 3.34 148 374 145 47.87%
Widener Law Delaware
private, Wilmington, DE
$57,470 67.83% 3.26 150 770 240 51.65%
Willamette University College of Law
private, Salem, OR
$50,944 69.34% 3.26 152 348 115 72.22%
William H. Bowen School of Law
public, Little Rock, AR
$32,671
($16,728)
58.99% 3.39 152 436 132 70.29%
William S. Boyd School of Law
public, Las Vegas, NV
$42,168
($29,268)
33.59% 3.78 160 456 131 72.54%
William S. Richardson School of Law
public, Honolulu, HI
$46,588
($23,164)
28.80% 3.48 157 313 90 71.43%
Yale Law School
private, New Haven, CT
$73,865 5.58% 3.96 175 705 179 95.77%
*The pass rate is based on the first time bar exam takers.
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