Columbia University Law Tuition, LSAT, and Admission

Columbia Law School's 2027 tuition & fees is $92,194 for its prospective students. The law school tuition is increased by 4.30% from last year.

For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $32,602. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of Columbia Law School is $124,796.

The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other college costs for Columbia Law School.

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The average GPA is 3.92 and the average LSAT score is 173 for 2027 Columbia Law School admission.

The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 388 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 405 students.

The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentiles.

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For the academic year 2025-2026, total 9,463 students have applied to Columbia Law School and 1,120 students have accepted to get into the school.

Among the admitted students, 412 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 11.84% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 36.70% at Columbia Law School. With 32 pre-admitted students, total 444 first-year students enrolled in Columbia Law School.

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At Columbia Law School, 53.81% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $34,133. 9.48% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 23.76% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.

You can view more detailed financial aid statistics at Columbia Law School costs and financial aid page.

Columbia Law School enrolled 444 first-year students in total. Among them, 93.24% identified their race/ethnicity. By race and ethnicity, 158 White, 125 Asian, 48 Black or African American, 57 Hispanic students enrolled. By gender, 188 male and 220 female students enrolled at Columbia Law School.

By race and ethnicity, White has the most enrollment share at 35.59%, followed by Asian with 28.15%.

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Last year, total 397 students took the bar exam first time at Columbia Law School. Among them, 372 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 93.72%. For reference, the average pass rate at New York law schools is 81.24%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Columbia Law School.

In 2025, 427 students graduated from Columbia Law School. Of them, 409 graduates employed where bar passage required and 3 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 417 graduates employed as full-time and 0 employed as part-time status. Check more employment statistics at Columbia Law School employement summary page.