Cornell Law Tuition, LSAT, and Admission

Cornell Law School's 2027 tuition & fees is $88,609 for its prospective students. The law school tuition is increased by 3.74% from last year.

For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $36,144. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of Cornell Law School is $124,753.

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

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

The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 204 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 194 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 4,608 students have applied to Cornell Law School and 838 students have accepted to get into the school.

Among the admitted students, 210 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 18.19% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 25.06% at Cornell Law School. With 7 pre-admitted students, total 217 first-year students enrolled in Cornell Law School.

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At Cornell Law School, 90.67% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $30,000. 1.65% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 24.45% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.

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

Cornell Law School enrolled 215 first-year students in total. Among them, 77.67% identified their race/ethnicity. By race and ethnicity, 67 White, 52 Asian, 7 Black or African American, 27 Hispanic students enrolled. By gender, 68 male and 96 female students enrolled at Cornell Law School.

By race and ethnicity, White has the most enrollment share at 31.16%, followed by Asian with 24.19%.

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2026 Enrollment by Race

Last year, total 196 students took the bar exam first time at Cornell Law School. Among them, 177 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 90.31%. For reference, the average pass rate at New York law schools is 80.54%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Cornell Law School.

In 2025, 174 students graduated from Cornell Law School. Of them, 158 graduates employed where bar passage required and 2 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 169 graduates employed as full-time and 0 employed as part-time status. Check more employment statistics at Cornell Law School employement summary page.