Harvard Law Tuition, LSAT, and Admission

Harvard Law School's 2027 tuition & fees is $86,344 for its prospective students. The law school tuition is increased by 4.58% from last year.

For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $35,352. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of Harvard Law School is $121,696.

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

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The average GPA is 3.96 and the average LSAT score is 174 for 2027 Harvard Law School admission.

The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 473 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 542 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 8,872 students have applied to Harvard Law School and 816 students have accepted to get into the school.

Among the admitted students, 483 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 9.20% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 59.19% at Harvard Law School. With 96 pre-admitted students, total 579 first-year students enrolled in Harvard Law School.

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At Harvard Law School, 37.87% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $29,103. 2.24% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 29.40% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.

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

Harvard Law School enrolled 577 first-year students in total. Among them, 96.19% identified their race/ethnicity. By race and ethnicity, 298 White, 126 Asian, 50 Black or African American, 44 Hispanic students enrolled. By gender, 252 male and 298 female students enrolled at Harvard Law School.

By race and ethnicity, White has the most enrollment share at 51.65%, followed by Asian with 21.84%.

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Last year, total 586 students took the bar exam first time at Harvard Law School. Among them, 577 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 98.46%. For reference, the average pass rate at Massachusetts law schools is 78.78%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Harvard Law School.

In 2025, 570 students graduated from Harvard Law School. Of them, 516 graduates employed where bar passage required and 10 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 549 graduates employed as full-time and 5 employed as part-time status. Check more employment statistics at Harvard Law School employement summary page.