Most Expensive Law Schools

This page compares the top 10 Most Expensive Law Schools. The law school tuition is usually higher than institute's average tuition for non-law major programs. In the academic year 2024-2025, Columbia Law School has the highest tuition & fees of $81,292. New York University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center also have higher tuition & fees of $80,014 and $79,672 respectively.

Important Statistics of Most Expensive Law Schools

The 2025 average tuition & fees of Most Expensive Law Schools are $78,118 for state residents and $78,418 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2024-2025. The average GPA of the schools is 3.92 and the average LAST score is 172. The average acceptance rate is 12.88%.

Columbia Law School has the highest tuition & fees of $81,292 and Yale Law School has the lowest tuition & fees of $76,369.
Yale Law School has the highest LSAT score of 175 and Gould School of Law has the lowest score of 169.
Yale Law School has the highest GPA of 3.96 and Gould School of Law has the lowest GPA of 3.88.
Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 5.58% and Georgetown University Law Center has the lowest rate of 19.57%.
Georgetown University Law Center has the most law school students of 3,030 and University of Chicago Law School has the least enrolled students of 686.

Most Expensive Law Schools Comparison Table

The following table compares Most Expensive Law Schools with important law schools facts. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar exam passage data for 2022-2023.

Rank	School Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	Average GPA	Average LSAT	Total Enrollment	Enrollment (First-Year Students)	Bar Exam Pass Rate*
1	Columbia Law School private, New York, NY	$81,292	12.23%	3.90	173	1,748	363	93.72%
2	New York University School of Law private, New York, NY	$80,014	16.76%	3.90	172	2,094	407	96.58%
3	Georgetown University Law Center private, Washington, DC	$79,672	19.57%	3.91	171	3,030	570	90.51%
4	Harvard Law School private, Cambridge, MA	$78,692	9.58%	3.93	174	2,031	455	96.10%
5	Gould School of Law private, Los Angeles, CA	$78,038	12.52%	3.88	169	1,436	178	82.42%
6	University of Chicago Law School private, Chicago, IL	$77,877	12.78%	3.94	173	686	180	97.10%
7	University of Virginia School of Law public, Charlottesville, VA	$77,700 ($74,700)	11.46%	3.94	171	960	277	96.50%
8	Cornell Law School private, Ithaca, NY	$77,593	18.39%	3.90	172	875	187	94.29%
9	University of Pennsylvania Law School private, Philadelphia, PA	$76,934	9.88%	3.92	172	1,048	231	96.25%
10	Yale Law School private, New Haven, CT	$76,369	5.58%	3.96	175	705	179	96.79%

*The pass rate is based on the first time bar exam takers.

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