Columbia Law School
Tuition, GPA, LSAT, Bar Exam, and Admission Statistics
Columbia Law School, part of Columbia University in the City of New York, is located in New York, NY, founded in 1858. Columbia University in the City of New York is four-years, private (not-for-profit) school and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs with a total enrollment of 30,135.
Columbia Law School' tuition & fees is $78,278 in the academic year 2022-2023. The acceptance rate is 11.42% and total of 433 first-year students enrolled in the law school. The average GPA of the enrolled students is 3.84 and the average LSAT score is 174. For first-time exam takers, its bar exam pass rate is 96.36%.
2022 Columbia Law School Tuition & Fees
Columbia Law School's 2023 tuition & fees is $78,278. This cost is different from the costs of other undergraduate and graduate programs. For major programs other than law at Columbia University in the City of New York, the average undergraduate tuition & fees are $63,530. The average graduate program tuition & fees are $52,924.
For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $27,878. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of Columbia Law School is $106,156.
The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other college costs for Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School GPA and LSAT Scores
The average GPA of Columbia Law School is 3.8 and the average LSAT score is 172. The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 347 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 356 students. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles.
Columbia Law School Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2021-2022, total 7,193 students have applied to Columbia Law School and 1,141 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 329 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 11.42% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 39.44% at Columbia Law School. With 35 pre-admitted students, total 364 first-year students enrolled in Columbia Law School.
Columbia Law School Bar Exam Pass Rate
Last year, total 430 students took the bar exam first time at Columbia Law School. Among them, 409 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 95.11%. For reference, the average pass rate at New York law schools is 81.48%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Columbia Law School.
