Penn State Law
Penn State Law, part of Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, is located in University Park, PA, founded in 1834. Penn State Law' tuition & fees is $53,580 for first-year students in the academic year 2022-2023. 99.74% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of the aid is $49,896. That could cover 93.12% of full tuition & fees.
The acceptance rate is 35.64% and total of 136 first-year students enrolled in the law school. The average GPA of the enrolled students is 3.76 and the average LSAT score is 162. For first-time exam takers, its bar exam pass rate is 82.11%.
2023 Tuition & Fees
Penn State Law's 2023 tuition & fees is $53,580 for Pennsylvania residents and $53,580 for others.
For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $25,530. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of Penn State Law is $79,110.
The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other college costs for Penn State Law.
Grants and Scholarships
At Penn State Law, 99.74% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $49,896. 54.64% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 39.52% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.
You can view more detailed financial aid statistics at Penn State Law costs and financial aid page.
GPA and LSAT Scores
The average GPA of Penn State Law is 3.76 and the average LSAT score is 162. The GPA and LSAT scores are the average value of submitted scores from 133 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles.
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,329 students have applied to Penn State Law and 830 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 136 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 35.64% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 16.39% at Penn State Law. With 3 pre-admitted students, total 139 first-year students enrolled in Penn State Law.
Bar Exam Pass Rate
Last year, total 95 students took the bar exam first time at Penn State Law. Among them, 78 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 82.11%. For reference, the average pass rate at Pennsylvania law schools is 79.78%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Penn State Law.
In 2022, 117 students graduated from Penn State Law. Of them, 91 graduates employed where bar passage required and 8 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 99 graduates employed as full-time and 1 employed as part-time status. Check more employment statistics at Penn State Law employement summary page.
