Public Law Schools Comparison Table

The following table compares Public Law Schools with important law schools facts. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar exam passage data for 2022-2023.
School NameTuition & FeesAcceptance RateAverage GPAAverage LSATTotal EnrollmentEnrollment (First-Year Students)Bar Exam Pass Rate*
University of Akron School of Law
public, Akron, OH
$26,215
($26,115)
62.07% 3.52 153 431 122 73.87%
The University of Alabama School of Law
public, Tuscaloosa, AL
$44,470
($24,080)
26.62% 3.95 167 473 124 91.27%
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
public, Phoenix, AZ
$50,317
($28,839)
21.28% 3.90 167 1,600 195 82.26%
James E. Rogers College of Law
public, Tucson, AZ
$30,700
($26,200)
29.35% 3.79 163 2,519 118 72.06%
University of Arkansas School of Law
public, Fayetteville, AR
$39,733
($17,900)
42.57% 3.71 156 402 128 81.91%
William H. Bowen School of Law
public, Little Rock, AR
$32,671
($16,728)
58.99% 3.39 152 436 132 70.29%
University of Baltimore School of Law
public, Baltimore, MD
$51,014
($34,980)
58.66% 3.39 154 737 221 60.47%
Berkeley School of Law
public, Berkeley, CA
$74,995
($62,567)
14.92% 3.87 170 1,302 318 93.35%
Davis School of Law
public, Davis, CA
$67,164
($54,919)
28.99% 3.69 165 718 206 81.78%
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
public, San Francisco, CA
$55,207
($48,273)
30.91% 3.59 160 1,185 356 70.92%
Irvine School of Law
public, Irvine, CA
$68,190
($55,945)
18.18% 3.72 167 510 146 84.40%
Los Angeles School of Law
public, Los Angeles, CA
$68,700
($56,455)
16.80% 3.92 170 1,376 301 92.47%
University of Cincinnati College of Law
public, Cincinnati, OH
$29,010
($24,010)
47.66% 3.80 158 455 121 79.31%
City University of New York School of Law
public, Long Island City, NY
$26,204
($16,014)
39.89% 3.45 153 674 207 74.56%
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
public, Cleveland, OH
$30,142
($30,015)
35.88% 3.42 155 504 148 77.95%
University of Colorado Boulder School of Law
public, Boulder, CO
$42,217
($34,747)
34.24% 3.81 164 525 161 84.38%
University of Connecticut School of Law
public, Hartford, CT
$62,550
($31,508)
29.31% 3.71 160 517 143 85.38%
David A. Clarke School of Law
public, Washington, DC
$25,873
($13,438)
44.34% 3.27 151 248 80 33.85%
Florida A&M University College of Law
public, Orlando, FL
$32,936
($13,676)
35.83% 3.52 151 347 124 53.57%
Florida International University College of Law
public, Miami, FL
$36,049
($21,806)
25.18% 3.74 160 591 181 80.25%
Florida State University College of Law
public, Tallahassee, FL
$40,705
($20,694)
21.12% 3.85 165 1,311 139 77.21%
Levin College of Law
public, Gainesville, FL
$38,040
($21,804)
17.01% 3.91 169 762 177 76.78%
George Mason University School of Law
public, Arlington, VA
$42,798
($26,950)
14.03% 3.89 168 924 97 87.41%
Georgia State University College of Law
public, Atlanta, GA
$36,810
($17,202)
31.03% 3.56 159 676 197 79.04%
University of Georgia School of Law
public, Athens, GA
$37,752
($18,994)
14.77% 3.83 169 694 159 89.06%
William S. Richardson School of Law
public, Honolulu, HI
$46,588
($23,164)
28.80% 3.48 157 313 90 71.43%
University of Houston Law Center
public, Houston, TX
$50,132
($34,942)
32.27% 3.72 161 866 259 83.90%
University of Idaho College of Law
public, Moscow, ID
$45,168
($25,932)
75.27% 3.35 151 422 161 63.06%
University of Illinois College of Law
public, Champaign, IL
$51,893
($41,893)
43.69% 3.75 165 683 159 90.48%
Maurer School of Law
public, Bloomington, IN
$62,526
($41,476)
46.86% 3.86 164 611 153 82.46%
Robert H. McKinney School of Law
public, Indianapolis, IN
$51,623
($31,559)
62.29% 3.61 155 893 249 73.21%
University of Iowa College of Law
public, Iowa City, IA
$51,955
($31,426)
47.71% 3.76 163 555 153 84.72%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
public, Chicago, IL
$39,708
($32,508)
69.53% 3.39 152 990 340 52.27%
University of Kansas School of Law
public, Lawrence, KS
$29,739
($23,402)
48.71% 3.71 160 400 112 85.44%
University of Kentucky College of Law
public, Lexington, KY
$51,380
($25,748)
52.54% 3.67 157 410 152 82.89%
Paul M. Hebert Law Center
public, Baton Rouge, LA
$39,105
($23,665)
48.93% 3.65 157 626 203 83.87%
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
public, Louisville, LA
$30,400
($25,400)
57.64% 3.68 156 373 115 65.59%
University of Maine School of Law
public, Portland, ME
$40,640
($26,940)
58.29% 3.62 157 270 84 76.32%
University of Maryland School of Law
public, Baltimore, MD
$52,538
($36,209)
30.18% 3.76 163 786 216 80.00%
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
public, Memphis, TN
$25,262
($19,980)
43.66% 3.40 155 283 75 65.05%
University of Michigan Law School
public, Ann Arbor, MI
$72,584
($69,584)
12.58% 3.85 171 978 275 95.48%
University of Minnesota Law School
public, Minneapolis, MN
$58,396
($48,964)
39.76% 3.85 168 720 214 93.48%
University of Mississippi School of Law
public, University, MS
$38,880
($18,470)
43.53% 3.62 157 531 166 64.89%
University of Missouri School of Law
public, Columbia, MO
$29,877
($23,877)
52.49% 3.70 160 424 121 90.59%
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
public, Kansas City, MO
$29,359
($23,359)
58.87% 3.55 154 418 133 78.63%
University of Montana School of Law
public, Missoula, MT
$47,795
($22,060)
71.49% 3.48 154 362 96 83.10%
University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law
public, Lincoln, NE
$37,442
($16,082)
65.90% 3.75 158 466 147 85.83%
William S. Boyd School of Law
public, Las Vegas, NV
$42,168
($29,268)
33.59% 3.78 160 456 131 72.54%
University of New Hampshire School of Law
public, Concord, NH
$48,320
($40,320)
57.38% 3.41 155 680 225 86.90%
University of New Mexico School of Law
public, Albuquerque, NM
$44,158
($20,674)
53.48% 3.61 155 312 89 81.08%
North Carolina Central University School of Law
public, Durham, NC
$39,042
($16,371)
34.62% 3.35 149 430 122 42.86%
University of North Carolina School of Law
public, Chapel Hill, NC
$48,204
($27,972)
16.27% 3.78 166 572 174 93.75%
University of North Dakota School of Law
public, Grand Forks, ND
$32,648
($17,396)
62.01% 3.37 150 238 83 63.01%
Northern Illinois University College of Law
public, DeKalb, IL
$23,553 54.48% 3.43 150 317 103 58.59%
Salmon P. Chase College of Law
public, Highland Heights, KY
$38,165
($24,619)
71.91% 3.38 152 375 125 69.91%
Michael E. Moritz College of Law
public, Columbus, OH
$49,292
($34,040)
33.08% 3.83 165 564 158 89.89%
University of Oklahoma College of Law
public, Norman, OK
$36,653
($22,808)
47.23% 3.71 159 1,105 165 85.19%
University of Oregon School of Law
public, Eugene, OR
$57,586
($46,264)
75.23% 3.52 158 513 156 81.16%
Penn State Dickinson Law
public, Carlisle, PA
$57,902 35.37% 3.63 162 311 102 88.31%
Penn State Law
public, University Park, PA
$56,436 36.94% 3.77 161 553 129 86.29%
University of Pittsburgh Law School
public, Pittsburgh, PA
$50,634
($39,618)
39.45% 3.56 160 559 111 76.47%
Rutgers Law School - Camden campus
public, Camden, NJ
$46,695
($32,062)
38.88% 3.60 157 1,339 390 68.73%
University of South Carolina School of Law
public, Columbia, SC
$41,500
($23,722)
34.00% 3.70 160 613 200 76.88%
University of South Dakota School of Law
public, Vermillion, SD
$36,333
($16,793)
76.16% 3.56 151 244 80 72.15%
Southern Illinois University School of Law
public, Carbondale, IL
$21,555 60.47% 3.30 149 273 108 53.42%
Southern University Law Center
public, Baton Rouge, LA
$30,034
($17,434)
53.46% 3.12 147 874 231 55.24%
Beasley School of Law
public, Philadelphia, PA
$46,776
($30,880)
39.40% 3.65 163 967 208 83.06%
University of Tennessee College of Law
public, Knoxville, TN
$39,152
($20,408)
30.21% 3.78 162 417 141 88.39%
Texas A&M University School of Law
public, Fort Worth, TX
$48,618
($32,634)
14.64% 3.97 166 1,683 139 87.86%
University of Texas School of Law
public, Austin, TX
$54,096
($36,429)
14.90% 3.86 171 1,005 251 90.39%
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
public, Houston, TX
$29,497
($21,657)
39.65% 3.16 150 568 199 44.51%
Texas Tech University School of Law
public, Lubbock, TX
$39,232
($27,532)
38.08% 3.63 158 439 152 79.51%
University of Toledo College of Law
public, Toledo, OH
$25,484
($25,284)
61.59% 3.53 151 353 103 65.96%
University at Buffalo Law School
public, Buffalo, NY
$33,550
($28,710)
41.08% 3.72 156 823 139 71.85%
University of Massachusetts School of Law
public, North Dartmouth, MA
$41,272
($31,990)
67.27% 3.39 150 354 111 54.02%
UNT Dallas College of Law
public, Dallas, TX
$32,008
($19,127)
30.06% 3.43 153 417 137 60.75%
S.J. Quinney College of Law
public, Salt Lake City, UT
$43,598
($33,634)
30.20% 3.85 164 320 96 94.17%
University of Virginia School of Law
public, Charlottesville, VA
$74,200
($71,200)
11.46% 3.94 171 960 277 95.36%
Washburn University School of Law
public, Topeka, KS
$39,900
($26,340)
66.10% 3.59 154 305 97 76.92%
University of Washington School of Law
public, Seattle, WA
$55,617
($43,584)
34.67% 3.74 164 715 176 89.40%
Wayne State University Law School
public, Detroit, MI
$41,388
($37,950)
27.41% 3.83 162 480 126 84.07%
West Virginia University College of Law
public, Morgantown, WV
$42,120
($25,272)
45.13% 3.59 155 314 107 59.18%
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
public, Williamsburg, VA
$66,043
($43,286)
27.31% 3.77 166 556 146 93.90%
University of Wisconsin Law School
public, Madison, MI
$52,893
($35,197)
35.58% 3.79 165 729 164 75.00%
University of Wyoming College of Law
public, Laramie, WY
$36,426
($17,946)
55.09% 3.51 154 226 81 61.43%
*The pass rate is based on the first time bar exam takers.
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