Founded in 1974, Shepard Broad Law Center, also known as NSU Law, is located in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Shepard Broad Law Center' tuition & fees is $47,539 for first-year students in the academic year 2023-2024. 56.21% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of the aid is $15,000. That could cover 31.55% of full tuition & fees.
The acceptance rate is 55.11% and total of 213 first-year students enrolled in the law school. The average GPA of the enrolled students is 3.36 and the average LSAT score is 153. For first-time exam takers, its bar exam pass rate is 63.92%.
Shepard Broad Law Center's 2024 tuition & fees is $47,539 for its first-year students. The 2024 tuition was increased by 2.90% from last year.
For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $36,530. With the living costs, the total cost of attendance (COA) of Shepard Broad Law Center is $84,069.
The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other law school costs for Shepard Broad Law Center.
At Shepard Broad Law Center, 56.21% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $15,000. 0.00% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 20.24% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.
Grants and Scholarships Statistics
Amounts / Percentage
Full-time
Number Received
294
Half or Less than Tuition
77.89%
Half to Full Tuition
22.11%
Full Tuition
0.00%
More than Full Tuition
0.00%
Part-time
Number Received
42
Half or Less than Tuition
90.48%
Half to Full Tuition
7.14%
Full Tuition
0.00%
More than Full Tuition
0.00%
GPA and LSAT Scores
The average GPA of Shepard Broad Law Center is 3.36 and the average LSAT score is 153. The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 215 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 216 students including both full-time and part-time status. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles.
Shepard Broad Law Center Average GPA and LSAT scores
25th Percentile
50th Percentile
75th Percentile
GPA
3.05
3.36
3.62
Full-Time
3.11
3.41
3.65
Part-Time
2.92
3.14
3.36
LSAT Scores
151
153
155
Full-Time
151
153
155
Part-Time
149
153
155
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,272 students have applied to Shepard Broad Law Center and 701 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 213 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 55.11% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 30.39% at Shepard Broad Law Center. With 3 pre-admitted students, total 216 first-year students enrolled in Shepard Broad Law Center.
Last year, total 166 students took the bar exam first time at Shepard Broad Law Center. Among them, 92 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 55.42%. For reference, the average pass rate at Florida law schools is 64.23%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Shepard Broad Law Center.
In 2023, 190 students graduated from Shepard Broad Law Center. Of them, 125 graduates employed where bar passage required and 7 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 141 graduates employed as full-time and 7 employed as part-time status.
Shepard Broad Law Center Bar Exam Pass Rate for First-time Takers
