Founded in 1972, Vermont Law School, also known as VLS Law, is located in South Royalton, VT. Vermont Law School' tuition & fees is $53,768 for first-year students in the academic year 2024-2025. 101.22% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of the aid is $30,000. That could cover 55.80% of full tuition & fees.
The acceptance rate is 64.19% and total of 201 first-year students enrolled in the law school. The average GPA of the enrolled students is 3.30 and the average LSAT score is 151. For first-time exam takers, its bar exam pass rate is 63.48%.
Vermont Law School's 2025 tuition & fees is $53,768 for its first-year students. The 2025 tuition was increased by 4.00% from last year.
For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $22,372. With the living costs, the total cost of attendance (COA) of Vermont Law School is $76,140.
The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other law school costs for Vermont Law School.
At Vermont Law School, 101.22% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $30,000. 11.37% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 59.63% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.
Grants and Scholarships Statistics
Amounts / Percentage
Full-time
Number Received
414
Half or Less than Tuition
26.33%
Half to Full Tuition
61.84%
Full Tuition
11.84%
More than Full Tuition
0.00%
Part-time
Number Received
17
Half or Less than Tuition
94.12%
Half to Full Tuition
5.88%
Full Tuition
0.00%
More than Full Tuition
0.00%
GPA and LSAT Scores
The average GPA of Vermont Law School is 3.3 and the average LSAT score is 151. The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 194 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 201 students including both full-time and part-time status. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles.
For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,036 students have applied to Vermont Law School and 665 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 201 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 64.19% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 30.23% at Vermont Law School.
Last year, total 140 students took the bar exam first time at Vermont Law School. Among them, 75 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 53.57%. For reference, the average pass rate at Vermont law schools is 69.09%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Vermont Law School.
In 2023, 165 students graduated from Vermont Law School. Of them, 90 graduates employed where bar passage required and 38 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 124 graduates employed as full-time and 11 employed as part-time status.
Vermont Law School Bar Exam Pass Rate for First-time Takers
