Ivy League Law Schools

This page compares the top 5 Ivy League Law Schools. The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference. The term Ivy League is typically used to refer to a group of 8 elite colleges beyond the sports context.

Brown, Dartmouth, and Princeton University do not have law schools. You can compare those 8 schools in general academic factors at Ivy League Comparison Page.

Important Statistics of Ivy League Law Schools

The 2025 average tuition & fees of Ivy League Law Schools are $78,176 for the academic year 2024-2025. The average GPA of the schools is 3.92 and the average LAST score is 173. The average acceptance rate is 11.13%.

Columbia Law School has the highest tuition & fees of $81,292 and Yale Law School has the lowest tuition & fees of $76,369.
Yale Law School has the highest LSAT score of 175 and Cornell Law School has the lowest score of 172.
Yale Law School has the highest GPA of 3.96 and Columbia Law School has the lowest GPA of 3.90.
Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 5.58% and Cornell Law School has the lowest rate of 18.39%.
Harvard Law School has the most law school students of 2,031 and Yale Law School has the least enrolled students of 705.

Ivy League Law Schools Comparison Table

The following table compares Ivy League 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 Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	Average GPA	Average LSAT	Total Enrollment	Enrollment (First-Year Students)	Bar Exam Pass Rate*
Columbia Law School private, New York, NY	$81,292	12.23%	3.90	173	1,748	363	93.72%
Cornell Law School private, Ithaca, NY	$77,593	18.39%	3.90	172	875	187	94.29%
Harvard Law School private, Cambridge, MA	$78,692	9.58%	3.93	174	2,031	455	96.10%
University of Pennsylvania Law School private, Philadelphia, PA	$76,934	9.88%	3.92	172	1,048	231	96.25%
Yale Law School private, New Haven, CT	$76,369	5.58%	3.96	175	705	179	96.79%

*The pass rate is based on the first time bar exam takers.

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