The average law school tuition & fees for the academic year 2024-2025 is $30,651 for in-state and $43,827 for out-of-state students in public law schools. Private law schools' average tuition & fees is $50,983, which is 16.33% higher than public law schools' tuition.

The law school tuition is increased by 2.34% in public law schools and increased 3.89% in private law schools since last year.

The following table shows the 2025 Law School Tuition & Fees and changes from previous year.

Columbia Law School has the highest tuition & fees of $81,292, increased by 3.85% from last year. New York University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center also have high tuition & fees of $80,014 and $75,950 respectively.

Law School Tuition Increase by Institution
School NameStateInstitutional Control2024-20252023-2024
In-StateOut-of-StateIn-StateOut-of-State
University of Akron School of LawOHPublic$26,115
3.99%		$26,215
3.97%		$25,113$25,213
The University of Alabama School of LawALPublic--$24,080$44,470
Albany Law SchoolNYPrivate-$58,234
4.98%		-$55,470
Washington College of LawDCPrivate-$63,088
3.43%		-$60,994
Appalachian School of LawGAPrivate-$41,000-$41,000
Sandra Day O'Connor College of LawAZPublic$28,839
1.67%		$50,317
3.60%		$28,364$48,570
James E. Rogers College of LawAZPublic$26,200
1.34%		$30,700
1.14%		$25,854$30,354
University of Arkansas School of LawARPublic$17,900
4.47%		$39,733
4.12%		$17,134$38,162
William H. Bowen School of LawARPublic--$16,728$32,671
Atlanta's John Marshall Law SchoolGAPrivate-$52,006
4.90%		-$49,578
Ave Maria School of LawFLPrivate-$49,656
3.11%		-$48,156
University of Baltimore School of LawMDPublic$34,980
2.22%		$51,014
2.15%		$34,220$49,940
Dwayne O. Andreas School of LawFLPrivate-$43,150
5.12%		-$41,050
Baylor Law SchoolTXPrivate-$61,877
0.15%		-$61,782
Belmont University College of LawTNPrivate-$53,620
3.71%		-$51,700
Boston College Law SchoolMAPrivate-$66,895
5.59%		-$63,355
Boston University School of LawMAPrivate-$65,020
3.98%		-$62,534
J. Reuben Clark Law SchoolUTPrivate-$30,152
106.01%		-$14,636
Brooklyn Law SchoolNYPrivate-$70,356
2.98%		-$68,321
California Western School of LawCAPrivate-$60,430
3.56%		-$58,350
Berkeley School of LawCAPublic$62,567
5.62%		$74,995
10.64%		$59,237$67,781
Davis School of Law CAPublic$54,919
3.44%		$67,164
3.18%		$53,093$65,094
University of California College of the Law, San FranciscoCAPublic$48,273
4.86%		$55,207
5.25%		$46,034$52,454
Irvine School of LawCAPublic$55,945
3.40%		$68,190
6.19%		$54,103$64,218
Los Angeles School of LawCAPublic$56,455
4.70%		$68,700
6.63%		$53,920$64,426
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of LawNCPrivate-$49,730
3.00%		-$48,280
Capital University Law SchoolOHPrivate-$42,875
3.60%		-$41,385
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawNYPrivate-$70,646
3.19%		-$68,462
Case Western Reserve University School of LawOHPrivate-$61,094
4.10%		-$58,688
Columbus School of LawDCPrivate-$58,436
-0.42%		-$58,685
Chapman University School of LawCAPrivate-$61,286
2.88%		-$59,568
Charleston School of LawSCPrivate-$46,134
3.13%		-$44,734
University of Chicago Law SchoolILPrivate-$77,877
6.41%		-$73,185
Chicago-Kent College of LawILPrivate-$55,327
3.49%		-$53,460
University of Cincinnati College of LawOHPublic$24,010$29,010$24,010$29,010
City University of New York School of LawNYPublic$16,014$26,204$16,014$26,204
Cleveland-Marshall College of LawOHPublic$30,015
1.91%		$30,142
1.99%		$29,453$29,553
University of Colorado Boulder School of LawCOPublic$34,747
3.95%		$42,217
3.96%		$33,426$40,608
Columbia Law SchoolNYPrivate-$81,292
3.85%		-$78,278
University of Connecticut School of LawCTPublic$31,508
0.68%		$62,550
0.34%		$31,296$62,338
Cornell Law SchoolNYPrivate-$77,593
4.60%		-$74,184
Creighton University School of LawNEPrivate-$49,934
1.99%		-$48,960
University of Dayton School of LawOHPrivate-$38,843
3.96%		-$37,364
Sturm College of LawCOPrivate-$55,175
-3.10%		-$56,942
DePaul University College of LawILPrivate-$52,145
1.98%		-$51,132
University of Detroit Mercy School of LawMIPrivate-$46,724
0.83%		-$46,339
David A. Clarke School of LawDCPublic$13,438
-12.96%		$25,873
-5.44%		$15,438$27,361
Drake University Law SchoolIAPrivate-$48,410
5.44%		-$45,912
Drexel University School of LawPAPrivate-$54,600
5.94%		-$51,540
Duke University School of LawNCPrivate-$75,618
4.11%		-$72,632
Duquesne Kline School of LawPAPrivate-$55,500
3.90%		-$53,416
Elon University School of LawNCPrivate-$58,256
18.73%		-$49,068
Emory University School of LawGAPrivate-$65,510
1.56%		-$64,504
Thomas Goode Jones School of LawALPrivate-$39,900
1.01%		-$39,500
Florida A&M University College of LawFLPublic$13,676
23.43%		$32,936
24.34%		$11,080$26,489
Florida International University College of LawFLPublic$21,806$36,049$21,806$36,049
Florida State University College of LawFLPublic$20,694$40,705$20,694$40,705
Levin College of LawFLPublic$21,804$38,040$21,804$38,040
Fordham University School of LawNYPrivate-$72,282
8.29%		-$66,750
George Mason University School of LawVAPublic$26,950
1.41%		$42,798
0.92%		$26,576$42,406
The George Washington University Law SchoolDCPrivate-$69,740
3.50%		-$67,380
Georgetown University Law CenterDCPrivate-$75,950
5.49%		-$71,996
Georgia State University College of LawGAPublic$17,202$36,810$17,202$36,810
University of Georgia School of LawGAPublic$18,994$37,752$18,994$37,752
Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of LawCAPrivate-$56,000
5.90%		-$52,880
Gonzaga University School of LawMAPrivate-$53,604
6.71%		-$50,235
Harvard Law SchoolMAPrivate-$75,008
4.56%		-$71,734
William S. Richardson School of LawHIPublic$23,164$46,588$23,164$46,588
Hofstra University School of LawNYPrivate-$68,860
4.59%		-$65,838
University of Houston Law CenterTXPublic$34,942
0.03%		$50,132
0.77%		$34,930$49,748
Howard University School of LawDCPrivate-$38,612
2.36%		-$37,720
University of Idaho College of LawIDPublic$25,932
11.32%		$45,168
6.20%		$23,296$42,532
University of Illinois College of LawILPublic$41,893
0.57%		$51,893
0.46%		$41,657$51,657
Maurer School of LawINPublic$41,476
8.62%		$62,526
5.20%		$38,185$59,435
Robert H. McKinney School of LawINPublic--$31,559$51,623
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of LawPRPrivate----
University of Iowa College of LawIAPublic$31,426
4.23%		$51,955
3.94%		$30,152$49,987
University of Illinois Chicago School of LawILPublic$32,508
1.30%		$39,708
1.06%		$32,090$39,290
University of Kansas School of LawKSPublic$23,402
2.78%		$29,739
3.25%		$22,769$28,804
University of Kentucky College of LawKYPublic--$25,748$51,380
Lewis & Clark Law SchoolORPrivate-$56,346
4.99%		-$53,666
Liberty University School of LawVAPrivate-$42,981
4.19%		-$41,252
Duncan School of LawTNPrivate---$41,310
Paul M. Hebert Law CenterLAPublic$23,665$39,105$23,665$39,105
Louis D. Brandeis School of LawLAPublic$25,400
-0.59%		$30,400
-0.49%		$25,550$30,550
Loyola Law SchoolCAPrivate-$65,912
3.94%		-$63,412
Loyola University Chicago School of LawILPrivate-$56,186
3.96%		-$54,048
Loyola University New Orleans College of LawLAPrivate-$52,350
7.63%		-$48,638
University of Maine School of LawMEPublic$26,940
6.95%		$40,640
6.95%		$25,190$38,000
Marquette University Law SchoolWIPrivate-$49,710
1.10%		-$49,170
University of Maryland School of LawMDPublic--$36,209$52,538
McGeorge School of LawCAPrivate-$59,580
3.10%		-$57,788
Cecil C. Humphreys School of LawTNPublic$19,980
2.47%		$25,262
2.96%		$19,498$24,536
Mercer Law SchoolGAPrivate-$43,132
1.99%		-$42,292
University of Miami School of LawFLPrivate-$62,406
4.77%		-$59,562
Michigan State University College of LawMIPrivate-$47,984
0.33%		-$47,824
University of Michigan Law SchoolMIPublic$69,584
4.16%		$72,584
3.98%		$66,808$69,808
University of Minnesota Law SchoolMNPublic$48,964
2.53%		$58,396
2.55%		$47,754$56,946
Mississippi College School of LawMSPrivate-$38,202-$38,202
University of Mississippi School of LawMSPublic$18,470
3.94%		$38,880
2.76%		$17,770$37,836
University of Missouri School of LawMOPublic$23,877
-1.51%		$29,877
-1.21%		$24,243$30,243
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of LawMOPublic--$23,359$29,359
Mitchell Hamline School of LawMNPrivate-$52,620
3.69%		-$50,748
University of Montana School of LawMTPublic$22,060
28.50%		$47,795
16.07%		$17,167$41,177
University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of LawNEPublic$16,082
2.77%		$37,442
3.18%		$15,648$36,288
William S. Boyd School of LawNVPublic$29,268
1.67%		$42,168
1.15%		$28,788$41,688
New England School of LawMAPrivate-$57,298
4.90%		-$54,624
University of New Hampshire School of LawNHPublic$40,320
0.01%		$48,320
2.13%		$40,314$47,314
University of New Mexico School of LawNMPublic$20,674
4.82%		$44,158
3.01%		$19,724$42,868
New York Law SchoolNYPrivate-$64,824
6.50%		-$60,866
New York University School of LawNYPrivate-$80,014
4.88%		-$76,290
North Carolina Central University School of LawNCPublic$16,371
0.48%		$39,042
0.20%		$16,292$38,964
University of North Carolina School of LawNCPublic$27,972
14.21%		$48,204
7.83%		$24,492$44,704
University of North Dakota School of LawNDPublic$17,396
2.53%		$32,648
1.33%		$16,967$32,220
Northeastern University School of LawMAPrivate-$60,562
2.99%		-$58,802
Northern Illinois University College of LawILPublic$23,553
4.41%		$23,553
4.41%		$22,559$22,559
Salmon P. Chase College of LawKYPublic$24,619
4.61%		$38,165
4.99%		$23,534$36,352
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawILPrivate-$74,552
3.24%		-$72,212
Notre Dame Law SchoolILPrivate-$68,554
3.97%		-$65,936
Shepard Broad Law CenterFLPrivate-$47,539
2.90%		-$46,197
Claude W. Pettit College of LawOHPrivate-$34,650
5.16%		-$32,950
Michael E. Moritz College of LawOHPublic$34,040
2.16%		$49,292
1.48%		$33,320$48,572
Oklahoma City University School of LawOKPrivate---$37,500
University of Oklahoma College of LawOKPublic$22,808
2.36%		$36,653
2.59%		$22,283$35,726
University of Oregon School of LawORPublic$46,264
4.95%		$57,586
4.96%		$44,082$54,864
Pace University School of LawNYPrivate-$53,886
2.94%		-$52,348
Penn State Dickinson LawPAPublic$57,902
6.02%		$57,902
6.02%		$54,614$54,614
Penn State LawPAPublic$56,436
5.33%		$56,436
5.33%		$53,580$53,580
University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolPAPrivate-$76,934
5.38%		-$73,008
Pepperdine University School of LawCAPrivate-$68,046
5.96%		-$64,220
University of Pittsburgh Law SchoolPAPublic$39,618
6.82%		$50,634
6.08%		$37,090$47,734
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of LawPRPrivate----
University of Puerto Rico School of LawPRPublic----
Quinnipiac University School of LawCTPrivate-$54,880
2.01%		-$53,800
Regent University School of LawVAPrivate-$41,496
4.53%		-$39,696
University of Richmond School of LawVAPrivate-$53,440
3.75%		-$51,510
Roger Williams University School of LawRIPrivate-$46,464
3.91%		-$44,715
Rutgers Law School - Camden campusNJPublic$32,062
4.69%		$46,695
4.71%		$30,626$44,596
Saint Louis University School of LawNYPrivate-$48,594
4.34%		-$46,574
Cumberland School of LawALPrivate-$45,236
2.07%		-$44,318
University of San Diego School of LawCAPrivate-$62,981
3.48%		-$60,861
University of San Francisco School of LawCAPrivate-$54,250
3.02%		-$52,660
Santa Clara University School of LawCAPrivate-$59,254
4.97%		-$56,448
Seattle University School of LawWAPrivate-$57,015
5.74%		-$53,921
Seton Hall University School of LawNJPrivate-$66,780
4.90%		-$63,660
University of South Carolina School of LawSCPublic$23,722$41,500$23,722$41,500
University of South Dakota School of LawSDPublic$16,793$36,333$16,793$36,333
South Texas College of LawTXPrivate-$41,110
8.47%		-$37,900
Gould School of LawCAPrivate-$78,038
5.21%		-$74,173
Southern Illinois University School of LawILPublic$21,555
-9.19%		$21,555
-9.19%		$23,737$23,737
Dedman School of LawTXPrivate-$63,502
4.00%		-$61,058
Southern University Law CenterLAPublic$17,434$30,034$17,434$30,034
Southwestern Law SchoolCAPrivate-$58,392
4.00%		-$56,146
St. John's University School of LawNYPrivate-$71,664
3.87%		-$68,992
St. Mary's University School of LawTXPrivate-$44,779
4.91%		-$42,682
St. Thomas University School of LawFLPrivate-$46,200
3.06%		-$44,830
University of St. Thomas School of LawMNPrivate-$48,379
4.67%		-$46,220
Stanford Law SchoolCAPrivate-$73,713
6.84%		-$68,997
Stetson University College of LawFLPrivate-$51,708
5.44%		-$49,038
Suffolk University Law SchoolMAPrivate-$57,748
4.65%		-$55,184
Syracuse University College of LawNYPrivate-$62,050
4.32%		-$59,482
Beasley School of LawPAPublic$30,880
4.98%		$46,776
4.99%		$29,414$44,554
University of Tennessee College of LawTNPublic$20,408
1.19%		$39,152
0.80%		$20,168$38,842
Texas A&M University School of LawTXPublic$32,634$48,618$32,634$48,618
University of Texas School of LawTXPublic$36,429$54,096$36,429$54,096
Thurgood Marshall School of LawTXPublic$21,657
2.94%		$29,497
4.37%		$21,038$28,261
Texas Tech University School of LawTXPublic$27,532$39,232
0.85%		$27,532$38,902
University of Toledo College of LawOHPublic$25,284$25,484
0.79%		$25,284$25,284
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law CenterNYPrivate-$57,545
5.20%		-$54,700
Tulane University School of LawLAPrivate-$67,780
4.49%		-$64,868
University of Tulsa College of LawOKPrivate-$29,864
3.09%		-$28,970
University at Buffalo Law SchoolNYPublic$28,710$33,550$28,710$33,550
University of Massachusetts School of LawMAPublic$31,990
5.06%		$41,272
4.35%		$30,450$39,550
UNT Dallas College of LawTXPublic$19,127
13.33%		$32,008
15.43%		$16,878$27,730
S.J. Quinney College of LawUTPublic$33,634$43,598$33,634$43,598
Vanderbilt University Law SchoolTNPrivate-$72,184
7.10%		-$67,396
Vermont Law SchoolVTPrivate-$51,700
1.90%		-$50,735
Villanova University School of LawPAPrivate-$56,215
5.01%		-$53,535
University of Virginia School of LawVAPublic$71,200
3.94%		$74,200
3.78%		$68,500$71,500
Wake Forest University School of LawNCPrivate-$54,192
4.16%		-$52,028
Washburn University School of LawKSPublic$26,340
7.62%		$39,900
6.57%		$24,476$37,439
Washington and Lee University School of LawVAPrivate-$55,550
2.00%		-$54,460
Washington University School of LawMOPrivate-$67,744
3.90%		-$65,204
University of Washington School of LawWAPublic$43,584
8.86%		$55,617
7.92%		$40,035$51,534
Wayne State University Law SchoolMIPublic$37,950
12.04%		$41,388
12.04%		$33,873$36,942
West Virginia University College of LawWVPublic--$25,272$42,120
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law SchoolMIPrivate-$46,240
4.76%		-$44,140
Western New England University School of LawMAPrivate-$50,070
3.41%		-$48,420
Western State College of LawCAPrivate-$49,848
11.82%		-$44,580
Widener Law CommonwealthPAPrivate-$57,470
6.60%		-$53,910
Willamette University College of LawORPrivate-$50,944
3.80%		-$49,080
Marshall-Wythe School of LawVAPublic$43,286
13.50%		$66,043
19.46%		$38,136$55,285
University of Wisconsin Law SchoolMIPublic$35,197
6.15%		$52,893
2.00%		$33,158$51,855
University of Wyoming College of LawWYPublic$17,946
2.29%		$36,426
2.14%		$17,544$35,664
Yale Law SchoolCTPrivate-$73,865
3.42%		-$71,425
Jacksonville University College of LawFLPrivate-$36,000--
Widener Law DelawareDEPrivate-$57,470
0.16%		-$57,376