The law school tuition is usually higher than institute's average tuition for non-law major programs. In the academic year 2024-2025, Columbia Law School has the highest tuition & fees of $81,292. New York University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center also have higher tuition & fees of $80,014 and $79,672 respectively.

Important Statistics of Most Expensive Law Schools

The 2025 average tuition & fees of Most Expensive Law Schools are $78,118 for state residents and $78,418 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2024-2025. The average GPA of the schools is 3.92 and the average LAST score is 172. The average acceptance rate is 12.88%.

  • 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 Gould School of Law has the lowest score of 169.
  • Yale Law School has the highest GPA of 3.96 and Gould School of Law has the lowest GPA of 3.88.
  • Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 5.58% and Georgetown University Law Center has the lowest rate of 19.57%.
  • Georgetown University Law Center has the most law school students of 3,030 and University of Chicago Law School has the least enrolled students of 686.

The following table compares Most Expensive Law Schools law schools with important law schools facts.

Most Expensive Law Schools Tuition and Admission Comparison Table
RankSchool NameTuition & FeesAcceptance RateAverage GPAAverage LSATTotal EnrollmentEnrollment (First-Year Students)Bar Exam Pass Rate*
1Columbia Law School
private, New York, NY		 $81,292 12.23% 3.90 173 1,748 363 93.72%
2New York University School of Law
private, New York, NY		 $80,014 16.76% 3.90 172 2,094 407 96.58%
3Georgetown University Law Center
private, Washington, DC		 $79,672 19.57% 3.91 171 3,030 570 90.51%
4Harvard Law School
private, Cambridge, MA		 $78,692 9.58% 3.93 174 2,031 455 96.10%
5Gould School of Law
private, Los Angeles, CA		 $78,038 12.52% 3.88 169 1,436 178 82.42%
6University of Chicago Law School
private, Chicago, IL		 $77,877 12.78% 3.94 173 686 180 97.10%
7University of Virginia School of Law
public, Charlottesville, VA		 $77,700
($74,700)		 11.46% 3.94 171 960 277 96.50%
8Cornell Law School
private, Ithaca, NY		 $77,593 18.39% 3.90 172 875 187 94.29%
9University of Pennsylvania Law School
private, Philadelphia, PA		 $76,934 9.88% 3.92 172 1,048 231 96.25%
10Yale 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.