Comparing Yale Law and Harvard Law Side by Side

The following statements compares Harvard Law School (Harvard Law) and Yale Law School (Yale Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar passage and employment data for 2022-2023.
  • Both schools are private.
  • Harvard Law tuition of $78,692 is more expensive than Yale Law tuition of $76,369.
  • Yale Law offers the better financial aid of $32,852 which is 43.02% of tuition amount.
  • Yale Law acceptance rate of 9.58% is lower than Harvard Law of 5.58%.
  • Yale Law's LSAT score of 175 is higher than Harvard Law of 174.
  • Yale Law's GPA of 3.96 is higher than Harvard Law of 3.93.
  • Harvard Law with 2,031 students is larger than Yale Law with 705 students.
  • Yale Law has higher bar exam pass rate than Harvard Law.
  • Harvard Law founded in 1817 is older than Yale Law founded in 1843.
  • Both schools require the same amount of application fee of $85.