44.89% of Law School Tuition Covered by Financial Aid
Law school tuition is expensive, even in public schools. Most students need financial help and most law school gives opportunities for grants and scholarships. For the academic year 2023-2024, the average amount of grants and/or scholarships is $16,599 in public law schools and $27,821 in private law schools. It is 38.00% and 49.09% of tuition costs, in public and private schools respectively.
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law has the most students who received grants and/or scholarships of at least half of the tuition amount. 99.46% of full-time students received financial aid more than half amount of tuition.
Baylor Law School and Penn State Dickinson Law also offer generous financial aid and most students received a substantial portion of the tuition amount.
Top 25 Law Schools with Best Financial Aid
The following table compares the top 25 Law Schools with Best Financial Aid with important academic indicators.
The rankings include 12 public and 13 law schools are included.
The average acceptance rate of the schools is 40.74% and the yield is 28.90%. The acceptance rate of Law Schools with Best Financial Aid is average, compared to average rate of all law schools, 42.35%.
The average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 161 and the average GPA is 3.70 at Law Schools with Best Financial Aid. Their LSAT scores are average, compared to average LSAT score of all law schools, 159.
For the Law Schools with Best Financial Aid, the average 2024 tuition & fees is $36,785 state residents and $50,629 for out-of-state students in public law schools. In private law schools in the rankings, the tuition & fees is $52,446. The average financial aid amount of them is $29,104 which is 56.43% of tuition & fees.
| Rank | School | Full-time Total | Grants / Scholarships Received | Less than Half of Tuition | Half to Full Tuition | Full or more than Tuition | Average Financial Aid Amount | 2024 Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman Adrian Wiggins School of LawPrivateRaleigh, NC | 552 | 549 | - | 29 | 520 | $16,250 | $49,730 |
| 2 | Baylor Law SchoolPrivateWaco, TX | 467 | 414 | 19 | 182 | 213 | $33,000 | $64,650 |
| 3 | Penn State Dickinson LawPublicCarlisle, PA | 272 | 271 | 36 | 187 | 48 | $56,592 | $59,054 |
| 4 | Michigan State University College of LawPrivateEast Lansing, MI | 635 | 629 | 154 | 326 | 149 | $35,000 | $47,984 |
| 5 | University of San Diego School of LawPrivateSan Diego, CA | 710 | 638 | 639 | 672 | 41 | $33,000 | $62,981 |
| 6 | Maurer School of LawPublicBloomington, IN | 545 | 532 | 105 | 267 | 160 | $35,000 | $62,526 |
| 7 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of LawPublicLincoln, NE | 437 | 368 | 49 | 169 | 150 | $16,068 | $37,442 |
| 8 | Marshall-Wythe School of LawPublicWilliamsburg, VA | 606 | 570 | 192 | 352 | 26 | $25,067 | $68,329 |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin Law SchoolPublicMadison, MI | 758 | 725 | 236 | 398 | 91 | $29,992 | $52,893 |
| 10 | Washington and Lee University School of LawPrivateLexington, VA | 378 | 366 | 125 | 241 | - | $32,500 | $55,550 |
| 11 | Claude W. Pettit College of LawPrivateAda, OH | 196 | 179 | 55 | 112 | 12 | $21,000 | $35,250 |
| 12 | J. Reuben Clark Law SchoolPrivateProvo, UT | 384 | 342 | 104 | 46 | 192 | $14,636 | $30,152 |
| 13 | University of Cincinnati College of LawPublicCincinnati, OH | 388 | 373 | 98 | 222 | 53 | $16,946 | $29,010 |
| 14 | Gonzaga University School of LawPrivateSpokane, MA | 510 | 497 | 159 | 325 | 6 | $29,500 | $56,227 |
| 15 | University of Illinois College of LawPublicChampaign, IL | 524 | 512 | 107 | 397 | 8 | $35,900 | $51,893 |
| 16 | Appalachian School of LawPrivateGrundy, GA | 161 | 129 | 46 | 33 | 50 | $20,500 | $41,000 |
| 17 | The University of Alabama School of LawPublicTuscaloosa, AL | 425 | 387 | 113 | 163 | 111 | $22,000 | $44,470 |
| 18 | Penn State LawPublicUniversity Park, PA | 402 | 401 | 82 | 111 | 208 | $54,744 | $57,556 |
| 19 | Michael E. Moritz College of LawPublicColumbus, OH | 521 | 487 | 162 | 142 | 183 | $24,290 | $49,292 |
| 20 | Chicago-Kent College of LawPrivateChicago, IL | 650 | 614 | 167 | 416 | 31 | $33,500 | $55,327 |
| 21 | S.J. Quinney College of LawPublicSalt Lake City, UT | 278 | 248 | 67 | 141 | 40 | $19,173 | $43,598 |
| 22 | University of North Carolina School of LawPublicChapel Hill, NC | 592 | 512 | 193 | 289 | 30 | $15,000 | $51,486 |
| 23 | Case Western Reserve University School of LawPrivateCleveland, OH | 446 | 434 | 74 | 360 | - | $40,950 | $61,094 |
| 24 | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawPrivateNew York, NY | 957 | 876 | 318 | 530 | 25 | $35,000 | $73,440 |
| 25 | Drake University Law SchoolPrivateDes Moines, IA | 325 | 268 | 63 | 161 | 44 | $32,000 | $48,410 |