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2 Court Square
Long Island City, NY 11101

Students
424
enrolled (full-time)
4
enrolled (part-time)
Tuition
$13,802
per year (full-time, in-state)
$21,802
per year (full-time, out-of-state)

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#132 Best Law Schools

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Law School Overview

The School of Law at CUNY School of Law has an application deadline of April 15. The full-time program application fee at the School of Law at CUNY School of Law is $60. Its tuition is full-time: $13,802 per year (in-state) and full-time: $21,802 per year (out-of-state). The student-faculty ratio is 9.7:1. The School of Law at CUNY School of Law has 48 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

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Year founded 1983
Public/private Public
Law school designation National

Admissions

Application deadline April 15
Full-time program application fee $60
Part-time program application fee N/A
Admissions Phone (718) 340-4210
Admissions E-mail admissions@law.cuny.edu
Web site http://www.law.cuny.edu/

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty 48
Student-faculty ratio 9.7:1
Total faculty 61

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time) 424
Gender distribution (full-time)
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012 141

Cost

Tuition and fees

Full-time: $13,802 per year (in-state)
Full-time: $21,802 per year (out-of-state)

Room and board $11,902

Careers

Employed at graduation 2 N/A
Median private sector starting salary $50,000
Median public service starting salary $49,000

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents 225,456

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data

2. Represents the percentage of all 2011 graduates who had a full-time job lasting at least a year for which bar passage was required or a J.D. degree was an advantage. These employment rates are part of the data on placement success used to determine a school’s ranking.
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