Which public law schools award the most financial aid?

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School name Median grant amount Full-time students receiving grants 25th percentile grant amount of aid per full-time recipient Students receiving grants of full tuition Students receiving grants of more than full tuition
University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

$25,000 38.1% $15,000 5.2% 0.7%
University of California–​Davis

Davis, CA

$23,000 102.6% $13,000 N/A 0.4%
University of California–​Irvine

Irvine, CA

$22,173 75.8% $11,086 23.6% 0.0%
Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

$20,317 59.7% $10,000 18.3% 8.6%
University of Illinois–​Urbana-​Champaign

Champaign, IL

$20,000 96.2% $14,343 0.0% 5.4%
University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

$19,708 72.3% $10,000 17.6% 7.4%
University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

$19,384 63.8% $5,000 0.3% 0.5%
Indiana University–​Bloomington (Maurer)

Bloomington, IN

$18,970 96.7% $9,352 13.5% 9.3%
University of California–​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

$18,118 59.8% $6,000 0.2% 1.2%
University of Minnesota–​Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

$18,000 73.8% $10,000 N/A 6.1%
University of Nevada–​Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

$17,925 44.4% $11,650 16.8% 1.0%
University of California–​Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

$15,439 77.3% $6,000 0.0% 3.0%
University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

$15,000 65.2% $10,000 0.0% 2.8%
University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

$14,250 49.3% $5,175 1.6% 13.3%
Washburn University

Topeka, KS

$13,125 61.0% $3,105 0.0% 17.9%
University of California (Hastings)

San Francisco, CA

$12,150 88.0% $11,350 0.0% 0.0%
University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

$12,104 57.9% $6,913 9.4% 10.7%
University of Arizona (Rogers)

Tucson, AZ

$12,000 77.9% $8,000 5.4% 1.2%
University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

$12,000 55.2% $7,000 0.3% 0.6%
CUNY

Long Island City, NY

$11,420 15.8% $4,000 9.0% 0.0%
Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)

University Park, PA

$11,000 69.5% $7,084 0.2% 0.0%
University of Connecticut

Hartford, CT

$11,000 71.4% $9,625 2.2% 2.9%
Arizona State University (O'Connor)

Tempe, AZ

$10,000 51.5% $2,000 1.4% 2.1%
University of Akron

Akron, OH

$10,000 77.6% $4,000 0.3% 18.7%
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

$10,000 70.0% $4,000 1.8% 0.0%

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