Best Law Schools: Which public schools award the most and the least financial aid?
| Median grant amount of aid per full-time recipient (50th percentile) | Percent of students receiving grants | 25th percentile grant amount of aid per full-time recipient | Percentage of full-time students receiving grants of full tuition | Percentage of full-time students receiving grants of more than full tuition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | $15,270 | 31% | $1,000 | 18.0% | 0.5% | ||||
| University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | $14,500 | 59% | $12,000 | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||||
| University of Akron Akron, OH | $14,292 | 60% | $7,000 | 9.8% | 27.2% | ||||
| University of Toledo Toledo, OH | $14,232 | 51% | $5,000 | 20.8% | 15.8% | ||||
| Northern Kentucky University (Chase) Highland Heights, KY | $12,168 | 34% | $4,125 | 19.0% | N/A | ||||
| University of California--Davis Davis, CA | $11,500 | 63% | $6,600 | 0.0% | 1.0% | ||||
| University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | $11,190 | 46% | $5,000 | 11.6% | 15.0% | ||||
| University of Maryland Baltimore, MD | $11,000 | 71% | $5,000 | 4.2% | 0.0% | ||||
| Northern Illinois University De Kalb, IL | $10,584 | 20% | $5,290 | 10.4% | 4.5% | ||||
| University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | $10,560 | 26% | $4,000 | 10.4% | 3.2% | ||||
| University of Connecticut Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 66% | $7,000 | 3.1% | 5.4% | ||||
| George Mason University Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 15% | $10,000 | 0.0% | 0.9% | ||||
| University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI | $10,000 | 30% | $6,000 | 0.6% | 5.1% | ||||
| University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 49% | $8,000 | 1.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $10,000 | 70% | $5,000 | 9.5% | 0.0% | ||||
| Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | $9,750 | 17% | $1,000 | 9.3% | 0.0% | ||||
| University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $9,224 | 57% | $6,000 | 1.5% | 2.5% | ||||
| University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $8,700 | 65% | $6,200 | 0.7% | 2.0% | ||||
| University of Idaho Moscow, ID | $8,500 | 43% | $5,000 | 10.5% | 0.7% | ||||
| Indiana University--Bloomington (Maurer) Bloomington, IN | $8,500 | 81% | $4,500 | 4.1% | 9.2% | ||||
| University of South Carolina Columbia, SC | $8,182 | 33% | $4,091 | 0.0% | 0.1% | ||||
| University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | $8,000 | 62% | $5,000 | 0.9% | 2.7% | ||||
| University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE | $8,000 | 40% | $5,000 | 0.0% | 14.4% | ||||
| University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | $7,500 | 66% | $4,000 | 1.4% | 0.3% | ||||
| Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 49% | $4,500 | 5.8% | 0.0% | ||||
| University of Arizona (Rogers) Tucson, AZ | $7,488 | 67% | $5,408 | 3.2% | 8.3% | ||||
| University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $6,900 | 62% | $3,500 | 0.2% | 0.1% | ||||
| University of Hawaii (Richardson) Honolulu, HI | $6,502 | 42% | $3,000 | 0.8% | 1.5% | ||||
| Washburn University Topeka, KS | $6,250 | 47% | $2,900 | 0.0% | 8.4% | ||||
| University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX | $6,016 | 80% | $3,008 | 0.1% | 1.9% | ||||
| University of California (Hastings) San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 72% | $5,500 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| University of Missouri--Kansas City Kansas City, MO | $6,000 | 38% | $3,000 | 3.1% | 1.6% | ||||
| University of Washington Seattle, WA | $6,000 | 40% | $6,000 | 2.4% | 2.2% | ||||
| University of Arkansas--Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR | $6,000 | 37% | $3,000 | 0.0% | 5.2% | ||||
| University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD | $6,000 | 21% | $2,000 | 0.0% | 3.2% | ||||
| University of Mississippi University, MS | $5,500 | 46% | $1,563 | 0.0% | 5.3% | ||||
| Florida A&M University Orlando, FL | $5,500 | 12% | $4,500 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Ohio State University (Moritz) Columbus, OH | $5,500 | 84% | $3,000 | 0.3% | 4.2% | ||||
| University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | $5,500 | 33% | $2,275 | 2.9% | 6.2% | ||||
| Southern Illinois University--Carbondale Carbondale, IL | $5,500 | 48% | $4,000 | 0.0% | 4.7% | ||||
| University of Utah (Quinney) Salt Lake City, UT | $5,010 | 53% | $2,150 | 0.0% | 3.4% | ||||
| College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) Williamsburg, VA | $5,000 | 28% | $3,300 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Wayne State University Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 80% | $2,500 | 6.1% | 3.3% | ||||
| Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark Newark, NJ | $5,000 | 40% | $3,250 | 1.4% | 1.2% | ||||
| Florida International University Miami, FL | $5,000 | 21% | $5,000 | 0.0% | 1.1% | ||||
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | $5,000 | 65% | $1,000 | 1.8% | 2.3% | ||||
| University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN | $5,000 | 53% | $2,000 | 1.7% | 3.6% | ||||
| West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | $4,928 | 94% | $2,464 | 11.6% | 9.5% | ||||
| University of Nevada--Las Vegas (Boyd) Las Vegas, NV | $4,900 | 46% | $1,000 | 11.1% | 0.3% | ||||
| Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson) University Park, PA | $4,850 | 52% | $2,500 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| Arizona State University (O'Connor) Tempe, AZ | $4,850 | 51% | $2,000 | 2.4% | 6.3% | ||||
| Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Camden Camden, NJ | $4,500 | 34% | $1,000 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| University of Missouri Columbia, MO | $4,151 | 52% | $2,000 | 1.1% | 0.4% | ||||
| University of Louisville (Brandeis) Louisville, KY | $4,000 | 44% | $2,000 | 0.0% | 6.3% | ||||
| University of Oregon Eugene, OR | $4,000 | 45% | $2,500 | 0.0% | 1.7% | ||||
| University of Florida (Levin) Gainesville, FL | $4,000 | 24% | $2,000 | 0.7% | 0.1% | ||||
| University of the District of Columbia (Clarke) Washington, DC | $4,000 | 60% | $2,500 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| University of Memphis (Humphreys) Memphis, TN | $3,900 | 28% | $3,000 | 3.0% | 0.8% | ||||
| Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) Cleveland, OH | $3,840 | 48% | $3,840 | 5.6% | 0.0% | ||||
| North Carolina Central University Durham, NC | $3,714 | 26% | $1,857 | 10.6% | 0.0% | ||||
| Indiana University--Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | $3,700 | 46% | $1,800 | 0.0% | 0.3% | ||||
| Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge (Hebert) Baton Rouge, LA | $3,538 | 58% | $2,000 | 4.4% | 6.5% | ||||
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | $3,500 | 80% | $1,700 | 1.0% | 2.5% | ||||
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | $3,400 | 58% | $1,000 | 0.0% | 16.8% | ||||
| University of Georgia Athens, GA | $3,000 | 54% | $2,000 | 0.9% | 0.5% | ||||
| University of Oklahoma Norman, OK | $3,000 | 68% | $1,500 | 0.0% | 1.2% | ||||
| Texas Southern University (Marshall) Houston, TX | $3,000 | 46% | $1,500 | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||
| University of Arkansas--Little Rock (Bowen) Little Rock, AR | $2,750 | 39% | $1,000 | 5.8% | 1.6% | ||||
| University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $2,700 | 75% | $1,000 | 0.4% | 12.1% | ||||
| University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | $2,500 | 54% | $1,500 | 1.3% | 0.9% | ||||
| University of Maine Portland, ME | $2,500 | 44% | $600 | 0.0% | 0.4% | ||||
| University of Houston Houston, TX | $2,200 | 54% | $2,000 | 0.7% | 0.3% | ||||
| University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY | $2,200 | 65% | $550 | 13.7% | 0.5% | ||||
| University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO | $2,000 | 70% | $1,000 | 10.8% | 0.0% | ||||
| CUNY--Queens College Flushing, NY | $1,695 | 40% | $847 | 13.8% | 0.0% | ||||
| University of Montana Missoula, MT | $1,600 | 46% | $1,000 | 0.0% | 0.4% | ||||
| University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | $1,540 | 36% | $770 | 1.5% | 0.5% | ||||
| Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | $1,500 | 37% | $1,000 | 0.8% | 1.8% | ||||
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