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Expanded Profiles for 188 Schools

Average LSAT Scores

Starting Salaries of Graduates

Save Rank College name Tuition Enrollment (full-time) LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) GPA (25th-75th percentile) Acceptance rate Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5) Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
Rank Not Published Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

 Full-time: $27,440 per year 487 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Thomas Jefferson School of Law

San Diego, CA

 Full-time: $38,700 per year 687 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Lansing, MI

 Full-time: $30,644 per year 691 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Touro College (Fuchsberg)

Central Islip, NY

 Full-time: $41,070 per year 601 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

 Full-time: $33,330 per year 524 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published University of Detroit Mercy

Detroit, MI

 Full-time: $34,010 per year 572 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

 In-state, full-time: $10,163 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $22,323 per year 256 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

 In-state, full-time: $11,208 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $21,960 per year 203 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published University of the District of Columbia (Clarke)

Washington, DC

 In-state, full-time: $8,850 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $17,700 per year 256 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

 In-state, full-time: $19,833 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $30,613 per year 365 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

 Full-time: $36,800 per year 531 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Western New England University

Springfield, MA

 Full-time: $36,854 per year 387 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Western State University

Fullerton, CA

 Full-time: $35,190 per year 318 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Whittier College

Costa Mesa, CA

 Full-time: $37,950 per year 475 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Rank Not Published Widener University

Wilmington, DE

 Full-time: $34,890 per year 997 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Unranked Catholic University

Ponce, PR

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Unranked Charleston School of Law

Charleston, SC

 Full-time: $35,606 per year 520 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Unranked Charlotte School of Law

Charlotte, NC

 Full-time: $34,990 per year 669 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Unranked Drexel University (Mack)

Philadelphia, PA

 Full-time: $34,450 per year 440 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Unranked Elon University

Greensboro, NC

 Full-time: $32,600 per year 342 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Unranked Inter-American University

San Juan, PR

 N/A N/A Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Unranked University of La Verne

Ontario, CA

 Full-time: $38,462 per year 312 Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked
Unranked University of Puerto Rico

Rio Piedras, PR

 N/A N/A Locked Locked Locked Locked Locked

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