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| Rank | School name | Tuition & Fees | Enrollment (full-time) | Additional data |
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Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge, LA |
$10,990 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,590 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 565 |
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Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA |
$43,850 per year (full-time) | 691 | |
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St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL |
$36,226 per year (full-time) | 678 | |
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Texas Southern University (Marshall)
Houston, TX |
$16,262 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,212 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 540 | |
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Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, TX |
$30,580 per year (full-time) | 471 | |
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Thomas Jefferson School of Law
San Diego, CA |
$42,000 per year (full-time) | 722 | |
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Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Lansing, MI |
$37,140 per year (full-time) | 604 | |
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Touro College (Fuchsberg)
Central Islip, NY |
$42,930 per year (full-time) | 531 | |
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University of Dayton
Dayton, OH |
$33,630 per year (full-time) | 407 | |
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University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI |
$38,180 per year (full-time) | 502 | |
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University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD |
$13,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,880 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 217 | |
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University of the District of Columbia (Clarke)
Washington, DC |
$11,265 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,285 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 216 | |
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University of Toledo
Toledo, OH |
$21,507 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,056 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 309 | |
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Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN |
$38,852 per year (full-time) | 488 | |
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Western New England University
Springfield, MA |
$39,574 per year (full-time) | 259 | |
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Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Fullerton, CA |
$39,600 per year (full-time) | 321 | |
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Whittier College
Costa Mesa, CA |
$40,310 per year (full-time) | 490 | |
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Widener University
Wilmington, DE |
$1,272 per credit (full-time) | 813 | |
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Willamette University (Collins)
Salem, OR |
$34,690 per year (full-time) | 378 | |
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Catholic University
Ponce, PR |
N/A | N/A | |
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Inter-American University
San Juan, PR |
N/A | N/A | |
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University of California‒Irvine
Irvine, CA |
$44,717 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,211 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 297 | |
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University of La Verne
Ontario, CA |
$40,732 per year (full-time) | 122 | |
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University of Massachusetts‒Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA |
$24,178 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,870 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 189 | |
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University of Puerto Rico
Rio Piedras, PR |
N/A | N/A |
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