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| Rank | School name | Tuition & Fees | Enrollment (full-time) | Additional data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #68 |
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA |
$43,860 per year (full-time) | 768 |
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| #48 |
Southern Methodist University (Dedman)
Dallas, TX |
$44,017 per year (full-time) | 527 | |
| #144 |
Suffolk University
Boston, MA |
$44,064 per year (full-time) | 1,073 | |
| #29 |
Boston University
Boston, MA |
$44,168 per year (full-time) | 740 | |
| #68 |
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA |
$44,230 per year (full-time) | 1,011 | |
| #68 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$44,620 per year (full-time) | 567 | |
| Unranked |
University of California‒Irvine
Irvine, CA |
$44,717 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,211 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 297 | |
| #61 |
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA |
$44,980 per year (full-time) | 618 | |
| #119 |
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, VT |
$45,207 per year (full-time) | 512 | |
| #17 |
University of California‒Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA |
$45,221 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,715 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 994 | |
| #48 |
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA |
$45,240 per year (full-time) | 743 | |
| #96 |
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY |
$45,690 per year (full-time) | 661 | |
| #23 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
$45,980 per year (full-time) | 545 | |
| #7 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
$46,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,400 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,078 | |
| #23 |
Emory University
Atlanta, GA |
$46,414 per year (full-time) | 813 | |
| #54 |
Baylor University
Waco, TX |
$46,420 per year (full-time) | 401 | |
| #56 |
American University (Washington)
Washington, DC |
$46,794 per year (full-time) | 1,215 | |
| #15 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$46,804 per year (full-time) | 580 | |
| #48 |
University of California (Hastings)
San Francisco, CA |
$46,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,806 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,097 | |
| #134 |
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT |
$47,076 per year (full-time) | 328 | |
| #19 |
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
$47,490 per year (full-time) | 768 | |
| #21 |
George Washington University
Washington, DC |
$47,535 per year (full-time) | 1,351 | |
| #113 |
Hofstra University (Deane)
Hempstead, NY |
$47,660 per year (full-time) | 945 | |
| #9 |
University of California‒Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
$48,068 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,019 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 856 | |
| #98 |
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY |
$48,070 per year (full-time) | 742 |
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