Best Law Schools

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Rank School name Tuition & Fees Enrollment (full-time) LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) Acceptance rate Employed 9 months after graduation 2 Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5) Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) GPA (25th-75th percentile) Employed at graduation 2 Peer assessment score (out of 5)
#80 University of Hawaii–​Manoa (Richardson)

Honolulu, HI

$18,094 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,486 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 261
#76 Louisiana State University–​Baton Rouge (Hebert)

Baton Rouge, LA

$18,618 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,006 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 634
#76 University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

$18,649 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,677 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 402
#86 University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

$18,664 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,474 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 441
#105 Florida International University

Miami, FL

$18,841 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,086 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 346
#58 University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

$19,404 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 402
#21 University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

$19,660 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,920 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 487
#48 Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

$19,731 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,744 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 658
#68 University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

$19,763 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,188 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 505
#56 Temple University (Beasley)

Philadelphia, PA

$19,788 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,718 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 688
Rank Not Published Northern Illinois University

De Kalb, IL

$19,811 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,129 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 322
#41 University of Utah (Quinney)

Salt Lake City, UT

$21,113 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,142 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 381
#33 University of Wisconsin–​Madison

Madison, WI

$21,347 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,043 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 690
#46 University of Florida (Levin)

Gainesville, FL

$21,421 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 960
Rank Not Published University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

$21,507 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,056 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 309
#31 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

$21,556 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,066 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 741
#98 University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC

$21,688 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,398 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 632
#119 Cleveland State University (Cleveland-​Marshall)

Cleveland, OH

$21,749 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,816 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 375
#44 Brigham Young University (Clark)

Provo, UT

$21,900 per year (full-time) 420
#105 Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

$22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,148 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 688
#86 SUNY Buffalo Law School

Buffalo, NY

$22,624 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,114 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 598
#119 University of Akron

Akron, OH

$23,085 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,268 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 299
#58 University of Connecticut

Hartford, CT

$23,244 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,012 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 447
#80 University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

$23,536 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,044 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 386
#134 University of Maine

Portland, ME

$23,610 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 266

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