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| Rank | School name | Tuition & Fees | Enrollment (full-time) | Additional data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #134 |
Pace University
White Plains, NY |
$42,198 per year (full-time) | 565 |
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| Rank Not Published |
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 | |
| #132 |
Albany Law School
Albany, NY |
$42,675 per year (full-time) | 567 | |
| #68 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$44,620 per year (full-time) | 567 | |
| #38 |
University of California‒Davis
Davis, CA |
$49,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $58,815 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 569 | |
| #2 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
$50,802 per year (full-time) | 575 | |
| #29 |
Arizona State University (O'Connor)
Tempe, AZ |
$26,267 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,815 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 577 | |
| #86 |
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey‒Newark
Newark, NJ |
$25,424 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,156 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 579 | |
| #15 |
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN |
$46,804 per year (full-time) | 580 | |
| #124 |
University of the Pacific (McGeorge)
Sacramento, CA |
$43,045 per year (full-time) | 594 | |
| #13 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
$55,220 per year (full-time) | 596 | |
| #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 | |
| #94 |
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI |
$38,690 per year (full-time) | 599 | |
| #86 |
Northeastern University
Boston, MA |
$43,048 per year (full-time) | 604 | |
| #64 |
Seton Hall University
Newark, NJ |
$48,170 per year (full-time) | 604 | |
| Rank Not Published |
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Lansing, MI |
$37,140 per year (full-time) | 604 | |
| #36 |
Ohio State University (Moritz)
Columbus, OH |
$27,497 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,449 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 605 | |
| #4 |
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
$50,727 per year (full-time) | 610 | |
| #1 |
Yale University
New Haven, CT |
$53,600 per year (full-time) | 615 | |
| #33 |
College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe)
Williamsburg, VA |
$27,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,800 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 618 | |
| #61 |
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA |
$44,980 per year (full-time) | 618 | |
| #134 |
William Mitchell College of Law
St. Paul, MN |
$36,020 per year (full-time) | 624 | |
| #47 |
University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
$38,497 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,917 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 627 | |
| Rank Not Published |
California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA |
$43,700 per year (full-time) | 629 | |
| #48 |
University of Houston
Houston, TX |
$29,748 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,699 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 632 |
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