Best Graduate Law Schools in US 2015

Ranked by US News

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More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Tuition and fees Enrollment (full-time)
#1 Yale University

(New Haven, CT, US)

$54,650 per year (full-time) 625
#2 Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA, US)

$53,308 per year (full-time) 1,741
#3 Stanford University

(Stanford, CA, US)

$52,530 per year (full-time) 574
#4 Columbia University

(New York, NY, US)

$57,838 per year (full-time) 1,248
#4 University of Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

$53,301 per year (full-time) 612
#6 New York University

(New York, NY, US)

$54,678 per year (full-time) 1,418
#7 University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$54,992 per year (full-time) 786
#8 University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA, US)

$47,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,900 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,048
#9 University of California—​Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA, US)

$48,058 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,009 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 854
#10 Duke University

(Durham, NC, US)

$53,596 per year (full-time) 629
#10 University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI, US)

$49,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,784 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,055
#12 Northwestern University

(Chicago, IL, US)

$55,064 per year (full-time) 763
#13 Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY, US)

$57,270 per year (full-time) 576
#13 Georgetown University

(Washington, DC, US)

$50,890 per year (full-time) 1,694
#15 University of Texas—​Austin

(Austin, TX, US)

$33,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,244 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,046
#16 University of California—​Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$45,226 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,720 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 975
#16 Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN, US)

$48,160 per year (full-time) 566
#18 Washington University in St. Louis

(St. Louis, MO, US)

$49,945 per year (full-time) 687
#19 Emory University

(Atlanta, GA, US)

$48,174 per year (full-time) 811
#20 George Washington University

(Washington, DC, US)

$49,840 per year (full-time) 1,287
#20 University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN, US)

$40,058 per year (in-state, full-time); $47,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 721
#20 University of Southern California (Gould)

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$55,023 per year (full-time) 602
#23 University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL, US)

$20,770 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,840 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 465
#24 College of William and Mary (Marshall-​Wythe)

(Williamsburg, VA, US)

$29,000 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 623
#24 University of Washington

(Seattle, WA, US)

$31,983 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,024 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 541
#26 University of Notre Dame

(Notre Dame, IN, US)

$48,730 per year (full-time) 520
#27 Boston University

(Boston, MA, US)

$45,786 per year (full-time) 676
#27 University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA, US)

$28,047 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,025 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 411
#29 Indiana University—​Bloomington (Maurer)

(Bloomington, IN, US)

$30,526 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,962 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 638
#29 University of Georgia

(Athens, GA, US)

$18,740 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,410 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 621
#31 Arizona State University (O'Connor)

(Tempe, AZ, US)

$26,268 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,818 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 567
#31 Ohio State University (Moritz)

(Columbus, OH, US)

$28,033 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,985 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 574
#31 University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC, US)

$22,215 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,846 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 720
#31 University of Wisconsin—​Madison

(Madison, WI, US)

$21,365 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,061 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 623
#31 Wake Forest University

(Winston-Salem, NC, US)

$41,364 per year (full-time) 482
#36 Boston College

(Newton, MA, US)

$44,860 per year (full-time) 728
#36 Brigham Young University (Clark)

(Provo, UT, US)

$11,280 per year (LDS member, full-time); $22,560 per year (Non-LDS member, full-time) 412
#36 Fordham University

(New York, NY, US)

$50,996 per year (full-time) 1,109
#36 University of California—​Davis

(Davis, CA, US)

$47,286 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,537 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 499
#40 University of Arizona (Rogers)

(Tucson, AZ, US)

$24,381 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,841 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 404
#40 University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign

(Champaign, IL, US)

$41,226 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,976 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 543
#42 Southern Methodist University (Dedman)

(Dallas, TX, US)

$46,519 per year (full-time) 524
#43 University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO, US)

$31,738 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,524 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 514
#43 Washington and Lee University

(Lexington, VA, US)

$44,707 per year (full-time) 419
#45 Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL, US)

$20,632 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,644 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 655
#46 George Mason University

(Arlington, VA, US)

$25,351 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,737 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 363
#46 Tulane University

(New Orleans, LA, US)

$47,080 per year (full-time) 697
#46 University of Maryland (Carey)

(Baltimore, MD, US)

$27,174 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,256 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 643
#49 University of Florida (Levin)

(Gainesville, FL, US)

$22,190 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,546 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 944
#49 University of Utah (Quinney)

(Salt Lake City, UT, US)

$23,489 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,635 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 354
#51 Baylor University

(Waco, TX, US)

$49,481 per year (full-time) 371
#51 Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson)

(University Park, PA, US)

$42,040 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,040 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 475
#51 University of Richmond (Williams)

(Richmond, VA, US)

$38,250 per year (full-time) 455
#54 Pepperdine University

(Malibu, CA, US)

$46,740 per year (full-time) 602
#54 University of California (Hastings)

(San Francisco, CA, US)

$47,634 per year (in-state, full-time); $53,634 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,041
#54 University of Connecticut

(Hartford, CT, US)

$24,714 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,030 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 402
#54 University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE, US)

$14,441 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,955 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 378
#58 University of Houston

(Houston, TX, US)

$29,748 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 619
#58 University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY, US)

$19,986 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,652 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 402
#58 University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK, US)

$19,973 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,398 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 462
#61 Temple University (Beasley)

(Philadelphia, PA, US)

$20,462 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,780 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 601
#61 University of Arkansas—​Fayetteville

(Fayetteville, AR, US)

$456 per credit (in-state, full-time); $937 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 370
#61 University of Miami

(Coral Gables, FL, US)

$44,626 per year (full-time) 1,142
#64 Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH, US)

$46,826 per year (full-time) 418
#64 Georgia State University

(Atlanta, GA, US)

$16,042 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,722 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 469
#64 University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO, US)

$19,538 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,907 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 384
#64 Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

(New York, NY, US)

$51,778 per year (full-time) 983
#68 Loyola University Chicago

(Chicago, IL, US)

$41,666 per year (full-time) 681
#68 Seton Hall University

(Newark, NJ, US)

$49,070 per year (full-time) 477
#68 University of Denver (Sturm)

(Denver, CO, US)

$40,950 per year (full-time) 732
#68 University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS, US)

$19,623 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,067 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 370
#72 American University (Washington)

(Washington, DC, US)

$48,148 per year (full-time) 1,240
#72 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-​Kent)

(Chicago, IL, US)

$44,410 per year (full-time) 763
#72 Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern)

(Portland, OR, US)

$39,326 per year (full-time) 409
#72 Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge (Hebert)

(Baton Rouge, LA, US)

$19,816 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,118 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 585
#72 University of New Mexico

(Albuquerque, NM, US)

$16,251 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,521 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 344
#72 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN, US)

$18,962 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,706 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 442
#72 University of Tulsa

(Tulsa, OK, US)

$33,428 per year (full-time) 254
#79 University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH, US)

$23,536 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,044 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 345
#79 University of San Diego

(San Diego, CA, US)

$45,860 per year (full-time) 696
#81 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​Camden

(Camden, NJ, US)

$25,505 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,237 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 506
#81 University of Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA, US)

$30,400 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,604 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 590
#83 Brooklyn Law School

(Brooklyn, NY, US)

$1,795 per credit (full-time) 909
#83 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—​Newark

(Newark, NJ, US)

$25,457 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,189 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 523
#83 University of Nevada—​Las Vegas

(Las Vegas, NV, US)

$26,437 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,437 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 301
#83 West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV, US)

$17,658 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,714 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 379
#87 Indiana University—​Indianapolis (McKinney)

(Indianapolis, IN, US)

$24,172 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,882 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 581
#87 Loyola Marymount University

(Los Angeles, CA, US)

$45,980 per year (full-time) 975
#87 Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI, US)

$35,844 per year (full-time) 759
#87 Seattle University

(Seattle, WA, US)

$40,486 per year (full-time) 659
#87 University of Louisville (Brandeis)

(Louisville, KY, US)

$18,578 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,612 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 363
#87 Wayne State University

(Detroit, MI, US)

$29,066 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,763 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 334
#93 Marquette University

(Milwaukee, WI, US)

$39,850 per year (full-time) 581
#93 Northeastern University

(Boston, MA, US)

$43,910 per year (full-time) 569
#93 Stetson University

(Gulfport, FL, US)

$37,782 per year (full-time) 701
#93 St. Louis University

(St. Louis, MO, US)

$37,615 per year (full-time) 559
#93 University of New Hampshire School of Law

(Concord, NH, US)

$41,190 per year (full-time) 271
#93 University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC, US)

$22,360 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,752 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 619
#93 Villanova University

(Villanova, PA, US)

$40,060 per year (full-time) 594
#100 Florida International University

(Miami, FL, US)

$20,597 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,841 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 360

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