Best Graduate Law Schools Programs in US 2017
Ranked in 2016 by US News
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
Rank | School name | Enrollment (full-time) | Tuition and fees | Overall Score |
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#1 | Yale University (New Haven, CT) |
614 | $58,050 per year (full-time) | 100 |
#2 | Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) |
1,767 | $58,242 per year (full-time) | 97 |
#2 | Stanford University (Stanford, CA) |
572 | $56,274 per year (full-time) | 97 |
#4 | Columbia University (New York, NY) |
1,165 | $62,700 per year (full-time) | 94 |
#4 | University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) |
617 | $56,916 per year (full-time) | 94 |
#6 | New York University (New York, NY) |
1,395 | $59,330 per year (full-time) | 91 |
#7 | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) |
753 | $58,918 per year (full-time) | 89 |
#8 | University of California—Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) |
935 | $48,679 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,630 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 86 |
#8 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI) |
932 | $53,112 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,112 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 86 |
#8 | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) |
934 | $54,000 per year (in-state, full-time); $57,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 86 |
#11 | Duke University (Durham, NC) |
668 | $57,717 per year (full-time) | 84 |
#12 | Northwestern University (Pritzker) (Chicago, IL) |
658 | $58,398 per year (full-time) | 83 |
#13 | Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) |
588 | $59,900 per year (full-time) | 82 |
#14 | Georgetown University (Washington, DC) |
1,725 | $55,255 per year (full-time) | 77 |
#15 | University of Texas—Austin (Austin, TX) |
949 | $33,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,244 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 76 |
#16 | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) |
538 | $51,360 per year (full-time) | 75 |
#17 | University of California—Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) |
974 | $45,284 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,778 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 74 |
#18 | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) |
684 | $51,626 per year (full-time) | 73 |
#19 | University of Southern California (Gould) (Los Angeles, CA) |
598 | $58,022 per year (full-time) | 71 |
#20 | Boston University (Boston, MA) |
672 | $49,330 per year (full-time) | 68 |
#20 | University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) |
387 | $24,177 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,021 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 68 |
#22 | Emory University (Atlanta, GA) |
836 | $51,510 per year (full-time) | 67 |
#22 | University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) |
632 | $42,231 per year (in-state, full-time); $50,373 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 67 |
#22 | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) |
581 | $52,372 per year (full-time) | 67 |
#25 | Arizona State University (O'Connor) (Tempe, AZ) |
623 | $27,074 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,794 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 64 |
#25 | George Washington University (Washington, DC) |
1,469 | $54,114 per year (full-time) | 64 |
#25 | Indiana University—Bloomington (Maurer) (Bloomington, IN) |
538 | $31,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,800 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 64 |
#28 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) |
431 | $22,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 63 |
#28 | University of California—Irvine (Irvine, CA) |
334 | $44,765 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,259 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 63 |
#30 | Boston College (Newton, MA) |
694 | $48,670 per year (full-time) | 61 |
#30 | Ohio State University (Moritz) (Columbus, OH) |
523 | $29,131 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,081 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 61 |
#30 | University of California—Davis (Davis, CA) |
494 | $47,339 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,590 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 61 |
#33 | College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) (Williamsburg, VA) |
645 | $30,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,800 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 60 |
#33 | University of Georgia (Athens, GA) |
576 | $19,476 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,524 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 60 |
#33 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) |
496 | $31,962 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,124 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 60 |
#33 | University of Wisconsin—Madison (Madison, WI) |
519 | $21,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,074 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 60 |
#37 | Fordham University (New York, NY) |
956 | $54,116 per year (full-time) | 59 |
#38 | Brigham Young University (Clark) (Provo, UT) |
392 | $11,970 per year (LDS member, full-time); $23,940 per year (Non-LDS member, full-time) | 58 |
#38 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) |
657 | $23,041 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,672 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 58 |
#40 | University of Arizona (Rogers) (Tucson, AZ) |
359 | $24,500 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 57 |
#40 | University of Colorado—Boulder (Boulder, CO) |
555 | $31,864 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,650 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 57 |
#40 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) |
477 | $41,328 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,078 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 57 |
#40 | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) |
492 | $42,738 per year (full-time) | 57 |
#40 | Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) |
314 | $46,497 per year (full-time) | 57 |
#45 | George Mason University (Arlington, VA) |
329 | $25,351 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,737 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 54 |
#45 | Southern Methodist University (Dedman) (Dallas, TX) |
560 | $49,962 per year (full-time) | 54 |
#45 | University of Utah (Quinney) (Salt Lake City, UT) |
322 | $25,752 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,908 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 54 |
#48 | University of Florida (Levin) (Gainesville, FL) |
961 | $22,299 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,904 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 52 |
#48 | University of Maryland (Carey) (Baltimore, MD) |
514 | $30,177 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,657 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 52 |
#50 | Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) |
565 | $20,683 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,695 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 51 |
#50 | Temple University (Beasley) (Philadelphia, PA) |
534 | $23,336 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,336 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 51 |
#50 | Tulane University (New Orleans, LA) |
570 | $51,130 per year (full-time) | 51 |
#50 | University of California (Hastings) (San Francisco, CA) |
903 | $48,638 per year (in-state, full-time); $54,638 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 51 |
#50 | University of Houston (Houston, TX) |
605 | $29,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,044 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 51 |
#55 | Baylor University (Waco, TX) |
393 | $55,547 per year (full-time) | 50 |
#55 | University of Richmond (Richmond, VA) |
469 | $39,950 per year (full-time) | 50 |
#57 | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) |
380 | $48,760 per year (full-time) | 48 |
#57 | Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA) |
455 | $16,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,466 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 48 |
#57 | University of Nebraska—Lincoln (Lincoln, NE) |
330 | $14,721 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,415 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 48 |
#60 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) |
277 | $24,010 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,010 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 47 |
#60 | University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) |
374 | $21,618 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,836 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 47 |
#60 | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) |
909 | $47,774 per year (full-time) | 47 |
#60 | University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) |
344 | $16,490 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,183 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 47 |
#60 | University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) |
467 | $19,973 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,398 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 47 |
#65 | Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA) |
800 | $50,050 per year (full-time) | 46 |
#65 | Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA) |
598 | $51,180 per year (full-time) | 46 |
#65 | Seton Hall University (Newark, NJ) |
353 | $51,018 per year (full-time) | 46 |
#65 | University of Connecticut (Hartford, CT) |
328 | $27,934 per year (in-state, full-time); $57,852 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 46 |
#65 | University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) |
362 | $20,718 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,328 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 46 |
#65 | University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) |
324 | $20,771 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,400 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 46 |
#65 | University of Tennessee—Knoxville (Knoxville, TN) |
385 | $19,256 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,930 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 46 |
#72 | Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) |
582 | $45,288 per year (full-time) | 45 |
#72 | University of Denver (Sturm) (Denver, CO) |
701 | $44,530 per year (full-time) | 45 |
#74 | St. John's University (Jamaica, NY) |
604 | $53,290 per year (full-time) | 44 |
#74 | University of San Diego (San Diego, CA) |
634 | $48,830 per year (full-time) | 44 |
#74 | Villanova University (Villanova, PA) |
491 | $42,540 per year (full-time) | 44 |
#74 | Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (New York, NY) |
852 | $54,895 per year (full-time) | 44 |
#78 | American University (Washington) (Washington, DC) |
1,052 | $51,002 per year (full-time) | 43 |
#78 | University of Nevada—Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV) |
275 | $25,749 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,149 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 43 |
#78 | University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) |
366 | $31,506 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 43 |
#78 | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) |
453 | $32,426 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,250 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 43 |
#82 | Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge (Hebert) (Baton Rouge, LA) |
525 | $21,947 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,297 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 42 |
#82 | Northeastern University (Boston, MA) |
453 | $46,400 per year (full-time) | 42 |
#82 | St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO) |
418 | $39,195 per year (full-time) | 42 |
#82 | University of New Hampshire School of Law (Concord, NH) |
215 | $37,383 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,383 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 42 |
#86 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) (Chicago, IL) |
635 | $46,822 per year (full-time) | 41 |
#86 | Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson) (Carlisle, PA) |
157 | $45,078 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,078 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 41 |
#86 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park (University Park, PA) |
354 | $45,392 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,392 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 41 |
#86 | Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) |
505 | $47,178 per year (full-time) | 41 |
#86 | University of Arkansas—Fayetteville (Fayetteville, AR) |
350 | $15,224 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,443 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 41 |
#86 | University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK) |
238 | $35,529 per year (full-time) | 41 |
#92 | Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) (Portland, OR) |
414 | $41,328 per year (full-time) | 40 |
#92 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 893 | $26,842 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,048 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 40 |
#92 | University of Hawaii—Manoa (Richardson) (Honolulu, HI) |
232 | $20,880 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,384 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 40 |
#92 | University of Louisville (Brandeis) (Louisville, KY) |
302 | $20,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,628 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 40 |
#92 | University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) |
618 | $24,208 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,472 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 40 |
#97 | Brooklyn Law School (Brooklyn, NY) |
907 | $1,526 per credit (full-time) | 39 |
#97 | Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) |
365 | $30,111 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,894 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 39 |
#97 | West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) |
323 | $19,008 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,568 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 39 |
#100 | Indiana University—Indianapolis (McKinney) (Indianapolis, IN) |
519 | $25,625 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,210 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 38 |
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