[An evaluation of these projections can be found here.]
[Readers and researchers have used the tuition projections in the past, and rather than overwrite them with new ones, this page archives them.
Due to changes in the methodology discussed in this post, I have added an appendix containing revisions to the projections.]
When it comes to law school tuition increases the first question is: does inflation-adjusted tuition increase at a linear or exponential rate? Looking at the ABA’s tuition data going back to the 1985-1986 school year, it appears linear.
You get the same effect from using the ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools.
Hopefully people won’t refer to legal education tuition increases as exponential, for they are not. The increases at public law schools are heavily influenced by state governments withdrawing subsidies. Thus, the best way to measure tuition increases on account of competition is to look private law school tuition growth. Indeed, a few public law schools (Michigan, Virginia, Arizona State, the California schools, and Minnesota as of this date) are off or going off the dole, yet even if we exclude them and the three law schools in Puerto Rico, “real” mean private law school tuition increases at about the same rate.
Why law school costs more than before shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out: legal education isn’t a free market service. It’s heavily subsidized by the federal government, allowing law schools to charge whatever their competitors are charging. Hopefully I’m right in the long run, or things will get far worse: taxpayers will be left with the tab of subsidizing income-based repayment plans for law students whose degrees were overpriced relative to their labor market value. Those ineligible for IBR will require debt relief at some kind.
As a result, we can calculate law school tuition going into the future. These charts project private law school tuition five and ten years from the last years in which data are available. They are based on linear regression of the law schools’ individual tuitions from the school year ending in 2005, courtesy of the Official Guide. My methodology assumes that a law school’s tuition will increase largely as it has in the past. Note, the Official Guide and the ABA generally define school years as the year of the fall semester, so “2004” refers to the 2004-2005 school year, in their calendar. In the past I included both years or referred to a school year as the year including the spring semester, so “2005” in the previous example. I am adapting to the ABA’s convention.
The methodology I use has its drawbacks, particularly for law schools that increased their tuition rapidly between the 2004-2005 and 2010-2011 school years. Faulkner University is by far the greatest culprit because it received ABA accreditation in 2006. Since then its tuition doubled. Another anomaly is Vermont Law School, whose tuition rose an unusually high 22% in the 2008-2009 school year. Conversely, the law schools at the bottom of the list, Pontifical Catholic, Brigham Young (LDS), and Inter American do not increase their tuition as rapidly as most private law schools. These projections are not adjusted for inflation.
This table is sorted by the 2020-2021 school year.
| # | NAME | TUITION: 2010-2011 | TUITION: 2015-2016 | TUITION: 2020-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cornell (NY) | 51,150 | 64,779 | 78,171 |
| 2. | Yale (CT) | 50,750 | 62,707 | 74,664 |
| 3. | Northwestern (IL) | 49,714 | 61,289 | 72,772 |
| 4. | Syracuse (NY) | 45,126 | 59,805 | 72,514 |
| 5. | Columbia (NY) | 50,428 | 61,212 | 72,217 |
| 6. | New England (MA) | 39,990 | 55,875 | 71,816 |
| 7. | Pennsylvania (PA) | 48,362 | 60,075 | 71,500 |
| 8. | Faulkner (AL) | 31,020 | 52,310 | 71,406 |
| 9. | Seton Hall (NJ) | 45,058 | 58,402 | 71,224 |
| 10. | Cardozo (NY) | 46,794 | 59,145 | 71,194 |
| 11. | Vermont (VT) | 42,220 | 56,767 | 70,956 |
| 12. | Fordham (NY) | 46,476 | 58,181 | 69,671 |
| 13. | Brooklyn (NY) | 46,635 | 58,035 | 69,483 |
| 14. | Vanderbilt (TN) | 45,286 | 57,775 | 69,425 |
| 15. | Duke (NC) | 47,722 | 58,377 | 69,277 |
| 16. | Southern California (CA) | 48,434 | 58,890 | 69,258 |
| 17. | St. John’s (NY) | 44,280 | 56,837 | 69,023 |
| 18. | Touro (NY) | 41,070 | 54,990 | 68,304 |
| 19. | Baylor (TX) | 40,904 | 54,570 | 67,917 |
| 20. | Harvard (MA) | 46,616 | 57,176 | 67,478 |
| 21. | New York University (NY) | 48,213 | 57,763 | 67,420 |
| 22. | Stanford (CA) | 46,581 | 56,643 | 66,997 |
| 23. | Chicago (IL) | 46,185 | 56,534 | 66,610 |
| 24. | Georgetown (DC) | 45,105 | 56,048 | 66,465 |
| 25. | Washington and Lee (VA) | 39,937 | 52,621 | 64,703 |
| 26. | Hofstra (NY) | 43,660 | 54,157 | 64,564 |
| 27. | Quinnipiac (CT) | 42,740 | 53,493 | 64,180 |
| 28. | American (DC) | 43,458 | 53,798 | 64,136 |
| 29. | Loyola Marymount (CA) | 41,840 | 52,806 | 63,314 |
| 30. | New York Law School (NY) | 46,460 | 54,756 | 62,874 |
| 31. | Washington University (MO) | 44,125 | 53,251 | 62,458 |
| 32. | Tulane (LA) | 42,144 | 52,385 | 62,331 |
| 33. | Phoenix (AZ) | 36,036 | 48,923 | 61,434 |
| 34. | Suffolk (MA) | 41,120 | 51,087 | 60,632 |
| 35. | Roger Williams (RI) | 38,010 | 49,400 | 60,584 |
| 36. | Chicago-Kent (IL) | 40,050 | 50,227 | 60,441 |
| 37. | Pepperdine (CA) | 41,210 | 50,839 | 60,389 |
| 38. | Charlotte (NC) | 34,990 | 47,774 | 60,329 |
| 39. | DePaul (IL) | 39,350 | 49,919 | 60,300 |
| 40. | Emory (GA) | 43,392 | 51,774 | 60,270 |
| 41. | California Western (CA) | 40,780 | 50,357 | 60,239 |
| 42. | Chapman (CA) | 40,173 | 50,163 | 59,996 |
| 43. | Case Western (OH) | 40,560 | 50,308 | 59,904 |
| 44. | Seattle (WA) | 37,330 | 48,621 | 59,814 |
| 45. | San Diego (CA) | 41,414 | 50,561 | 59,050 |
| 46. | Notre Dame (IN) | 40,805 | 49,951 | 58,830 |
| 47. | Golden Gate (CA) | 38,375 | 48,712 | 58,674 |
| 48. | New Hampshire (NH) | 37,000 | 48,171 | 58,666 |
| 49. | Denver (CO) | 37,152 | 48,285 | 58,503 |
| 50. | Northeastern (MA) | 41,066 | 49,903 | 58,339 |
| 51. | Pacific, McGeorge (CA) | 39,989 | 49,238 | 58,304 |
| 52. | Albany (NY) | 40,120 | 49,738 | 58,208 |
| 53. | Thomas Jefferson (CA) | 38,700 | 47,889 | 57,603 |
| 54. | La Verne (CA, no longer ABA) | 38,462 | 47,927 | 57,554 |
| 55. | University of St. Thomas (MN) | 36,313 | 46,689 | 57,086 |
| 56. | Wake Forest (NC) | 37,230 | 47,391 | 57,068 |
| 57. | Boston College (MA) | 40,905 | 49,132 | 57,056 |
| 58. | Valparaiso (IN) | 36,800 | 46,877 | 56,732 |
| 59. | Boston University (MA) | 40,838 | 48,945 | 56,684 |
| 60. | SMU Dedman (TX) | 40,186 | 48,067 | 56,542 |
| 61. | Catholic (DC) | 40,000 | 48,049 | 56,367 |
| 62. | Southwestern (CA) | 39,110 | 47,599 | 56,366 |
| 63. | San Francisco (CA) | 38,800 | 47,176 | 55,433 |
| 64. | Whittier (CA) | 37,975 | 46,612 | 55,359 |
| 65. | John Marshall (IL) | 36,920 | 46,180 | 55,300 |
| 66. | Pace (NY) | 39,794 | 47,697 | 54,708 |
| 67. | Villanova (PA) | 36,690 | 45,673 | 54,587 |
| 68. | Miami (FL) | 38,024 | 46,753 | 54,486 |
| 69. | Loyola-Chicago (IL) | 38,086 | 46,365 | 54,424 |
| 70. | Santa Clara (CA) | 39,360 | 46,847 | 54,186 |
| 71. | Charleston (SC) | 35,606 | 45,005 | 53,941 |
| 72. | Western New England (MA) | 36,854 | 45,377 | 53,655 |
| 73. | Florida Coastal (FL) | 34,712 | 44,046 | 53,485 |
| 74. | Mercer (GA) | 35,695 | 44,740 | 53,176 |
| 75. | George Washington (DC) | 43,999 | 53,515 | 53,040 |
| 76. | Marquette (WI) | 36,300 | 43,956 | 52,857 |
| 77. | Western State (CA) | 35,190 | 43,868 | 52,802 |
| 78. | Michigan State (MI) | 34,045 | 43,816 | 52,772 |
| 79. | Atlanta’s John Marshall (GA) | 32,965 | 42,606 | 51,838 |
| 80. | Ave Maria (FL) | 36,448 | 44,276 | 51,805 |
| 81. | Elon (NC) | 32,600 | 41,583 | 50,583 |
| 82. | Loyola-New Orleans (LA) | 36,196 | 42,930 | 50,352 |
| 83. | Dayton (OH) | 33,674 | 42,273 | 50,003 |
| 84. | Oklahoma City (OK) | 33,925 | 41,917 | 49,991 |
| 85. | Stetson (FL) | 33,220 | 40,097 | 49,954 |
| 86. | Campbell (NC) | 32,280 | 41,113 | 49,899 |
| 87. | Saint Louis (MO) | 35,475 | 42,797 | 49,806 |
| 88. | Hamline (MN) | 33,506 | 41,694 | 49,797 |
| 89. | Lewis & Clark (OR) | 35,098 | 41,770 | 49,494 |
| 90. | Drake (IA) | 32,514 | 41,060 | 49,423 |
| 91. | Samford (AL) | 33,155 | 41,242 | 49,412 |
| 92. | William Mitchell (MN) | 33,800 | 41,599 | 49,384 |
| 93. | Earle Mack, Drexel (PA) | 34,450 | 41,834 | 49,234 |
| 94. | Capital (OH) | 32,074 | 40,661 | 48,622 |
| 95. | Detroit Mercy (MI) | 34,010 | 40,977 | 48,454 |
| 96. | Duqesne (PA) | 32,376 | 40,312 | 48,300 |
| 97. | Richmond (VA) | 34,070 | 41,166 | 48,234 |
| 98. | Widener (DE) | 34,890 | 41,463 | 48,097 |
| 99. | Widener-Harrisburg (PA) | 34,890 | 41,463 | 48,097 |
| 100. | Barry (FL) | 32,650 | 40,550 | 47,945 |
| 101. | Nova Southeastern (FL) | 32,607 | 40,421 | 47,726 |
| 102. | St. Thomas (FL) | 33,082 | 40,096 | 47,314 |
| 103. | Creighton (NE) | 31,386 | 39,334 | 47,272 |
| 104. | Gonzaga (WA) | 32,775 | 39,483 | 46,040 |
| 105. | Mississippi College (MS) | 28,070 | 37,104 | 45,969 |
| 106. | Regent (VA) | 31,410 | 38,493 | 45,617 |
| 107. | Thomas M. Cooley (MI) | 30,644 | 37,096 | 44,101 |
| 108. | Ohio Northern (OH) | 31,264 | 37,323 | 44,057 |
| 109. | Tulsa (OK) | 30,320 | 36,763 | 43,209 |
| 110. | St. Mary’s (TX) | 28,160 | 35,931 | 42,865 |
| 111. | Howard (DC) | 26,439 | 34,453 | 42,739 |
| 112. | Willamette (OR) | 31,130 | 36,449 | 42,033 |
| 113. | Appalachian (VA) | 28,325 | 35,004 | 41,789 |
| 114. | Liberty (VA) | 29,120 | 35,424 | 41,753 |
| 115. | Texas Wesleyan (TX) | 27,440 | 34,070 | 40,806 |
| 116. | Brigham Young (UT, Non-LDS) | 20,560 | 30,373 | 39,107 |
| 117. | South Texas (TX) | 26,340 | 32,524 | 38,235 |
| 118. | Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 14,126 | 15,363 | 16,564 |
| 119. | Brigham Young (UT, LDS) | 10,280 | 13,087 | 15,812 |
| 120. | Inter American (PR) | 14,341 | 14,566 | 15,407 |
| Average (Median) | 37,653 | 47,648 | 56,455 | |
| Average (Mean) | 37,467 | 46,753 | 55,814 | |
| Standard Deviation | 7,072 | 8,934 | 10,955 |
For some time the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia have operated independently of state subsidies. As a bonus, I’ve projected their tuitions as well, but UVA’s regression begins in the first year in which its resident tuition was higher than the average private law school tuition (2006-2007). In the 2010-2011 school year, California’s public law schools all charged more than the average private law school. Soon Arizona State University and the University of Minnesota will join them.
| # | NAME | RESIDENT TUITION: 2010-2011 | RESIDENT TUITION: 2015-2016 | RESIDENT TUITION: 2020-2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | University of Michigan | 44,600 | 58,693 | 71,619 |
| 2. | University of Virginia | 42,500 | 55,614 | 69,239 |
| 3. | California-Berkeley | 44,244 | ||
| 4. | California-Davis | 41,763 | ||
| 5. | California-Los Angeles | 40,616 | ||
| 6. | California-Hastings | 38,906 |
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Appendix
Here are the revisions to the projected 2015-2016 and 2020-2021 tuition costs.
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| # | SCHOOL | OLD 2015-2016 PROJECTION | “REVISED” 2015-2016 PROJECTION | PERCENT CHANGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cornell | $64,779 | $62,787 | -3.1% |
| 2. | Yale | $62,707 | $61,568 | -1.8% |
| 3. | Columbia University | $61,212 | $60,362 | -1.4% |
| 4. | Northwestern University | $61,289 | $60,107 | -1.9% |
| 5. | University of Southern California | $58,890 | $58,380 | -0.9% |
| 6. | University of Pennsylvania | $60,075 | $58,040 | -3.4% |
| 7. | Duke University | $58,377 | $57,549 | -1.4% |
| 8. | New York University | $57,763 | $57,171 | -1.0% |
| 9. | Cardozo | $59,145 | $57,061 | -3.5% |
| 10. | New York Law School | $54,756 | $57,002 | 4.1% |
| 11. | Brooklyn | $58,035 | $56,862 | -2.0% |
| 12. | Fordham University | $58,181 | $56,222 | -3.4% |
| 13. | Seton Hall University | $58,402 | $56,123 | -3.9% |
| 14. | Harvard | $57,176 | $56,118 | -1.8% |
| 15. | Stanford | $56,643 | $55,773 | -1.5% |
| 16. | Syracuse University | $59,805 | $54,885 | -8.2% |
| 17. | Vanderbilt University | $57,775 | $54,695 | -5.3% |
| 18. | University of Chicago | $56,534 | $54,641 | -3.3% |
| 19. | St. John’s University | $56,837 | $54,407 | -4.3% |
| 20. | Georgetown | $56,048 | $53,924 | -3.8% |
| 21. | Baylor University | $54,570 | $53,596 | -1.8% |
| 22. | Washington University | $53,251 | $53,145 | -0.2% |
| 23. | Hofstra University | $54,157 | $52,939 | -2.2% |
| 24. | Quinnipiac University | $53,493 | $52,351 | -2.1% |
| 25. | George Washington University | $53,515 | $52,346 | -2.2% |
| 26. | American University | $53,798 | $52,262 | -2.9% |
| 27. | Vermont Law School | $56,767 | $52,195 | -8.1% |
| 28. | Emory University | $51,774 | $52,174 | 0.8% |
| 29. | Faulkner University | $54,005 | $51,045 | -5.5% |
| 30. | New England Law | Boston | $55,875 | $50,849 | -9.0% |
| 31. | Loyola Marymount | $52,806 | $50,499 | -4.4% |
| 32. | Tulane University | $52,385 | $50,260 | -4.1% |
| 33. | University of San Diego | $50,561 | $50,179 | -0.8% |
| 34. | Touro College | $54,990 | $50,115 | -8.9% |
| 35. | Suffolk University | $51,087 | $49,888 | -2.3% |
| 36. | Washington and Lee University | $52,621 | $49,831 | -5.3% |
| 37. | California Western | $50,357 | $49,594 | -1.5% |
| 38. | Case Western Reserve University | $50,308 | $49,296 | -2.0% |
| 39. | Albany Law School | $49,738 | $49,209 | -1.1% |
| 40. | Pepperdine University | $50,839 | $49,096 | -3.4% |
| 41. | Notre Dame | $49,951 | $49,050 | -1.8% |
| 42. | Northeastern University | $49,903 | $49,041 | -1.7% |
| 43. | Southern Methodist University | $48,067 | $48,658 | 1.2% |
| 44. | Chapman University | $50,163 | $48,593 | -3.1% |
| 45. | Boston University | $48,945 | $48,451 | -1.0% |
| 46. | Phoenix School of Law | $48,923 | $48,363 | -1.1% |
| 47. | Illinois Institute of Technology | $50,227 | $48,348 | -3.7% |
| 48. | Boston College | $49,132 | $48,341 | -1.6% |
| 49. | University of the Pacific | $49,238 | $48,305 | -1.9% |
| 50. | University of La Verne | $47,927 | $48,027 | 0.2% |
| 51. | DePaul University | $49,919 | $47,764 | -4.3% |
| 52. | Charlotte | $47,774 | $47,545 | -0.5% |
| 53. | Pace University | $47,697 | $47,437 | -0.5% |
| 54. | Santa Clara University | $46,847 | $47,251 | 0.9% |
| 55. | Thomas Jefferson | $47,889 | $47,155 | -1.5% |
| 56. | Southwestern University | $47,599 | $46,846 | -1.6% |
| 57. | Catholic University of America | $48,049 | $46,776 | -2.6% |
| 58. | University of San Francisco | $47,176 | $46,275 | -1.9% |
| 59. | Golden Gate University | $48,712 | $46,218 | -5.1% |
| 60. | Roger Williams University | $49,400 | $46,128 | -6.6% |
| 61. | University of New Hampshire | $48,171 | $46,045 | -4.4% |
| 62. | University of Denver | $48,285 | $45,767 | -5.2% |
| 63. | Seattle University | $48,621 | $45,601 | -6.2% |
| 64. | University of St. Thomas | $46,689 | $45,342 | -2.9% |
| 65. | Ave Maria | $44,276 | $45,322 | 2.4% |
| 66. | Whittier Law School | $46,612 | $45,266 | -2.9% |
| 67. | Valparaiso University | $46,877 | $45,146 | -3.7% |
| 68. | Loyola University Chicago | $46,365 | $44,939 | -3.1% |
| 69. | University of Miami | $46,753 | $44,835 | -4.1% |
| 70. | John Marshall (Chicago) | $46,180 | $44,756 | -3.1% |
| 71. | Western New England College | $45,377 | $44,583 | -1.8% |
| 72. | Wake Forest University | $47,391 | $44,494 | -6.1% |
| 73. | Charleston Law School | $45,005 | $44,264 | -1.6% |
| 74. | Villanova University | $45,673 | $44,240 | -3.1% |
| 75. | Marquette University | $43,956 | $44,118 | 0.4% |
| 76. | Loyola University New Orleans | $42,930 | $43,789 | 2.0% |
| 77. | Mercer University | $44,740 | $43,170 | -3.5% |
| 78. | Saint Louis University | $42,797 | $42,450 | -0.8% |
| 79. | John Marshall (Atlanta) | $42,606 | $42,380 | -0.5% |
| 80. | Lewis & Clark College | $41,770 | $42,333 | 1.3% |
| 81. | Michigan State University | $43,816 | $42,316 | -3.4% |
| 82. | Florida Coastal | $44,046 | $42,154 | -4.3% |
| 83. | Oklahoma City University | $41,917 | $42,005 | 0.2% |
| 84. | Widener University | $41,463 | $41,863 | 1.0% |
| 85. | Widener University (Harrisburg) | $41,463 | $41,863 | 1.0% |
| 86. | Drexel University | $41,834 | $41,850 | 0.0% |
| 87. | Western State University | $43,868 | $41,667 | -5.0% |
| 88. | Elon University | $41,583 | $41,600 | 0.0% |
| 89. | University of Detroit | $40,977 | $41,555 | 1.4% |
| 90. | William Mitchell | $41,599 | $40,927 | -1.6% |
| 91. | Hamline | $41,694 | $40,785 | -2.2% |
| 92. | University of Richmond | $41,166 | $40,493 | -1.6% |
| 93. | University of Dayton | $42,273 | $39,924 | -5.6% |
| 94. | Duquesne University | $40,312 | $39,627 | -1.7% |
| 95. | Samford University | $41,242 | $39,600 | -4.0% |
| 96. | Capital University | $40,661 | $39,390 | -3.1% |
| 97. | Drake University | $41,060 | $39,279 | -4.3% |
| 98. | Stetson University | $40,097 | $39,002 | -2.7% |
| 99. | Barry University | $40,550 | $38,894 | -4.1% |
| 100. | Campbell University | $41,113 | $38,891 | -5.4% |
| 101. | Gonzaga University | $39,483 | $38,841 | -1.6% |
| 102. | Regent University | $38,493 | $38,476 | 0.0% |
| 103. | Nova Southeastern University | $40,421 | $38,351 | -5.1% |
| 104. | St. Thomas University | $40,096 | $38,233 | -4.6% |
| 105. | Creighton University | $39,334 | $37,873 | -3.7% |
| 106. | Willamette University | $36,449 | $36,925 | 1.3% |
| 107. | Ohio Northern University | $37,323 | $36,820 | -1.3% |
| 108. | Cooley | $37,096 | $36,680 | -1.1% |
| 109. | University of Tulsa | $36,763 | $36,344 | -1.1% |
| 110. | Liberty University | $35,424 | $35,414 | 0.0% |
| 111. | Appalachian School of Law | $35,004 | $35,061 | 0.2% |
| 112. | Mississippi College | $37,104 | $34,566 | -6.8% |
| 113. | St. Mary’s University | $35,931 | $33,633 | -6.4% |
| 114. | Texas Wesleyan University | $34,070 | $33,113 | -2.8% |
| 115. | Howard University | $34,453 | $32,645 | -5.2% |
| 116. | South Texas | $32,524 | $30,976 | -4.8% |
| 117. | Brigham Young University | $30,373 | $26,260 | -13.5% |
| AVERAGE | $47,598 | $46,341 | -2.6% | |
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| # | SCHOOL | OLD 2020-2021 PROJECTION | “REVISED” 2020-2021 PROJECTION | PERCENT CHANGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cornell | $78,171 | $74,425 | -4.8% |
| 2. | Yale | $74,664 | $72,386 | -3.1% |
| 3. | Faulkner University | $74,422 | $71,070 | -4.5% |
| 4. | Northwestern University | $72,772 | $70,499 | -3.1% |
| 5. | Columbia University | $72,217 | $70,295 | -2.7% |
| 6. | University of Southern California | $69,258 | $68,327 | -1.3% |
| 7. | University of Pennsylvania | $71,500 | $67,718 | -5.3% |
| 8. | New York Law School | $62,874 | $67,544 | 7.4% |
| 9. | Duke University | $69,277 | $67,376 | -2.7% |
| 10. | Cardozo | $71,194 | $67,329 | -5.4% |
| 11. | Seton Hall University | $71,224 | $67,189 | -5.7% |
| 12. | Brooklyn | $69,483 | $67,090 | -3.4% |
| 13. | Baylor University | $67,917 | $66,287 | -2.4% |
| 14. | New York University | $67,420 | $66,129 | -1.9% |
| 15. | Fordham University | $69,671 | $65,968 | -5.3% |
| 16. | Harvard | $67,478 | $65,621 | -2.8% |
| 17. | Stanford | $66,997 | $64,966 | -3.0% |
| 18. | Syracuse University | $72,514 | $64,644 | -10.9% |
| 19. | St. John’s University | $69,023 | $64,535 | -6.5% |
| 20. | Vanderbilt University | $69,425 | $64,103 | -7.7% |
| 21. | University of Chicago | $66,610 | $63,097 | -5.3% |
| 22. | Georgetown | $66,465 | $62,742 | -5.6% |
| 23. | Hofstra University | $64,564 | $62,218 | -3.6% |
| 24. | Vermont Law School | $70,956 | $62,170 | -12.4% |
| 25. | Washington University | $62,458 | $62,166 | -0.5% |
| 26. | Quinnipiac University | $64,180 | $61,963 | -3.5% |
| 27. | New England Law | Boston | $71,816 | $61,708 | -14.1% |
| 28. | American University | $64,136 | $61,065 | -4.8% |
| 29. | Emory University | $60,270 | $60,957 | 1.1% |
| 30. | George Washington University | $63,040 | $60,694 | -3.7% |
| 31. | Phoenix School of Law | $61,434 | $60,689 | -1.2% |
| 32. | Charlotte | $60,329 | $60,100 | -0.4% |
| 33. | Washington and Lee University | $64,703 | $59,724 | -7.7% |
| 34. | Touro College | $68,304 | $59,161 | -13.4% |
| 35. | Loyola Marymount | $63,314 | $59,158 | -6.6% |
| 36. | University of San Diego | $59,050 | $58,945 | -0.2% |
| 37. | Suffolk University | $60,632 | $58,656 | -3.3% |
| 38. | California Western | $60,239 | $58,407 | -3.0% |
| 39. | Tulane University | $62,331 | $58,377 | -6.3% |
| 40. | Union University | $58,208 | $58,297 | 0.2% |
| 41. | Case Western Reserve University | $59,904 | $58,033 | -3.1% |
| 42. | University of La Verne | $57,554 | $57,592 | 0.1% |
| 43. | Notre Dame | $58,830 | $57,294 | -2.6% |
| 44. | Southern Methodist University | $56,542 | $57,130 | 1.0% |
| 45. | Northeastern University | $58,339 | $57,017 | -2.3% |
| 46. | Chapman University | $59,996 | $57,012 | -5.0% |
| 47. | Pepperdine University | $60,389 | $56,983 | -5.6% |
| 48. | Illinois Institute of Technology | $60,441 | $56,645 | -6.3% |
| 49. | University of the Pacific | $58,304 | $56,621 | -2.9% |
| 50. | DePaul University | $60,300 | $56,177 | -6.8% |
| 51. | Boston University | $56,684 | $56,063 | -1.1% |
| 52. | Boston College | $57,056 | $55,778 | -2.2% |
| 53. | Thomas Jefferson | $57,603 | $55,609 | -3.5% |
| 54. | Santa Clara University | $54,186 | $55,142 | 1.8% |
| 55. | University of New Hampshire | $58,666 | $55,091 | -6.1% |
| 56. | Pace University | $54,708 | $55,079 | 0.7% |
| 57. | Southwestern University | $56,366 | $54,583 | -3.2% |
| 58. | University of Denver | $58,503 | $54,381 | -7.0% |
| 59. | University of St. Thomas | $57,086 | $54,372 | -4.8% |
| 60. | Roger Williams University | $60,584 | $54,246 | -10.5% |
| 61. | Ave Maria | $51,805 | $54,196 | 4.6% |
| 62. | Golden Gate University | $58,674 | $54,061 | -7.9% |
| 63. | Seattle University | $59,814 | $53,873 | -9.9% |
| 64. | University of San Francisco | $55,433 | $53,751 | -3.0% |
| 65. | Catholic University of America | $56,367 | $53,553 | -5.0% |
| 66. | Valparaiso University | $56,732 | $53,493 | -5.7% |
| 67. | Charleston Law School | $53,941 | $52,921 | -1.9% |
| 68. | John Marshall (Chicago) | $55,300 | $52,593 | -4.9% |
| 69. | Whittier Law School | $55,359 | $52,558 | -5.1% |
| 70. | Western New England College | $53,655 | $52,311 | -2.5% |
| 71. | Marquette University | $52,857 | $51,936 | -1.7% |
| 72. | John Marshall (Atlanta) | $51,838 | $51,795 | -0.1% |
| 73. | Loyola University Chicago | $54,424 | $51,791 | -4.8% |
| 74. | Villanova University | $54,587 | $51,790 | -5.1% |
| 75. | Wake Forest University | $57,068 | $51,757 | -9.3% |
| 76. | University of Miami | $54,486 | $51,646 | -5.2% |
| 77. | Loyola University New Orleans | $50,352 | $51,381 | 2.0% |
| 78. | Mercer University | $53,176 | $50,645 | -4.8% |
| 79. | Elon University | $50,583 | $50,600 | 0.0% |
| 80. | Michigan State University | $52,772 | $50,588 | -4.1% |
| 81. | Oklahoma City University | $49,991 | $50,085 | 0.2% |
| 82. | Florida Coastal | $53,485 | $49,596 | -7.3% |
| 83. | Lewis & Clark College | $49,494 | $49,569 | 0.2% |
| 84. | Saint Louis University | $49,806 | $49,425 | -0.8% |
| 85. | Drexel University | $49,234 | $49,250 | 0.0% |
| 86. | University of Detroit | $48,454 | $49,101 | 1.3% |
| 87. | Widener University | $48,097 | $48,835 | 1.5% |
| 88. | Widener University (Harrisburg) | $48,097 | $48,835 | 1.5% |
| 89. | Western State University | $52,802 | $48,145 | -8.8% |
| 90. | Hamline | $49,797 | $48,063 | -3.5% |
| 91. | William Mitchell | $49,384 | $48,055 | -2.7% |
| 92. | University of Richmond | $48,234 | $46,915 | -2.7% |
| 93. | Duquesne University | $48,300 | $46,878 | -2.9% |
| 94. | Capital University | $48,622 | $46,706 | -3.9% |
| 95. | University of Dayton | $50,003 | $46,173 | -7.7% |
| 96. | Samford University | $49,412 | $46,045 | -6.8% |
| 97. | Drake University | $49,423 | $46,045 | -6.8% |
| 98. | Regent University | $45,617 | $45,543 | -0.2% |
| 99. | Campbell University | $49,899 | $45,503 | -8.8% |
| 100. | Barry University | $47,945 | $45,138 | -5.9% |
| 101. | Gonzaga University | $46,040 | $44,907 | -2.5% |
| 102. | Stetson University | $46,954 | $44,784 | -4.6% |
| 103. | Creighton University | $47,273 | $44,361 | -6.2% |
| 104. | Nova Southeastern University | $47,726 | $44,095 | -7.6% |
| 105. | St. Thomas University | $47,314 | $43,384 | -8.3% |
| 106. | Willamette University | $42,033 | $42,721 | 1.6% |
| 107. | Cooley | $44,101 | $42,716 | -3.1% |
| 108. | Ohio Northern University | $44,057 | $42,377 | -3.8% |
| 109. | University of Tulsa | $43,209 | $42,368 | -1.9% |
| 110. | Appalachian School of Law | $41,789 | $41,797 | 0.0% |
| 111. | Liberty University | $41,753 | $41,708 | -0.1% |
| 112. | Mississippi College | $45,969 | $41,063 | -10.7% |
| 113. | St. Mary’s University | $42,865 | $39,105 | -8.8% |
| 114. | Howard University | $42,739 | $38,852 | -9.1% |
| 115. | Texas Wesleyan University | $40,806 | $38,785 | -5.0% |
| 116. | South Texas | $38,235 | $35,613 | -6.9% |
| 117. | Brigham Young University | $39,107 | $31,960 | -18.3% |
| AVERAGE | $56,922 | $54,584 | -4.0% | |
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