Law School Net Tuition by 2023 Job Outcomes

While the estimated net tuition for full-time students at top performing schools is much higher than the rest, prices do not scale with job outcomes elsewhere. The estimated net tuition at the lowest performing schools is similar to the average for mid-range schools. The following chart reflects the estimated net tuition prices for full-time students in 2022-2023 for ABA-Approved law schools grouped by job outcomes in 2023. Hover over the sparkline charts embedded in the table to see previous years' net tuition estimate averages and ranges.

Net tuition estimates at public schools are systematically low. Read more.

We do not have school-specific tuition data for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years.

Grouped by 2023 Job Outcomes	Estimated Net Tuition (Average)
Grouped by 2023 Job Outcomes	Public Schools	Private Schools
≥ 90% Legal Job Rate	$28K 6 schools$12,715 - $48,622 2022-2023	$40K 13 schools$19,306 - $60,224 2022-2023
75% - 89.9% Legal Job Rate	$15K 58 schools$3,660 - $42,840 2022-2023	$31K 55 schools$5,857 - $61,092 2022-2023
60% - 74.9% Legal Job Rate	$17K 17 schools$7,441 - $29,784 2022-2023	$28K 32 schools$18,135 - $37,765 2022-2023
50% - 59.9% Legal Job Rate	$15K 3 schools$10,036 - $22,859 2022-2023	$27K 5 schools$12,088 - $35,785 2022-2023
40% - 49.9% Legal Job Rate	$7K 1 schools- 2022-2023	$43K 1 schools- 2022-2023
30% - 39.9% Legal Job Rate	$12K 2 schools$10,055 - $13,353 2022-2023	- 0 schools- 2022-2023
< 30% Legal Job Rate	- 0 schools- 2022-2023	$16K 2 schools$15,480 - $16,633 2022-2023

The following chart plots the previous chart's underlying data, except schools with a legal job rate below 20%.

School-specific tuition, scholarship, and job outcome data come from the American Bar Association. Net tuition is an estimate based on nominal full-time tuition and full-time scholarship data. The estimates at public law schools are higher than reality because net tuition was calculated using resident tuition at public schools. In order to more accurately estimate net tuition, scholarship data, as well as enrollment data, would need to distinguish between residents and non-residents. The job outcome groups are based on the legal job rate. The rate's denominator is total graduates and its numerator includes only jobs that are long term (a job with an indefinite duration or fixed duration of 1 year or more), full time (at least 35 hours per week), and bar passage required (job requires a law license). LST chose the breakpoints for the job outcome groups and uses normal averages rather than weighted averages for the group averages.