Cost and ROI
What law school costs, and what graduates do
Net cost, career outcomes and repayment estimates for all 195 ABA accredited law schools, from their official ABA filings for 2025. Open any school to see its career paths priced individually, which moves the picture far more than the difference between schools does.
- 11.4 yr
- Illustrative repayment
- average across all schools
- $112K
- Modeled salary, covered categories
- average across all schools
- 194
- Schools with outcome data
- of 195 accredited schools
University of Akron
Akron, OH
$65,940 net cost
91.7% employed · 4.5 yr to repay
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
$125,250 net cost
96.1% employed · 6.0 yr to repay
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
$93,360 net cost
95.7% employed · 6.0 yr to repay
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL
$85,755 net cost
83.8% employed · 6.4 yr to repay
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
$131,784 net cost
100.0% employed · 6.8 yr to repay
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
$149,154 net cost
94.4% employed · 7.0 yr to repay
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR
$96,537 net cost
79.0% employed · 7.0 yr to repay
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
$114,831 net cost
95.4% employed · 7.1 yr to repay
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
$115,545 net cost
92.1% employed · 7.1 yr to repay
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, MO
$175,863 net cost
98.5% employed · 7.4 yr to repay
Baylor University
Waco, TX
$122,607 net cost
99.1% employed · 7.5 yr to repay
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
$155,664 net cost
92.7% employed · 7.5 yr to repay
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland, OH
$125,091 net cost
86.4% employed · 7.6 yr to repay
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
$153,954 net cost
94.3% employed · 7.7 yr to repay
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
$115,227 net cost
93.9% employed · 7.7 yr to repay
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
$120,009 net cost
96.8% employed · 7.8 yr to repay
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO
$120,204 net cost
96.8% employed · 7.8 yr to repay
University of Texas
Austin, TX
$175,731 net cost
99.7% employed · 8.1 yr to repay
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
$123,903 net cost
91.6% employed · 8.1 yr to repay
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
$184,479 net cost
98.2% employed · 8.2 yr to repay
Duke University
Durham, NC
$230,427 net cost
99.6% employed · 8.3 yr to repay
Boston University
Boston, MA
$193,719 net cost
96.7% employed · 8.3 yr to repay
Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
$156,879 net cost
91.5% employed · 8.3 yr to repay
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
$153,105 net cost
89.3% employed · 8.3 yr to repay
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
$241,839 net cost
97.3% employed · 8.5 yr to repay
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
$152,727 net cost
96.0% employed · 8.5 yr to repay
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
$152,805 net cost
99.3% employed · 8.5 yr to repay
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
$139,146 net cost
98.4% employed · 8.5 yr to repay
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL
$129,108 net cost
92.3% employed · 8.5 yr to repay
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
$159,255 net cost
95.9% employed · 8.6 yr to repay
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
$149,256 net cost
96.9% employed · 8.6 yr to repay
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
$181,356 net cost
98.7% employed · 8.6 yr to repay
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
$157,989 net cost
96.4% employed · 8.6 yr to repay
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
$164,232 net cost
96.7% employed · 8.7 yr to repay
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
$238,776 net cost
97.4% employed · 8.8 yr to repay
Howard University
Washington, D.C., DC
$207,480 net cost
73.5% employed · 8.9 yr to repay
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Chicago, IL
$158,091 net cost
84.9% employed · 9.1 yr to repay
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
$122,025 net cost
80.8% employed · 9.1 yr to repay
St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO
$172,893 net cost
95.3% employed · 9.4 yr to repay
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
$179,340 net cost
94.4% employed · 9.4 yr to repay
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
$141,057 net cost
92.9% employed · 9.4 yr to repay
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
$120,510 net cost
79.4% employed · 9.4 yr to repay
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
$255,624 net cost
98.7% employed · 9.5 yr to repay
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
$235,137 net cost
98.0% employed · 9.5 yr to repay
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
$193,770 net cost
97.3% employed · 9.5 yr to repay
Boston College
Newton, MA
$233,271 net cost
96.7% employed · 9.5 yr to repay
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
$151,974 net cost
95.8% employed · 9.5 yr to repay
Texas A&M University
Fort Worth, TX
$160,884 net cost
100.0% employed · 9.6 yr to repay
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
$140,961 net cost
88.1% employed · 9.6 yr to repay
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY
$149,790 net cost
90.6% employed · 9.6 yr to repay
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
$170,208 net cost
98.7% employed · 9.7 yr to repay
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
$147,693 net cost
93.0% employed · 9.7 yr to repay
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$271,023 net cost
100.0% employed · 9.8 yr to repay
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
$170,262 net cost
98.1% employed · 9.8 yr to repay
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
$157,668 net cost
96.6% employed · 9.8 yr to repay
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
St Paul, MN
$124,197 net cost
88.0% employed · 9.8 yr to repay
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
$262,101 net cost
99.5% employed · 10.0 yr to repay
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
$164,025 net cost
93.2% employed · 10.0 yr to repay
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
$223,302 net cost
91.5% employed · 10.0 yr to repay
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
$178,515 net cost
90.1% employed · 10.0 yr to repay
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
$144,429 net cost
93.4% employed · 10.0 yr to repay
Mercer University
Macon, GA
$152,712 net cost
94.4% employed · 10.0 yr to repay
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
$156,597 net cost
73.2% employed · 10.0 yr to repay
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
$205,635 net cost
97.6% employed · 10.1 yr to repay
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law
Carlisle, PA
$153,843 net cost
88.3% employed · 10.1 yr to repay
Capital University
Columbus, OH
$136,335 net cost
85.1% employed · 10.1 yr to repay
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
$261,591 net cost
91.7% employed · 10.2 yr to repay
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
$159,729 net cost
89.4% employed · 10.2 yr to repay
University of Houston
Houston, TX
$210,084 net cost
95.0% employed · 10.3 yr to repay
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
$166,446 net cost
94.7% employed · 10.3 yr to repay
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
$187,557 net cost
95.4% employed · 10.3 yr to repay
Inter American University
San Juan, PR
$128,556 net cost
79.2% employed · 10.3 yr to repay
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
$167,790 net cost
96.8% employed · 10.4 yr to repay
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
$197,241 net cost
93.9% employed · 10.4 yr to repay
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR
$161,931 net cost
89.9% employed · 10.4 yr to repay
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
$167,769 net cost
91.0% employed · 10.4 yr to repay
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH
$127,539 net cost
87.8% employed · 10.4 yr to repay
Columbia University
New York City, NY
$304,950 net cost
97.6% employed · 10.5 yr to repay
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
$254,469 net cost
99.4% employed · 10.5 yr to repay
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
$148,569 net cost
91.5% employed · 10.5 yr to repay
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$270,693 net cost
97.3% employed · 10.6 yr to repay
St. John's University
Queens, NY
$204,852 net cost
94.0% employed · 10.6 yr to repay
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Ponce, PR
$126,714 net cost
49.0% employed · 10.6 yr to repay
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
$140,481 net cost
84.3% employed · 10.7 yr to repay
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
$164,823 net cost
92.8% employed · 10.8 yr to repay
Washburn University
Topeka, KS
$137,925 net cost
93.9% employed · 10.8 yr to repay
Albany Law School
Albany, NY
$162,228 net cost
92.7% employed · 10.9 yr to repay
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C., DC
$287,496 net cost
96.6% employed · 11.0 yr to repay
Drake University
Des Moines, IA
$144,552 net cost
91.2% employed · 11.0 yr to repay
University of North Texas Dallas College of Law
Dallas, TX
$153,978 net cost
85.0% employed · 11.0 yr to repay
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
$164,499 net cost
93.2% employed · 11.1 yr to repay
Florida International University
Miami, FL
$184,995 net cost
94.9% employed · 11.1 yr to repay
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
$194,844 net cost
91.7% employed · 11.1 yr to repay
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
$138,441 net cost
90.6% employed · 11.1 yr to repay
Lincoln Memorial University
Knoxville, TN
$145,140 net cost
84.5% employed · 11.1 yr to repay
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
$168,690 net cost
94.9% employed · 11.2 yr to repay
Stetson University
Gulfport, FL
$186,426 net cost
88.2% employed · 11.2 yr to repay
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
$144,297 net cost
92.9% employed · 11.2 yr to repay
Indiana University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
$166,119 net cost
90.1% employed · 11.2 yr to repay
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, OK
$150,348 net cost
85.5% employed · 11.2 yr to repay
Cardozo-Yeshiva University
New York City, NY
$215,616 net cost
94.1% employed · 11.3 yr to repay
Samford University
Birmingham, AL
$183,513 net cost
92.8% employed · 11.3 yr to repay
University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, MI
$180,006 net cost
93.2% employed · 11.3 yr to repay
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
$144,636 net cost
96.0% employed · 11.5 yr to repay
University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$297,012 net cost
98.9% employed · 11.6 yr to repay
University of New Hampshire
Concord, NH
$187,209 net cost
84.9% employed · 11.7 yr to repay
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Chicago, IL
$174,678 net cost
83.2% employed · 11.7 yr to repay
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
$168,951 net cost
94.9% employed · 11.8 yr to repay
University of Maine
Portland, ME
$155,313 net cost
88.6% employed · 11.8 yr to repay
New York Law School
New York City, NY
$194,103 net cost
90.7% employed · 11.8 yr to repay
George Washington University
Washington, D.C., DC
$233,667 net cost
96.8% employed · 11.9 yr to repay
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
$199,647 net cost
93.8% employed · 11.9 yr to repay
University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
$178,587 net cost
94.9% employed · 11.9 yr to repay
University of Arkansas - Little Rock
Little Rock, AR
$151,230 net cost
88.6% employed · 11.9 yr to repay
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
$222,990 net cost
99.2% employed · 12.0 yr to repay
University of St. Thomas - Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
$157,152 net cost
93.3% employed · 12.0 yr to repay
Western New England University
Springfield, MA
$156,504 net cost
77.4% employed · 12.0 yr to repay
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA
$258,441 net cost
93.5% employed · 12.1 yr to repay
Seton Hall University
Newark, NJ
$196,641 net cost
97.6% employed · 12.1 yr to repay
Mississippi College
Jackson, MS
$154,737 net cost
93.2% employed · 12.1 yr to repay
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$315,504 net cost
98.2% employed · 12.2 yr to repay
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
$218,238 net cost
94.4% employed · 12.2 yr to repay
University of California College of Law, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$244,815 net cost
96.0% employed · 12.2 yr to repay
Widener University - Delaware
Wilmington, DE
$164,622 net cost
93.2% employed · 12.2 yr to repay
New York University
New York City, NY
$323,427 net cost
99.3% employed · 12.3 yr to repay
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
$182,661 net cost
96.8% employed · 12.3 yr to repay
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
$177,648 net cost
82.4% employed · 12.3 yr to repay
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
$193,875 net cost
98.8% employed · 12.4 yr to repay
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C., DC
$199,374 net cost
92.9% employed · 12.4 yr to repay
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA
$240,801 net cost
96.1% employed · 12.5 yr to repay
University of Connecticut
Hartford, CT
$222,069 net cost
93.0% employed · 12.5 yr to repay
Yale University
New Haven, CT
$254,145 net cost
95.2% employed · 12.6 yr to repay
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
$236,058 net cost
84.3% employed · 12.6 yr to repay
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$221,205 net cost
86.8% employed · 12.6 yr to repay
Barry University
Orlando, FL
$189,522 net cost
83.0% employed · 12.6 yr to repay
Elon Law School
Greensboro, NC
$168,264 net cost
90.4% employed · 12.7 yr to repay
University of Denver
Denver, CO
$199,857 net cost
90.2% employed · 12.8 yr to repay
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, VT
$155,706 net cost
88.5% employed · 12.8 yr to repay
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
$179,388 net cost
91.2% employed · 12.8 yr to repay
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
$319,350 net cost
98.8% employed · 12.9 yr to repay
William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
$230,730 net cost
95.0% employed · 12.9 yr to repay
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
$255,018 net cost
91.1% employed · 12.9 yr to repay
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
$199,716 net cost
95.7% employed · 12.9 yr to repay
St. Mary's University
San Antonio, TX
$178,983 net cost
91.0% employed · 12.9 yr to repay
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, NY
$242,511 net cost
91.8% employed · 13.0 yr to repay
University of The District of Columbia
Washington, D.C., DC
$160,953 net cost
76.3% employed · 13.0 yr to repay
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD
$156,252 net cost
89.0% employed · 13.2 yr to repay
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$199,419 net cost
92.7% employed · 13.2 yr to repay
Pace University
White Plains, NY
$192,003 net cost
90.8% employed · 13.2 yr to repay
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
$158,691 net cost
83.6% employed · 13.2 yr to repay
Campbell University
Raleigh, NC
$198,132 net cost
92.8% employed · 13.4 yr to repay
Charleston School of Law
Charleston, SC
$173,361 net cost
84.3% employed · 13.4 yr to repay
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
$317,091 net cost
93.2% employed · 13.5 yr to repay
Belmont University
Nashville, TN
$199,152 net cost
94.9% employed · 13.5 yr to repay
Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA
$158,466 net cost
97.1% employed · 13.5 yr to repay
Ave Maria School of Law
Ave Maria, FL
$194,361 net cost
86.4% employed · 13.5 yr to repay
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
$209,316 net cost
95.7% employed · 13.6 yr to repay
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
$235,269 net cost
91.0% employed · 13.7 yr to repay
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI
$172,758 net cost
89.3% employed · 13.7 yr to repay
Rutgers University
Newark, NJ
$213,414 net cost
94.3% employed · 13.8 yr to repay
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
$204,084 net cost
93.0% employed · 13.9 yr to repay
Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge, LA
$185,391 net cost
66.2% employed · 13.9 yr to repay
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
$230,514 net cost
91.6% employed · 14.0 yr to repay
Florida A&M University
Orlando, FL
$205,866 net cost
82.4% employed · 14.0 yr to repay
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
$234,024 net cost
93.4% employed · 14.2 yr to repay
CUNY
Queens, NY
$167,262 net cost
83.3% employed · 14.2 yr to repay
Nova Southeastern University
Davie, FL
$236,460 net cost
80.2% employed · 14.2 yr to repay
Chapman University
Orange, CA
$231,078 net cost
86.9% employed · 14.3 yr to repay
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
$234,351 net cost
93.3% employed · 14.3 yr to repay
Faulkner University
Montgomery, AL
$183,753 net cost
87.5% employed · 14.3 yr to repay
University of the Pacific - McGeorge
Sacramento, CA
$207,186 net cost
85.1% employed · 14.4 yr to repay
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
$265,605 net cost
92.3% employed · 14.5 yr to repay
American University
Washington, D.C., DC
$242,169 net cost
86.2% employed · 14.5 yr to repay
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
$192,498 net cost
90.1% employed · 14.6 yr to repay
Lewis and Clark College
Portland, OR
$192,390 net cost
90.8% employed · 14.6 yr to repay
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
$184,095 net cost
81.0% employed · 14.7 yr to repay
Willamette University
Salem, OR
$180,642 net cost
76.2% employed · 14.9 yr to repay
Western State College of Law at Westcliff University
Irvine, CA
$205,368 net cost
94.6% employed · 14.9 yr to repay
Quinnipiac University
North Haven, CT
$196,932 net cost
90.2% employed · 15.0 yr to repay
Seattle University
Seattle, WA
$209,460 net cost
91.2% employed · 15.2 yr to repay
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
$189,534 net cost
89.8% employed · 15.3 yr to repay
St. Thomas University - Florida
Miami Gardens, FL
$224,076 net cost
82.5% employed · 15.3 yr to repay
University of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
$203,730 net cost
90.7% employed · 16.0 yr to repay
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Dartmouth, MA
$196,356 net cost
86.7% employed · 16.0 yr to repay
California Western School of Law
San Diego, CA
$233,574 net cost
81.5% employed · 16.0 yr to repay
Southwestern Law School
Los Angeles, CA
$241,344 net cost
87.6% employed · 16.3 yr to repay
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Lansing, MI
$204,771 net cost
87.4% employed · 16.3 yr to repay
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
$205,977 net cost
92.9% employed · 16.7 yr to repay
New England School of Law
Boston, MA
$234,897 net cost
75.2% employed · 17.0 yr to repay
South Texas College of Law Houston
Houston, TX
$276,573 net cost
91.0% employed · 18.0 yr to repay
Appalachian School of Law
Grundy, VA
$210,252 net cost
74.4% employed · 18.4 yr to repay
John Marshall Law School - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
$253,542 net cost
85.2% employed · 19.1 yr to repay
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
$241,986 net cost
88.2% employed · 19.9 yr to repay
Touro College
Central Islip, NY
$290,802 net cost
91.0% employed · 21.9 yr to repay
Wilmington University School of Law
New Castle, DE
$130,587 net cost
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