Cheapest law schools by tuition

Ranked by estimated annual tuition, lowest first. The ranking uses the nonresident rate (the only rate private schools publish); where a public school charges residents less, the in-state rate is shown alongside. This is sticker price only. Scholarships vary widely, and most students do not pay sticker. Fees, books, and living costs are extra.

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196 ABA law schools by estimated annual tuition. Medians from ABA Standard 509 disclosures via ILRG, Fall 2025 entering class.
RankSchoolStateMedian LSATEst. annual tuition
1 University of Puerto Rico PR 152 $9,750
2 Southern University LA 147 $11,338
3 University of Arkansas, Little Rock AR 153 $13,770
4 Inter American University of Puerto Rico PR 144 $16,585
5 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico PR 139 $17,290
6 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA 157 $19,750
7 Southern Illinois U. IL 149 $22,088
8 University of Akron OH 154 $22,359
9 Northern Illinois University IL 150 $23,667
10 University of Memphis TN 155 $24,354 / $18,634 in-state
11 University of the District of Columbia DC 151 $24,874 / $12,438 in-state
12 Wilmington University DE 149 $25,170
13 CUNY-Queens College NY 155 $25,640 / $15,450 in-state
14 Texas Southern University TX 150 $26,331 / $19,202 in-state
15 University of Toledo OH 153 $26,446
16 University of Mississippi MS 157 $26,797 / $19,797 in-state
17 University of Cincinnati OH 159 $29,010 / $24,010 in-state
18 Cleveland State University (Marshall) OH 155 $29,866 / $29,766 in-state
19 University of Tulsa OK 157 $30,840
20 UNT Dallas College of Law TX 153 $31,211 / $18,761 in-state
21 University of Arizona (Rogers) AZ 163 $31,360 / $26,490 in-state
22 University of Missouri, Kansas City MO 156 $31,930 / $25,930 in-state
23 Brigham Young University UT 170 $31,984 / $15,992 in-state
24 University of Louisville (Brandeis) KY 157 $32,000 / $27,000 in-state
25 University at Buffalo NY 157 $32,100 / $26,430 in-state
26 University of South Dakota SD 152 $32,184 / $12,076 in-state
27 University of Missouri, Columbia MO 161 $32,254 / $25,774 in-state
28 Florida A&M University FL 152 $33,115 / $13,855 in-state
29 University of Oklahoma OK 162 $33,357 / $18,739 in-state
30 Texas Tech University TX 159 $33,840 / $22,590 in-state
31 Ohio Northern University OH 149 $33,900
32 University of Kansas KS 162 $33,975 / $26,865 in-state
33 University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 164 $35,140 / $16,696 in-state
34 North Carolina Central U. NC 151 $36,116 / $13,444 in-state
35 University of Florida (Levin) FL 169 $36,148 / $19,139 in-state
36 Florida International U. FL 161 $36,279 / $21,129 in-state
37 Jacksonville University FL 156 $36,820
38 University of North Dakota ND 151 $37,285 / $19,585 in-state
39 Georgia State University GA 160 $37,886 / $16,162 in-state
40 Mississippi College MS 152 $37,980
41 University of South Carolina SC 162 $38,100 / $20,322 in-state
42 University of Maine ME 158 $38,160 / $26,100 in-state
43 Northern Kentucky U. KY 154 $38,454 / $24,388 in-state
44 University of Wyoming WY 156 $38,834 / $19,244 in-state
45 University of Georgia GA 169 $38,944 / $18,044 in-state
46 Oklahoma City University OK 151 $39,173
47 Howard University DC 156 $39,780
48 Faulkner University (Jones) AL 150 $39,900
49 University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE 160 $40,836 / $17,646 in-state
50 Appalachian School of Law VA 146 $41,000
51 University of Massachusetts MA 152 $41,565 / $31,766 in-state
52 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 158 $41,663 / $18,773 in-state
53 University of Dayton OH 157 $41,914
54 George Mason University (Scalia) VA 169 $42,000 / $24,864 in-state
55 Barry University FL 150 $42,000
56 Wayne State U. MI 164 $42,632 / $38,861 in-state
57 Washburn University KS 155 $42,810 / $28,980 in-state
58 South Texas College of Law TX 155 $42,960
59 Liberty University VA 154 $43,150
60 University of New Mexico NM 157 $43,192 / $19,474 in-state
61 University of Colorado, Boulder CO 164 $44,002 / $35,992 in-state
62 St. Thomas University FL 152 $44,730
63 Mercer University (GA) GA 157 $44,782
64 Regent University VA 158 $44,854
65 St. Mary's University TX 153 $44,910
66 Capital University OH 151 $45,066
67 Elon University NC 154 $45,333
68 University of Utah (SJ Quinney) UT 166 $45,382 / $34,721 in-state
69 West Virginia U. WV 155 $45,666 / $26,370 in-state
70 University of Nevada, Las Vegas NV 160 $46,040 / $31,518 in-state
71 University of Houston TX 163 $46,051 / $31,326 in-state
72 Florida State University FL 166 $46,260 / $24,240 in-state
73 Samford University (Cumberland) AL 156 $46,334
74 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign IL 166 $46,500 / $36,500 in-state
75 University of Hawaii HI 158 $46,728 / $23,304 in-state
76 University of Idaho ID 153 $46,752 / $27,516 in-state
77 Roger Williams University RI 150 $47,400
78 Rutgers Law School (SUNJ) NJ 158 $47,863 / $31,577 in-state
79 Western Michigan (Cooley) MI 147 $48,040
80 University of Alabama AL 167 $48,100 / $24,980 in-state
81 Michigan State University MI 162 $48,222 / $43,480 in-state
82 Baylor University TX 164 $48,275
83 Creighton University NE 153 $48,346
84 Texas A&M University TX 169 $48,522 / $32,634 in-state
85 Charleston School of Law SC 154 $48,600
86 University of Detroit Mercy MI 156 $48,807
87 Lincoln Memorial U. TN 153 $48,861
88 Temple University (Beasley) PA 165 $48,996 / $32,588 in-state
89 Nova Southeastern U. FL 155 $49,350
90 Ave Maria School of Law FL 155 $49,500
91 University of Kentucky KY 159 $49,836 / $25,685 in-state
92 University of New Hampshire NH 155 $50,000 / $42,000 in-state
93 Western New England MA 153 $50,320
94 University of Baltimore MD 155 $50,624 / $33,944 in-state
95 Indiana University, Indianapolis IN 155 $50,893 / $32,083 in-state
96 Ohio State University (Moritz) OH 168 $50,902 / $35,650 in-state
97 Drake University IA 156 $50,920
98 University of St. Thomas MN 159 $50,998
99 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 168 $51,320 / $28,082 in-state
100 John Marshall IL 153 $51,440 / $42,080 in-state
101 University of Montana MT 156 $51,582 / $24,582 in-state
102 Campbell University NC 156 $51,840
103 Marquette University WI 158 $51,970
104 Arizona State University AZ 165 $52,099 / $28,390 in-state
105 University of Iowa IA 164 $52,191 / $30,944 in-state
106 Atlanta's John Marshall Law GA 152 $52,536
107 University of Pittsburgh PA 160 $53,434 / $39,936 in-state
108 University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 167 $53,640 / $36,526 in-state
109 Western State University CA 152 $54,840
110 Loyola University New Orleans LA 154 $55,024
111 St. Louis University MO 157 $55,260
112 Mitchell Hamline MN 154 $55,300
113 DePaul University IL 158 $55,328
114 Vermont Law School VT 152 $55,382
115 Belmont University TN 161 $55,500
116 University of Maryland MD 164 $55,844 / $37,830 in-state
117 IIT Chicago-Kent IL 161 $55,910
118 Stetson University FL 159 $56,521
119 Willamette University OR 154 $56,600
120 Quinnipiac University CT 155 $56,610
121 Pace University NY 154 $56,648
122 University of Texas, Austin TX 172 $56,822 / $38,236 in-state
123 Widener (Commonwealth) PA 150 $56,900
124 Drexel University (Kline) PA 160 $57,000
125 Washington and Lee University VA 167 $57,450
126 University of Richmond VA 164 $57,700
127 University of Washington WA 165 $57,810 / $45,927 in-state
128 Wake Forest University NC 166 $57,920
129 Gonzaga University WA 155 $57,962
130 Indiana University, Bloomington IN 164 $58,000 / $36,950 in-state
131 Loyola University Chicago IL 161 $58,670
132 Duquesne University PA 157 $58,898
133 Widener (Delaware) DE 152 $59,150
134 University of Oregon OR 160 $59,495 / $47,240 in-state
135 Villanova University PA 164 $59,800
136 University of San Francisco CA 155 $59,800
137 Penn State University (Dickinson) PA 159 $60,048
138 Southern Methodist University TX 167 $60,844
139 Touro College (Fuchsberg) NY 153 $61,000
140 University of Connecticut CT 162 $61,396 / $30,354 in-state
141 Lewis & Clark (Northwestern) OR 161 $61,434
142 Catholic University of America DC 161 $61,580
143 University of California, Hastings CA 161 $61,773 / $53,087 in-state
144 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities MN 171 $61,845 / $51,440 in-state
145 Seattle University WA 159 $62,558
146 Suffolk University MA 155 $62,610
147 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) CA 156 $62,678
148 New England Sch. of Law MA 153 $62,896
149 College of William and Mary VA 166 $62,900 / $38,734 in-state
150 Chapman University CA 163 $63,126
151 Southwestern University CA 157 $63,160
152 University of Denver CO 160 $63,390
153 Albany Law School Union U. NY 158 $63,994
154 Case Western Reserve U. OH 162 $64,600
155 Syracuse University NY 158 $64,650
156 California Western CA 155 $64,720
157 Northeastern University MA 164 $65,652
158 University of Miami FL 164 $66,720
159 University of San Diego CA 163 $66,950
160 American University DC 162 $66,990
161 Santa Clara University CA 159 $68,790
162 Emory University GA 166 $69,510
163 Tulane University LA 161 $69,578
164 Seton Hall University NJ 161 $69,660
165 University of California, Davis CA 165 $69,705 / $57,460 in-state
166 Boston University MA 170 $69,870
167 Loyola Law School CA 163 $70,360
168 New York Law School NY 157 $71,052
169 University of California, Irvine CA 169 $71,325 / $59,080 in-state
170 University of California, Los Angeles CA 171 $71,329 / $59,084 in-state
171 Boston College MA 168 $72,380
172 Washington University in St. Louis MO 175 $72,792
173 Pepperdine University CA 164 $72,920
174 Hofstra University NY 157 $73,344
175 University of Notre Dame IN 170 $73,430
176 Cardozo-Yeshiva University NY 165 $74,438
177 St. John's University NY 164 $75,170
178 George Washington U. DC 168 $75,420
179 Brooklyn Law School NY 161 $75,496
180 University of California, Berkeley CA 170 $76,149 / $62,532 in-state
181 University of Virginia VA 173 $76,396 / $74,078 in-state
182 Vanderbilt University TN 170 $76,440
183 Yale University CT 174 $76,636
184 Harvard University MA 174 $77,100
185 Stanford University CA 173 $77,454
186 Fordham University NY 168 $78,078
187 University of Pennsylvania PA 173 $78,348
188 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 171 $79,108 / $76,108 in-state
189 Northwestern University IL 173 $79,772
190 Duke University NC 171 $80,100
191 University of Chicago IL 174 $83,316
192 Georgetown University DC 171 $83,576
193 New York University NY 172 $83,952
194 University of Southern California CA 169 $84,034
195 Cornell University NY 173 $84,722
196 Columbia University NY 173 $85,368

Cheap tuition is a starting point, not a decision

Two checks before you apply. First, residency: the gap between the nonresident and in-state columns can be tens of thousands of dollars a year, so confirm the school's residency rules before you count on the lower number. Second, scholarships: a pricier school that wants your LSAT score can end up cheaper than a low-tuition school that does not. Run your numbers against each school's medians, then read our scholarships guide to see how aid actually works.

All cost figures are estimates, not guarantees.

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Last updated October 12, 2026