Cost Calculator

How Much Will Law School Cost You?

Financial aid, from scholarships and grants to public and private loans, can help you pay for law school, but it cannot alter a few fundamental truths: (1) for more than a decade, the average cost of attending law school has increased much faster than the rate of inflation; (2) according to a Government Accountability Office Report, the average debt for a private law school student is nearing $100,000; (3) the cost of three years of law school can easily exceed $150,000. From 1997 to 2007, the median resident public law school tuition increased from $2,124 to $14,313, the median non-resident public tuition increased from $5,706 to $26,432, and the median private tuition increased from $8,690 to $32,168.

Use our Law School Cost Calculator below (which relies on the most recently reported tuition and living expenses data that law schools have provided to the LSAC/ABA) to see how much you will likely pay for your law school education.