Top Law Schools of 2020 |
|
Score
|
56 |
Peer assessment score (5.0
highest)
|
3.1 |
Assessment score by lawyers/judges
(5.0 highest)
|
3.4 |
25th-75th percentile GPA scores
for all students
|
3.33-3.76 |
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores
for all students
|
159-163 |
Overall acceptance rate
|
35.6% |
Student/faculty ratio
|
15.1 |
Graduates employed at graduation
|
79.8% |
Graduates known to be employed
nine months after graduation
|
96.5% |
School's bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
69.2% |
State where the greatest number of
first-time test takers took the bar
|
LA |
Statewide bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
63.2% |
Financial Aid Office Information |
|
Financial aid application deadline
|
02/15 |
Financial aid director
|
Georgia Whiddon |
Financial aid telephone
|
(504) 865-5931 |
2019-2020 Expenses |
|
Tuition
|
Full-time: $38,724 per year |
Room and board
|
$11,000
|
Books
|
$1,500
|
Miscellaneous expenses
|
$5,400
|
Is the tuition the same for
first-, second-, and third-year students?
|
Yes
|
Does the university offer housing
restricted to law students?
|
No
|
Does the university offer graduate
student housing for which law students are eligible?
|
Yes
|
Does the university offer a
public-interest scholarship program to current J.D.
students?
|
Yes
|
2019 Grants |
|
Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of less than one-half tuition
|
42.5% |
Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of less than one-half tuition
|
N/A |
Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but
less than full
|
19.4% |
Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but
less than full
|
N/A |
Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of full tuition
|
0.3% |
Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of full tuition
|
N/A |
Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of more than full tuition
|
0.0% |
Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of more than full tuition
|
N/A |
25th percentile grant amount of
aid per full-time recipient
|
$7,500
|
Median grant amount of aid per
full-time recipient (50th percentile)
|
$12,500
|
75th percentile grant amount of
aid per full-time recipient
|
$20,000
|
25th percentile grant amount of
aid per part-time recipient
|
N/A
|
Median grant amount of aid per
part-time recipient (50th percentile)
|
N/A
|
75th percentile grant amount of
aid per part-time recipient
|
N/A
|
Indebtedness |
|
Average indebtedness of 2019 graduates who incurred law school debt
|
$111,246
|
Proportion who borrowed
|
85.8% |
Does the school offer a loan
repayment assistance program for 2019 J.D.
graduates?
|
Yes |