Columbia Law School - Columbia University in the City of New York

Founded in 1858, Columbia Law School - Columbia University in the City of New York is a Private (not-for-profit) located in New York, NY. Columbia Law School is ranked 4^th in Best Law Schools, 3^rd in Highest LSAT Scores, 6^th in Lowest Acceptance Rate, 6^th in Largest Law Schools. Next statements briefly introduces Columbia Law School with key academic facts.

The 2020 law school tuition at Columbia Law School - Columbia University in the City of New York is $72,360. The law school tuition has increased by 3.50% from last year. The 2020 undergraduate tuition & fees at is $60,532. The graduate schools tuition & fees other than law school is $51,194.

The average living costs including room & board and other expenses is $16,670 when a student lives on campus facilities (i.e. dormitory / school owned apartment) and $23,175 when a student lives off campus.

The 2020 average LSAT score of Columbia Law School is 172. Compare to the average LSAT of all law schools, the LSAT score of Columbia Law School is average (the average is 156).

The average GPA is 3.8 and it is average compare to other law schools (the average is 3.47).

The 2020 acceptance rate at Columbia Law School is 15.86% where 7,193 applicants have applied to and 1,141 students have accepted to admit. The acceptance rate at Columbia Law School is much lower (extremely difficult to get in) compared to other law schools in united states (the average acceptance rate is 45.03%).

The Yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 28.83% where 329 students finally enrolled out of 1,141 admitted students. The yield Columbia Law School is average compared to other law schools (the average yield is 45.03%).

For academic year 2019-2020, total 1,571 law school students have enrolled to Columbia Law School. 1,244 students have enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 327 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

364 first-time students have enrolled in Columbia Law School. By gender, 193 male , 169 female, and 2 other/unknown gender first-time students newly enrolled in Columbia Law School. With 35 pre-admitted students, there are 364 first-time law school Students at Columbia Law School.

For the first time bar exam takers at Columbia Law School, the bar exam pass rate is 95.11% - 430 students have taken and 409 students have passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than New York average bar exam pass rate (81.48%).