Harvard Law School

Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is a Private (not-for-profit) located in Cambridge, MA. Harvard Law School is ranked 3^rd in Best Law Schools, 2^nd in Highest LSAT Scores, 3^rd in Lowest Acceptance Rate, 3^rd in Largest Law Schools. Next statements briefly introduces Harvard Law School with key academic facts.

The 2020 law school tuition at Harvard Law School is $67,081. The law school tuition has increased by 3.24% from last year. The 2020 undergraduate tuition & fees at is $53,968. The graduate schools tuition & fees other than law school is $50,654.

The average living costs including room & board and other expenses is $20,875 when a student lives on campus facilities (i.e. dormitory / school owned apartment).

The 2020 average LSAT score of Harvard Law School is 173. Compare to the average LSAT of all law schools, the LSAT score of Harvard Law School is average (the average is 156).

The average GPA is 3.89 and it is average compare to other law schools (the average is 3.47).

The 2020 acceptance rate at Harvard Law School is 12.49% where 7,333 applicants have applied to and 916 students have accepted to admit. The acceptance rate at Harvard 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 53.93% where 494 students finally enrolled out of 916 admitted students. The yield Harvard Law School is much higher (highly eager to enroll) compared to other law schools (the average yield is 45.03%).

For academic year 2019-2020, total 1,993 law school students have enrolled to Harvard Law School. 1,740 students have enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 253 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

564 first-time students have enrolled in Harvard Law School. By gender, 277 male , 284 female, and 3 other/unknown gender first-time students newly enrolled in Harvard Law School. With 70 pre-admitted students, there are 564 first-time law school Students at Harvard Law School.

For the first time bar exam takers at Harvard Law School, the bar exam pass rate is 98.93% - 561 students have taken and 555 students have passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than Massachusetts average bar exam pass rate (79.01%).