New England School of Law

154 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 422-7210

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#34 in Public Sector Salary

New England Law is tied for #34 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($60,000).

#68 in Highest Tuition

New England Law ranks #68 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($49,408). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

#81 in Private Sector Salary

New England Law is tied for #81 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($75,000).

#94 in Presence of Minority Students

New England Law ranks #94 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (32.3%).

#127 in Bar Passage Rate

New England Law ranks #127 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (74.3%), and it underperforms by -3.0% the state of Massachusetts’s overall bar passage rate of 77.3%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)

#137 in Library Size

New England Law ranks #137 in terms of library size with 321,654 volumes or equivalents.

#157 in Median LSAT

New England Law is tied for #157 in terms of the median LSAT score (150) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#167 in Median Undergraduate GPA

New England Law ranks #167 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.16) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#189 in Acceptance Rate

New England Law ranks #189 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 68.3% among those who applied for admission.

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: N/A
Application Fee: $65

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 68.3% 80.4%
LSAT Score (Median) 150 148
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 147-153 144-151
GPA (Median) 3.16 3.13
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 2.82-3.43 2.78-3.47

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: MA MA
School's bar passage rate: 74.3% 74.2%
State overall bar passage rate: 77.3% 80.7%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -3.0% -6.5%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: N/A N/A
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 54.7% 59.9%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $49,408 $45,686
Room and Board: $13,540 $13,040
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 58.9% 71.7%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $30,000 $21,994
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: N/A N/A
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: N/A N/A
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 542 466
Men: 33.7% 43.6%
Women: 66.3% 56.4%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 67.7% N/A
Black: 7.2% N/A
Hispanic: 11.3% N/A
Asian: 4.4% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: N/A N/A
Total Faculty: N/A N/A
Male: N/A N/A
Female: N/A N/A
Minority: N/A N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $75,000 $67,500
Public Sector (Median): $60,000 $50,707
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 321,654 324,176