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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#1 in Private Sector Salary

NYU Law is tied for #1 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($180,000).

#2 in Highest Tuition

NYU Law ranks #2 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($66,422). 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.

#6 in Median LSAT

NYU Law is tied for #6 in terms of the median LSAT score (170) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#7 in Bar Passage Rate

NYU Law ranks #7 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (97.5%), and it outperforms by +21.8% the state of New York’s overall bar passage rate of 75.7%. (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.)

#8 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#12 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
NYU Law ranks #8 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (89.7%) and #12 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (90.9%).

#13 in Library Size

NYU Law ranks #13 in terms of library size with 1,059,572 volumes or equivalents.

#16 in Median Undergraduate GPA

NYU Law ranks #16 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.79) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#17 in Acceptance Rate

NYU Law ranks #17 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 23.6% among those who applied for admission.

#25 in Student to Faculty Ratio

NYU Law is tied for #25 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (5.3:1).

#34 in Public Sector Salary

NYU 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).

#51 in Presence of Minority Students

NYU Law ranks #51 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (41.6%).

#75 in Presence of Minority Faculty

NYU Law ranks #75 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (14.3%).

#169 in Presence of Female Faculty

NYU Law is tied for #169 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (31.8%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: February 15
Application Fee: $85

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 23.6% 33.1%
LSAT Score (Median) 170 169
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 167-172 166-171
GPA (Median) 3.79 3.74
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.61-3.90 3.61-3.87

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: NY NY
School's bar passage rate: 97.5% 95.7%
State overall bar passage rate: 75.7% 72.7%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +21.8% +23.0%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 89.7% 96.5%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 90.9% 96.7%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $66,422 $59,330
Room and Board: $24,400 $23,000
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 48.8% 38.8%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $25,000 $20,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $167,441 $166,022
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 59.4% 69.1%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 1380 N/A
Men: 46.4% 50.3%
Women: 53.4% 49.7%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 58.4% N/A
Black: 5.6% N/A
Hispanic: 9.5% N/A
Asian: 9.9% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5.3 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 453 N/A
Male: 68.2% N/A
Female: 31.8% N/A
Minority: 14.3% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $180,000 $160,000
Public Sector (Median): $60,000 $55,839
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 1,059,572 1,064,472