Best Law Schools of 2012-2013
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Law School Rankings |
| Rank |
Name |
Annual Tuition |
Enrollment |
| 1 |
Yale University - New Haven, CT
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$48,000 |
600 |
| 2 |
Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
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$43,000 |
1,700 |
| 3 |
Stanford University - Stanford, CA
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$44,000 |
560 |
| 4 |
Columbia University - New York, NY
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$48,000 |
1,309 |
| 5 |
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
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$45,000 |
600 |
| 6 |
New York University - New York, NY
|
$44,800 |
1,400 |
| 7 |
University of California--Berkeley - Berkeley, CA
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$36,000 In-state,
$48,100 Out-of-state |
890 |
| 8 |
University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
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$46,500 |
790 |
| 9 |
University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
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$38,800 In-state,
$43,800 Out-of-state |
1,120 |
| 10 |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor, MI
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$43,200 In-state,
$46,250 Out-of-state |
1,118 |
| 11 |
Northwestern University - Chicago, IL
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$47,500 |
800 |
| 12 |
Duke University - Durham, NC
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$45,200 |
630 |
| 13 |
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY
|
$49,000 |
620 |
| 14 |
Georgetown University - Washington, DC |
$43,750 |
1,630 |
| 15 |
University of California--Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA |
$35,300 In-state,
$46,000 Out-of-state |
1,000 |
| 16 |
University of Texas--Austin - Austin, TX
|
$27,100 In-state,
$42,800 Out-of-state |
1,200 |
| 17 |
University of Southern California (Gould) - Los Angeles, CA
|
$46,200 |
620 |
| 18 |
Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN
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$44,100 |
590 |
| 19 |
Washington University in St. Louis - St. Louis, MO |
$42,300 |
850 |
| 20 |
George Washington University - Washington, DC
|
$42,200 |
1,330 |
| 21 |
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign - Champaign, IL
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$36,500 In-state,
$43,500 Out-of-state |
620 |
| 22 |
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities - Minneapolis, MN
|
$28,200 In-state,
$37,600 Out-of-state |
770 |
| 23 |
Emory University - Atlanta, GA
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$41,400 |
710 |
| 24 |
Boston University - Boston, MA
|
$39,600 |
830 |
| 25 |
University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN |
$39,300 |
550 |
| 26 |
University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
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$21,400 In-state,
$39,000 Out-of-state |
590 |
| 27 |
Indiana University--Bloomington (Maurer) - Bloomington, IN
|
$24,900 In-state,
$40,700 Out-of-state |
620 |
| 28 |
Boston College - Newton, MA |
$39,500 |
810 |
| 29 |
University of California--Davis - Davis, CA
|
$33,900 In-state,
$44,900 Out-of-state |
600 |
| 30 |
University of Georgia - Athens, GA
|
$14,500 In-state,
$30,200 Out-of-state |
690 |
| 31 |
College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) - Williamsburg, VA
|
$21,700 In-state,
$32,800 Out-of-state |
620 |
| 32 |
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC
|
$16,000 In-state,
$29,300 Out-of-state |
770 |
| 33 |
University of Wisconsin--Madison - Madison, WI
|
$16,400 In-state,
$36,350 Out-of-state |
798 |
| 34 |
Ohio State University (Moritz) - Columbus, OH
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$22,400 In-state,
$37,400 Out-of-state |
670 |
| 35 |
Fordham University - New York, NY
|
$45,000 |
1,168 |
| 36 |
University of Washington - Seattle, WA
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$22,200 In-state,
$32,800 Out-of-state |
500 |
| 37 |
Washington and Lee University - Lexington, VA |
$38,000 |
390 |
| 38 |
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL
|
$14,500 In-state,
$26,800 Out-of-state |
525 |
| 39 |
Arizona State University (O'Connor) - Tempe, AZ
|
$19,200 In-state,
$32,600 Out-of-state |
580 |
| 40 |
University of Colorado--Boulder - Boulder, CO
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$25,400 In-state,
$33,500 Out-of-state |
550 |
| 41 |
Wake Forest University - Winston-Salem, NC |
$35,400 |
460 |
| 42 |
Brigham Young University (Clark) - Provo, UT |
$19,900 |
450 |
| 43 |
George Mason University - Arlington, VA
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$20,500 In-state,
$34,200 Out-of-state |
480 |
| 44 |
University of Arizona (Rogers) - Tucson, AZ
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$20,900 In-state,
$35,800 Out-of-state |
470 |
| 45 |
University of Utah (Quinney) - Salt Lake City, UT
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$17,950 In-state,
$34,000 Out-of-state |
380 |
| 46 |
University of California (Hastings) - San Francisco, CA
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$32,500 In-state,
$43,700 Out-of-state |
1,300 |
| 47 |
American University (Washington) - Washington, DC
|
$41,400 |
1,190 |
| 48 |
University of Florida (Levin) - Gainesville, FL
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$14,200 Out-of-state,
$33,600 Out-of-state |
1,100 |
| 49 |
Tulane University - New Orleans, LA
|
$40,600 |
770 |
| 50 |
University of Maryland - Baltimore, MD
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$23,700 In-state,
$35,000 Out-of-state |
720 |
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* College rankings based on editor generated composite of major ranking indices.
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