Boston, Massachusetts

Boston University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1925
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 170; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.88; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $69,870; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 238; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 92.1%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 94.9%; 2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

Tuition & mandatory fees — 2017-2018

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Tuition and fees by program and residency
Program	Tuition	Fees
Full-time · resident	$53,236	Not reported
Full-time · nonresident	$53,236	Not reported

Living expenses (school estimates)

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Living on campus$19,233
Living off campus$19,233
Living at home$13,722

Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.

Estimated annual cost (calculation)

Tuition$53,236
Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$19,233

PreLaw Advisor total$72,469

Not included (not published): Mandatory fees.

Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.

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Grants & scholarships (2017–2018 students)

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Grant recipients and amounts
Measure	All	Full-time	Part-time
Total students	710	710	Not applicable
Receiving grants	650	650	Not applicable
% receiving grants	Not reported	Not reported	Not applicable
Less than half tuition	316	316	Not applicable
Half to full tuition	302	302	Not applicable
Full tuition	28	28	Not applicable
More than full tuition	4	4	Not applicable
25th percentile grant	Not applicable	$20,000	Not applicable
Median grant	Not applicable	$25,000	Not applicable
75th percentile grant	Not applicable	$30,000	Not applicable

The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.

Conditional scholarships

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2017)
Covers: Report year 2017
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.

Entering 2016-20170 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2015-20160 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2014-20150 received · 0 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.