Cincinnati, Ohio

College of Law - University of Cincinnati

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1923
Institution type: Public
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 159; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.80; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $24,010; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 139; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 82.7%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 85.1%; 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 — 2024-2025

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 (2024)
Covers: Report year 2024
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	$24,010	$800
Full-time · nonresident	$29,010	$800

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 (2024)
Covers: Report year 2024
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Living on campus$25,956
Living off campus$25,956
Living at home$25,956

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$24,010
Mandatory fees$800
Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$25,956

PreLaw Advisor total$50,766

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 (2024–2025 students)

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2024)
Covers: Report year 2024
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	387	387	Not applicable
Receiving grants	373	373	Not applicable
% receiving grants	96%	96%	Not applicable
Less than half tuition	96	96	Not applicable
Half to full tuition	231	231	Not applicable
Full tuition	46	46	Not applicable
More than full tuition	0	0	Not applicable
25th percentile grant	Not applicable	$12,500	Not applicable
Median grant	Not applicable	$19,300	Not applicable
75th percentile grant	Not applicable	$26,600	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 (2024)
Covers: Report year 2024
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.

Entering 2023-20240 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2022-20230 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2021-20220 received · 0 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.