Bristol, Rhode Island

Roger Williams University School of Law

Accreditation: ABA approved since 1995
Institution type: Private
J.D. formats: Full-time J.D.
Website: Official website (opens in a new tab)

Median LSAT: 150; Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA: 3.43; Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition: $47,400; Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class: 189; Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs: 69.2%; Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage: 65.2%; 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 — 2023-2024

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 (2023)
Covers: Report year 2023
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	$44,834	$1,630
Full-time · nonresident	$44,834	$1,630

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 (2023)
Covers: Report year 2023
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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Living on campus$25,982
Living off campus$21,366
Living at home$21,366

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$44,834
Mandatory fees$1,630
Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$21,366

PreLaw Advisor total$67,830

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 (2023–2024 students)

Source

Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document: ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2023)
Covers: Report year 2023
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	551	551	Not applicable
Receiving grants	402	402	Not applicable
% receiving grants	73%	73%	Not applicable
Less than half tuition	140	140	Not applicable
Half to full tuition	238	238	Not applicable
Full tuition	21	21	Not applicable
More than full tuition	3	3	Not applicable
25th percentile grant	Not applicable	$16,169	Not applicable
Median grant	Not applicable	$25,869	Not applicable
75th percentile grant	Not applicable	$32,337	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 (2023)
Covers: Report year 2023
Retrieved: Sep 23, 2026
Status: Verified · Sep 23, 2026

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The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).

Entering 2022-2023134 received · 27 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2021-2022156 received · 41 reduced or eliminated
Entering 2020-202195 received · 26 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.