Newark, New Jersey
Rutgers Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1941
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 158
- Median GPA
- 3.66
- Resident tuition
- $31,577
- First-year class
- 489
- Bar-required jobs
- 85.3%
- First-time bar passage
- 79.1%
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
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $27,492 | Not reported |
| Full-time · nonresident | $40,136 | Not reported |
| Part-time · resident | $23,070 | Not reported |
| Part-time · nonresident | $34,116 | 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
- Living on campus$19,252
- Living off campus$25,984
- Living at home$10,862
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$27,492
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$25,984
PreLaw Advisor total$53,476
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.
Model costs with your own scholarship offers →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
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,114 | 875 | 239 |
| Receiving grants | 837 | 702 | 135 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 389 | 315 | 74 |
| Half to full tuition | 420 | 369 | 51 |
| Full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| More than full tuition | 28 | 18 | 10 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $6,080 | $6,000 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $15,000 | $10,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $23,000 | $15,000 |
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
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2016-2017280 received · 22 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2015-2016230 received · 36 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2014-2015177 received · 30 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.