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 — 2018-2019
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 (2018)
- Covers
- Report year 2018
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $14,179 | Not reported |
| Full-time · nonresident | $20,647 | Not reported |
| Part-time · resident | $11,758 | Not reported |
| Part-time · nonresident | $17,407 | Not reported |
| Part-time · per credit (resident) | $1,046 | 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 (2018)
- Covers
- Report year 2018
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$19,471
- Living off campus$19,471
- Living at home$11,081
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$14,179
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$19,471
PreLaw Advisor total$33,650
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 (2018–2019 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2018)
- Covers
- Report year 2018
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,111 | 820 | 291 |
| Receiving grants | 831 | 700 | 131 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 305 | 280 | 25 |
| Half to full tuition | 389 | 351 | 38 |
| Full tuition | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| More than full tuition | 132 | 64 | 68 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $9,000 | $6,000 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $15,050 | $10,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $22,000 | $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 (2018)
- Covers
- Report year 2018
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2017-2018304 received · 34 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2016-2017310 received · 31 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2015-2016253 received · 57 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.