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Phoenix, Arizona

Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1969
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
165
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.91
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$28,390
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
266
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
89%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
91.9%
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 — 2021-2022

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 (2021)
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Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · resident$27,170$888
Full-time · nonresident$46,414$888

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 (2021)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$22,714
  • Living off campus$22,714
  • Living at home$22,714

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$27,170
  • Mandatory fees$888
  • Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$22,714
PreLaw Advisor total$50,772

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 (2021–2022 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2021)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students810810Not applicable
Receiving grants736736Not applicable
% receiving grantsNot reportedNot reportedNot applicable
Less than half tuition454454Not applicable
Half to full tuition159159Not applicable
Full tuition9595Not applicable
More than full tuition2828Not applicable
25th percentile grantNot applicable$5,000Not applicable
Median grantNot applicable$15,000Not applicable
75th percentile grantNot applicable$28,058Not 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 (2021)
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Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.

  • Entering 2019-20200 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2018-20190 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2017-20180 received · 0 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.