Newark, New Jersey
Seton Hall University School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1951
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 161
- Median GPA
- 3.71
- Resident tuition
- $69,660
- First-year class
- 302
- Bar-required jobs
- 87%
- First-time bar passage
- 87.1%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2025-2026
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 (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $69,660 | $1,890 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $69,660 | $1,890 |
| Part-time · resident | $52,270 | $3,190 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $52,270 | $3,190 |
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 (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living off campus$28,548
- Living at home$9,900
- Living on a military base$13,698
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$69,660
- Mandatory fees$1,890
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$28,548
PreLaw Advisor total$100,098
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 (2025–2026 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 761 | 610 | 151 |
| Receiving grants | 673 | 549 | 124 |
| % receiving grants | 88% | 90% | 82% |
| Less than half tuition | 283 | 223 | 60 |
| Half to full tuition | 383 | 321 | 62 |
| Full tuition | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| More than full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $20,500 | $15,000 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $40,000 | $28,750 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $60,000 | $49,520 |
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 (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.
- Entering 2024-2025130 received · 27 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2023-2024125 received · 30 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2022-2023107 received · 32 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.