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 — 2024-2025
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 (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $67,300 | $1,820 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $67,300 | $1,820 |
| Part-time · resident | $50,500 | $1,820 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $50,500 | $1,820 |
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 (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living off campus$28,404
- Living at home$9,846
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$67,300
- Mandatory fees$1,820
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$28,404
PreLaw Advisor total$97,524
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 (2024–2025 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 812 | 669 | 143 |
| Receiving grants | 696 | 586 | 110 |
| % receiving grants | 86% | 88% | 77% |
| Less than half tuition | 283 | 234 | 49 |
| Half to full tuition | 413 | 352 | 61 |
| Full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| More than full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $20,000 | $15,000 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $42,000 | $25,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $63,800 | $47,840 |
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 (2024)
- Covers
- Report year 2024
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).
- Entering 2023-2024125 received · 30 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2022-2023107 received · 32 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2021-2022145 received · 34 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.