Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Southern University Law Center
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1953
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 147
- Median GPA
- 3.15
- Resident tuition
- $11,338
- First-year class
- 300
- Bar-required jobs
- 40.3%
- First-time bar passage
- 68.1%
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 | $11,338 | $7,494 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $11,338 | $22,994 |
| Part-time · resident | $10,484 | $6,680 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $10,484 | $21,680 |
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 on campus$32,262
- Living off campus$32,262
- Living on a military base$17,147
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$11,338
- Mandatory fees$7,494
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$32,262
PreLaw Advisor total$51,094
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 | 800 | 583 | 217 |
| Receiving grants | 163 | 141 | 22 |
| % receiving grants | 20% | 24% | 10% |
| Less than half tuition | 101 | 84 | 17 |
| Half to full tuition | 59 | 55 | 4 |
| Full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| More than full tuition | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $8,000 | $3,125 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $11,000 | $5,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $13,000 | $10,750 |
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 offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).
- Entering 2024-202521 received · 8 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2023-2024126 received · 68 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2022-2023132 received · 77 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.