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 — 2019-2020
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 (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $5,669 | $3,836 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $5,669 | $10,136 |
| Part-time · resident | $5,242 | $3,239 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $5,242 | $9,539 |
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 (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$21,300
- Living off campus$21,300
- Living at home$21,300
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$5,669
- Mandatory fees$3,836
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$21,300
PreLaw Advisor total$30,805
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 (2019–2020 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 622 | 452 | 170 |
| Receiving grants | 88 | 75 | 13 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 33 | 20 | 13 |
| Half to full tuition | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Full tuition | 49 | 49 | 0 |
| More than full tuition | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $6,300 | $3,575 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $8,000 | $6,300 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $8,500 | $9,786 |
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 (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2017-201864 received · 10 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2016-201759 received · 13 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2015-201632 received · 6 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.