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Akron, Ohio

The University of Akron School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1961
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
154
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.51
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$22,359
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
203
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
78.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
70.2%
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 — 2023-2024

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 (2023)
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Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · resident$22,359$3,756
Full-time · nonresident$22,359$3,856
Part-time · resident$14,906$2,891
Part-time · nonresident$14,906$2,991
Full-time · per credit (resident)$745$3,756
Part-time · per credit (resident)$745$2,891

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 (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$17,050
  • Living off campus$5,500
  • Living at home$5,500

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$22,359
  • Mandatory fees$3,756
  • Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$5,500
PreLaw Advisor total$31,615

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 (2023–2024 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students474351123
Receiving grants41232488
% receiving grants87%92%72%
Less than half tuition25218666
Half to full tuition15513421
Full tuition321
More than full tuition220
25th percentile grantNot applicable$4,000$2,000
Median grantNot applicable$10,000$4,200
75th percentile grantNot applicable$18,000$8,500

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 (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.

  • Entering 2022-20230 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2021-20220 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2020-20210 received · 0 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.