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Dayton, Ohio

University of Dayton School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1975
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
157
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.60
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$1,380 / credit
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
168
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
73.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
87.5%
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 — 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)
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Report year 2025
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · per credit (resident)$1,380$514
Part-time · per credit (resident)$1,500$425

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
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  • Living on campus$19,395
  • Living off campus$19,395
  • Living at home$19,395
  • Living on a military base$19,395

Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.

Estimated annual cost (calculation)

Not published

Grants & scholarships (2025–2026 students)

Not published

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
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The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.

  • Entering 2024-20250 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2023-20240 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2022-202389 received · 17 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.