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Chicago, Illinois

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1951
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
153
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.40
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$1,248 / credit
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
379
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
71.2%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
68.8%
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 — 2020-2021

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 (2020)
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Report year 2020
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)$1,200$3,340
Part-time · per credit (resident)$1,200$2,960

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 (2020)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$21,650
  • Living off campus$21,650
  • Living at home$21,650

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 (2020–2021 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2020)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students1,007768239
Receiving grants61852494
% receiving grantsNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Less than half tuition17814434
Half to full tuition26422836
Full tuition16014020
More than full tuition16124
25th percentile grantNot applicable$15,225$5,760
Median grantNot applicable$25,000$12,000
75th percentile grantNot applicable$34,800$20,700

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 (2020)
Covers
Report year 2020
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.

  • Entering 2019-2020148 received · 3 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2018-2019156 received · 77 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2017-2018125 received · 61 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.