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Northwestern Law School
Also known as
- Northwestern Law School
- Northwestern University
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- NU Pritzker
Northwestern Law School is a law school located in Evanston, Illinois. The school was ranked 9 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Northwestern Law School is approximately 241.
Admissions website: https://www.law.northwestern.edu/admissions/
Admissions email: admissions@law.northwestern.edu
Admissions phone: (312) 503-8465
Northwestern Law School Key Statistics
| Previous year ABA 509 data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentiles | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| LSAT | 166 | 172 | 174 |
| GPA | 3.66 | 3.92 | 3.97 |
| Miscellaneous | Count | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| # Applications | 6225 | 95 |
| # Admissions offers | 967 | - |
| Class size | 241 | 79 |
| % Accepted | 15.5% | 92 |
| % Yield | 23.6% | 22 |
During the 2024 application cycle, 6,225 people applied and 967 were offered admission.
Northwestern University has a 1L class size of 241, and yield of 23.58%. 228 out of 967 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 23.58% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.
The 1L class at Northwestern University has a median LSAT of 172. The 25th percentile LSAT is 166 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 174.
The median GPA is 3.92. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.66 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.97.
Northwestern Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024
LSD has stats for 1,909 applicants for the 2023-2024 application cycle.
The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.
Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.
Click on a data point to see that user's profile.
How much does Northwestern Law School cost per year?
*The following data belongs to previous years.
Cost of attending Northwestern Law School
In 2024, tuition was $74,552 and the annual cost of attending was $102,080 (tuition plus living expenses).
Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.
Northwestern Law School employment outcomes
92.9% of Northwestern University graduates pass the bar on their first try.
Some interesting facts about Northwestern Law School
Located in downtown Chicago, Northwestern Law is an innovative institution that empowers students to meet the complex challenges of the ever-changing legal and business worlds.
Northwestern is renowned for recruiting students with exceptional academic ability and strong interpersonal skills. Northwestern Law’s faculty is among the nation’s most interdisciplinary and focuses on a team-oriented curriculum to prepare students for work outside of law school.