Albany Law School

Graduate School (Law) • Albany, NY •

Graduate School (Law) • Albany, NY

Albany Law School Law School Overview

The law school at Albany Law School has an application deadline of Aug. 1. The full-time program application fee at the law school at Albany Law School is $0. The part-time program application fee at the law school at Albany Law School is $0. Its tuition is full-time: $58,044. The student-faculty ratio is 9.4:1.

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At-a-Glance

Acceptance Rate

54.9%

Tuition & Fees

$58,044

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Albany, NY, 12208-3494

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Albany Law School 2024 Law Program & Specialties Rankings

Albany Law School is ranked No. 117 (tie) out of 196 in Best Law Schools. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.

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#117

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Overall Score

Peer assessment score (out of 5)

2.1

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)

2.5

Law School Program Rankings

#117
in Best Law Schools (tie)

Law School Specialty Rankings

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Albany Law School Law School Ranking Scores and Data

Overall Ranking Scores

Overall Score

Peer assessment score (out of 5)

2.1

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)

2.5

GPA (25th-75th percentile)

3.22-3.68

Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants

3.47

LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)

152-157

Median LSAT score for all program entrants

155

Acceptance rate

54.9%

Student-faculty ratio

9.4:1

Full-credit outcomes 10 months after graduation

86.6%

% First-time bar passage

70.8%

Average first-time bar passage among states

72.6%

Ultimate Bar Passage rate for 2020 graduating class

89.3%

Student per library staff

97.8

Law School Program Admissions

Application Fee

Applicants:

1,500

1,125

750

375

1,500

1,125

750

375

Applicants

Accepted

Enrolled

(first-year students)

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Law School Program Cost

Tuition Full-Time (Non-LDS Member)

$58,044

Room and board

$14,158

Books

$1,273

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Law School Program Student Population

Enrollment (in-state)

N/A

Enrollment (out-state)

N/A

Student Diversity

Gender distribution (full-time):

Female55.2%

Male44.1%

Student diversity:

70.9%

White

8.4%

Hispanic

5.9%

Black or African American

5.9%

Asian

4.3%

Unknown

1.7%

Two or more races

1.7%

International

0.3%

American Indian

Pacific Islander

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Law School Program Academics

Programs/courses offered in

PROGRAM

clinical training
dispute resolution
environmental law
health care law
intellectual property law
international law
tax law
trial advocacy
business/corporate law
constitutional law

contracts/commercial law
criminal law
writing

AND 3 MORE

Joint degrees offered

N/A

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Law School Program Library

Net square feet of space assigned for library purposes

N/A

Total seats available for library users

N/A

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Law School Program Careers

Total number of graduates

164

Employed at graduation

N/A

Employed 10 months after graduation

86.6%

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Ranking factors are as of April 20, 2023. For all other information, the most recently reported information display.

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