Fordham University - Best Law Schools

Fordham University

#33 in Best Law Schools (tie)
#2 in Part-time Law

Graduate School (Law) • New York, NY • 

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Graduate School (Law) • New York, NY

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Fordham University Law School Overview

The School of Law at Fordham University has an application deadline of March 15. The full-time program application fee at the School of Law at Fordham University is $75. The part-time program application fee at the School of Law at Fordham University is $75. Its tuition is full-time: $72,282 and part-time: $54,382. The student-faculty ratio is 6.5:1.

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At-a-Glance

Acceptance Rate

21.1%

Tuition & Fees

$72,282

Fordham University 2024 Law Program & Specialties Rankings

Fordham University is ranked No. 33 (tie) out of 196 in Best Law Schools and No. 2 out of 68 in Part-time Law. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
How we rank schools

#33

Best Law Schools

Overall Score

83

Peer assessment score (out of 5)

3.3

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)

3.6

Law School Program Rankings

Law School Specialty Rankings

Fordham University Law School Ranking Scores and Data

Overall Ranking Scores

Overall Score
83
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.3
Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)
3.6
GPA (25th-75th percentile)
3.57-3.84
Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants
3.75
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)
164-169
Median LSAT score for all program entrants
167
Acceptance rate
21.1%
Student-faculty ratio
6.5:1
Full-credit outcomes 10 months after graduation
93.5%
% First-time bar passage
90.7%
Average first-time bar passage among states
72.6%
Ultimate Bar Passage rate for 2020 graduating class
97%
Student per library staff
121.4

Part-time Law Ranking Scores

Overall Score
95
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.4
Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrants
3.58
Median LSAT score for part-time program entrants
164

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Law School Program Admissions

N/A

US Application Deadline

Application Fee

$75

Applicants:

Applicants

Accepted

Enrolled

(first-year students)

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Law School Program Cost

$72,282

Tuition Full-Time (in-state)

Tuition Full-Time (Non-LDS Member)

$72,282

Room and board

$23,602

Books

$2,160

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Law School Program Student Population

N/A

Law School Program Total Enrollment

Enrollment (in-state)

N/A

Enrollment (out-state)

N/A

Student Diversity

Gender distribution (full-time):

Female56.5%
Male43.4%
Student diversity:

62%

White

10.8%

Asian

10.6%

Hispanic

8.4%

Black or African American

3.6%

International

2.8%

Two or more races

1.6%

Unknown

0%

American Indian

0%

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

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Joint degrees offered
N/A

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Law School Program Library

N/A

Volume equivalent microforms

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

90.7%

% First-time bar passage

Total number of graduates

400

Employed at graduation

N/A

Employed 10 months after graduation

92.8%

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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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