Penn State Law

Penn State Law Overview

Established in 1834, Penn State Law is a public law school at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. The 2025 tuition & fees of Penn State Law is $56,436.

The acceptance rate of the school is 30.86% and yield is 19.54%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 162 and the average GPA is 3.72. Total 632 students are attending Penn State Law and 146 of them is first-year students. Last year 95 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 78 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 86.29%). You may want to check the general academic information of Penn State Law at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

133 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 162 Penn State Law. The average undergraduate GPA from 133 submitters is 3.72. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentile.

Penn State Law 2024 LSAT Scores and GPA
	25^th Percentile	50^th Percentile	75^th Percentile
LSAT Scores	155	162	163
Undergraduate GPA	3.4	3.76	3.9

Penn State Law 2023 Tuition & Fees

Penn State Law tuition & fees is $56,436 for Pennsylvania residents and $56,436 for non-residents for the academic year 2022-2023. The average undergraduate tuition & fees other than law school at Penn State Law is $20,234 for Pennsylvania residents and $40,188 for non-residents. For graduate schools, its average graduate tuition and fees is $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents and $43,828 for out-of-state students

Penn State Law Tuition & Fees
	In-State	Out-of-State
Penn State Law	$56,436	$56,436
Average Living Costs
Living Costs	$19,962
Books & Supplies	$2,000
Personal Expenses	$3,568
Average Costs at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Undergraduate	$20,234	$40,188
Graduate	$25,518	$43,828

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 2,329 students applied to Penn State Law and 830 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 136 students finally enrolled to Penn State Law. The acceptance rate is 30.86% and yield (enrollment rate) is 20%. With 3 deferred/pre-admitted students, Penn State Law has 139 first-year class students for the academic year 2021-2022.

Penn State Law 2024 Admission Statistics
	Number of Students
Applicants	2,329
Admitted	830
Enrolled	136
Acceptance Rate	30.86%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	19.54%
Deferred / Previously Admitted	3
Total First Year Class Enrollment	139

Law Student Population

Penn State Law has total 632 students for the academic year 2021-2022. Of the total students, 394 students enrolled in JD program and 130 enrolled in non-JD programs.

Total Enrollment at Penn State Law
Total Enrollment	524
JD Enrollment	394
Non-JD Enrollment	130

Penn State Law has 139 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 59 male and 80 female students. By attendance type, All students enrolled as the full-time status. The following table summarizes the first year enrollment by gender and attendance type at Penn State Law.

First Year Student Enrollment at Penn State Law
	Total	Full-time
Total	139	139
Men	59	59
Women	80	80

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 117 students have graduated from Penn State Law. Among them, 95 students (including exam takers from prior year and early first time takers) took the bar exam for the first time and 78 passed the exam. The first-time bar exam pass rate at Penn State Law is 86.29% where the average pass rate of Pennsylvania is 79.78%.

First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at Penn State Law
Total Graduates	117
First-time Bar Exam Taker	95 (89 new graduates, 6 from prior year)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker	28 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate	78 / 82.11%
Pass Rate at Pennsylvania	79.78%