Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Salmon P. Chase College of Law Overview

Established in 1893, Salmon P. Chase College of Law is a public law school at Northern Kentucky University. The 2025 tuition & fees of Salmon P. Chase College of Law is $24,619 for Kentucky residents and $38,165 for out-of-state students.

The acceptance rate of the school is 60.58% and yield is 29.81%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 152 and the average GPA is 3.55. Total 386 students are attending Salmon P. Chase College of Law and 93 of them is first-year students. Last year 99 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 83 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 69.91%). You may want to check the general academic information of Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

142 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 152 Salmon P. Chase College of Law. The average undergraduate GPA from 141 submitters is 3.55. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentile.

Salmon P. Chase College of Law 2024 LSAT Scores and GPA
	25^th Percentile		50^th Percentile		75^th Percentile
	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
LSAT Scores	151	151	153	153	156	156
Undergraduate GPA	2.91	2.69	3.37	3.13	3.64	3.57

Salmon P. Chase College of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees

Salmon P. Chase College of Law tuition & fees is $24,619 for Kentucky residents and $38,165 for non-residents for the academic year 2022-2023. The average undergraduate tuition & fees other than law school at Salmon P. Chase College of Law is $10,896 for Kentucky residents and $21,480 for non-residents. For graduate schools, its average graduate tuition and fees is $10,590 for Kentucky residents and $16,044 for out-of-state students

Salmon P. Chase College of Law Tuition & Fees
	In-State	Out-of-State
Salmon P. Chase College of Law	$24,619	$38,165
Average Living Costs
Living Costs	$12,938
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Personal Expenses	$5,530
Average Costs at Northern Kentucky University
Undergraduate	$10,896	$21,480
Graduate	$10,590	$16,044

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 537 students applied to Salmon P. Chase College of Law and 350 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 142 students finally enrolled to Salmon P. Chase College of Law. The acceptance rate is 60.58% and yield (enrollment rate) is 30%. With 1 deferred/pre-admitted students, Salmon P. Chase College of Law has 143 first-year class students for the academic year 2021-2022.

Salmon P. Chase College of Law 2024 Admission Statistics
	Number of Students
Applicants	537
Admitted	350
Enrolled	142
Acceptance Rate	60.58%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	29.81%
Deferred / Previously Admitted	1
Total First Year Class Enrollment	143

Law Student Population

Salmon P. Chase College of Law has total 386 students for the academic year 2021-2022. Of the total students, 403 students enrolled in JD program and 24 enrolled in non-JD programs.

Total Enrollment at Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Total Enrollment	427
JD Enrollment	403
Non-JD Enrollment	24

Salmon P. Chase College of Law has 143 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 70 male and 79 female students. By attendance type, 114 students enrolled as full-time and 35 students as part-time status. The following table summarizes the first year enrollment by gender and attendance type at Salmon P. Chase College of Law.

First Year Student Enrollment at Salmon P. Chase College of Law
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	143	114	35
Men	70	56	14
Women	79	58	21

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 111 students have graduated from Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Among them, 99 students (including exam takers from prior year and early first time takers) took the bar exam for the first time and 83 passed the exam. The first-time bar exam pass rate at Salmon P. Chase College of Law is 69.91% where the average pass rate of Kentucky is 82.22%.

First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Total Graduates	111
First-time Bar Exam Taker	99 (78 new graduates, 21 from prior year)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker	33 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate	83 / 83.84%
Pass Rate at Kentucky	82.22%