William H. Bowen School of Law

William H. Bowen School of Law Overview

Established in 1975, William H. Bowen School of Law is a public law school at University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The 2025 tuition & fees of William H. Bowen School of Law is $16,728 for Arkansas residents and $32,671 for out-of-state students.

The acceptance rate of the school is 55.81% and yield is 36.76%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 152 and the average GPA is 3.41. Total 442 students are attending William H. Bowen School of Law and 136 of them is first-year students. Last year 87 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 78 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 70.29%). You may want to check the general academic information of William H. Bowen School of Law at University of Arkansas at Little Rock academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

162 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 152 William H. Bowen School of Law. The average undergraduate GPA from 161 submitters is 3.41. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentile.

William H. Bowen School 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	149	149	152	152	155	157
Undergraduate GPA	3.06	2.96	3.47	3.18	3.73	3.49

William H. Bowen School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees

William H. Bowen School of Law tuition & fees is $16,728 for Arkansas residents and $32,671 for non-residents for the academic year 2022-2023. The average undergraduate tuition & fees other than law school at William H. Bowen School of Law is $8,455 for Arkansas residents and $19,210 for non-residents. For graduate schools, its average graduate tuition and fees is $7,684 for Arkansas residents and $15,100 for out-of-state students

William H. Bowen School of Law Tuition & Fees
	In-State	Out-of-State
William H. Bowen School of Law	$16,728	$32,671
Average Living Costs
Living Costs	$14,792
Books & Supplies	$1,700
Personal Expenses	$4,238
Average Costs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Undergraduate	$8,455	$19,210
Graduate	$7,684	$15,100

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 696 students applied to William H. Bowen School of Law and 415 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 157 students finally enrolled to William H. Bowen School of Law. The acceptance rate is 55.81% and yield (enrollment rate) is 37%. With 5 deferred/pre-admitted students, William H. Bowen School of Law has 162 first-year class students for the academic year 2021-2022.

William H. Bowen School of Law 2024 Admission Statistics
	Number of Students
Applicants	696
Admitted	415
Enrolled	157
Acceptance Rate	55.81%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	36.76%
Deferred / Previously Admitted	5
Total First Year Class Enrollment	162

Law Student Population

William H. Bowen School of Law has total 442 students for the academic year 2021-2022. Of the total students, 479 students enrolled in JD program and 0 enrolled in non-JD programs.

Total Enrollment at William H. Bowen School of Law
Total Enrollment	479
JD Enrollment	479
Non-JD Enrollment	0

William H. Bowen School of Law has 162 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 72 male and 90 female students. By attendance type, 136 students enrolled as full-time and 26 students as part-time status. The following table summarizes the first year enrollment by gender and attendance type at William H. Bowen School of Law.

First Year Student Enrollment at William H. Bowen School of Law
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	162	136	26
Men	72	67	5
Women	90	69	21

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 113 students have graduated from William H. Bowen School of Law. Among them, 87 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 William H. Bowen School of Law is 70.29% where the average pass rate of Arkansas is 0%.

First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at William H. Bowen School of Law
Total Graduates	113
First-time Bar Exam Taker	87 (85 new graduates, 2 from prior year)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker	28 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate	78 / 89.66%
Pass Rate at Arkansas	0%