William S. Boyd School of Law

William S. Boyd School of Law Overview

Established in 1997, William S. Boyd School of Law is a public law school at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. The 2026 tuition & fees of William S. Boyd School of Law is $33,156 for Nevada residents and $48,432 for out-of-state students.

The acceptance rate of the school is 30.78% and yield is 48.00%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 160 and the average GPA is 3.76. Total 475 students are attending William S. Boyd School of Law and 156 of them is first-year students. Last year 162 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 125 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 77.16%). You may want to check the general academic information of William S. Boyd School of Law at University of Nevada-Las Vegas academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

154 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 160 at William S. Boyd School of Law and the average undergraduate GPA is 3.76. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentile.

William S. Boyd School of Law 2026 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	156	154	160	159	162	161
Undergraduate GPA	3.4	3.34	3.78	3.57	3.88	3.92

William S. Boyd School of Law 2027 Tuition & Fees

William S. Boyd School of Law tuition & fees is $33,156 for Nevada residents and $48,432 for non-residents for the academic year 2026-2027. The average undergraduate tuition & fees other than law school at William S. Boyd School of Law is $9,748 for Nevada residents and $27,411 for non-residents. For graduate schools, its average graduate tuition and fees is $7,413 for Nevada residents and $25,555 for out-of-state students

William S. Boyd School of Law Tuition & Fees
	In-State	Out-of-State
William S. Boyd School of Law	$33,156	$48,432
Average Living Costs
Living Costs	$35,746
Books & Supplies	$0
Personal Expenses	$0
Average Costs at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Undergraduate	$9,748	$27,411
Graduate	$7,413	$25,555

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 1,056 students applied to William S. Boyd School of Law and 325 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 156 students finally enrolled to William S. Boyd School of Law. The acceptance rate is 30.78% and yield (enrollment rate) is 48%.

William S. Boyd School of Law 2026 Admission Statistics
	Number of Students
Applicants	1,056
Admitted	325
Enrolled	156
Acceptance Rate	30.78%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	48.00%
Deferred / Previously Admitted	0
Total First Year Class Enrollment	156

Law Student Population

William S. Boyd School of Law has total 475 students for the academic year 2025-2026. Of the total students, 457 students enrolled in JD program and 18 enrolled in non-JD programs.

Total Enrollment at William S. Boyd School of Law
Total Enrollment	475
JD Enrollment	457
Non-JD Enrollment	18

William S. Boyd School of Law has 156 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 65 male and 89 female students. 1 student(s) with other type of gender. By attendance type, 133 students enrolled as full-time and 22 students as part-time status. The following table summarizes the first year enrollment by gender and attendance type at William S. Boyd School of Law.

First Year Student Enrollment at William S. Boyd School of Law
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	156	133	22
Men	65	55	10
Women	89	78	11
Other	1	0	1

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 167 students have graduated from William S. Boyd School of Law. Among them, 162 students (including exam takers from prior year and early first time takers) took the bar exam for the first time and 125 passed the exam. The first-time bar exam pass rate at William S. Boyd School of Law is 77.16% where the average pass rate of Nevada is 70.94%.

First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at William S. Boyd School of Law
Total Graduates	167
First-time Bar Exam Taker	162 (142 new graduates, 20 from prior year)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker	25 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate	125 / 77.16%
Pass Rate at Nevada	70.94%