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Law Schools Ranked by Grant Aid Coverage
196 schools · share of students receiving grant aid · ABA 509, 2025 cycle
85%
Median coverage
19
Schools at 99%+
161
Award full tuition to some
41%
Median at or below half
Coverage is the least interesting of these numbers
Almost every school reports high coverage, so this ranking separates the few that do not from the many that do. If you are comparing schools on aid, median award size and share of recipients getting full tuitionwill tell you considerably more.
Full ranking
| # | School | State | Receive grant aid | Median grant | Full tuition | Aid profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dayton | OH | 102.0%above 100% — the four 509 bands are rounded separately | $33,000 | 6.0% | Balanced |
| 2 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | IN | 101.0%above 100% — the four 509 bands are rounded separately | $15,000 | 6.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 3 | Cincinnati | OH | 100.0% | $19,000 | 10.0% | Balanced |
| 4 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | 100.0% | $33,000 | 8.0% | Balanced |
| 5 | Jacksonville University | FL | 100.0% | $18,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 6 | Liberty University | VA | 100.0% | $24,000 | none reported | Balanced |
| 7 | Lincoln Memorial University | TN | 100.0% | $28,000 | 7.0% | Balanced |
| 8 | Michigan State University | MI | 100.0% | $42,682 | 52.0% | Full-tuition heavy |
| 9 | Mitchell/Hamline School of Law | MN | 100.0% | $34,730 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 10 | Penn State Dickinson Law | PA | 100.0% | $36,000 | 7.0% | Balanced |
| 11 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) | MN | 100.0% | $26,865 | 6.0% | Balanced |
| 12 | California-Davis | CA | 99.0% | $25,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 13 | Campbell University | NC | 99.0% | $21,771 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 14 | Catholic University of America, The | DC | 99.0% | $26,000 | none reported | Balanced |
| 15 | DePaul University | IL | 99.0% | $34,950 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 16 | Illinois | IL | 99.0% | $32,000 | 2.0% | Balanced |
| 17 | Tulsa | OK | 99.0% | $12,500 | 4.0% | Mixed |
| 18 | Vermont Law School | VT | 99.0% | $28,000 | 8.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 19 | Widener University Delaware Law School | DE | 99.0% | $32,000 | 2.0% | Balanced |
| 20 | Brigham Young University | UT | 98.0% | $11,646 | 46.0% | Full-tuition heavy |
| 21 | Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University) | NY | 98.0% | $40,000 | 2.0% | Balanced |
| 22 | Case Western Reserve University | OH | 98.0% | $42,500 | none reported | Balanced |
| 23 | Cleveland State University | OH | 98.0% | $11,000 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 24 | Emory University | GA | 98.0% | $36,000 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 25 | Gonzaga University | WA | 98.0% | $32,000 | 2.0% | Balanced |
| 26 | Kentucky | KY | 98.0% | $11,000 | 4.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 27 | Baylor University | TX | 97.0% | $33,518 | 27.0% | Mixed |
| 28 | Regent University | VA | 97.0% | $22,500 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 29 | Saint Louis University | MO | 97.0% | $25,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 30 | Washington and Lee University | VA | 97.0% | $33,500 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 31 | Alabama | AL | 96.0% | $21,500 | 25.0% | Mixed |
| 32 | Arizona State University | AZ | 96.0% | $20,000 | 13.0% | Mixed |
| 33 | Capital University Law School | OH | 96.0% | $21,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 34 | Duquesne University | PA | 96.0% | $30,000 | 17.0% | Mixed |
| 35 | California-Irvine | CA | 95.0% | $25,000 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 36 | Charleston School of Law | SC | 95.0% | $20,000 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 37 | Lewis & Clark Law School | OR | 95.0% | $26,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 38 | North Carolina | NC | 95.0% | $17,000 | 5.0% | Balanced |
| 39 | Northeastern University | MA | 95.0% | $31,000 | 11.0% | Mixed |
| 40 | Southern California | CA | 95.0% | $40,092 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 41 | Texas A&M University | TX | 95.0% | $26,048 | 25.0% | Balanced |
| 42 | Widener University Commonwealth Law School | PA | 95.0% | $25,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 43 | Akron | OH | 94.0% | $9,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 44 | Albany Law School | NY | 94.0% | $38,000 | 9.0% | Balanced |
| 45 | Duke University | NC | 94.0% | $35,000 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 46 | Loyola University-Chicago | IL | 94.0% | $30,000 | 2.0% | Balanced |
| 47 | Marquette University | WI | 94.0% | $23,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 48 | Minnesota | MN | 94.0% | $35,000 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 49 | Southern Methodist University | TX | 94.0% | $26,000 | 4.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 50 | Texas | TX | 94.0% | $23,375 | 10.0% | Mixed |
| 51 | Washington University (St. Louis) | MO | 94.0% | $48,000 | 21.0% | Balanced |
| 52 | Willamette University | OR | 94.0% | $20,000 | 4.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 53 | Wisconsin | WI | 94.0% | $35,000 | 19.0% | Mixed |
| 54 | Pace University | NY | 93.0% | $29,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 55 | the Pacific (McGeorge) | CA | 93.0% | $30,426 | 25.0% | Mixed |
| 56 | Samford University | AL | 93.0% | $20,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 57 | Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT) | IL | 92.0% | $35,000 | 4.0% | Balanced |
| 58 | Notre Dame | IN | 92.0% | $30,000 | 6.0% | Mixed |
| 59 | Boston University | MA | 91.0% | $29,000 | 6.0% | Mixed |
| 60 | Brooklyn Law School | NY | 91.0% | $34,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 61 | Connecticut | CT | 91.0% | $15,177 | 3.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 62 | Cornell University | NY | 91.0% | $30,000 | 2.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 63 | Michigan | MI | 91.0% | $32,000 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 64 | San Diego | CA | 91.0% | $32,000 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 65 | Syracuse University | NY | 91.0% | $24,351 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 66 | Utah | UT | 91.0% | $28,410 | 17.0% | Balanced |
| 67 | Elon University | NC | 90.0% | $23,571 | 7.0% | Mixed |
| 68 | South Carolina | SC | 90.0% | $12,562 | 4.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 69 | The Ohio State University | OH | 90.0% | $29,984 | 36.0% | Mixed |
| 70 | Vanderbilt University | TN | 90.0% | $32,792 | 5.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 71 | Boston College | MA | 89.0% | $24,000 | 1.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 72 | Creighton University | NE | 89.0% | $25,600 | 16.0% | Mixed |
| 73 | Montana | MT | 89.0% | $10,000 | 9.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 74 | Oklahoma | OK | 89.0% | $12,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 75 | Tennessee | TN | 89.0% | $10,550 | 4.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 76 | Wyoming | WY | 89.0% | $8,000 | 6.0% | Mixed |
| 77 | Arizona | AZ | 88.0% | $25,235 | 44.0% | Full-tuition heavy |
| 78 | Florida | FL | 88.0% | $19,000 | 35.0% | Mixed |
| 79 | New England Law/Boston | MA | 88.0%four disclosed bands sum to 86% | $40,000 | 30.0% | Mixed |
| 80 | Seton Hall University | NJ | 88.0% | $40,000 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 81 | Stetson University | FL | 88.0% | $25,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 82 | Texas Tech University | TX | 88.0% | $12,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 83 | Appalachian School of Law | VA | 87.0% | $10,250 | 13.0% | Mixed |
| 84 | Arkansas | AR | 87.0% | $9,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 85 | Colorado | CO | 87.0% | $15,000 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 86 | Fordham University | NY | 87.0% | $35,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 87 | Mercer University | GA | 87.0% | $20,000 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 88 | Mississippi | MS | 87.0% | $7,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 89 | Seattle University | WA | 87.0% | $30,000 | 11.0% | Mixed |
| 90 | Tulane University | LA | 87.0% | $37,500 | none reported | Balanced |
| 91 | Villanova University | PA | 87.0% | $40,000 | none reported | Balanced |
| 92 | California-Berkeley | CA | 86.0% | $31,158 | 9.0% | Mixed |
| 93 | California College of the Law, San Francisco | CA | 86.0% | $20,000 | 1.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 94 | Rutgers University | NJ | 86.0% | $16,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 95 | Kansas | KS | 85.0% | $15,000 | 21.0% | Mixed |
| 96 | Missouri-Kansas City | MO | 85.0% | $7,270 | 4.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 97 | Nebraska | NE | 85.0% | $20,000 | 7.0% | Balanced |
| 98 | New York Law School | NY | 85.0% | $40,000 | none reported | Balanced |
| 99 | Quinnipiac University | CT | 85.0% | $25,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 100 | South Texas College of Law Houston | TX | 85.0% | $11,000 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 101 | Temple University | PA | 85.0% | $31,334 | 4.0% | Balanced |
| 102 | Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | GA | 84.0% | $4,500 | 4.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 103 | George Mason University | VA | 84.0% | $21,000 | 6.0% | Balanced |
| 104 | Georgia | GA | 84.0% | $19,460 | 42.0% | Full-tuition heavy |
| 105 | Hofstra University | NY | 84.0% | $35,793 | 23.0% | Mixed |
| 106 | Massachusetts Dartmouth | MA | 84.0% | $15,000 | 8.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 107 | St. John's University | NY | 84.0% | $60,000 | none reported | Balanced |
| 108 | California-Los Angeles | CA | 83.0% | $24,456 | 9.0% | Mixed |
| 109 | Wayne State University | MI | 83.0% | $34,636 | 49.0% | Full-tuition heavy |
| 110 | Drake University | IA | 82.0% | $31,000 | 9.0% | Balanced |
| 111 | Pittsburgh | PA | 82.0% | $30,000 | 3.0% | Balanced |
| 112 | Toledo | OH | 82.0% | $20,000 | 26.0% | Mixed |
| 113 | Western New England University | MA | 82.0% | $30,000 | 12.0% | Balanced |
| 114 | Richmond | VA | 81.0% | $40,000 | 28.0% | Mixed |
| 115 | St. Mary's University | TX | 81.0% | $12,500 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 116 | Suffolk University | MA | 81.0% | $22,445 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 117 | Washburn University | KS | 80.0% | $15,000 | 17.0% | Mixed |
| 118 | Barry University | FL | 79.0% | $16,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 119 | Maryland | MD | 79.0% | $28,000 | 15.0% | Mixed |
| 120 | Missouri | MO | 79.0% | $17,500 | 16.0% | Mixed |
| 121 | Ohio Northern University | OH | 79.0% | $17,250 | 8.0% | Mixed |
| 122 | Chicago | IL | 78.0% | $15,000 | 9.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 123 | Denver | CO | 78.0% | $30,000 | 14.0% | Mixed |
| 124 | Florida State University | FL | 78.0% | $15,464 | 28.0% | Mixed |
| 125 | Louisiana State University | LA | 78.0% | $19,750 | 27.0% | Mixed |
| 126 | Northern Illinois University | IL | 78.0% | $8,274 | none reported | Mixed |
| 127 | Nova Southeastern University | FL | 78.0% | $15,000 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 128 | Western State College of Law (Westcliff University) | CA | 78.0% | $23,616 | none reported | Mixed |
| 129 | George Washington University, The | DC | 77.0% | $28,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 130 | Iowa | IA | 77.0% | $30,043 | 29.0% | Mixed |
| 131 | Oklahoma City University | OK | 77.0% | $14,000 | 7.0% | Mixed |
| 132 | Pepperdine University | CA | 77.0% | $30,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 133 | West Virginia University | WV | 77.0% | $17,500 | 9.0% | Mixed |
| 134 | Drexel University | PA | 76.0%four disclosed bands sum to 74% | $28,667 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 135 | Nevada-Las Vegas | NV | 76.0% | $22,998 | 11.0% | Mixed |
| 136 | Northwestern University | IL | 76.0% | $40,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 137 | Touro University | NY | 76.0% | $22,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 138 | Wake Forest University | NC | 76.0% | $40,000 | 4.0% | Balanced |
| 139 | Louisville | KY | 75.0% | $12,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 140 | Loyola University-New Orleans | LA | 75.0%four disclosed bands sum to 78% | $26,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 141 | Houston | TX | 74.0% | $11,500 | 3.0% | Broad but shallow |
| 142 | Oregon | OR | 74.0% | $25,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 143 | Ave Maria School of Law | FL | 73.0% | $30,000 | 4.0% | Balanced |
| 144 | Faulkner University | AL | 72.0% | $15,960 | none reported | Mixed |
| 145 | Maine | ME | 72.0% | $23,535 | 30.0% | Mixed |
| 146 | North Carolina Central University | NC | 72.0% | $12,982 | 15.0% | Mixed |
| 147 | Southwestern Law School | CA | 72.0% | $29,166 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 148 | District of Columbia | DC | 70.0% | $8,292 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 149 | Washington | WA | 70.0% | $14,000 | none reported | Broad but shallow |
| 150 | Hawaii | HI | 69.0% | $7,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 151 | New Hampshire | NH | 69.0% | $20,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 152 | Baltimore | MD | 67.0% | $15,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 153 | New York University | NY | 66.0% | $20,000 | 11.0% | Mixed |
| 154 | Virginia | VA | 66.0% | $35,000 | 7.0% | Mixed |
| 155 | William & Mary Law School | VA | 66.0% | $29,302 | 6.0% | Mixed |
| 156 | Miami | FL | 65.0% | $47,000 | none reported | Balanced |
| 157 | Mississippi Christian University School of Law (MC Law) | MS | 65.0% | $22,000 | 10.0% | Mixed |
| 158 | Roger Williams University | RI | 65.0% | $28,000 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 159 | Southern Illinois University | IL | 64.0% | $9,500 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 160 | St. Thomas University (Florida) | FL | 64.0% | $25,320 | none reported | Mixed |
| 161 | Yale University | CT | 63.0% | $34,747 | 14.0% | Mixed |
| 162 | Belmont University | TN | 62.0% | $40,710 | 28.0% | Mixed |
| 163 | Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles | CA | 62.0% | $45,000 | 1.0% | Balanced |
| 164 | Memphis | TN | 62.0% | $11,000 | 13.0% | Mixed |
| 165 | San Francisco | CA | 62.0% | $33,718 | none reported | Mixed |
| 166 | Georgetown University | DC | 61.0% | $35,000 | 3.0% | Mixed |
| 167 | Illinois-Chicago | IL | 61.0% | $23,250 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 168 | Santa Clara University | CA | 61.0% | $40,000 | 19.0% | Mixed |
| 169 | Arkansas at Little Rock | AR | 60.0% | $7,461 | 9.0% | Mixed |
| 170 | California Western School of Law | CA | 60.0% | $37,440 | 12.0% | Mixed |
| 171 | New Mexico | NM | 60.0% | $10,000 | 8.0% | Mixed |
| 172 | American University | DC | 59.0% | $40,000 | 7.0% | Mixed |
| 173 | Chapman University | CA | 59.0% | $59,500 | 15.0% | Mixed |
| 174 | Pennsylvania | PA | 59.0% | $42,246 | 14.0% | Mixed |
| 175 | Detroit Mercy | MI | 58.0% | $18,636 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 176 | Northern Kentucky University | KY | 58.0% | $18,000 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 177 | Cooley Law School | MI | 57.0% | $13,746 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 178 | Florida International University | FL | 55.0% | $10,365 | 15.0% | Mixed |
| 179 | South Dakota | SD | 55.0% | $5,000 | 7.0% | Mixed |
| 180 | Columbia University | NY | 54.0% | $32,000 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 181 | North Texas at Dallas | TX | 54.0% | $5,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 182 | Wilmington University School of Law | DE | 54.0% | $6,000 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 183 | North Dakota | ND | 52.0% | $3,875 | 2.0% | Mixed |
| 184 | University at Buffalo | NY | 51.0% | $7,500 | none reported | Mixed |
| 185 | Texas Southern University | TX | 51.0% | $7,363 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 186 | Puerto Rico | PR | 50.0% | $1,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 187 | Stanford University | CA | 50.0% | $52,797 | 11.0% | Mixed |
| 188 | Georgia State University | GA | 49.0% | $7,776 | 13.0% | Mixed |
| 189 | Howard University | DC | 48.0% | $23,657 | 5.0% | Mixed |
| 190 | Idaho | ID | 46.0% | $8,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 191 | Florida A&M University | FL | 45.0% | $7,500 | 6.0% | Mixed |
| 192 | Harvard University | MA | 38.0% | $27,510 | none reported | Mixed |
| 193 | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico | PR | 24.0% | $1,593 | 1.0% | Mixed |
| 194 | Southern University | LA | 20.0% | $11,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 195 | City University of New York (CUNY) | NY | 17.0% | $8,000 | none reported | Mixed |
| 196 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico | PR | 8.0% | $2,379 | 1.0% | Mixed |
What the four reported bands mean
Every school must report where its grant recipients fall across four bands, which is the only disclosure that distinguishes a scholarship programme from a need-based discount. The figures below are the median share of grant recipients at each school nationally.
| Band | Median share of recipients |
|---|---|
| Half tuition or less | 41% |
| Above half, below full | 30% |
| Full tuition | 1% |
| Above full tuition | 1% |
The four bands are each rounded independently before being summed, so they do not always match the separately reported coverage figure — 3 schools differ by more than one percentage point, and a few sum to slightly above 100. Both figures are shown on each school’s page rather than reconciled.
Reading these figures honestly
- A median grant is not an offer. It is the midpoint among students who received aid, and it excludes the students who received none. A school reporting 90% coverage with a $30,000 median still leaves 10% of students with nothing.
- Percentiles are not minimums. A 25th-percentile grant of $10,000 does not mean the least award was $10,000 — it means 25% of recipients got that much or less.
- Conditional awards are counted differently. A grant contingent on maintaining a GPA can be cut after year one. See retention rates before treating a headline figure as reliable income.
Source: ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosures, 2025 reporting cycle. Grant figures describe full-time students in the most recently reported cohort. Coverage and award size are disclosed independently and are not reconciled by the source. Not financial advice.