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Wake Forest University Law School Tuition & Cost of Attendance

Winston-Salem, NC · 2025-26 academic year, in-state basis · ABA 509 disclosure

$89,783
Per academic year
$269,349
3-year total
$7,482
Per month, spread out
#110
of 164 by total cost

Where the money goes each year

Annual tuition (in-state)$57,920
Mandatory fees (full-time)$1,224
Living costs$30,639on-campus and off-campus figures are identical in this disclosure, so it does not distinguish the two
Per academic year$89,783
3-year total$269,349

The reported tuition and mandatory fees are the same for in-state and non-resident students.

After grants: what the sticker price does not show

The figures below are this school's reported averages across all students. What you would actually pay depends on where your scores land against its admitted class — the Wake Forest University Law School scholarship calculator shows your position and the grant range that applies to it.

3-year sticker total$269,349
Median grant for full-time students$40,000 per year
Same median applied for 3 years$149,349
Students receiving grant aid76.0%
Grant range (25th–75th percentile)$30,000 – $55,162

The median is not an offer. Aid depends on your circumstances, whether the school is need-aware or merit-aware, and its aid budget in the year you attend. It is also reported for a single cohort, so it is not a guarantee across three years.

Cost against bar passage

Wake Forest University reports a first-time bar passage rate of 89.61% across 154 takers in the most recent cohort and an ultimate passage rate of 95.33% for the class of 2024. Dividing the 3-year total by the first-time rate gives $3,006 per passage point.

This ratio compares price and outcome positioning only. Bar passage is measured across all takers at the school, is shaped substantially by how selective the school is, and predicts nothing about any individual student. See the full cost-versus-passage ranking for what this number does and does not mean.

What else this school publishes

Acceptance rate24.63%
Median LSAT / GPA (enrolled)166 / 3.79
First-year class size204

Cost comparison within North Carolina

School3-year totalPer yearBar passDifference
Wake Forest University$269,349$89,78389.61%—
Campbell University$264,153$88,05193.48%$5,196
Elon University$228,999$76,33369.92%$40,350
Duke University$323,835$107,94598.23%$54,486

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Source: Wake Forest University Law School ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosure, 2025 reporting cycle. Tuition, fee and living figures are for the 2025-26 academic year on an in-state basis. The 3-year total multiplies one year of disclosed costs by 3; the 509 does not disclose program length, so extended or joint programs are not distinguished. Costs rise annually. Not financial advice.