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West Virginia University Law School Tuition & Cost of Attendance

Morgantown, WV · 2025-26 academic year, in-state basis · ABA 509 disclosure

$54,240
Per academic year
$162,720
3-year total
$4,520
Per month, spread out
#33
of 164 by total cost

Where the money goes each year

Annual tuition (in-state)$26,370
Mandatory fees (full-time)$1,404
Living costs$26,466on-campus and off-campus figures are identical in this disclosure, so it does not distinguish the two
Per academic year$54,240
3-year total$162,720

If you are not an in-state resident

Annual non-resident tuition is $45,666. Annual mandatory fees are $1,404. The estimated 3-year total, including the same living-cost figure, is $220,608.

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 West Virginia University Law School scholarship calculator shows your position and the grant range that applies to it.

3-year sticker total$162,720
Median grant for full-time students$17,500 per year
Same median applied for 3 years$110,220
Students receiving grant aid77.0%
Grant range (25th–75th percentile)$10,848 – $26,110

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. This school does award condition-based scholarships — the retention rate matters more than the headline figure.

Cost against bar passage

West Virginia University reports a first-time bar passage rate of 78.72% across 94 takers in the most recent cohort and an ultimate passage rate of 87.62% for the class of 2024. Dividing the 3-year total by the first-time rate gives $2,067 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 rate40.34%
Median LSAT / GPA (enrolled)155 / 3.65
First-year class size114
Conditional scholarship retention100.0% — 7 entered with one, 0 had it reduced or eliminated

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Source: West Virginia 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.