Median grant: every U.S. law school, ranked

Across the 196 ABA-accredited U.S. law schools that report median grant, the median is $24,176. Values span from $60,000 at St. John's University School of Law to $1,000 at University of Puerto Rico School of Law, drawn from the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure cycle.

Schools reporting 196
Median $24,176
25th–75th $15,000 – $32,000
Range $1,000 – $60,000

Distribution across 196 schools · median marked

Definition

What it is: Median scholarship/grant award among students who receive grant aid.
Reported by: The American Bar Association, in each school’s annual Standard 509 Required Disclosure.
Unit: U.S. dollars per year

How to read it

A high median grant can mean genuinely generous aid or a high sticker price being discounted back — compare it to tuition, not in isolation.

Every school, ranked

#	Law school	State	Median grant
1	St. John's University School of Law	New York	$60,000
2	Chapman University School of Law	California	$59,500
3	Stanford Law School	California	$52,797
4	Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law	Missouri	$48,000
5	University of Miami School of Law	Florida	$47,000
6	Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law	California	$45,000
7	Michigan State University School of Law	Michigan	$42,682
8	Case Western Reserve University School of Law	Ohio	$42,500
9	University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	Pennsylvania	$42,246
10	Belmont University School of Law	Tennessee	$40,710
11	University of Southern California School of Law	California	$40,092
12	Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	Illinois	$40,000
13	Wake Forest University School of Law	North Carolina	$40,000
14	Cardozo, Yeshiva University School of Law	New York	$40,000
15	University of Richmond School of Law	Virginia	$40,000
16	Villanova University School of Law	Pennsylvania	$40,000
17	American University School of Law	District of Columbia	$40,000
18	Seton Hall University School of Law	New Jersey	$40,000
19	Santa Clara University School of Law	California	$40,000
20	New York Law School	New York	$40,000
21	New England Law/Boston	Massachusetts	$40,000
22	Albany Law School	New York	$38,000
23	Tulane University School of Law	Louisiana	$37,500
24	California Western School of Law	California	$37,440
25	Emory University School of Law	Georgia	$36,000
26	Penn State Dickinson Law	Pennsylvania	$36,000
27	Hofstra University School of Law	New York	$35,793
28	University of Virginia School of Law	Virginia	$35,000
29	Duke University School of Law	North Carolina	$35,000
30	Georgetown University Law Center	District of Columbia	$35,000
31	University of Minnesota School of Law	Minnesota	$35,000
32	Fordham University School of Law	New York	$35,000
33	University of Wisconsin School of Law	Wisconsin	$35,000
34	Chicago-Kent, Illinois Institute of Technology School of Law	Illinois	$35,000
35	DePaul University School of Law	Illinois	$34,950
36	Yale Law School	Connecticut	$34,747
37	Mitchell/Hamline School of Law	Minnesota	$34,730
38	Wayne State University School of Law	Michigan	$34,636
39	Brooklyn Law School	New York	$34,000
40	University of San Francisco School of Law	California	$33,718
41	Baylor University School of Law	Texas	$33,518
42	Washington and Lee University School of Law	Virginia	$33,500
43	Indiana University-Bloomington School of Law	Indiana	$33,000
44	University of Dayton School of Law	Ohio	$33,000
45	Vanderbilt Law School	Tennessee	$32,792
46	Columbia Law School	New York	$32,000
47	University of Michigan Law School	Michigan	$32,000
48	University of Illinois School of Law	Illinois	$32,000
49	University of San Diego School of Law	California	$32,000
50	Gonzaga University School of Law	Washington	$32,000
51	Widener University Delaware Law School	Pennsylvania	$32,000
52	Temple University School of Law	Pennsylvania	$31,334
53	UC Berkeley School of Law	California	$31,158
54	Northeastern University School of Law	Massachusetts	$31,000
55	Drake University School of Law	Iowa	$31,000
56	University of the Pacific School of Law	California	$30,426
57	University of Iowa School of Law	Iowa	$30,043
58	Cornell Law School	New York	$30,000
59	University of Notre Dame School of Law	Indiana	$30,000
60	Pepperdine University School of Law	California	$30,000
61	Loyola University-Chicago School of Law	Illinois	$30,000
62	University of Denver School of Law	Colorado	$30,000
63	University of Pittsburgh School of Law	Pennsylvania	$30,000
64	Seattle University School of Law	Washington	$30,000
65	Duquesne University School of Law	Pennsylvania	$30,000
66	Ave Maria School of Law	Florida	$30,000
67	Western New England University School of Law	Massachusetts	$30,000
68	The Ohio State University School of Law	Ohio	$29,984
69	William & Mary School of Law	Virginia	$29,302
70	Southwestern Law School	California	$29,166
71	Boston University School of Law	Massachusetts	$29,000
72	Pace University School of Law	New York	$29,000
73	Drexel University School of Law	Pennsylvania	$28,667
74	University of Utah School of Law	Utah	$28,410
75	The George Washington University School of Law	District of Columbia	$28,000
76	University of Maryland School of Law	Maryland	$28,000
77	Lincoln Memorial University School of Law	Tennessee	$28,000
78	Vermont Law School	Vermont	$28,000
79	Roger Williams University School of Law	Rhode Island	$28,000
80	Harvard Law School	Massachusetts	$27,510
81	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) School of Law	Minnesota	$26,865
82	Texas A&M University School of Law	Texas	$26,048
83	Southern Methodist University School of Law	Texas	$26,000
84	The Catholic University of America School of Law	District of Columbia	$26,000
85	Lewis & Clark Law School	Oregon	$26,000
86	Loyola University-New Orleans School of Law	Louisiana	$26,000
87	Creighton University School of Law	Nebraska	$25,600
88	St. Thomas University (Miami) School of Law	Florida	$25,320
89	University of Arizona School of Law	Arizona	$25,235
90	University of California-Irvine School of Law	California	$25,000
91	University of California-Davis School of Law	California	$25,000
92	University of Oregon School of Law	Oregon	$25,000
93	Stetson University School of Law	Florida	$25,000
94	Saint Louis University School of Law	Missouri	$25,000
95	Quinnipiac University School of Law	Connecticut	$25,000
96	Widener University Commonwealth Law School	Pennsylvania	$25,000
97	UCLA School of Law	California	$24,456
98	Syracuse University School of Law	New York	$24,351
99	Boston College School of Law	Massachusetts	$24,000
100	Liberty University School of Law	Virginia	$24,000
101	Howard University School of Law	District of Columbia	$23,657
102	Western State, Westcliff University School of Law	California	$23,616
103	Elon University School of Law	North Carolina	$23,571
104	University of Maine School of Law	Maine	$23,535
105	University of Texas School of Law	Texas	$23,375
106	University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law	Illinois	$23,250
107	Marquette University School of Law	Wisconsin	$23,000
108	University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law	Nevada	$22,998
109	Regent University School of Law	Virginia	$22,500
110	Suffolk University School of Law	Massachusetts	$22,445
111	Touro University School of Law	New York	$22,000
112	Mississippi College School of Law	Mississippi	$22,000
113	Campbell University School of Law	North Carolina	$21,771
114	University of Alabama School of Law	Alabama	$21,500
115	George Mason University School of Law	Virginia	$21,000
116	Capital University Law School	Ohio	$21,000
117	New York University School of Law	New York	$20,000
118	Arizona State University School of Law	Arizona	$20,000
119	University of California-San Francisco School of Law	California	$20,000
120	University of Nebraska School of Law	Nebraska	$20,000
121	Mercer University School of Law	Georgia	$20,000
122	Samford University School of Law	Alabama	$20,000
123	University of New Hampshire School of Law	New Hampshire	$20,000
124	Charleston School of Law	South Carolina	$20,000
125	Willamette University School of Law	Oregon	$20,000
126	University of Toledo School of Law	Ohio	$20,000
127	Louisiana State University School of Law	Louisiana	$19,750
128	University of Georgia School of Law	Georgia	$19,460
129	University of Florida School of Law	Florida	$19,000
130	University of Cincinnati School of Law	Ohio	$19,000
131	University of Detroit Mercy School of Law	Michigan	$18,636
132	Jacksonville University School of Law	Florida	$18,000
133	Northern Kentucky University School of Law	Kentucky	$18,000
134	University of Missouri School of Law	Missouri	$17,500
135	West Virginia University School of Law	West Virginia	$17,500
136	Ohio Northern University School of Law	Ohio	$17,250
137	University of North Carolina School of Law	North Carolina	$17,000
138	Rutgers University School of Law	New Jersey	$16,000
139	Barry University School of Law	Florida	$16,000
140	Faulkner University School of Law	Alabama	$15,960
141	Florida State University School of Law	Florida	$15,464
142	University of Connecticut School of Law	Connecticut	$15,177
143	University of Chicago Law School	Illinois	$15,000
144	University of Colorado School of Law	Colorado	$15,000
145	University of Kansas School of Law	Kansas	$15,000
146	University of Baltimore School of Law	Maryland	$15,000
147	Indiana University-Indianapolis School of Law	Indiana	$15,000
148	Nova Southeastern University School of Law	Florida	$15,000
149	Washburn University School of Law	Kansas	$15,000
150	University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth School of Law	Massachusetts	$15,000
151	University of Washington School of Law	Washington	$14,000
152	Oklahoma City University School of Law	Oklahoma	$14,000
153	Cooley Law School	Michigan	$13,746
154	North Carolina Central University School of Law	North Carolina	$12,982
155	University of South Carolina School of Law	South Carolina	$12,562
156	University of Tulsa School of Law	Oklahoma	$12,500
157	St. Mary's University School of Law	Texas	$12,500
158	University of Oklahoma School of Law	Oklahoma	$12,000
159	Texas Tech University School of Law	Texas	$12,000
160	University of Louisville School of Law	Kentucky	$12,000
161	Brigham Young University School of Law	Utah	$11,646
162	University of Houston School of Law	Texas	$11,500
163	University of Kentucky School of Law	Kentucky	$11,000
164	Cleveland State University School of Law	Ohio	$11,000
165	University of Memphis School of Law	Tennessee	$11,000
166	South Texas College of Law Houston	Texas	$11,000
167	Southern University School of Law	Louisiana	$11,000
168	University of Tennessee School of Law	Tennessee	$10,550
169	Florida International University School of Law	Florida	$10,365
170	Appalachian School of Law	Virginia	$10,250
171	University of New Mexico School of Law	New Mexico	$10,000
172	University of Montana School of Law	Montana	$10,000
173	Southern Illinois University School of Law	Illinois	$9,500
174	University of Arkansas School of Law	Arkansas	$9,000
175	University of Akron School of Law	Ohio	$9,000
176	University of District of Columbia School of Law	District of Columbia	$8,292
177	Northern Illinois University School of Law	Illinois	$8,274
178	University of Wyoming School of Law	Wyoming	$8,000
179	City University of New York School of Law	New York	$8,000
180	University of Idaho School of Law	Idaho	$8,000
181	Georgia State University School of Law	Georgia	$7,776
182	University at Buffalo School of Law	New York	$7,500
183	Florida A&M University School of Law	Florida	$7,500
184	University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law	Arkansas	$7,461
185	Texas Southern University School of Law	Texas	$7,363
186	University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law	Missouri	$7,270
187	University of Hawaii School of Law	Hawaii	$7,000
188	University of Mississippi School of Law	Mississippi	$7,000
189	Wilmington University School of Law	Delaware	$6,000
190	University of North Texas at Dallas School of Law	Texas	$5,000
191	University of South Dakota School of Law	South Dakota	$5,000
192	Atlanta's John Marshall Law School	Georgia	$4,500
193	University of North Dakota School of Law	North Dakota	$3,875
194	Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law	Puerto Rico	$2,379
195	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law	Puerto Rico	$1,593
196	University of Puerto Rico School of Law	Puerto Rico	$1,000

At the extremes

Top: St. John's University School of Law ($60,000) · Chapman University School of Law ($59,500) · Stanford Law School ($52,797) · Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law ($48,000) · University of Miami School of Law ($47,000)

Bottom: Atlanta's John Marshall Law School ($4,500) · University of North Dakota School of Law ($3,875) · Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law ($2,379) · Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law ($1,593) · University of Puerto Rico School of Law ($1,000)

FAQ

What is median grant?

Median scholarship/grant award among students who receive grant aid.

What is the median median grant across U.S. law schools?

$24,176, across the 196 ABA-accredited schools that report it in the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle.

Which law school has the highest median grant?

St. John's University School of Law, at $60,000.

What counts as a strong median grant?

Schools above the median of $24,176 are above average; the top tenth begins around $40,000.

How should I read median grant?