Best Graduate Schools

Best Law Schools for Your Money 2024

To find the country’s best-value law schools, we weighed dozens of data points, prioritizing annual tuition and fees, average student debt and typical earnings for recent graduates. Here are the colleges that scored a 4 or higher on our 5-star scale.
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College Name
Est. annual costs
Average student debt
Employment rate
Average early career salaries

Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

$46,290 $100,560 97% $62,950

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT

$29,450 N/A 95% $58,690

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

$38,820 $68,780 96% $52,310

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

$46,940 $76,550 98% $74,460

Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

$35,020 $75,680 96% $66,990

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

$53,950 $94,590 97% $63,870

Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

$39,480 $98,530 97% $58,970

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

$50,140 $93,630 97% $63,630

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX

$62,460 $138,540 97% $81,590

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

$51,090 $85,900 98% $66,380

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

$37,970 $88,870 96% $62,370

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

$44,460 $65,290 97% $61,820

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

$39,580 $73,120 96% $55,970

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

$53,530 N/A 97% $98,020

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

$44,270 $68,610 98% $58,300

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

$41,700 $67,210 98% $52,880

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO

$52,940 $102,900 97% $60,850

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

$49,900 $97,050 99% $70,570

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

$37,230 $72,610 97% $61,250

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

$34,660 $78,740 98% $64,330

University of Houston

Houston, TX

$43,840 $90,860 95% $72,120

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

$56,250 $83,460 97% $71,160

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

$46,680 $86,290 97% $65,100

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

$44,690 $82,460 97% $53,660

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

$31,590 $94,580 98% $49,260

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

$52,030 $118,490 98% $62,300

University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia, MO

$41,500 $71,350 97% $53,320

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

$40,610 $90,760 99% $50,870

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln, NE

$32,820 $62,060 96% $57,020

University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

$47,370 $82,200 97% $70,340

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

$40,750 $93,880 98% $66,360

University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK

$43,140 $76,050 96% $60,200

University of South Carolina-Columbia

Columbia, SC

$39,300 $107,670 98% $52,830

University of St Thomas (Saint Paul, MN)

Saint Paul, MN

$41,600 $80,460 97% $55,910

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

$47,640 $87,920 98% $55,900

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

$52,790 $81,210 98% $63,790

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

$50,360 $69,850 99% $58,870

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

$55,280 $100,570 97% $65,530
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Notes: Annual costs include tuition and fees, books and living expenses for in-state students. Employment rate is based on the share of graduates from this program who were not working nor enrolled in another educational program within two years of leaving school. Average earnings and debt figures represent program-level earnings for graduates within one and two year(s) of completion.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, college websites, College Factual/Money calculations.