Comparing BU Law and Vanderbilt Law Side by Side

The following statements compares Vanderbilt University Law School (Vanderbilt Law) and Boston University School of Law (BU Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
  • Both schools are private.
  • Vanderbilt Law tuition of $81,492 is more expensive than BU Law tuition of $74,582.
  • Vanderbilt Law offers the better financial aid of $32,792 which is 40.24% of tuition amount.
  • BU Law acceptance rate of 13.26% is lower than Vanderbilt Law of 12.08%.
  • Both schools have same LSAT scores of 170 of 170.
  • Vanderbilt Law's GPA of 3.91 is higher than BU Law of 3.88.
  • BU Law with 1,084 students is larger than Vanderbilt Law with 656 students.
  • Vanderbilt Law has higher bar exam pass rate than BU Law.
  • BU Law founded in 1872 is older than Vanderbilt Law founded in 1874.
  • BU Law requires more expensive application fees than BU Law.