BU Law vs. Vanderbilt Law

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 2023-2024, except bar passage and employment data for 2022-2023.
  • Both schools are private.
  • Vanderbilt Law tuition of $75,440 is more expensive than BU Law tuition of $65,020.
  • BU Law offers the better financial aid of $33,000 which is 50.75% of tuition amount.
  • Vanderbilt Law acceptance rate of 17.82% is lower than BU Law of 16.76%.
  • Both schools have same LSAT scores of 170 of 170.
  • Vanderbilt Law's GPA of 3.89 is higher than BU Law of 3.86.
  • BU Law with 1,070 students is larger than Vanderbilt Law with 555 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.