Comparing Chicago Law and NIU Law Side by Side
The following statements compares University of Chicago Law School (Chicago Law) and Northern Illinois University College of Law (NIU Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
- Chicago Law tuition of $88,500 is more expensive than NIU Law tuition of $26,925.
- NIU Law offers the better financial aid of $8,274 which is 30.73% of tuition amount.
- Chicago Law acceptance rate of 44.27% is lower than NIU Law of 9.74%.
- Chicago Law's LSAT score of 174 is higher than NIU Law of 150.
- Chicago Law's GPA of 3.97 is higher than NIU Law of 3.41.
- Chicago Law with 710 students is larger than NIU Law with 352 students.
- Chicago Law has higher bar exam pass rate than NIU Law.
- Chicago Law founded in 1902 is older than NIU Law founded in 1975.