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.

    Boston University School of Law

    Private • Boston, MAREMOVE
    Founded
    1872
    Tuition & Costs
    $65,020 tuition & fees
    $16,570 Living Costs
    $3,292 Personal Expenses
    Financial Aid
    $33,000 Avg. Amount
    50.75% Tuition Covered
    88.67% Received
    LSAT Scores
    170 Median Score
    171 75th Percentile
    164 25th Percentile
    GPA
    3.84 Median Score
    3.91 75th Percentile
    3.57 25th Percentile
    Admission
    17.82% Acceptance Rate
    16.92% Yield
    7661 Applicants
    1251 Admitted
    209 Enrolled
    Enrollment
    1,070 Total Enrollment
    759 JD Enrollment
    392 Non-JD Enrollment
    Faculties & Staffs
    214 Faculties
    5 to 1 Students to Faculty
    Bar Exam
    87.70% Pass Rate
    223 Exam Takers
    18 Not Taken
    202 Exam Passers
    Employment
    282 Total Graduates
    260 Employed Full-time
    6 Employed Part-time
    Application Fees
    $85
    Application deadline
    2023-11-10 Early Decision Program
    2024-01-05 BU Bound Binding Decision Program
    2024-03-01 Priority

    Vanderbilt University Law School

    Private • Nashville, TNREMOVE
    Founded
    1874
    Tuition & Costs
    $75,440 tuition & fees
    $24,686 Living Costs
    $6,086 Personal Expenses
    Financial Aid
    $33,000 Avg. Amount
    43.74% Tuition Covered
    84.56% Received
    LSAT Scores
    170 Median Score
    170 75th Percentile
    163 25th Percentile
    GPA
    3.9 Median Score
    3.98 75th Percentile
    3.57 25th Percentile
    Admission
    16.76% Acceptance Rate
    17.51% Yield
    5817 Applicants
    845 Admitted
    150 Enrolled
    Enrollment
    555 Total Enrollment
    531 JD Enrollment
    55 Non-JD Enrollment
    Faculties & Staffs
    157 Faculties
    4 to 1 Students to Faculty
    Bar Exam
    96.97% Pass Rate
    176 Exam Takers
    5 Not Taken
    162 Exam Passers
    Employment
    192 Total Graduates
    184 Employed Full-time
    0 Employed Part-time
    Application Fees
    $70
    Application deadline
    2023-09-01 Application Open
    2023-11-01 Early Decision
    2024-04-01 Regular Decision