Best Law Schools
Ranked in 2014
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Best Law Schools Rankings Methodology
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| Rank | School name | Tuition and fees | Enrollment (full-time) | ||
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| #1 | Yale University
New Haven, CT
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$54,650 per year (full-time) | 625 | ||
| #2 | Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
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$53,308 per year (full-time) | 1,741 | ||
| #3 | Stanford University
Stanford, CA
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$52,530 per year (full-time) | 574 | ||
| #4 | Columbia University
New York, NY
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$57,838 per year (full-time) | 1,248 | ||
| #4 | University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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$53,301 per year (full-time) | 612 | ||
| #6 | New York University
New York, NY
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$54,678 per year (full-time) | 1,418 | ||
| #7 | University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
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$54,992 per year (full-time) | 786 | ||
| #8 | University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
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$47,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,900 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,048 | ||
| #9 | University of California—Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
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$48,058 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,009 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 854 | ||
| #10 | Duke University
Durham, NC
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$53,596 per year (full-time) | 629 | ||
| #10 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
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$49,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,784 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,055 | ||
| #12 | Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
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$55,064 per year (full-time) | 763 | ||
| #13 | Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
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$57,270 per year (full-time) | 576 | ||
| #13 | Georgetown University
Washington, DC
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$50,890 per year (full-time) | 1,694 | ||
| #15 | University of Texas—Austin
Austin, TX
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$33,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,244 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,046 | ||
| #16 | University of California—Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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$45,226 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,720 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 975 | ||
| #16 | Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
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$48,160 per year (full-time) | 566 | ||
| #18 | Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
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$49,945 per year (full-time) | 687 | ||
| #19 | Emory University
Atlanta, GA
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$48,174 per year (full-time) | 811 | ||
| #20 | George Washington University
Washington, DC
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$49,840 per year (full-time) | 1,287 | ||
| #20 | University of Minnesota—Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
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$40,058 per year (in-state, full-time); $47,330 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 721 | ||
| #20 | University of Southern California (Gould)
Los Angeles, CA
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$55,023 per year (full-time) | 602 | ||
| #23 | University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
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$20,770 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,840 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 465 | ||
| #24 | College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe)
Williamsburg, VA
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$29,000 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 623 | ||
| #24 | University of Washington
Seattle, WA
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$31,983 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,024 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 541 |
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