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Harvard Law School
Also known as
- Harvard Law School
- Harvard University
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY
- HLS
Harvard Law School is a law school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school was ranked 4 in 2022 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Harvard Law School is approximately 562.
Admissions website: https://hls.harvard.edu/dept/jdadmissions/
Admissions email: jdadmiss@law.harvard.edu
Admissions phone: 617-495-1551
Harvard Law School Key Statistics
| Previous year ABA 509 data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentiles | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| LSAT | 170 | 174 | 176 |
| GPA | 3.82 | 3.92 | 3.98 |
| Miscellaneous | Count | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| # Applications | 9933 | 99 |
| # Admissions offers | 685 | - |
| Class size | 562 | 100 |
| % Accepted | 6.9% | 99 |
| % Yield | 54.0% | 97 |
During the 2022 application cycle, 9,933 people applied and 685 were offered admission.
Harvard University has a 1L class size of 562, and yield of 54.01%. 370 out of 685 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 54.01% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.
The 1L class at Harvard University has a median LSAT of 174. The 25th percentile LSAT is 170 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 176.
The median GPA is 3.92. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.82 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.98.
Harvard Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2021-2022
LSD has stats for 1,897 applicants for the 2021-2022 application cycle.
The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.
Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.
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How much does Harvard Law School cost per year?
Cost of attending Harvard Law School
In 2022, tuition was $68,962 and the annual cost of attending was $104,200 (tuition plus living expenses).
Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.
Harvard Law School employment outcomes
JD graduates from Harvard University make $190,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the private sector, a grad can expect to make $65,000.
60.6% of law graduates from Harvard University go directly to work for law firms, while 18.3% clerk for a judge. 11.3% of graduates go into public interest.
98.9% of Harvard University graduates pass the bar on their first try.
Some interesting facts about Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School provides amazing opportunities to study law and related disciplines in a rigorous but collaborative environment. Due to its large enrollment and faculty size, Harvard is distinguished by its unparalleled breadth and depth of courses and clinics, its wide array of research programs, its diverse student body drawn from around the world, and its extensive network of highly respected alumni. Beyond the law school, law students can tap into Harvard University’s extraordinary resources through cross registration and a variety of social and cultural activities.
Harvard Law School’s faculty members are engaged in cutting-edge research and generate the most important publications across the legal curriculum, playing an unsurpassed role in influencing jurists and policy makers.