Columbia Law School

Rank 10 (USNWR 2025)

Applicants for the class of 2021 , matriculating 2018

1006 applicants for the 2017 - 2018 cycle

46 / 152 , 98 rejected, 180 waitlisted, 334 withdrawn

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Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles	25	50	75
LSAT	170	173	175
GPA	3.81	3.9	3.96

Miscellaneous	Count	Percentile
# Applications	7671	99
# Admissions offers	901	-
Class size	394	94
% Accepted	11.8%	98
% Yield	40.0%	86

LSData Percentiles	25	50	75
LSAT	166	170	173
GPA	3.53	3.72	3.89

LSData Averages	Rejected	All	Accepted
LSAT	164	169	173
GPA	3.25	3.67	3.79
Softs	-	-	-
Scholarship	-	-	$109,125

Miscellaneous
Days from sent to decision	88
Days from UR to decision	-
Interview invite rate	-
Interview conversion rate	-
URM LSAT differential	-7.41
URM GPA differential	-0.11

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School applicants

Name Result Last seen GPA LSAT GRE URM WE Scholarship Sent Received Complete UR UR2 Interview invite Decision

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Name	Result	GPA	LSAT	URM	WE	$$$$	Sent	Complete	UR	II	Decision

Name	Result	GPA	LSAT	URM	WE	$$$$	Sent	Complete	UR	II	Decision
Brommie	Pending, Withdrawn	3.6	174		10+ years		2018/02/06	2018/02/15
urbannic	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.68	172		?		2017/11/12				2018/01/23
churner-throwaway-	Pending, Withdrawn	3.84	170		1-4 years		2017/09/05	2017/09/21
envirolaw2018	WL, Withdrawn	3.82	167		0 years (KJD)		2017/11/28
stwentzell	WL, Withdrawn	3.6	169		5-9 years		2017/10/02				2018/02/07
lawschool613	Pending, Withdrawn	3.96	176		1-4 years		2018/11/26	2018/12/04
npid17	WL, Withdrawn	3.97	164		1-4 years		2017/09/09	2017/09/21			2018/02/07
HYSLawHopeful	WL, Withdrawn	3.9	167		?		2018/12/03	2018/12/07			2019/02/21
qqoopp	WL, Withdrawn	3.92	168		?		2018/12/08	2018/12/13			2019/04/17
akupdzvbs	Pending, Withdrawn	3.8	170		0 years (KJD)		2018/10/24	2018/10/26
gigs19	WL, Withdrawn	3.8	179		0 years (KJD)		2018/11/15
Mocespo	WL, Withdrawn	3.96	169		5-9 years		2017/12/24	2018/01/10			2018/04/24
301213212	WL, Withdrawn	3.74	171		5-9 years		2018/11/12	2018/11/12			2019/04/16
lawlawlawlaw2626	Pending, Withdrawn	3.95	166		1-4 years		2018/09/03	2018/09/13
buckaroowormcasings	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.82	171		?			2018/11/12			2019/01/15
TheLegalBeagle	Intend to Apply, Withdrawn	2.3	170		?
HStrat	WL, Withdrawn	3.5	177		1-4 years		2017/10/28	2017/11/07			2018/04/27
mrajb	WL, Withdrawn	3.77	171		1-4 years		2017/12/19	2018/01/01			2018/04/24
DavisEcon2022	Intend to Apply, Withdrawn	3.94	162		0 years (KJD)
NachoRFm	WL, Withdrawn	3.3	172		1-4 years		2019/01/21
dakzeke2020	WL, Withdrawn	3.68	170		?		2019/01/18
3litersaday	WL, Withdrawn	3.82	174		1-4 years		2018/01/04	2018/01/23			2018/03/15
mgmtx	WL, Withdrawn	3.72	171		1-4 years		2018/11/01	2018/11/02			2019/04/22
b-a-n-a-n-a-s	WL, Withdrawn	3.52	174		1-4 years		2017/12/17	2018/01/03			2018/04/26
tatermytots	WL, Withdrawn	3.97	177		1-4 years		2018/01/14	2018/01/30			2018/03/23
manyesh	WL, Withdrawn	3.41	172		5-9 years		2018/01/08	2018/01/24			2018/02/26
axnjxn94	Pending, Withdrawn	3.725	170		1-4 years		2018/11/13
pupper	WL, Withdrawn	3.94	170		1-4 years		2017/11/14
Luke107	WL, Withdrawn	3.91	169		0 years (KJD)		2017/11/11	2017/12/01			2018/02/07
tcmj94	WL, Withdrawn	3.95	173		0 years (KJD)		2017/12/05				2018/04/18
LawSchoolGemi	Pending, Withdrawn	3.6	165		1-4 years		2017/11/16	2017/12/04
ravioli	WL, Withdrawn	4.06	170		?
ThemeParkGuy	WL, Withdrawn	4.0	166		1-4 years		2017/10/25
teplaw	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.84	174		0 years (KJD)		2018/10/26	2018/10/29			2019/01/15
gbjnumbers	WL, Withdrawn	3.8	164		1-4 years		2018/02/14
split-happens	WL, Withdrawn	3.33	172		1-4 years		2017/11/02	2017/11/22			2018/03/15
lawlaw12345	WL, Withdrawn	3.44	171		1-4 years		2018/01/07	2018/01/24			2018/02/26
napogadi	Intend to Apply, Withdrawn	3.96	176		1-4 years
Comet914	WL, Withdrawn	3.92	161		1-4 years
Simba	WL, Withdrawn	4.13	174		1-4 years
ekiki	WL, Withdrawn	3.7	169		1-4 years		2017/12/23	2018/01/08			2018/02/07
schwatyl	WL, Withdrawn	3.99	172		0 years (KJD)		2017/11/15	2017/12/01			2018/02/13
fugab	WL, Withdrawn	3.98	177		1-4 years		2018/01/17	2018/02/12			2018/04/26
lil-lawyer	WL, Withdrawn	3.99	171		1-4 years		2018/01/21	2018/02/14			2018/04/26
iliketolearn	WL, Withdrawn	3.84	169		1-4 years		2017/11/28	2017/12/13			2018/02/07
Veil	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.79	175		1-4 years	$100,000	2017/11/30
gayfish	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.74	177		1-4 years	$65,000	2017/10/14	2017/10/23			2018/01/18
jdapp2018	WL, Withdrawn	3.92	171		0 years (KJD)		2017/11/30	2017/12/04			2018/02/07
hernani	WL, Withdrawn	3.94	175		5-9 years			2018/02/14
zhyunjc	WL, Withdrawn	4.04	180		1-4 years		2017/11/29	2017/12/08			2018/02/09
hoyasaxa95	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.77	174		0 years (KJD)		2017/11/13	2017/11/13			2018/01/18
LSNlife	Pending, Withdrawn	3.23	162		1-4 years		2017/11/10	2017/11/22
toast8152	WL, Withdrawn	3.92	174		1-4 years		2017/09/27	2017/09/29			2018/04/24
trafalgar	WL, Withdrawn	3.26	167		1-4 years		2018/01/06	2018/01/08			2018/04/24
klund	WL, Withdrawn	3.92	160		1-4 years		2018/01/08	2018/01/26			2018/02/26
jpriv707	WL, Withdrawn	3.49	167		1-4 years		2017/11/27	2017/12/12
goblue7777	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.69	177		1-4 years		2017/10/05
funnyguyj	WL, Withdrawn	3.99	174		0 years (KJD)		2018/01/05	2018/01/23			2018/04/18
Colgarian	WL, Withdrawn	3.84	171		1-4 years		2017/09/19
KSS-29	WL, Withdrawn	3.96	179		1-4 years						2018/03/15
dugfromup	WL, Withdrawn	3.5	167		1-4 years		2017/10/13
revelator12	WL, Withdrawn	3.77	170		?		2017/10/22	2017/10/25			2018/02/07
K00KoftheDay	WL, Withdrawn	3.9	169		1-4 years		2017/09/14	2017/10/27			2018/02/07
OakBrook	Pending, Withdrawn	3.88	171		0 years (KJD)		2017/10/25	2017/10/31
exeuntpursuedbyabear	WL, Withdrawn	3.99	172		0 years (KJD)		2018/02/06	2018/03/06			2018/04/26
PublicInterested	WL, Withdrawn	3.721	169		1-4 years		2017/12/28	2017/12/28			2018/02/21
heal2015	WL, Withdrawn	3.46	173		1-4 years
DrEvazan	WL, Withdrawn	4.0	171		1-4 years		2018/01/27				2018/04/26
abujabal	WL, Withdrawn	3.27	172		1-4 years		2017/11/27	2017/11/28			2018/02/07
satoshisnephew	WL, Withdrawn	3.71	153		5-9 years		2017/12/25	2018/01/08			2018/02/07
jakeiownyou	WL, Withdrawn	3.64	166		?		2018/01/08	2018/01/24			2018/02/26
bigboy99	WL, Withdrawn	4.0	170		1-4 years		2017/10/06	2017/10/09			2018/04/24
seraph9	WL, Withdrawn	3.83	178		0 years (KJD)		2017/09/07	2017/09/15			2018/02/22
ChiCityLove	WL, Withdrawn	3.5	171		1-4 years		2017/11/21	2017/11/30			2018/02/07
TheDuke0fEarl	WL, Withdrawn	3.85	169		1-4 years		2017/10/25	2017/11/01			2018/02/15
rww37	WL, Withdrawn	3.94	169		5-9 years		2018/01/10	2018/02/05			2018/03/12
westernbloc	WL, Withdrawn	3.2	172		1-4 years
redbunny18	WL, Withdrawn	3.55	169		0 years (KJD)						2018/02/26
ocampos	WL, Withdrawn	3.6	161		0 years (KJD)						2018/02/21
neuroclass	WL, Withdrawn	3.91	166		5-9 years		2017/12/11	2017/12/21
madisoneel	WL, Withdrawn	3.62	170		1-4 years		2017/11/07	2017/12/26			2018/04/24
laconicllama	WL, Withdrawn	3.95	176		0 years (KJD)		2017/10/12	2017/11/09			2018/03/23
ednamode	Accepted, Withdrawn	4.0	173		1-4 years		2017/12/23	2018/01/09			2018/02/23
thuswindburn	Pending, Withdrawn	3.82	170		5-9 years		2017/12/30	2018/01/01			2018/02/13
Preechaman909	WL, Withdrawn	3.7	171		1-4 years		2017/10/31	2017/11/01			2018/02/13
mrorange242	Pending, Withdrawn	4.06	176		0 years (KJD)		2017/12/29
carl4970	WL, Withdrawn	3.52	172		0 years (KJD)			2017/11/03			2018/02/07
joooookchang	WL, Withdrawn	4.09	179		0 years (KJD)		2017/10/12	2017/10/13			2018/04/27
Law512	WL, Withdrawn	3.88	170		1-4 years
scoobydoo7	WL, Withdrawn	3.99	167		0 years (KJD)		2017/11/17				2018/02/07
ls2018hopeful	WL, Withdrawn	3.9	164		5-9 years		2017/12/21	2018/01/04			2018/02/07
thetrashman	WL, Withdrawn	3.8	167		1-4 years
tfeffs	WL, Withdrawn	3.92	167		0 years (KJD)
DJChickpea	WL, Withdrawn	3.61	170		1-4 years		2017/11/27	2017/12/13			2018/03/23
jenetravaillepas	WL, Withdrawn	3.4	170		0 years (KJD)		2018/01/15				2018/03/13
extractionfactor	WL, Withdrawn	4.15	169		0 years (KJD)		2018/01/26	2018/01/26			2018/03/12
OKwasi	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.6	167		5-9 years		2017/09/12	2017/09/21			2018/01/24
SirBingBing12	WL, Withdrawn	3.57	164		1-4 years		2017/09/29	2017/10/03			2018/02/07
iwia88	Pending, Withdrawn	4.0	162		1-4 years		2017/09/07	2017/09/21			2018/02/22
jfargo1	Pending, Withdrawn	3.54	165		0 years (KJD)		2018/01/29
LSATuration	WL, Withdrawn	3.93	174		1-4 years		2017/12/26	2018/01/08			2018/03/23
col619	WL, Withdrawn	3.7	163		1-4 years
hkwanz	WL, Withdrawn	3.33	170		1-4 years			2017/12/18			2018/02/07
Jacob5805	WL, Withdrawn	3.88	169		?		2018/01/04	2018/01/22			2018/02/21
griffithpanda	WL, Withdrawn	3.5	175		1-4 years		2018/01/02	2018/01/22			2018/04/26
sadguitarriffs	WL, Withdrawn	3.72	171		1-4 years		2017/11/10	2017/11/22
djl92533	WL, Withdrawn	3.4	169		5-9 years		2018/02/23	2018/03/08			2018/04/25
nwhyse	WL, Withdrawn	3.6	177		1-4 years		2018/01/04	2018/01/05			2018/04/19
schiffty	WL, Withdrawn	3.5	167		1-4 years		2018/01/09	2018/01/29			2018/02/26
greenbean94	WL, Withdrawn	3.22	175		1-4 years		2018/03/01
SashaGirl222	WL, Withdrawn	3.75	163		0 years (KJD)						2018/03/15
mm150465	WL, Withdrawn	3.21	155		?		2017/12/24				2018/02/07
aem2227	WL, Withdrawn	3.7	168		1-4 years		2017/11/20	2017/12/15			2018/02/07
she-persists	WL, Withdrawn	3.52	166		1-4 years		2017/11/25	2017/12/01			2018/02/07
tucansam	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.83	172		1-4 years	$97,800	2017/11/09				2018/01/30
huskies18	WL, Withdrawn	3.76	170		0 years (KJD)		2018/02/06				2018/03/29
hans4063	WL, Withdrawn	3.63	171		1-4 years		2018/01/10	2018/02/01			2018/03/19
ruby2	WL, Withdrawn	3.67	167		1-4 years			2017/12/06			2018/03/23
mgetty	Pending, Withdrawn	3.96	174		0 years (KJD)		2017/11/02	2017/11/09
sandwich-26	WL, Withdrawn	3.94	176		1-4 years		2017/12/12	2017/12/27			2018/03/18
shortnblu	WL, Withdrawn	3.67	171		1-4 years		2018/03/08	2018/03/28			2018/04/25
MargaretHale	WL, Withdrawn	3.3	172		?		2017/12/27	2018/01/15
magicpencils	Accepted, Withdrawn	3.84	177		1-4 years	$195,700	2017/10/30	2017/11/06			2018/01/29
nicole1994	WL, Withdrawn	3.72	165		1-4 years		2017/09/12	2017/09/21			2018/02/27
lilwing	WL, Withdrawn	3.66	169		1-4 years		2017/12/27	2018/01/11			2018/02/16
JTMan	Pending, Withdrawn	4.04	174		1-4 years		2017/12/15	2017/12/28

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School finances

Columbia Law School

$38,714.00

Tuition

99th percentile

$64,463.00

CoA

99th percentile

96.40%

Bar pass rate

90th percentile

$190,000.00

Salary, 25th %

100th percentile

$190,000.00

Salary

100th percentile

$65,000.00

PI Salary

91st percentile

97.40%

Employment rate

100th percentile

65.70%

Grads with debt

22nd percentile

$190,141.00

Average debt

99th percentile

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Total CoA

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Default for Columbia University is $64,463

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Scholarships & grants

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Savings

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Post-grad income

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Default for Columbia University is $190,000

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[IMPORTANT] These estimates are for high level planning only. Things like summer jobs, when you spend your savings, and other financial decisions will impact exactly how much you pay.

Calculations assume a 10-year fixed rate loan.

Columbia University Breakdown

In-school

Total cost of attendance$193,389

$64,463 x 3

Total scholarships$75,000

$25,000 x 3

Savings$10,000

Debt after three years$120,583

Assuming 10-year fixed rate loan

Total repaid@5.00%$153,476

Interest paid$45,087

After graduation

Annual breakdown

Post-grad income$190,000

Income taxes$41,627

Living expenses$50,000

Loan repayment$15,348

Annual discretionary income$83,025

Monthly breakdown

Post-grad income$15,833

Income taxes$3,469

Living expenses$4,167

Loan repayment$1,279

Monthly discretionary income$6,919

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Columbia University

Chat for Columbia University

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GreenGoddess222

20:34

i saw someone on reddit got a ii and i haven't been rejected yet

DangerousAllegedElemental

10:24

No idea

alas

2:51

did everyone still on the reserve get the second reserve email? i didnt and wondering if i should expect an r today....

SplitterusClitterus

13:37

it wasn't an email

SplitterusClitterus

13:37

its a new letter update on ur Columbia portal

GreenGoddess222

17:11

what does it say

GreenGoddess222

17:11

i didnt get an email or a second reserve letter on my portal

LivelySimpleOstrich

23:50

I wonder how full they are :(

LegalUsername

18:37

Anyone on the second reserve think there might be something tomorrow?

SplitterusClitterus

15:14

@GreenGoddess222: so sorry didnt see this, its an updated letter and it starts off saying like we've decided to postpone ur final decision bc we are unsure of our numbers or something confirm ur spot on the reserve blah blah

PluckyPreviousTomato

11:08

Just got my waitlist R! I had already accepted this would be the outcome, best of luck to everyone else!

PluckyPreviousTomato

11:08

This was on 07/23/24 btw

DepressedMightyRhino

16:43

Anyone else get the special waitlist (or worded like that) but hasn’t heard back anything yet since being WL?

AnonymousMoose

12:07

i didnt get an email but they completed my application -- will they send a confirmation soon?

WildBellZebra

9:50

Someone on reddit says they got in today... (10/23/24) is that legit? Does Columbia start sending out As this early?

180SupremeWarrior

4:48

im scared guys!!!!!

Let-me-in-please

7:01

did anyone get an email confirming they got your application? lowkey freaking out that I missed ED deadline or something (submitted on the 14th)

DryNineMongoose

14:09

wait ppl got rejected today??

UnarmedActuallyDingo

16:42

accepted

UnarmedActuallyDingo

16:43

wait people are getting rejected too??

killjoyace

23:50

yes, 22 to be exact

killjoyace

23:51

wait no dude i'm ass with these chats wrong one

killjoyace

23:51

this website is confusing ignore me

MajesticMercifulMagpie

17:41

what happened to all the admission decisions

MajesticMercifulMagpie

17:41

nvm

Ineedabadbleep

12:03

zionists b like "its morally ok for israel to bomb the living shit out of gaza bc TheY sENt EVacUAtIon OrdErs guys! yes let me just bomb the shit out of ur house, kill ur kids, and wreak havoc and cause you to be displaced with nowhere to go but hey at least they got flying leaflets right?

FoamyUptightSeahorse

16:54

just got cls r

BitterRebelAnteater

18:56

why haven't they released financial aid yet

BitterRebelAnteater

18:56

ughhh

[] ScandalousForgetfulOgre

23:29

@FoamyUptightSeahorse: when did you apply if you don't mind me asking?

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