The University of Chicago

PrivateABA data · 2025

Median GPA

3.97

3.87–4 range

Median LSAT

174

171–176 range

Acceptance Rate

9.74%

641 of 6,581

Total Enrollment

615

203 first-year

Admissions

First-year class

Applications → Offers → Enrollees

Undergraduate GPA percentiles

LSAT percentiles

Enrollment

615 JD students · 216 degrees awarded

By class year

By gender

Men
Women
Unknown

By race / ethnicity

Cost & Financial Aid

Annual tuition

Scholarships & living costs

Receive grants

78%

485 students

Median grant (FT)

$15,000

$10,000–$30,000

Living on campus

$35,418

Living off campus

$35,418

Grant size as a share of tuition

Faculty & Curriculum

Faculty

Total faculty

209

Faculty of color

Women

Librarians

Curriculum & experiential learning

Clinic seats filled

589

625 available

Field placements

Simulation courses

656

764 available

Course titles

217

beyond 1L

Upper-level course sections by class size

Attrition & Transfers

Attrition by class year

Transfers

Transferred in

Transferred out

1L median GPA

3.87

3.82–3.93

The Basics

School typePrivate

Application deadlineDecember 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026

Application fee$90.00

Financial aid deadlineMarch 2, 2026

TermQuarters

Classes beginSeptember

Degree conferredMarch, June, August, December

Required credit hours105