| Top Law Schools of 2020 |
|
| Score
|
N/A |
| Peer assessment score (5.0
highest)
|
2.0 |
| Assessment score by lawyers/judges
(5.0 highest)
|
2.4 |
| 25th-75th percentile GPA scores
for all students
|
3.12-3.62 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores
for all students
|
154-158 |
| Overall acceptance rate
|
29.6% |
| Student/faculty ratio
|
16.0 |
| Graduates employed at graduation
|
69.5% |
| Graduates known to be employed
nine months after graduation
|
93.5% |
| School's bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
93.6% |
| State where the greatest number of
first-time test takers took the bar
|
TN |
| Statewide bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
80.1% |
| Financial Aid Office Information |
|
| Financial aid application deadline
|
03/01 |
| Financial aid director
|
DebraAnn Brown |
| Financial aid telephone
|
(901) 678-3737 |
| 2019-2020 Expenses |
|
| Tuition
|
In-state, full-time: $12,924 per
year, part-time: $11,308 per year; Out-of-state,
full-time: $34,796 per year, part-time: $30,195 per
year |
| Room and board
|
$8,355
|
| Books
|
$1,600
|
| Miscellaneous expenses
|
$4,213
|
| Is the tuition the same for
first-, second-, and third-year students?
|
Yes
|
| Does the university offer housing
restricted to law students?
|
No
|
| Does the university offer graduate
student housing for which law students are eligible?
|
Yes
|
| Does the university offer a
public-interest scholarship program to current J.D.
students?
|
No
|
| 2019 Grants |
|
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of less than one-half tuition
|
13.7% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of less than one-half tuition
|
52.6% |
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but
less than full
|
10.1% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but
less than full
|
5.3% |
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of full tuition
|
3.0% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of full tuition
|
0.0% |
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of more than full tuition
|
0.8% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of more than full tuition
|
0.0% |
| 25th percentile grant amount of
aid per full-time recipient
|
$3,000
|
| Median grant amount of aid per
full-time recipient (50th percentile)
|
$3,900
|
| 75th percentile grant amount of
aid per full-time recipient
|
$6,000
|
| 25th percentile grant amount of
aid per part-time recipient
|
$4,125
|
| Median grant amount of aid per
part-time recipient (50th percentile)
|
$4,500
|
| 75th percentile grant amount of
aid per part-time recipient
|
$4,500
|
| Indebtedness |
|
| Average indebtedness of 2019 graduates who incurred law school debt
|
$52,104
|
| Proportion who borrowed
|
76.9% |
| Does the school offer a loan
repayment assistance program for 2019 J.D.
graduates?
|
No |
