Prospective Students
Tuition & Financial Aid 2013-2014 Academic Year
- 2013 Autumn Class: Full-Time Day guaranteed 3-year package (12-16 credit hours) - $44,515.
- 2013 Autumn Class: first-year Part-Time Evening package (9-12 credit hours) - $28,930.
- 2013-2014 academic year, tuition by credit hour (including LL.M. students) - $1,455.
General Fees
Registration - $50.00
Athletic - $50
Law Journals - $50.00
Student Bar Association - $40.00
Computer Research Training Fee - $25.00
Loan Repayment Assistance Program - $20.00
CTA U-Pass - $206.00
*Please note that only students registered for at least 9 hours are eligible for the CTA U-PASS.
Estimated Cost of Attendance for Full-Time Students
When budgeting for Law School, take into account the following estimated expenses:
| Tuition for the Full-time Day Program: | $ 44,515 |
| Estimated fees: | $ 441 |
| Estimated Loan fees *: | $ 643 |
| Estimated cost of books and supplies: | $ 1,480 |
| Estimated Living Expenses: | $ 19,171 |
| TOTAL | $ 66,250 |
*Loan fees are not payable to DePaul; they are charged by the Department of Education upon disbursement..
Estimated Cost of Attendance for Part-Time Students
When budgeting for Law School, take into account the following expenses:
| Tuition for the Part-Time Program: | $ 28,930 |
| Estimated fees: | $ 441 |
| Estimated cost of books and supplies: | $ 1184 |
| Estimated Living Expenses: | $ 19,171 |
| TOTAL | $ 49,726 |
For more information regarding financial aid, please read the DePaul University Financial Aid Award Guide for Law Students, and visit www.studentaid.gov.
First-Year Dean’s Scholarships Information
All entering students are automatically considered for available scholarship awards. There is no separate application. Dean’s Scholarships are renewable scholarships awarded to entering law students based upon their achievements, personal qualities and potential to contribute to the DePaul law community. These renewable scholarships range from a few thousand dollars per year to $30,000 per year. Beginning with first-year students entering the College of Law in fall 2013, Dean’s Scholarships are guaranteed in the same amount for the student’s remaining academic years provided that the student continues their enrollment in the division in which they were admitted. There is no GPA requirement to renew the award.
Scholarship Retention Information
Beginning with first-year students entering the College of Law in Fall 2013, Dean’s Scholarships do not require that the scholarship recipient maintain a minimum cumulative GPA to renew their scholarship award. The Scholarships automatically renew each year a student remains in good academic standing. Scholarships are not reduced or eliminated. In addition, full-time day students receive a guaranteed three-year package rate. Full-time day students who are enrolled in 12-16 credit hours each semester will receive a guaranteed tuition package rate that will be guaranteed from their year of matriculation, and will not increase in the subsequent two academic years.
The American Bar Association requires that law schools that offer, or have offered in the past, "conditional scholarships" disclose the retention rate of such scholarships. Conditional scholarships are scholarships which require that the student maintain a minimum grade point average or class rank, other than that required to remain in good academic standing. The data below is for previous academic years only and is inapplicable to law students who matriculate in fall 2013 and after.
| Students Matriculating in: | # Entering with Conditional Scholarships* | # Whose Conditional Scholarships Have Since Been Reduced or Eliminated |
| Previous Academic Year (2011-2012) | 236 | 93 |
| Previous Academic Year - 1 | ||
| Previous Academic Year - 2 |
*The College of Law no longer provides conditional scholarships to entering students. Data is for previous academic years only and will not affect any law students matriculating in Fall 2013 and subsequent academic years.
*The College of Law reserves the right to change tuition & fees.
