As Applications Plummet at Other Law Schools, U of Colorado Sees Record 12.7 Percent Increase
As recent ABAJournal.com posts have noted, applications are down significantly this year at a number of law schools throughout the country, including some of the top institutions in the country. Nationwide, the trend is a reduction of about 11.5 percent, on average.
But the University of Colorado has seen law school applications soar by 12.7 percent to a record high of 3,160, it announces in a press release today.
“Our faculty continues to focus on a quality educational experience that combines theory and practice,” Dean David Getches says in the release. “When you combine that type of education with our student teacher ratio and our relatively low costs, there is a great value in our education. We believe that is what prospective students are seeing when they choose to apply here.”
According to a web page, Colorado is charging in-state residents $28,934 annual tuition and out-of-state residents $35,138. That compares to annual law school tuition of a little over $45,000 at Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School, which are considered among the most elite in the country.
However, more expensive tuition can be offset by other factors, such as generous financial aid programs and the additional boost that attending a top-ranked law school can provide to a student’s job application.
Meanwhile, the University of Colorado School of Law, ironically, dropped in the controversial U.S. News & World Report law school rankings this year, slipping nine places to 47 on the list, notes the Am Law Daily.
Related coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “Despite 1-Month Deadline Extension, Law School Apps Likely to Plummet Up to 20% at Kansas U”
ABAJournal.com: “Yale Law School Gets Hit by Double-Digit Drop in Applications”
ABAJournal.com: “Yale Law School Is Most Popular as Well as Best, US News Says”
