The University of Georgia School of Law is routinely considered one of the nation’s best returns on investment in legal education.
For nearly a decade, UGA has been ranked at or near the top of National Jurist’s Best Value Law School rankings (based on tuition, cost of living, indebtedness, job placement and bar passage).
In the 2025 Best Value rankings, the School of Law was ranked third, behind Florida State University and Brigham Young University, respectively. UGA has been ranked the #1 Best Value for five of the last eight years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024) and ranked #2 in 2017, 2021 and 2022.
Dean Usha R. Rodrigues says the UGA School of Law is redefining what it means to be a great national public law school – one that matches excellence with access.
For years, UGA Law has been counted among the best returns on investment in legal education – National Jurist’s Best Value and U.S. News & World Report's salary-to-debt ratio lists. The School of Law aims to prepare well-rounded students and connect them to opportunities where they will succeed and thrive as leaders in their future professions and communities. The school measures its success by creating access and limiting debt, with a focus on real-world outcomes like bar passage and graduate job placement.
Additional highlights include:
- 95% Class of 2024 Employed in Full Credit Employment Outcomes within 10 months of graduation (full-time, long-term, bar pass required/J.D. advantage jobs plus enrollment in graduate studies (current U.S. News formula)).
- 98.95% Ultimate Bar Passage Rate for Class of 2022 (passage for those who sat for the bar within 2 years of graduation) (ranked 12th in the nation).
- #22 law school, U.S. News & World Report 2025 (top 8 public law school)
- UGA Law has the lowest tuition of the Top 25 ranked law schools (currently approx. $19,500 resident tuition and fees).
- Our student borrowing has declined by more than $8.4 million (55%) since 2013.
o For 2024-25, 52% of students did not borrow.
o 85% of 2023-24 students received financial aid.
o 100% of veterans and first-gen college graduates in J.D. class receive aid.
o The school also focuses on access & affordability through help with networking and community building; professional clothing allowances; financial training; bar prep expenses; and loan repayment assistance.