NYU Drops Med School Tuition. Will Law Schools Follow Suit?
Experts said that law schools are generally more dependent on student tuition than are medical schools, making it less likely that a law school will ditch tuition entirely.
August 20, 2018 at 03:10 PM
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With medical students at New York University getting a nice surprise last week when administrators announced the elimination of tuition, the question is whether any law school will do the same.
The answer? “Unlikely.”
OK, it could happen, but legal education experts said they aren't holding their breath. For one thing, most law schools are more dependent on tuition to cover their operating costs than are medical schools, which typically derive funding from a wider range of sources. And the law schools that are in the best position to eliminate tuition—elite institutions with massive endowments—by and large produce graduates who on the whole already earn high salaries.
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