Quinnipiac Law Costs and Budgets

The Cost of Attendance figure represents an estimate of expenditures for a nine-month academic year at the Quinnipiac School of Law and the maximum amount of financial aid you may receive for that academic period. The 2025-26 budget fairly represents average costs for our students.

Keeping the annual COA in mind, you should construct your own budget for living expenses. This will assist you in tracking your expenses to manage your money while in law school. You not only will have an idea of the funding you will need, but also be aware of the amount you will be borrowing in student loans.

The Office of Financial Aid follows federal guidelines when constructing the COA. Consideration for budget increases for childcare costs, health care issues and additional credits must be requested in writing and should include appropriate supporting documentation. Financial aid budgets do not provide for family costs and are based on student expenses only. 

Listed below is additional information concerning the Cost of Attendance components.

The annual tuition charge for full-time students enrolled between 12–15 credits per semester is $56,610 ($28,305 per semester).

Students enrolled for 11 credits or less will be charged $1,980 per credit.

Students who enroll for more than 15 credits in a semester will be charged $28,305 plus $1,980 for each credit over 15 credits.

Full-time students are charged $435 per semester for student fees. Part-time students are charged $45 per credit for student fees, not to exceed $405 per semester.

All students pay a student bar association fee of $90 per semester.

Students are also required to pay a $50 per semester technology fee.

Full-time students are billed each fall for the yearly student health insurance premium. This cost is not automatically included in the COA as you may choose to waive it if you have other coverage. If requested, this cost may be added to your COA for additional loan consideration. Please note that all full-time students are required to carry insurance.

Full-time students incur a $270 dining charge per semester. This amount is available to spend on-campus in any Chartwells food facility. This charge is not optional.

A standard allowance of $1,600 (full-time) and $1,300 (part-time) is provided for the annual expense of books and supplies. In addition, to use educational loan funding to help offset the expense of a computer purchase, you may receive a one-time increase to your COA during your law school academic career to cover the cost of purchasing a computer. The maximum allowance is $1,500. In order to be considered a valid "education-related" expense, the purchase of a computer must occur within the academic year (August-May) and you must present the receipt documenting the cost. For first-year students, we will honor purchases made up to four weeks before the start of classes.

These expenses are calculated based on data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey for the Northeast and reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The living allowance assumes you have at least one roommate to curtail expenses. Increases cannot be made for students choosing to live alone. The transportation allowance does not account for car payments/lease expenses or for relocating to Connecticut. These are the personal responsibility of the student.

The loan fees included are based on the 1.057% origination fee charged on the average law school total borrowed through the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans last year. Graduate Plus loan fees are added based on individual borrowing.

For students in their final year of study, the COA also includes the cost of professional licensure (the cost to register for the bar exam). This is based on the Connecticut bar exam. The amount included is $925. Students sitting for the bar in other jurisdictions with a higher cost can request an increase in writing.