Albany Law School
Albany, NY 12208
About Albany Law School
Albany Law School is a private research university in Albany, New York. Albany Law School awards degrees and certificates tracked in federal College Scorecard and IPEDS reporting.
Albany Law School: research record
Canonical EDsmart Data findings for Albany Law School—costs, outcomes, admissions, and programs—with evidence and methodology notes.
What Albany Law School is known for
Top program completions
- Law208
- American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence19
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other19
- Programs for Foreign Lawyers2
See earnings & programs for more.
More from the data
Location, control, enrollment, and aid context for Albany Law School.
Campus
Location
Albany, NY
City / state
- ZIP
- 12208
- NCES locale
- Suburb
See Suburban college profile for median costs and outcomes at similar campuses.
Control
Institution type
Private Non-profit
Control
- Region
- Mid East
- Carnegie
- Not classified (exclusively graduate programs)
Size
Enrollment
- Graduate
- 670
Total Cost, Aid & Default
Total Cost of Attendance
Costs include tuition and fees. Room & board, books, and other expenses are additional where not shown.
Tuition vs average net price after aid for Albany Law School.
Financial Aid by Income Level
Financial aid distribution by income level.
Student Loan Default Rate
The published 3-year cohort default rate for borrowers at Albany Law School was 0.00%.
Cohort default rates account for borrowers who default in the first three years.
Tuition tracker
Published tuition and average net price by reporting year come from the College Scorecard institution file. Values are not adjusted for inflation; missing cells mean the field was not reported or was suppressed for Albany Law School in that year.
Multi-year history is not in this profile yet. It is added when the institution cost history CSV has been collected and merged into school JSON.
Sticker tuition and net price over time
Where the institution reported separate in-state and out-of-state tuition, both appear. Gaps mean the value was not reported for that year.
College Scorecard reporting-year fields (not inflation-adjusted).
Net price by family income
Brackets follow Scorecard definitions for the series shown (public vs private institution).
Latest income-band net prices available in the processed extract.
How difficult is it to get in?
Acceptance Rate
Acceptance rate data is not available for this institution.
Admissions funnel data is not available for this institution.
Test Scores
Test score data is not available for this institution.
Score distribution is not available for this institution.
Academic Requirements
GPA requirements are not published by this institution. Contact the admissions office for specific academic requirements.
Estimated GPA range is not available for this institution.
Enrollment & Student Demographics
Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment
N/A% Full-Time Enrollment
The total enrollment at Albany Law School in 2024 is N/A students.
Graduate enrollment is about 670 students.
Full-time vs part-time enrollment comparison.
Retention Rate over Time
N/A%
2024 Retention Rate
Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall.
Retention rate over time compared to similar institutions.
Do students complete their programs?
Time to Complete
0.00% 100% Completion Time
0.00% 150% Completion Time
In 2024, 0.00% of students graduating from Albany Law School completed their program within 100% "normal time".
Completion rates over time compared to similar institutions.
Completions by Sex (Top Programs)
- Law: 41% male / 59% female
- American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence: 16% male / 84% female
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other: 42% male / 58% female
IPEDS completions by sex for the five largest programs (aggregate CIPs excluded).
Completions by Race & Ethnicity
Largest group by summed IPEDS award counts across reported programs.
Summed across program completion records in our extract.
What do Albany Law School graduates earn—and in which programs?
Financial value and program completions for Albany Law School from College Scorecard and IPEDS extracts.
Return on Investment
ROI data is not available for this institution.
Debt and 4-year net cost vs. cumulative 10-year median earnings for Albany Law School.
Top Programs by Completions
Largest 4 programs by IPEDS completions (5 reported codes; aggregate/unknown CIP buckets excluded).
IPEDS award counts for the largest programs at Albany Law School.
Employment Outcomes
Employment outcome data is not available for this institution.
Median earnings 6, 8, and 10 years after entry for Albany Law School graduates.
How financially powerful is this institution?
Finding: federal finance and Scorecard instructional fields for Albany Law School—endowment assets (fiscal year 2023), instructional staffing and expenditure. Compared with state, regional, and U.S. medians from EDsmart Data institutional financials.
Institutional endowment
$75.5M
End-of-year assets · Fiscal year 2023
- New York median 2.0× the median ($38.1M)
- Mid East median 1.8× the median ($42.6M)
- U.S. median 2.9× the median ($26.4M)
- New York median 7.7× the median ($15,424)
- Mid East median 7.2× the median ($16,427)
- U.S. median 9.8× the median ($12,100)
Instructional Resources
- Full-time faculty share: 59.0%
- New York median 5.2 pp above median (53.8%)
- Mid East median 2.1 pp above median (56.9%)
- U.S. median 1.0 pp above median (58.0%)
- Average faculty salary (monthly): $11,612
- New York median 1.4× the median ($8,068)
- Mid East median 1.4× the median ($8,119)
- U.S. median 1.5× the median ($7,615)
- Instructional expenditure per FTE: $20,686
- New York median 1.9× the median ($10,822)
- Mid East median 2.3× the median ($9,164)
- U.S. median 2.8× the median ($7,288)
Instructional metrics from College Scorecard. Peer medians are campus-level; see the institutional financials deep dive. Detailed non-instructional staff counts are not included here.
Albany Law School at a glance
Albany Law School
Albany Law School is a private non-profit institution in Albany, NY, classified as Not classified (exclusively graduate programs).
- Largest programs (IPEDS awards)
- LawAmerican/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/JurisprudenceLegal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other
Schools near Albany Law School
Other campuses in Albany, NY when available, plus nearby institutions in New York.
Similar schools
Peers with the closest outcomes profile within New York (completion, retention, and earnings).
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Albany Law School located?
Albany Law School is located in Albany, NY.
How much does Albany Law School cost?
Reported tuition is N/A and average net price is N/A in the latest College Scorecard data.
Is Albany Law School public or private?
Albany Law School is a private nonprofit institution located in Albany, NY.
Is Albany Law School an HBCU?
No. Albany Law School is not flagged as an HBCU in the IPEDS institutional directory.
Is Albany Law School a tribal college?
No. Albany Law School is not flagged as a tribal college in IPEDS.
Is Albany Law School religiously affiliated?
No religious affiliation is reported for Albany Law School in IPEDS institutional characteristics.
Data Sources
This page uses data from the following sources:
- College Scorecard - U.S. Department of Education
- Institutional characteristics, costs, completion rates, and earnings data
- Data years: 2015-2024
- Source: collegescorecard.ed.gov
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
- Employment and wage data by occupation
- Latest data: May 2024
- Source: bls.gov/oes
- O*NET Online - U.S. Department of Labor
- Occupational skills, knowledge, abilities, and work activities
- Database version: 28.0 (August 2023)
- Source: onetcenter.org
- IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) - National Center for Education Statistics
- Institutional data, completions, enrollment, and financial aid
- Data years: 2015-2024
- Source: nces.ed.gov/ipeds
- Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS)
- Demographic and workforce data
- Latest data: 2023 ACS 5-Year Estimates
- Source: census.gov/acs
- Related geography & profiles
Data Processing: All data has been processed, cleaned, and aggregated for presentation. Where specific data points are unavailable, estimates are based on available data and clearly marked.
Last Updated: Data reflects the most recent available information as of January 2025.
Methodology & Data Scope
This profile uses institution-level fields from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, merged with IPEDS directory attributes where needed for locale, ownership, and program completions.
Benchmark rows compare this campus to NCES locale-type medians (for example Suburban) from our processed location extract. Implied U.S. medians are derived from locale-vs-national percentage fields in that extract—not a separate national Scorecard table.