Amidst 23% Enrollment Decline, West Virginia Law School Cuts Tuition 44% For Certain Non-Residents

West Virginia University College of Law (ranked #97 in U.S. News) welcomed 106 1Ls this Fall, up 3% from 2015 (103) but down 23% from 2010 (137).  Last week, West Virginia announced a 44% tuition cut under its Loyalty Tuition Program for non-residents who graduate from a public or private higher education institution in West Virginia by making them eligible for in-state tuition ($20,916 v. $37,674, a $50,274 savings over three years).  Other public law schools offering in-state tuition to certain categories of out-of-state students include Cincinnati, Kansas, UMKC, and Toledo.  Akron charges in-state tuition to everyone.  For more, see Above the Law and National Law Journal. 

West Virginia's 2016 25%/50%/75% LSAT and GPA are 151/153/156 and 3.06/3.32/3.60. Here are West Virginia's admission data for the prior six years from Law School Transparency:

Previous TaxProf Blog posts on Fall 2016 entering classes:

• Arkansas-Fayetteville
• Arkansas-Little Rock
• Brooklyn
• Colorado (more here)
• Georgia
• Ohio Northern
• Richmond
• San Diego
• UCLA
• USC