Reuters, St. Louis Law School Is Latest to Ditch Tuition For Low-Income Students:
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law plans to eliminate tuition for low-income students, making it the third U.S. law school to announce such a program since February.
Starting next fall, all new students whose family income is less than 200% of the federal poverty line will receive full-tuition scholarships, the school said this week. Tuition is currently $64,488 a year.
The federal poverty line is now $13,590 for a single person, and $27,750 for a family of four. That means an applicant from a family of four earning below $55,000 annually would qualify for a full scholarship at Washington University's law school. …
Yale Law School in February was the first [to] announce an income-based full scholarship program, which is now covering tuition costs for 51 students. Dean Heather Gerken said at the time that she hoped it would be replicated by other schools. Stanford Law School unveiled a similar program in May.
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Yale Law School Goes Tuition-Free For Students In Need (Feb. 22, 2022)
- Stanford Law School Joins Yale In Going Tuition-Free For Students In Need (May 19, 2022)
