A few weeks ago, we had published a compilation of the rates of tuition and application deadlines for some of the more popular LLM’s from around the world. This was something that we had also done way back in 2022, albeit spread across two different articles.
Looking at the tables of 2022 and 2024, it is clear that the rates of tuition are increasing, at a speed which I suspect is far more than the higher than US graduate school tuition inflation reported by the Education Data Initiative.
For instance, look at the 2-year increase in the rates of tuition for five of the more popular US law schools in the table below. Barring the University of Chicago, where rates of tuition increased less than 5% over two years, the other schools were averaging at roughly 10% over the two-year period.
| School | Tuition in 2022 (USD) | Tuition in 2024 (USD) | % Increase |
| Columbia Law School | $73,584 | $81,888 | 11.28% |
| Cornell Law School | $74,098 | $81,306 | 9.72% |
| Georgetown University Law Centre | $71,996 | $82,264 | 14% |
| Harvard Law School | $70,430 | $77,100 | 9.47% |
| Stanford Law School | $64,350 | $74,475 | 15.73% |
| UC Berkeley Law | $69,857 | $75,550 | 8.14% |
| University of Chicago | $73,185 | $76,479 | 4.50% |
Unfortunately, this is only part of the picture. For Indian applicants, the second cause of concern is the weakening rupee. Here is a table containing the increase in tuition as measured in Indian rupees.
| School | Tuition in 2022 (INR) | Tuition in 2024 (INR) | % Increase |
| Columbia Law School | ₹57,83,702 | ₹68,35,412 | 18% |
| Cornell Law School | ₹58,24,102 | ₹67,86,831 | 17% |
| Georgetown University Law Centre | ₹56,58,885 | 68,66,798 | 21% |
| Harvard Law School | ₹55,35,798 | 64,35,745 | 16% |
| Stanford Law School | ₹50,57,910 | 62,16,629 | 23% |
| UC Berkeley Law | ₹54,90,760 | 63,06,362 | 15% |
| University of Chicago | ₹57,52,341 | 63,83,908 | 11% |
Taking 1 USD = INR 78.60 as per here.
Taking 1 USD = INR 83.4727 as per here.
Now compare the increase in USD and increase in INR, and you are looking at upwards of a 20% increase in just two years. For those planning to pursue a US LLM in the near future, these are numbers that deserve some attention.
| School | Increase in USD | Increase in INR |
| Columbia Law School | 11.28% | 18% |
| Cornell Law School | 9.72% | 17% |
| Georgetown University Law Centre | 14% | 21% |
| Harvard Law School | 9.47% | 16% |
| Stanford Law School | 15.73% | 23% |
| UC Berkeley Law | 8.14% | 15% |
| University of Chicago | 4.50% | 11% |
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