2026 Law School Rankings

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		Admissions										Outcomes						Demographics
#	Law School	GPA Low	GPA Median	GPA High	GPA 25·50·75	LSAT Low	LSAT Median	LSAT High	LSAT 25·50·75	Accept	S/F Ratio	Empl. Bar Req.	Empl. Rate	Fed. Clerk	Bar St.	Pass Bar	Bar St. Avg	Male Fac.	Fem. Fac.	Min. Fac. ▲	Min. Stu.
1	Duke University Durham, NC	3.83	3.91	3.96	3.90	169	171	172	170.7	12.9%	N/A	97.1%	99.3%	10.5%	NY	97.5%	82.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A	46.6%
1	George Mason U. (Scalia) Arlington, VA	3.55	3.93	3.98	3.82	162	169	171	167.3	15.9%	8.4	82.7%	91.3%	6.4%	VA	86.0%	80.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A	31.1%
1	U. of Idaho Moscow, ID	3.07	3.54	3.81	3.47	149	153	157	153.0	66.8%	13.9	88.2%	94.1%	2.9%	ID	68.4%	78.4%	49.0%	51.0%	N/A	25.3%
4	U. of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	3.16	3.47	3.81	3.48	149	152	156	152.3	62.6%	13.3	85.7%	97.1%	9.3%	SD	72.6%	78.6%	58.2%	41.8%	3.6%	17.1%
5	West Virginia U. Morgantown, WV	3.34	3.65	3.89	3.63	151	155	159	155.0	40.3%	11.5	79.0%	93.5%	1.6%	WV	78.3%	76.5%	48.5%	51.5%	4.5%	16.1%
6	Ave Maria School of Law Naples, FL	3.07	3.36	3.66	3.36	152	155	158	155.0	47.0%	11.9	77.6%	84.7%	N/A	FL	65.9%	73.8%	62.8%	37.2%	4.7%	34.1%
7	Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL	3.28	3.48	3.68	3.48	154	156	159	156.3	35.1%	10.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	40.0%	60.0%	5.0%	31.1%
8	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	3.5	3.7	3.83	3.68	156	158	160	158.0	22.1%	16.6	80.8%	95.8%	1.2%	WI	50.0%	70.9%	52.2%	46.9%	5.3%	21.1%
9	U. of New Hampshire Concord, NH	3.1	3.5	3.72	3.44	151	155	159	155.0	52.0%	22.8	69.5%	90.9%	1.3%	NH	79.5%	79.2%	56.4%	43.6%	6.0%	35.9%
10	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	3.82	3.95	3.98	3.92	168	170	172	170.0	22.8%	7.4	81.0%	97.2%	4.2%	UT	90.4%	83.6%	64.0%	36.0%	6.5%	19.5%
11	Southern Illinois U. Carbondale, IL	2.93	3.38	3.78	3.36	146	149	155	150.0	56.2%	13.0	75.6%	90.0%	1.1%	IL	59.5%	79.2%	38.9%	61.1%	8.3%	29.7%
12	Stetson University Gulfport, FL	3.42	3.63	3.81	3.62	157	159	162	159.3	36.4%	19.8	76.4%	90.6%	1.3%	FL	77.0%	73.2%	48.4%	46.4%	9.2%	30.6%
13	U. of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	3.33	3.65	3.8	3.59	154	156	159	156.3	45.9%	11.2	73.8%	92.2%	0.8%	MO	84.1%	82.2%	58.1%	41.9%	9.7%	22.0%
14	Capital University Columbus, OH	3.07	3.44	3.66	3.39	148	151	157	152.0	65.9%	19.3	79.3%	88.0%	N/A	OH	72.2%	80.4%	59.0%	41.0%	10.3%	39.3%
14	Case Western Reserve U. Cleveland, OH	3.51	3.76	3.89	3.72	156	162	164	160.7	34.8%	11.3	82.9%	93.5%	0.6%	OH	82.0%	81.0%	60.7%	39.3%	10.3%	27.5%
14	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	3.35	3.62	3.85	3.61	155	157	160	157.3	43.2%	13.9	80.7%	93.0%	1.3%	PA	88.7%	80.1%	54.2%	45.8%	10.3%	15.3%
17	U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	3.6	3.81	3.98	3.80	156	160	162	159.3	40.2%	11.8	84.5%	93.8%	3.6%	NC	90.5%	83.1%	55.3%	44.7%	10.6%	21.9%
18	Catholic U. of America Washington, DC	3.46	3.68	3.85	3.66	158	161	163	160.7	32.4%	12.3	69.8%	94.4%	2.4%	MD	83.1%	81.1%	61.2%	38.8%	10.7%	34.2%
19	U. of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	3.12	3.45	3.7	3.42	152	155	158	155.0	49.5%	12.3	73.9%	91.3%	2.4%	MD	70.7%	70.6%	49.1%	44.9%	10.8%	46.1%
20	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	3.36	3.54	3.81	3.57	151	154	158	154.3	58.8%	14.2	73.0%	91.1%	1.1%	VA	84.8%	77.8%	69.6%	30.4%	10.9%	29.4%
20	U. of Montana Missoula, MT	3.33	3.64	3.8	3.59	153	156	159	156.0	51.4%	15.6	91.0%	94.9%	9.0%	MT	82.1%	80.7%	47.8%	52.2%	10.9%	18.6%
22	Appalachian School of Law Grundy, VA	2.72	3.2	3.53	3.15	145	146	151	147.3	60.9%	11.4	61.5%	84.6%	N/A	N/A	63.2%	77.2%	66.7%	33.3%	11.1%	35.2%
23	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	3.53	3.82	3.94	3.76	161	166	167	164.7	22.0%	10.8	88.7%	96.8%	7.9%	VA	83.6%	80.0%	56.5%	32.9%	11.2%	28.2%
24	U. of Akron Akron, OH	3.22	3.51	3.76	3.50	151	154	157	154.0	58.5%	16.3	78.6%	93.9%	N/A	OH	72.1%	80.5%	58.6%	41.4%	11.4%	59.6%
25	Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	3.06	3.34	3.67	3.36	146	149	151	148.7	N/A	15.2	75.0%	91.7%	N/A	OH	68.4%	79.7%	57.7%	42.3%	11.5%	N/A
25	U. of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	3.64	3.8	3.91	3.78	156	159	161	158.7	32.7%	7.0	85.6%	96.0%	2.3%	OH	85.6%	80.6%	56.2%	43.8%	11.5%	25.6%
27	Creighton University Omaha, NE	3.14	3.51	3.74	3.46	150	153	156	153.0	64.5%	15.2	84.1%	95.5%	0.7%	NE	72.6%	82.7%	59.4%	40.6%	11.6%	31.4%
27	New England Sch. of Law Boston, MA	3.06	3.37	3.68	3.37	149	153	157	153.0	61.3%	36.0	58.6%	84.0%	0.6%	MA	79.2%	83.3%	54.7%	45.3%	11.6%	39.1%
29	U. of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI	3.16	3.52	3.73	3.47	154	156	159	156.3	41.4%	22.9	70.3%	83.8%	N/A	MI	70.8%	73.3%	49.0%	51.0%	11.8%	30.2%
29	U. of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	3.24	3.48	3.75	3.49	148	151	155	151.3	63.1%	13.7	84.4%	95.6%	4.4%	MN	68.4%	73.3%	58.8%	38.2%	11.8%	27.6%
31	U. of Denver Denver, CO	3.36	3.66	3.8	3.61	156	160	162	159.3	41.3%	12.3	79.9%	91.7%	N/A	CO	84.9%	85.1%	59.8%	40.2%	12.2%	26.8%
32	Quinnipiac University North Haven, CT	3.41	3.65	3.84	3.63	153	155	158	155.3	43.1%	10.6	79.5%	92.8%	0.6%	CT	73.7%	73.9%	56.1%	43.9%	12.3%	38.5%
32	Samford U. (Cumberland) Birmingham, AL	3.42	3.63	3.84	3.63	154	156	160	156.7	49.0%	11.0	85.0%	95.0%	1.7%	AL	78.8%	80.2%	57.0%	40.4%	12.3%	22.9%
34	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	3.47	3.67	3.81	3.65	159	161	164	161.3	40.0%	12.6	88.1%	88.1%	N/A	NY	77.7%	79.2%	64.3%	35.7%	12.7%	36.5%
35	Drake University Des Moines, IA	3.38	3.67	3.89	3.65	153	156	159	156.0	54.8%	10.9	81.4%	94.3%	1.0%	IA	85.7%	83.7%	46.7%	53.3%	13.0%	16.0%
35	U. of Georgia Athens, GA	3.7	3.92	3.97	3.86	159	169	171	166.3	12.7%	8.5	91.0%	93.7%	9.0%	GA	90.4%	79.7%	48.8%	44.7%	13.0%	36.2%
37	U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR	3.54	3.71	3.87	3.71	155	158	161	158.0	26.6%	11.0	71.0%	87.1%	0.8%	AR	80.0%	77.1%	53.9%	46.1%	13.2%	26.4%
38	Charleston School of Law Charleston, SC	3.26	3.51	3.75	3.51	152	154	157	154.3	50.2%	24.4	78.9%	89.4%	N/A	SC	74.1%	76.8%	48.0%	48.0%	13.3%	17.8%
38	U. of Maine Portland, ME	3.41	3.7	3.8	3.64	154	158	162	158.0	37.3%	11.4	82.6%	93.5%	N/A	ME	84.4%	75.2%	49.4%	47.0%	13.3%	19.6%
40	U. of Chicago Chicago, IL	3.87	3.97	4.0	3.95	171	174	176	173.7	9.7%	7.2	92.0%	99.0%	28.1%	IL	97.4%	81.5%	68.4%	31.6%	13.4%	52.8%
41	U. of N. Carolina-Chap. Hill Chapel Hill, NC	3.78	3.89	3.97	3.88	165	168	169	167.3	11.2%	8.1	97.1%	97.1%	N/A	NE	92.3%	79.6%	50.3%	49.7%	13.6%	31.9%
41	U. of Utah (SJ Quinney) Salt Lake City, UT	3.62	3.87	3.94	3.81	162	166	168	165.3	25.3%	8.2	91.6%	91.6%	N/A	UT	94.7%	84.9%	61.2%	38.8%	13.6%	19.2%
41	Washburn University Topeka, KS	3.37	3.68	3.88	3.64	151	155	159	155.0	46.5%	12.4	77.6%	94.0%	1.5%	KS	71.1%	80.0%	45.5%	53.0%	13.6%	30.8%
41	Widener (Delaware) Wilmington, DE	2.95	3.33	3.6	3.29	149	152	154	151.7	59.7%	25.2	75.4%	90.2%	0.8%	PA	66.3%	76.6%	37.9%	62.1%	13.6%	38.7%
45	U. of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	3.47	3.72	3.91	3.70	156	161	162	159.7	42.0%	10.4	82.3%	94.9%	2.5%	MO	83.3%	82.1%	65.8%	34.2%	13.7%	20.4%
45	U. of San Diego San Diego, CA	3.59	3.84	3.92	3.78	160	163	165	162.7	23.5%	13.7	84.3%	98.0%	2.1%	CA	84.8%	77.8%	50.7%	47.3%	13.7%	46.7%
47	Northern Kentucky U. Highland Heights, KY	3.15	3.41	3.68	3.41	152	154	157	154.3	58.7%	17.2	78.0%	93.2%	0.8%	KY	73.9%	79.5%	59.4%	40.6%	14.1%	18.5%
48	U. at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	3.51	3.71	3.88	3.70	155	157	161	157.7	42.4%	6.6	84.4%	95.0%	0.6%	NY	85.7%	86.2%	53.5%	46.5%	14.2%	21.6%
49	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	3.58	3.91	3.98	3.82	158	165	167	163.3	19.8%	10.5	89.7%	94.5%	3.1%	AZ	87.5%	75.0%	65.5%	34.5%	14.3%	37.9%
49	Mississippi College Jackson, MS	3.03	3.37	3.73	3.38	148	152	155	151.7	59.8%	18.2	69.2%	89.7%	N/A	MS	63.4%	79.7%	57.1%	42.9%	14.3%	32.4%

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About the 2026 Raw Data Law School Rankings Report

This report was released in December 2025. View full methodology and data sources →

GPA & LSAT

References to the lowest, median, and highest GPA and LSAT scores, including all data under the headings "GPA Low", "GPA Median", "GPA High", "LSAT Low", "LSAT Median" and "LSAT High" reflect those of the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile, respectively, among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall 2025.

Acceptance Rates

The acceptance rates, indicated under the heading "Accept," are those of applicants granted admission as full-time students for classes commencing in fall 2025. The acceptance rates of the applicants do not reflect actual enrollment rates, a subset figure.

Student-to-Faculty Ratios

The student-to-faculty ratios are indicated under the heading "S/F Ratio" and show the number of students for that class per faculty member. These ratios reflect the applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall 2025.

Location & Bar Passage Rates

The law school's home city and state appear beneath its name. The bar passage rates reflect those among first-time test takers for the winter and summer 2024 administrations of the bar examinations. "Bar St." is the jurisdiction in which the greatest number of the law school's graduates took the bar exam for the reported period; for schools whose graduates predominantly take another state's bar, this differs from the school's home state. "Pass Bar" is the bar passage rate among those students who passed the bar exam within that jurisdiction. "Bar St. Avg" indicates the statewide bar passage rate for that same jurisdiction, the baseline for judging the school's rate.

Employment Rates

Employment data from ABA reports, 10 months after graduation (Class of 2024):

Empl. Bar Req. — Full-time, long-term positions requiring bar admission
Empl. Rate — Overall employment rate (all positions)
Fed. Clerk — Federal judicial clerkship rate

Note: Judicial clerkships are counted separately from bar-required positions in ABA data, though most clerks take the bar and enter legal practice after their clerkship ends.

Gender, Race & Ethnicity

The data shown under "Male Fac." and "Fem. Fac." indicate the percentage of the faculty that are male and female, respectively.

The data shown under "Min. Fac." and "Min. Stu." indicate the percentage of the faculty and students that are racial or ethnic minority (Hispanics of any race, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, multiracial, non-resident alien, or unknown race).

Source: The data have been compiled from a variety of public sources, including data released by the law schools and from the bar examiner offices in each jurisdiction.

Next Release: Our 2027 report is slated for publication in December 2026.

Historical Data

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