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	Western Michigan (Cooley) Lansing, MI	2.67	3.09	3.45	3.07	145	147	151	147.7	52.9%	18.3	77.8%	91.1%	N/A	MI	51.5%	74.1%	55.1%	44.9%	28.2%	42.2%
1	Wilmington University Wilmington, DE	2.67	3.13	3.49	3.10	146	149	152	149.0	52.0%	9.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	38.5%	61.5%	38.5%	46.2%
3	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%
4	Atlanta's John Marshall Law Atlanta, GA	2.78	3.13	3.49	3.13	150	152	155	152.3	32.7%	15.2	47.0%	80.7%	N/A	N/A	68.4%	80.2%	44.1%	55.9%	20.6%	65.7%
5	Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT	2.81	3.25	3.61	3.22	148	152	157	152.3	58.5%	13.3	63.7%	88.4%	N/A	NY	64.9%	76.5%	41.0%	56.9%	16.0%	36.6%
6	Western New England Springfield, MA	2.84	3.27	3.57	3.23	149	153	156	152.7	51.9%	13.0	69.1%	90.9%	N/A	MA	77.2%	80.8%	45.9%	54.1%	17.6%	47.0%
7	Southern University Baton Rouge, LA	2.86	3.15	3.48	3.16	145	147	150	147.3	56.6%	13.3	42.9%	73.6%	N/A	LA	60.3%	75.9%	38.5%	61.5%	71.9%	76.4%
8	Barry University Orlando, FL	2.93	3.23	3.48	3.21	148	150	152	150.0	55.9%	22.6	72.9%	87.3%	0.4%	N/A	68.6%	73.5%	49.3%	50.7%	26.1%	54.8%
8	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%
10	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%
11	Mitchell Hamline St. Paul, MN	2.96	3.29	3.6	3.28	151	154	158	154.3	51.4%	21.6	61.7%	91.8%	N/A	MN	71.0%	81.6%	44.8%	55.2%	21.5%	38.6%
12	Pontifical Catholic U. of Puerto Rico Ponce, PR	2.97	3.33	3.61	3.30	136	139	143	139.3	61.5%	11.4	39.2%	77.7%	2.4%	N/A	54.9%	52.1%	64.2%	35.8%	100.0%	N/A
13	U. of Arkansas-Little Rock Little Rock, AR	2.98	3.41	3.72	3.37	150	153	158	153.7	54.9%	13.0	71.0%	87.1%	0.8%	AR	73.5%	76.5%	51.6%	48.4%	16.1%	25.1%
13	Widener (Commonwealth) Harrisburg, PA	2.98	3.33	3.64	3.32	147	150	153	150.0	60.4%	24.2	75.4%	90.2%	0.8%	PA	54.0%	80.1%	59.2%	40.8%	18.3%	35.5%
15	Faulkner University (Jones) Montgomery, AL	2.99	3.33	3.66	3.33	148	150	154	150.7	53.9%	20.6	89.2%	89.2%	N/A	AL	71.4%	80.6%	57.8%	42.2%	15.6%	32.4%
15	Texas Southern University Houston, TX	2.99	3.33	3.62	3.31	148	150	152	150.0	33.1%	9.6	52.8%	76.4%	N/A	TX	72.4%	81.3%	40.2%	57.3%	86.3%	91.7%
17	Roger Williams University Bristol, RI	3.02	3.43	3.73	3.39	147	150	154	150.3	61.3%	13.9	69.2%	89.5%	N/A	MA	57.1%	76.4%	48.0%	52.0%	19.0%	33.1%
18	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%
18	Western State University Irvine, CA	3.03	3.36	3.62	3.34	150	152	156	152.7	43.7%	14.8	55.3%	92.1%	N/A	CA	63.6%	77.8%	50.8%	49.2%	21.5%	57.6%
20	North Carolina Central U. Durham, NC	3.05	3.31	3.56	3.31	149	151	154	151.3	39.1%	10.6	87.6%	94.9%	N/A	NC	55.9%	79.9%	36.2%	60.9%	63.8%	75.6%
20	Touro College (Fuchsberg) Central Islip, NY	3.05	3.35	3.66	3.35	151	153	156	153.3	45.6%	18.3	73.0%	87.3%	N/A	NY	61.7%	85.8%	41.8%	56.0%	16.5%	39.0%
20	U. of the District of Columbia Washington, DC	3.05	3.28	3.55	3.29	148	151	153	150.7	37.0%	9.4	93.1%	98.5%	5.5%	DC	65.6%	80.6%	42.6%	57.4%	57.4%	78.4%
23	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%
23	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	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%
25	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%
25	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%
28	Lincoln Memorial U. Knoxville, TN	3.08	3.44	3.68	3.40	150	153	156	153.0	52.2%	17.2	66.7%	86.7%	N/A	TN	63.7%	78.4%	48.6%	51.4%	18.6%	21.7%
28	South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	3.08	3.41	3.65	3.38	153	155	158	155.3	33.7%	24.3	74.5%	88.2%	0.5%	TX	91.1%	81.4%	60.0%	40.0%	20.0%	52.6%
30	U. of Massachusetts North Dartmouth, MA	3.1	3.36	3.69	3.38	149	152	155	152.0	52.2%	14.4	69.5%	90.9%	N/A	MA	58.3%	78.8%	59.3%	40.7%	15.3%	43.4%
30	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%
32	Cleveland State U. (Marshall) Cleveland, OH	3.11	3.5	3.76	3.46	152	155	158	155.0	34.5%	16.0	76.4%	88.9%	1.8%	OH	75.5%	80.5%	53.7%	46.3%	17.9%	25.2%
32	Elon University Greensboro, NC	3.11	3.4	3.7	3.40	151	154	158	154.3	53.2%	14.2	81.5%	90.8%	1.4%	NC	76.8%	78.8%	50.0%	50.0%	23.0%	31.9%
34	St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL	3.12	3.42	3.65	3.40	150	152	156	152.7	60.3%	22.2	77.1%	77.1%	N/A	FL	80.9%	72.7%	59.8%	40.2%	42.6%	78.5%
34	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%
34	U. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM	3.12	3.56	3.82	3.50	154	157	161	157.3	41.4%	7.2	81.5%	93.5%	1.1%	NM	85.7%	81.2%	41.2%	58.8%	45.1%	58.1%
37	John Marshall Chicago, IL	3.13	3.4	3.64	3.39	150	153	156	153.0	52.6%	19.5	47.0%	80.7%	N/A	IL	60.1%	78.8%	51.7%	48.3%	29.5%	42.4%
38	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%
38	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	3.14	3.49	3.69	3.44	151	153	156	153.3	26.0%	15.4	73.9%	89.1%	N/A	TX	65.8%	81.5%	61.9%	38.1%	32.2%	67.8%
40	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%
41	Albany Law School Union U. Albany, NY	3.16	3.54	3.75	3.48	154	158	161	157.7	37.5%	14.3	86.3%	92.7%	1.5%	NY	74.3%	85.8%	48.2%	49.4%	25.9%	31.9%
41	California Western San Diego, CA	3.16	3.5	3.66	3.44	152	155	158	155.0	46.9%	18.1	76.9%	76.9%	1.4%	CA	62.9%	77.5%	47.4%	52.6%	20.6%	56.5%
41	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%
41	U. of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	3.16	3.47	3.68	3.44	152	155	157	154.7	42.4%	12.1	71.4%	86.9%	0.6%	CA	74.6%	77.7%	53.0%	45.0%	36.0%	64.0%
41	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%
46	DePaul University Chicago, IL	3.17	3.61	3.8	3.53	154	158	160	157.3	34.8%	15.0	78.0%	92.8%	N/A	IL	76.0%	78.6%	49.3%	41.3%	19.6%	32.7%
46	Northern Illinois University De Kalb, IL	3.17	3.41	3.64	3.41	148	150	154	150.7	44.3%	13.5	73.7%	88.4%	N/A	IL	57.1%	78.7%	58.3%	41.7%	22.9%	36.9%
46	U. of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA	3.17	3.52	3.73	3.47	153	156	160	156.3	54.4%	15.0	76.3%	87.1%	1.1%	CA	70.6%	77.6%	49.1%	50.9%	21.9%	60.4%
49	Florida A&M University Orlando, FL	3.18	3.48	3.74	3.47	149	152	155	152.0	34.7%	10.9	64.8%	83.5%	1.0%	FL	75.4%	73.3%	45.6%	54.4%	63.2%	78.0%
49	Inter American U. of Puerto Rico San Juan, PR	3.18	3.39	3.65	3.41	140	144	148	144.0	50.9%	19.7	39.2%	77.7%	N/A	N/A	48.2%	52.0%	67.3%	32.7%	97.1%	99.6%

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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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