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	St.	Pass Bar	State Bar	Male Fac.	Fem. Fac.	Min. Fac.	Min. Stu.
1	Pontifical Catholic U. of Puerto Rico	2.97	3.33	3.61	3.30	136	139	143	139.3	61.5%	11.4	39.2%	77.7%	2.4%	PR	54.9%	52.1%	64.2%	35.8%	100.0%	N/A
2	Inter American U. of Puerto Rico	3.18	3.39	3.65	3.41	140	144	148	144.0	50.9%	19.7	39.2%	77.7%	N/A	PR	48.2%	52.0%	67.3%	32.7%	97.1%	99.6%
3	Appalachian School of Law	2.72	3.2	3.53	3.15	145	146	151	147.3	60.9%	11.4	61.5%	84.6%	N/A	VA	63.2%	77.2%	66.7%	33.3%	11.1%	35.2%
4	Southern University	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%
4	Western Michigan (Cooley)	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%
6	Ohio Northern University	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
6	Southern Illinois U.	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%
6	Wilmington University	2.67	3.13	3.49	3.10	146	149	152	149.0	52.0%	9.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	DE	N/A	N/A	38.5%	61.5%	38.5%	46.2%
9	Barry University	2.93	3.23	3.48	3.21	148	150	152	150.0	55.9%	22.6	72.9%	87.3%	0.4%	FL	68.6%	73.5%	49.3%	50.7%	26.1%	54.8%
9	Faulkner University (Jones)	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%
9	Northern Illinois University	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%
9	Roger Williams University	3.02	3.43	3.73	3.39	147	150	154	150.3	61.3%	13.9	69.2%	89.5%	N/A	RI	57.1%	76.4%	48.0%	52.0%	19.0%	33.1%
9	Texas Southern University	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%
9	Widener (Commonwealth)	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	Capital University	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%
15	North Carolina Central U.	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%
15	Oklahoma City University	3.21	3.56	3.78	3.52	149	151	155	151.7	51.6%	17.3	66.7%	90.5%	N/A	OK	75.2%	80.3%	49.3%	49.3%	27.4%	38.3%
15	U. of North Dakota	3.24	3.48	3.75	3.49	148	151	155	151.3	63.1%	13.7	84.4%	95.6%	4.4%	ND	68.4%	73.3%	58.8%	38.2%	11.8%	27.6%
15	U. of the District of Columbia	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%
20	Atlanta's John Marshall Law	2.78	3.13	3.49	3.13	150	152	155	152.3	32.7%	15.2	47.0%	80.7%	N/A	GA	68.4%	80.2%	44.1%	55.9%	20.6%	65.7%
20	Florida A&M University	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%
20	Mississippi College	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%
20	St. Thomas University	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%
20	U. of Massachusetts	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%
20	U. of Puerto Rico	3.57	3.77	3.9	3.75	146	152	156	151.3	39.7%	16.4	39.2%	77.7%	N/A	PR	58.3%	53.2%	54.7%	45.3%	99.1%	99.8%
20	U. of South Dakota	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%
20	Vermont Law School	2.81	3.25	3.61	3.22	148	152	157	152.3	58.5%	13.3	63.7%	88.4%	N/A	VT	64.9%	76.5%	41.0%	56.9%	16.0%	36.6%
20	Western State University	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	Widener (Delaware)	2.95	3.33	3.6	3.29	149	152	154	151.7	59.7%	25.2	75.4%	90.2%	0.8%	DE	66.3%	76.6%	37.9%	62.1%	13.6%	38.7%
30	Creighton University	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%
30	John Marshall	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%
30	Lincoln Memorial U.	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%
30	New England Sch. of Law	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%
30	St. Mary's University	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%
30	Touro College (Fuchsberg)	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%
30	U. of Arkansas-Little Rock	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%
30	U. of Idaho	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%
30	U. of Toledo	3.37	3.53	3.79	3.56	150	153	156	153.0	52.5%	15.3	76.1%	93.5%	1.1%	OH	72.3%	77.2%	53.3%	46.7%	15.6%	17.2%
30	UNT Dallas College of Law	3.18	3.41	3.66	3.42	151	153	156	153.3	24.2%	13.5	78.5%	78.5%	N/A	TX	72.5%	81.5%	44.4%	55.6%	20.4%	48.6%
30	Western New England	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%
41	Charleston School of Law	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%
41	Elon University	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%
41	Liberty University	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%
41	Loyola U. New Orleans	3.21	3.47	3.71	3.46	151	154	157	154.0	50.9%	13.8	78.7%	88.0%	0.6%	LA	69.0%	76.0%	56.7%	43.3%	23.3%	36.9%
41	Mitchell Hamline	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%
41	Northern Kentucky U.	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	Pace University	3.31	3.54	3.74	3.53	151	154	157	154.0	44.1%	20.3	75.3%	89.5%	N/A	NY	68.6%	84.4%	56.3%	43.0%	14.6%	34.5%
41	U. of Akron	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%
41	Willamette University	3.22	3.48	3.7	3.47	151	154	157	154.0	61.4%	13.5	77.3%	93.2%	N/A	OR	66.7%	75.2%	48.1%	46.2%	15.4%	41.9%
50	Ave Maria School of Law	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%

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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.

State & Bar Passage Rates

The bar passage rates reflect those among first-time test takers for the winter and summer 2024 administrations of the bar examinations. "State Bar" indicates the statewide bar passage rate for the jurisdiction in which the greatest number of the law school's graduates took the bar exam for the reported period. "Pass Bar" is the bar passage rate among those students who passed the bar exam within that jurisdiction.

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.

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