2026 Law School Rankings

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Law School Rankings — sortable data table
		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.
51	U. of Mississippi University, MS	3.44	3.68	3.87	3.66	155	157	160	157.3	42.0%	13.4	88.0%	96.3%	3.0%	MS	73.2%	79.7%	60.0%	38.8%	15.0%	20.7%
52	U. of Memphis Memphis, TN	3.22	3.53	3.77	3.51	152	155	159	155.3	41.1%	10.4	72.2%	93.8%	1.0%	TN	73.4%	78.5%	46.3%	53.7%	16.4%	28.5%
53	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%
54	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%
55	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%
56	Indiana U.-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	3.33	3.58	3.82	3.58	152	155	159	155.3	55.9%	18.0	80.9%	92.9%	0.8%	IN	73.9%	78.0%	50.6%	49.4%	18.9%	25.5%
57	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%
58	Chapman University Orange, CA	3.32	3.7	3.82	3.61	156	163	164	161.0	20.5%	11.4	80.2%	90.9%	1.4%	CA	74.1%	77.7%	61.2%	38.8%	16.5%	60.5%
59	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%
60	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%
61	U. of St. Thomas Minneapolis, MN	3.46	3.72	3.88	3.69	155	159	162	158.7	57.6%	18.7	78.3%	93.9%	0.9%	MN	74.7%	84.4%	49.7%	50.3%	17.7%	22.0%
62	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	3.21	3.5	3.74	3.48	157	159	162	159.3	52.6%	14.1	79.9%	90.7%	0.9%	CA	74.8%	78.0%	41.7%	44.6%	22.3%	58.7%
63	Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK	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%
64	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%
65	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%
66	U. of Louisville (Brandeis) Louisville, KY	3.32	3.67	3.9	3.63	154	157	161	157.3	63.4%	12.6	86.9%	96.7%	1.6%	KY	75.6%	78.5%	53.4%	46.6%	27.6%	18.8%
67	U. of Wyoming Laramie, WY	3.32	3.55	3.8	3.56	153	156	160	156.3	35.8%	9.2	85.0%	92.5%	5.0%	WY	75.6%	72.7%	56.8%	40.5%	18.9%	26.1%
68	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%
69	Howard University Washington, DC	3.4	3.63	3.8	3.61	153	156	160	156.3	24.1%	13.9	74.3%	88.6%	0.8%	NY	76.8%	82.2%	48.1%	51.9%	81.7%	97.5%
70	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%
71	U. of Hawaii Honolulu, HI	3.4	3.62	3.8	3.61	155	158	162	158.3	26.2%	8.5	85.3%	92.0%	1.3%	HI	76.9%	74.9%	54.5%	44.5%	35.5%	68.2%
72	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%
73	U. of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	3.39	3.76	3.88	3.68	156	160	162	159.3	30.8%	10.6	86.0%	93.0%	2.3%	NE	77.2%	70.9%	53.3%	46.7%	28.0%	49.2%
74	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%
75	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%
76	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%
77	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	3.47	3.73	3.87	3.69	158	162	164	161.3	26.0%	9.4	79.1%	91.7%	0.4%	MI	78.3%	74.4%	56.5%	43.5%	15.3%	35.2%
78	Seattle University Seattle, WA	3.22	3.6	3.8	3.54	155	159	162	158.7	38.9%	9.9	80.9%	93.1%	1.4%	WA	78.7%	82.2%	50.8%	49.2%	29.4%	46.3%
79	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%
80	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	3.35	3.65	3.83	3.61	154	157	160	157.0	40.6%	15.4	80.4%	93.5%	0.8%	NY	78.9%	85.7%	56.1%	43.9%	17.7%	31.4%
81	U. of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	3.27	3.45	3.72	3.48	155	157	160	157.3	56.6%	14.1	77.1%	91.4%	N/A	OK	79.0%	80.1%	61.8%	38.2%	20.6%	37.2%
82	IIT Chicago-Kent Chicago, IL	3.45	3.72	3.89	3.69	156	161	164	160.3	38.6%	13.8	80.8%	90.9%	0.4%	IL	79.0%	78.7%	66.5%	33.5%	15.8%	33.8%
83	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%
84	Suffolk University Boston, MA	3.37	3.58	3.79	3.58	152	155	159	155.3	61.9%	16.5	76.7%	92.9%	0.7%	MA	79.4%	83.5%	58.4%	41.6%	21.3%	36.6%
85	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%
86	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	3.24	3.55	3.76	3.52	153	155	158	155.3	51.1%	15.7	79.8%	91.7%	1.8%	WA	79.7%	81.3%	56.0%	44.0%	23.1%	29.4%
87	Loyola U. Chicago Chicago, IL	3.55	3.7	3.83	3.69	159	161	163	161.0	28.2%	11.8	82.1%	93.4%	1.0%	IL	80.0%	78.8%	45.1%	54.4%	28.3%	36.8%
87	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%
87	U. of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	3.61	3.81	3.93	3.78	161	167	169	165.7	19.1%	8.4	88.5%	95.8%	5.0%	WI	80.0%	78.7%	49.2%	48.1%	19.8%	25.9%
90	U. of Richmond Richmond, VA	3.66	3.81	3.92	3.80	159	164	167	163.3	39.6%	6.9	84.6%	92.3%	3.1%	VA	80.1%	77.3%	52.3%	47.7%	17.2%	27.8%
91	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%
92	American University Washington, DC	3.32	3.63	3.75	3.57	157	162	163	160.7	33.3%	16.7	72.8%	85.3%	1.8%	MD	81.3%	82.0%	51.8%	48.2%	27.3%	43.8%
92	U. of Miami Coral Gables, FL	3.58	3.79	3.88	3.75	160	164	165	163.0	24.7%	10.0	85.9%	93.2%	2.1%	FL	81.3%	74.6%	58.3%	41.7%	33.1%	59.5%
94	New York Law School New York, NY	3.41	3.63	3.78	3.61	154	157	160	157.0	39.7%	20.9	72.9%	86.9%	0.3%	NY	81.9%	84.7%	47.4%	49.0%	20.2%	40.1%
95	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%
96	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%
97	U. of Maryland Baltimore, MD	3.37	3.72	3.88	3.66	156	164	166	162.0	26.1%	9.4	86.0%	93.0%	3.6%	MD	82.1%	72.2%	55.2%	44.8%	26.0%	41.0%
98	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	3.18	3.6	3.77	3.52	154	158	160	157.3	34.6%	12.7	77.3%	92.6%	2.2%	NY	82.9%	82.6%	58.2%	41.8%	14.3%	36.5%
99	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%
100	U. of Kentucky Lexington, KY	3.52	3.72	3.9	3.71	156	159	162	159.0	40.8%	13.5	92.1%	97.8%	4.4%	KY	83.1%	78.8%	57.1%	41.6%	14.3%	15.5%

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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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