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	St.	Pass Bar	State Bar	Male Fac.	Fem. Fac.	Min. Fac.	Min. Stu.
49	Syracuse University	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%
49	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%
53	Campbell University	3.21	3.51	3.77	3.50	152	156	159	155.7	50.7%	17.3	85.3%	91.2%	1.7%	NC	85.4%	79.1%	51.3%	48.7%	15.4%	27.7%
53	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%
53	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%
53	Santa Clara University	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%
57	Seattle University	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%
57	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%
57	U. of Memphis	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%
57	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%
61	Southwestern Univ.	3.23	3.51	3.72	3.49	154	157	160	157.0	36.5%	15.8	68.9%	85.7%	0.6%	CA	64.9%	77.8%	51.9%	48.1%	30.8%	48.8%
62	Gonzaga University	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%
62	Lewis & Clark (Northwestern)	3.24	3.59	3.79	3.54	158	161	166	161.7	54.7%	12.1	91.1%	98.1%	7.6%	OR	85.0%	75.0%	51.0%	36.6%	14.5%	32.4%
62	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%
65	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%
65	CUNY-Queens College	3.26	3.54	3.77	3.52	152	155	161	156.0	28.7%	10.4	75.6%	75.6%	0.5%	NY	65.7%	86.0%	30.9%	67.0%	53.6%	67.2%
65	U. of Pittsburgh	3.26	3.54	3.74	3.51	158	160	163	160.3	34.9%	9.5	85.9%	97.0%	2.0%	PA	86.3%	80.2%	59.2%	40.8%	17.1%	28.5%
68	U. of Tulsa	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%
69	Jacksonville University	3.28	3.48	3.68	3.48	154	156	159	156.3	35.1%	10.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	FL	N/A	N/A	40.0%	60.0%	5.0%	31.1%
70	Mercer University (GA)	3.3	3.62	3.8	3.57	155	157	160	157.3	37.8%	18.5	84.9%	94.3%	0.8%	GA	84.0%	79.3%	50.7%	49.3%	16.4%	27.1%
71	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%
71	U. of Dayton	3.31	3.6	3.87	3.59	154	157	160	157.0	30.7%	17.7	73.8%	91.8%	1.9%	OH	88.0%	80.1%	50.8%	45.9%	23.0%	23.5%
73	American University	3.32	3.63	3.75	3.57	157	162	163	160.7	33.3%	16.7	72.8%	85.3%	1.8%	DC	81.3%	82.0%	51.8%	48.2%	27.3%	43.8%
73	Chapman University	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%
73	U. of Louisville (Brandeis)	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%
73	U. of Oregon	3.32	3.62	3.79	3.58	157	160	162	159.7	55.0%	13.4	82.1%	92.3%	3.0%	OR	85.1%	76.3%	46.7%	52.4%	20.0%	28.9%
73	U. of Wyoming	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%
78	Indiana U.-Indianapolis	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%
78	U. of Missouri-Kansas City	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%
78	U. of Montana	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%
81	Nova Southeastern U.	3.34	3.52	3.71	3.52	152	155	158	155.0	47.3%	15.5	76.9%	91.0%	0.5%	FL	67.4%	72.8%	50.6%	49.4%	36.5%	80.6%
81	West Virginia U.	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%
83	Drexel University (Kline)	3.35	3.76	3.87	3.66	154	160	162	158.7	29.6%	12.5	79.7%	91.4%	0.7%	PA	85.0%	79.5%	44.2%	55.1%	19.0%	37.1%
83	Duquesne University	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%
83	Hofstra University	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%
83	Rutgers Law School (SUNJ)	3.35	3.66	3.82	3.61	155	158	161	158.0	33.5%	8.0	83.1%	92.9%	1.9%	NJ	72.8%	75.1%	55.7%	44.3%	21.3%	43.9%
87	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%
87	U. of Denver	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%
89	Brooklyn Law School	3.37	3.59	3.75	3.57	158	161	163	160.7	44.0%	15.9	82.8%	91.8%	1.2%	NY	84.5%	85.7%	56.3%	38.1%	16.5%	39.3%
89	Regent University	3.37	3.68	3.89	3.65	153	158	161	157.3	44.3%	14.2	75.4%	87.7%	N/A	VA	88.2%	77.6%	65.6%	34.4%	18.8%	22.5%
89	St. Louis University	3.37	3.61	3.83	3.60	154	157	161	157.3	56.4%	11.4	77.0%	91.0%	N/A	MO	84.0%	81.9%	49.2%	50.8%	16.7%	30.2%
89	Suffolk University	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%
89	U. of Maryland	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%
89	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%
89	Washburn University	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%
96	Drake University	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%
97	U. of Nevada-Las Vegas	3.39	3.76	3.88	3.68	156	160	162	159.3	30.8%	10.6	86.0%	93.0%	2.3%	NV	77.2%	70.9%	53.3%	46.7%	28.0%	49.2%
98	Howard University	3.4	3.63	3.8	3.61	153	156	160	156.3	24.1%	13.9	74.3%	88.6%	0.8%	DC	76.8%	82.2%	48.1%	51.9%	81.7%	97.5%
98	U. of Hawaii	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%
100	New York Law School	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%

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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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