2026 Law School Rankings

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Official ABA data Updated Dec 2025

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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.
101	Southwestern Univ. Los Angeles, CA	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%
102	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%
103	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%
104	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%
105	Belmont University Nashville, TN	3.66	3.84	3.94	3.81	158	161	163	160.7	37.6%	16.2	86.2%	97.4%	0.9%	TN	95.0%	78.0%	60.0%	38.2%	18.2%	29.3%
106	Mercer University (GA) Macon, 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%
107	Louisiana State-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA	3.48	3.74	3.93	3.72	155	157	160	157.3	38.6%	14.8	81.4%	91.4%	1.6%	LA	84.9%	74.6%	60.0%	40.0%	15.0%	25.2%
108	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%
109	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%
110	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%
111	U. of Kansas Lawrence, KS	3.58	3.85	3.95	3.79	158	162	164	161.3	39.1%	11.5	84.1%	94.7%	2.7%	KS	92.2%	80.6%	57.7%	42.3%	19.2%	21.9%
112	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%
113	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%
114	U. of Puerto Rico San Juan, PR	3.57	3.77	3.9	3.75	146	152	156	151.3	39.7%	16.4	39.2%	77.7%	N/A	N/A	58.3%	53.2%	54.7%	45.3%	99.1%	99.8%
115	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%
116	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%
117	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%
118	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%
119	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%
120	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%
121	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%
122	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%
122	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%
124	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%
125	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%
126	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%
127	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%
128	Penn State U. (Dickinson) Carlisle, PA	3.5	3.71	3.86	3.69	157	159	161	159.0	43.0%	9.2	85.2%	95.3%	2.2%	PA	87.0%	79.7%	49.2%	47.6%	25.4%	36.7%
129	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%
130	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%
131	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%
132	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	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%
133	Pace University White Plains, NY	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%
134	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%
135	U. of Iowa Iowa City, IA	3.62	3.78	3.92	3.77	161	164	165	163.3	44.3%	10.6	86.2%	96.5%	4.5%	IA	91.0%	82.1%	49.5%	50.5%	17.5%	28.4%
136	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	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%
137	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%
138	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%
139	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%
140	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%
141	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%
142	Nova Southeastern U. Fort Lauderdale, FL	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%
143	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%
144	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%
145	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%
146	Campbell University Raleigh, NC	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%
147	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%
148	Loyola U. New Orleans New Orleans, LA	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%
149	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%
150	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%

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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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