2026 Law School Rankings

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All ABA-accredited U.S. law schools

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	Drake University Des Moines, IA	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%
101	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%
101	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	3.41	3.69	3.85	3.65	157	159	160	158.7	25.6%	10.7	81.9%	94.4%	0.6%	TX	86.3%	81.5%	64.3%	35.7%	16.7%	42.0%
101	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%
101	U. of South Carolina Columbia, SC	3.43	3.67	3.86	3.65	160	162	164	162.0	29.9%	10.8	88.9%	95.0%	3.9%	SC	83.3%	75.8%	59.9%	40.1%	18.2%	22.0%
106	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%
106	Drexel University (Kline) Philadelphia, PA	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%
106	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%
106	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%
110	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	3.5	3.7	3.83	3.68	156	158	160	158.0	22.1%	16.6	80.8%	95.8%	1.2%	WI	50.0%	70.9%	52.2%	46.9%	5.3%	21.1%
110	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%
110	U. of Oklahoma Norman, OK	3.42	3.73	3.88	3.68	159	162	164	161.7	33.4%	14.6	79.9%	93.4%	2.2%	OK	88.8%	80.6%	61.2%	38.8%	18.8%	31.2%
113	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%
113	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%
113	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%
113	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%
113	Seton Hall University Newark, NJ	3.51	3.71	3.86	3.69	158	161	164	161.0	34.3%	14.2	83.1%	92.9%	1.2%	NJ	87.2%	75.7%	52.5%	46.0%	20.1%	38.4%
113	U. of California-Davis Davis, CA	3.49	3.7	3.87	3.69	160	165	167	164.0	16.0%	12.4	91.4%	91.4%	1.2%	CA	88.9%	77.8%	47.9%	47.1%	34.7%	60.7%
113	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%
120	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%
120	U. of California-Hastings San Francisco, CA	3.55	3.71	3.83	3.70	158	161	163	160.7	27.5%	14.2	86.3%	86.3%	N/A	CA	83.8%	77.9%	49.5%	45.9%	23.3%	58.2%
120	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%
120	Washington and Lee U. Lexington, VA	3.51	3.75	3.85	3.70	161	167	168	165.3	22.7%	10.2	91.5%	95.7%	6.4%	VA	89.4%	80.1%	56.5%	43.5%	16.3%	55.0%
124	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%
124	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%
126	Baylor University Waco, TX	3.49	3.77	3.89	3.72	159	164	165	162.7	20.6%	11.0	95.5%	98.0%	6.6%	TX	94.9%	81.4%	59.4%	40.6%	19.4%	30.5%
126	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%
126	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%
126	Loyola Law School Los Angeles, CA	3.52	3.74	3.89	3.72	160	163	165	162.7	26.1%	12.8	81.1%	93.2%	1.3%	CA	84.2%	77.7%	47.0%	52.5%	29.3%	53.6%
126	St. John's University Jamaica, NY	3.44	3.81	3.91	3.72	156	164	166	162.0	23.1%	17.2	80.5%	92.2%	1.2%	NY	87.7%	86.1%	48.1%	51.2%	23.8%	46.1%
131	Cardozo-Yeshiva University New York, NY	3.56	3.78	3.87	3.74	162	165	167	164.7	29.6%	13.5	83.1%	92.9%	2.6%	NY	88.5%	85.2%	48.7%	50.5%	16.5%	41.3%
131	U. of Arizona (Rogers) Tucson, AZ	3.54	3.78	3.9	3.74	162	163	165	163.3	27.9%	4.9	79.2%	90.0%	5.0%	AZ	72.2%	75.3%	53.9%	45.5%	29.2%	42.9%
131	U. of Connecticut Hartford, CT	3.55	3.78	3.9	3.74	160	162	164	162.0	20.1%	9.4	84.7%	92.9%	N/A	CT	84.0%	75.8%	57.9%	42.1%	20.7%	31.7%
131	U. of Washington Seattle, WA	3.6	3.76	3.86	3.74	162	165	167	164.7	19.6%	10.5	87.5%	95.9%	5.0%	WA	91.7%	82.2%	51.4%	48.0%	15.4%	45.2%
135	Northeastern University Boston, MA	3.61	3.77	3.86	3.75	161	164	166	163.7	24.2%	13.6	80.9%	95.9%	1.7%	MA	87.4%	82.9%	44.7%	53.0%	28.0%	44.4%
135	Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas, TX	3.52	3.81	3.92	3.75	163	167	168	166.0	24.6%	11.4	86.9%	96.2%	2.1%	TX	90.2%	81.4%	63.1%	36.9%	19.7%	35.0%
135	Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA	3.59	3.76	3.9	3.75	162	165	168	165.0	24.4%	9.9	85.9%	94.1%	3.3%	PA	90.3%	79.7%	52.8%	46.3%	25.1%	38.6%
135	U. of Houston Houston, TX	3.56	3.79	3.9	3.75	160	163	165	162.7	23.0%	13.7	82.9%	94.7%	2.2%	TX	88.6%	81.3%	57.8%	42.2%	24.1%	56.6%
135	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%
135	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%
141	College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	3.53	3.82	3.94	3.76	161	166	167	164.7	22.0%	10.8	88.7%	96.8%	7.9%	VA	83.6%	80.0%	56.5%	32.9%	11.2%	28.2%
141	Fordham University New York, NY	3.6	3.79	3.88	3.76	165	168	170	167.7	16.2%	16.7	86.9%	95.2%	3.3%	NY	93.0%	85.8%	54.2%	45.6%	21.1%	40.5%
141	U. of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	3.59	3.8	3.9	3.76	166	169	170	168.3	14.9%	9.1	92.7%	92.7%	1.8%	CA	85.5%	78.0%	37.2%	46.7%	29.9%	59.4%
141	U. of Illinois-Urbana-Champ. Champaign, IL	3.55	3.81	3.92	3.76	160	166	168	164.7	32.9%	9.4	91.6%	99.0%	5.8%	IL	93.6%	79.1%	55.6%	44.4%	21.8%	43.0%
141	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	3.6	3.79	3.9	3.76	163	166	168	165.7	24.6%	11.7	87.3%	96.4%	4.2%	NC	88.2%	79.3%	56.7%	43.3%	17.3%	20.6%
146	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%
147	Florida International U. Miami, FL	3.66	3.8	3.89	3.78	159	161	162	160.7	18.8%	15.3	81.9%	92.8%	1.2%	FL	88.3%	72.9%	64.0%	36.0%	41.4%	73.9%
147	George Washington U. Washington, DC	3.55	3.86	3.93	3.78	162	168	170	166.7	27.2%	14.2	95.1%	98.6%	9.5%	NY	90.2%	82.7%	61.8%	37.6%	23.7%	45.6%
147	U. of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	3.64	3.8	3.91	3.78	156	159	161	158.7	32.7%	7.0	85.6%	96.0%	2.3%	OH	85.6%	80.6%	56.2%	43.8%	11.5%	25.6%
147	U. of Colorado-Boulder Boulder, CO	3.62	3.81	3.91	3.78	161	164	167	164.0	27.6%	7.9	82.9%	90.9%	1.8%	CO	90.4%	84.9%	58.1%	41.0%	16.2%	29.4%

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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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