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.
98	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%
98	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%
98	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%
98	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%
98	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%
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	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	3.45	3.64	3.82	3.64	158	160	163	160.3	30.6%	9.9	83.3%	92.5%	1.1%	GA	90.0%	79.9%	50.3%	49.7%	22.5%	59.1%
106	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%
106	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%
106	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%
106	U. of Oregon Eugene, OR	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%
106	U. of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	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%
113	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%
113	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%
113	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%
113	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%
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	Lewis & Clark (Northwestern) Portland, OR	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%
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	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	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%
113	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%
113	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%
124	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%
124	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%
124	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%
124	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%
124	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%
124	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%
124	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%
131	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%
131	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%
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 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%
131	U. of San Diego San Diego, CA	3.59	3.84	3.92	3.78	160	163	165	162.7	23.5%	13.7	84.3%	98.0%	2.1%	CA	84.8%	77.8%	50.7%	47.3%	13.7%	46.7%
136	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%
136	Indiana U.-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	3.63	3.91	3.98	3.84	158	164	166	162.7	35.8%	7.3	84.5%	93.8%	2.9%	IN	87.4%	79.1%	59.4%	40.6%	15.6%	28.1%
136	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%
136	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	3.61	3.85	3.94	3.80	161	164	167	164.0	23.4%	11.1	82.7%	93.3%	2.4%	CA	86.8%	78.0%	59.2%	38.0%	23.9%	38.2%
136	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%
136	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%
136	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	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%
136	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%
136	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%
136	U. of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	3.67	3.89	3.95	3.84	160	164	166	163.3	24.8%	9.5	88.5%	96.2%	5.0%	TN	91.9%	78.5%	57.7%	42.3%	16.2%	26.5%
136	Villanova University Villanova, PA	3.64	3.8	3.9	3.78	159	164	166	163.0	25.9%	10.3	88.2%	95.7%	2.3%	PA	91.3%	80.1%	61.5%	38.5%	18.5%	25.5%
136	Wayne State U. Detroit, MI	3.56	3.89	3.95	3.80	157	164	166	162.3	24.8%	7.4	77.1%	93.6%	0.7%	MI	86.1%	72.9%	48.5%	51.5%	22.8%	22.7%
149	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	3.58	3.91	3.98	3.82	158	165	167	163.3	19.8%	10.5	89.7%	94.5%	3.1%	AZ	87.5%	75.0%	65.5%	34.5%	14.3%	37.9%
149	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%

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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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