2026 Law School Rankings

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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	Stanford University Stanford, CA	3.87	3.96	4.0	3.94	171	173	176	173.3	6.1%	5.8	73.9%	96.0%	17.6%	CA	96.5%	81.4%	54.4%	45.6%	23.0%	63.2%
102	Washington U. in St Louis St. Louis, MO	3.58	3.96	4.0	3.85	165	175	176	172.0	19.0%	6.2	95.1%	98.6%	9.5%	MO	93.6%	81.4%	54.3%	41.2%	16.5%	47.5%
103	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%
103	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%
103	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	3.62	3.88	3.95	3.82	166	171	173	170.0	26.7%	8.9	89.9%	97.5%	5.7%	MN	94.1%	83.4%	54.2%	45.2%	14.8%	30.5%
106	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%
106	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%
108	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%
109	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%
110	Boston University Boston, MA	3.71	3.88	3.93	3.84	164	170	171	168.3	12.1%	7.4	84.5%	96.3%	3.7%	MA	92.3%	83.3%	53.4%	46.2%	15.4%	49.6%
110	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%
112	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%
112	U. of Toledo Toledo, OH	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%
114	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%
115	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%
116	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%
117	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%
118	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%
119	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%
120	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%
120	Ohio State University (Moritz) Columbus, OH	3.64	3.91	3.97	3.84	163	168	169	166.7	24.6%	8.0	88.8%	96.2%	4.6%	OH	92.0%	80.3%	51.8%	48.2%	18.4%	30.2%
122	John Marshall Chicago, IL	3.13	3.4	3.64	3.39	150	153	156	153.0	52.6%	19.5	47.0%	80.7%	N/A	IL	60.1%	78.8%	51.7%	48.3%	29.5%	42.4%
123	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%
124	Emory University Atlanta, GA	3.68	3.82	3.87	3.79	162	166	168	165.3	30.1%	15.0	87.7%	96.3%	3.8%	GA	88.4%	80.5%	51.5%	48.5%	20.6%	46.8%
125	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%
126	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%
127	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%
128	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%
128	U. of Dayton Dayton, OH	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%
128	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%
131	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%
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%
133	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%
133	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%
135	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%
135	U. of N. Carolina-Chap. Hill Chapel Hill, NC	3.78	3.89	3.97	3.88	165	168	169	167.3	11.2%	8.1	97.1%	97.1%	N/A	NE	92.3%	79.6%	50.3%	49.7%	13.6%	31.9%
137	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%
138	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%
139	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%
139	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%
141	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%
142	Barry University Orlando, FL	2.93	3.23	3.48	3.21	148	150	152	150.0	55.9%	22.6	72.9%	87.3%	0.4%	N/A	68.6%	73.5%	49.3%	50.7%	26.1%	54.8%
142	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%
142	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%
145	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%
145	St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	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%
145	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%
148	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%
148	U. of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA	3.17	3.52	3.73	3.47	153	156	160	156.3	54.4%	15.0	76.3%	87.1%	1.1%	CA	70.6%	77.6%	49.1%	50.9%	21.9%	60.4%
150	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%

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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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