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.
100	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%
102	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%
103	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%
103	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%
105	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%
106	Columbia University New York, NY	3.85	3.92	3.98	3.92	169	173	175	172.3	11.8%	11.5	93.1%	98.5%	5.5%	NY	95.9%	85.0%	59.3%	39.8%	21.8%	62.8%
106	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%
106	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%
109	Appalachian School of Law Grundy, VA	2.72	3.2	3.53	3.15	145	146	151	147.3	60.9%	11.4	61.5%	84.6%	N/A	N/A	63.2%	77.2%	66.7%	33.3%	11.1%	35.2%
109	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%
109	Pontifical Catholic U. of Puerto Rico Ponce, PR	2.97	3.33	3.61	3.30	136	139	143	139.3	61.5%	11.4	39.2%	77.7%	2.4%	N/A	54.9%	52.1%	64.2%	35.8%	100.0%	N/A
109	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%
109	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%
109	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%
115	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%
116	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%
117	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%
118	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%
118	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%
118	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%
121	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%
121	Florida A&M University Orlando, FL	3.18	3.48	3.74	3.47	149	152	155	152.0	34.7%	10.9	64.8%	83.5%	1.0%	FL	75.4%	73.3%	45.6%	54.4%	63.2%	78.0%
123	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%
123	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%
125	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%
126	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%
126	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%
126	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%
126	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%
130	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%
130	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%
132	CUNY-Queens College Long Island City, NY	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%
132	Georgetown University Washington, DC	3.75	3.93	3.98	3.89	166	171	173	170.0	15.8%	10.4	88.9%	97.5%	6.7%	NY	93.1%	83.3%	59.6%	40.2%	21.1%	43.7%
132	Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL	3.28	3.48	3.68	3.48	154	156	159	156.3	35.1%	10.4	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	40.0%	60.0%	5.0%	31.1%
132	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%
132	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%
137	U. of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	3.84	3.92	3.99	3.92	167	170	172	169.7	14.8%	10.3	97.8%	97.8%	8.8%	CA	91.2%	79.9%	55.0%	44.4%	22.5%	54.3%
137	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%
139	U. of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	3.78	3.89	3.95	3.87	166	170	171	169.0	16.1%	10.2	91.4%	98.9%	16.6%	IL	92.2%	79.8%	73.1%	26.2%	15.0%	33.2%
139	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%
141	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%
142	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%
142	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%
142	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%
142	Wilmington University Wilmington, DE	2.67	3.13	3.49	3.10	146	149	152	149.0	52.0%	9.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	38.5%	61.5%	38.5%	46.2%
146	Texas Southern University Houston, TX	2.99	3.33	3.62	3.31	148	150	152	150.0	33.1%	9.6	52.8%	76.4%	N/A	TX	72.4%	81.3%	40.2%	57.3%	86.3%	91.7%
147	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%
147	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%
149	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%
149	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%

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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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