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.
151	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%
151	U. of Florida (Levin) Gainesville, FL	3.7	3.91	3.97	3.86	165	169	170	168.0	16.5%	7.0	90.2%	95.1%	5.7%	FL	88.6%	75.2%	61.3%	38.1%	23.7%	41.5%
153	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%
154	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%
155	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%
156	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%
157	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%
158	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	3.89	3.96	4.0	3.95	171	174	176	173.7	9.2%	8.8	85.9%	96.6%	17.5%	NY	97.9%	83.4%	57.8%	42.2%	25.8%	46.9%
159	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%
160	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%
161	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%
162	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%
163	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%
163	U. of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	3.73	3.91	3.97	3.87	165	169	170	168.0	11.2%	7.5	87.3%	95.7%	4.5%	CA	94.0%	78.7%	60.5%	37.7%	27.4%	61.1%
165	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%
166	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%
166	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%
168	Western Michigan (Cooley) Lansing, MI	2.67	3.09	3.45	3.07	145	147	151	147.7	52.9%	18.3	77.8%	91.1%	N/A	MI	51.5%	74.1%	55.1%	44.9%	28.2%	42.2%
169	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%
170	U. of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	3.73	3.95	4.0	3.89	166	171	172	169.7	12.1%	7.2	96.8%	96.8%	N/A	CA	94.2%	78.9%	57.4%	40.9%	29.1%	52.6%
171	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%
172	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%
173	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%
174	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%
175	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%
176	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%
177	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	3.14	3.49	3.69	3.44	151	153	156	153.3	26.0%	15.4	73.9%	89.1%	N/A	TX	65.8%	81.5%	61.9%	38.1%	32.2%	67.8%
178	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%
179	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%
180	U. of Hawaii Honolulu, HI	3.4	3.62	3.8	3.61	155	158	162	158.3	26.2%	8.5	85.3%	92.0%	1.3%	HI	76.9%	74.9%	54.5%	44.5%	35.5%	68.2%
181	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%
182	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%
183	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%
184	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%
185	St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL	3.12	3.42	3.65	3.40	150	152	156	152.7	60.3%	22.2	77.1%	77.1%	N/A	FL	80.9%	72.7%	59.8%	40.2%	42.6%	78.5%
186	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%
187	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%
188	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%
189	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%
190	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%
191	Southern University Baton Rouge, LA	2.86	3.15	3.48	3.16	145	147	150	147.3	56.6%	13.3	42.9%	73.6%	N/A	LA	60.3%	75.9%	38.5%	61.5%	71.9%	76.4%
192	Howard University Washington, DC	3.4	3.63	3.8	3.61	153	156	160	156.3	24.1%	13.9	74.3%	88.6%	0.8%	NY	76.8%	82.2%	48.1%	51.9%	81.7%	97.5%
193	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%
194	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%
195	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%
196	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

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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.

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