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	Capital University Columbus, OH	3.07	3.44	3.66	3.39	148	151	157	152.0	65.9%	19.3	79.3%	88.0%	N/A	OH	72.2%	80.4%	59.0%	41.0%	10.3%	39.3%
152	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%
153	U. of Akron Akron, OH	3.22	3.51	3.76	3.50	151	154	157	154.0	58.5%	16.3	78.6%	93.9%	N/A	OH	72.1%	80.5%	58.6%	41.4%	11.4%	59.6%
154	Faulkner University (Jones) Montgomery, AL	2.99	3.33	3.66	3.33	148	150	154	150.7	53.9%	20.6	89.2%	89.2%	N/A	AL	71.4%	80.6%	57.8%	42.2%	15.6%	32.4%
155	Washburn University Topeka, KS	3.37	3.68	3.88	3.64	151	155	159	155.0	46.5%	12.4	77.6%	94.0%	1.5%	KS	71.1%	80.0%	45.5%	53.0%	13.6%	30.8%
156	Mitchell Hamline St. Paul, MN	2.96	3.29	3.6	3.28	151	154	158	154.3	51.4%	21.6	61.7%	91.8%	N/A	MN	71.0%	81.6%	44.8%	55.2%	21.5%	38.6%
157	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%
158	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%
159	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%
160	Loyola U. New Orleans New Orleans, LA	3.21	3.47	3.71	3.46	151	154	157	154.0	50.9%	13.8	78.7%	88.0%	0.6%	LA	69.0%	76.0%	56.7%	43.3%	23.3%	36.9%
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	Pace University White Plains, NY	3.31	3.54	3.74	3.53	151	154	157	154.0	44.1%	20.3	75.3%	89.5%	N/A	NY	68.6%	84.4%	56.3%	43.0%	14.6%	34.5%
163	Atlanta's John Marshall Law Atlanta, GA	2.78	3.13	3.49	3.13	150	152	155	152.3	32.7%	15.2	47.0%	80.7%	N/A	N/A	68.4%	80.2%	44.1%	55.9%	20.6%	65.7%
163	Ohio Northern University Ada, OH	3.06	3.34	3.67	3.36	146	149	151	148.7	N/A	15.2	75.0%	91.7%	N/A	OH	68.4%	79.7%	57.7%	42.3%	11.5%	N/A
165	U. of Idaho Moscow, ID	3.07	3.54	3.81	3.47	149	153	157	153.0	66.8%	13.9	88.2%	94.1%	2.9%	ID	68.4%	78.4%	49.0%	51.0%	N/A	25.3%
166	U. of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	3.24	3.48	3.75	3.49	148	151	155	151.3	63.1%	13.7	84.4%	95.6%	4.4%	MN	68.4%	73.3%	58.8%	38.2%	11.8%	27.6%
167	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%
168	Willamette University Salem, OR	3.22	3.48	3.7	3.47	151	154	157	154.0	61.4%	13.5	77.3%	93.2%	N/A	OR	66.7%	75.2%	48.1%	46.2%	15.4%	41.9%
169	Widener (Delaware) Wilmington, DE	2.95	3.33	3.6	3.29	149	152	154	151.7	59.7%	25.2	75.4%	90.2%	0.8%	PA	66.3%	76.6%	37.9%	62.1%	13.6%	38.7%
170	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%
171	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%
172	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%
173	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%
174	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%
174	Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT	2.81	3.25	3.61	3.22	148	152	157	152.3	58.5%	13.3	63.7%	88.4%	N/A	NY	64.9%	76.5%	41.0%	56.9%	16.0%	36.6%
176	Lincoln Memorial U. Knoxville, TN	3.08	3.44	3.68	3.40	150	153	156	153.0	52.2%	17.2	66.7%	86.7%	N/A	TN	63.7%	78.4%	48.6%	51.4%	18.6%	21.7%
177	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%
178	Mississippi College Jackson, MS	3.03	3.37	3.73	3.38	148	152	155	151.7	59.8%	18.2	69.2%	89.7%	N/A	MS	63.4%	79.7%	57.1%	42.9%	14.3%	32.4%
179	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%
180	California Western San Diego, CA	3.16	3.5	3.66	3.44	152	155	158	155.0	46.9%	18.1	76.9%	76.9%	1.4%	CA	62.9%	77.5%	47.4%	52.6%	20.6%	56.5%
181	Touro College (Fuchsberg) Central Islip, NY	3.05	3.35	3.66	3.35	151	153	156	153.3	45.6%	18.3	73.0%	87.3%	N/A	NY	61.7%	85.8%	41.8%	56.0%	16.5%	39.0%
182	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%
183	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%
184	Southern Illinois U. Carbondale, IL	2.93	3.38	3.78	3.36	146	149	155	150.0	56.2%	13.0	75.6%	90.0%	1.1%	IL	59.5%	79.2%	38.9%	61.1%	8.3%	29.7%
185	U. of Massachusetts North Dartmouth, MA	3.1	3.36	3.69	3.38	149	152	155	152.0	52.2%	14.4	69.5%	90.9%	N/A	MA	58.3%	78.8%	59.3%	40.7%	15.3%	43.4%
186	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%
187	Northern Illinois University De Kalb, IL	3.17	3.41	3.64	3.41	148	150	154	150.7	44.3%	13.5	73.7%	88.4%	N/A	IL	57.1%	78.7%	58.3%	41.7%	22.9%	36.9%
188	Roger Williams University Bristol, RI	3.02	3.43	3.73	3.39	147	150	154	150.3	61.3%	13.9	69.2%	89.5%	N/A	MA	57.1%	76.4%	48.0%	52.0%	19.0%	33.1%
189	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%
190	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
191	Widener (Commonwealth) Harrisburg, PA	2.98	3.33	3.64	3.32	147	150	153	150.0	60.4%	24.2	75.4%	90.2%	0.8%	PA	54.0%	80.1%	59.2%	40.8%	18.3%	35.5%
192	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%
193	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%
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	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%
196	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%

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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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