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.
1	Yale University New Haven, CT	3.9	3.96	4.0	3.95	171	174	177	174.0	4.1%	7.4	74.9%	95.3%	26.0%	NY	96.5%	83.6%	62.8%	37.2%	16.5%	54.0%
2	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%
3	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%
3	U. of Chicago Chicago, IL	3.87	3.97	4.0	3.95	171	174	176	173.7	9.7%	7.2	92.0%	99.0%	28.1%	IL	97.4%	81.5%	68.4%	31.6%	13.4%	52.8%
5	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%
6	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%
7	Duke University Durham, NC	3.83	3.91	3.96	3.90	169	171	172	170.7	12.9%	N/A	97.1%	99.3%	10.5%	NY	97.5%	82.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A	46.6%
7	U. of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	3.83	3.99	4.04	3.95	168	173	175	172.0	10.2%	8.7	91.3%	98.7%	15.1%	VA	95.0%	82.8%	60.9%	39.1%	16.5%	37.0%
9	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	3.82	3.95	3.98	3.92	168	170	172	170.0	22.8%	7.4	81.0%	97.2%	4.2%	UT	90.4%	83.6%	64.0%	36.0%	6.5%	19.5%
10	New York University New York, NY	3.81	3.92	3.97	3.90	169	172	174	171.7	13.4%	7.8	88.9%	97.7%	7.6%	NY	96.7%	85.0%	59.9%	40.1%	20.0%	46.5%
11	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%
11	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%
13	U. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	3.77	3.95	4.0	3.91	167	173	174	171.3	8.1%	7.3	86.2%	99.7%	7.0%	NY	96.7%	82.9%	57.4%	42.6%	18.5%	49.5%
13	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	3.77	3.91	3.97	3.88	167	170	171	169.3	13.3%	9.2	90.4%	98.2%	9.0%	TN	94.5%	81.1%	63.2%	36.8%	16.4%	37.3%
15	Northwestern University Chicago, IL	3.76	3.96	4.0	3.91	167	173	175	171.7	12.3%	6.4	91.1%	98.1%	7.6%	IL	91.8%	81.0%	57.8%	41.8%	22.0%	51.3%
15	U. of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	3.76	3.97	4.05	3.93	161	167	168	165.3	25.6%	8.4	87.7%	92.2%	11.0%	AL	91.4%	80.4%	64.3%	35.7%	16.1%	21.6%
17	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	3.75	3.92	3.97	3.88	168	173	175	172.0	18.2%	8.0	95.9%	99.0%	6.6%	NY	96.4%	84.7%	59.7%	40.3%	18.3%	62.7%
17	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%
17	U. of Texas-Austin Austin, TX	3.75	3.89	3.96	3.87	166	172	173	170.3	14.0%	9.4	91.7%	98.1%	12.1%	TX	95.9%	81.6%	67.1%	32.9%	15.9%	41.6%
20	U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	3.74	3.88	3.95	3.86	168	171	173	170.7	8.6%	8.8	92.2%	97.2%	10.2%	NY	95.6%	80.4%	62.3%	37.7%	22.4%	41.0%
21	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%
21	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%
23	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%
24	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%
24	U. of Georgia Athens, GA	3.7	3.92	3.97	3.86	159	169	171	166.3	12.7%	8.5	91.0%	93.7%	9.0%	GA	90.4%	79.7%	48.8%	44.7%	13.0%	36.2%
26	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%
27	Boston College Newton, MA	3.67	3.83	3.9	3.80	162	168	169	166.3	8.5%	7.8	90.0%	97.7%	4.1%	MA	93.8%	83.6%	57.5%	42.5%	17.9%	44.4%
27	Texas A&M University Fort Worth, TX	3.67	4.0	4.0	3.89	161	169	170	166.7	12.1%	5.7	93.8%	100.0%	3.4%	TX	96.0%	81.4%	56.1%	43.9%	17.6%	40.2%
27	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%
30	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%
30	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%
30	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%
33	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%
33	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%
33	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%
36	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%
37	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%
37	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%
37	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%
37	U. of Utah (SJ Quinney) Salt Lake City, UT	3.62	3.87	3.94	3.81	162	166	168	165.3	25.3%	8.2	91.6%	91.6%	N/A	UT	94.7%	84.9%	61.2%	38.8%	13.6%	19.2%
41	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%
41	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%
41	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%
44	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	3.6	3.93	3.99	3.84	158	166	167	163.7	16.0%	6.5	87.9%	94.6%	1.0%	FL	87.2%	73.4%	57.5%	42.5%	20.5%	32.3%
44	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%
44	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%
44	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%
44	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%
49	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%
49	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%

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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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