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	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%
2	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%
3	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%
4	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%
5	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%
6	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%
7	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	3.37	3.59	3.75	3.57	158	161	163	160.7	44.0%	15.9	82.8%	91.8%	1.2%	NY	84.5%	85.7%	56.3%	38.1%	16.5%	39.3%
8	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	3.35	3.65	3.83	3.61	154	157	160	157.0	40.6%	15.4	80.4%	93.5%	0.8%	NY	78.9%	85.7%	56.1%	43.9%	17.7%	31.4%
9	Cardozo-Yeshiva University New York, NY	3.56	3.78	3.87	3.74	162	165	167	164.7	29.6%	13.5	83.1%	92.9%	2.6%	NY	88.5%	85.2%	48.7%	50.5%	16.5%	41.3%
10	U. of Denver Denver, CO	3.36	3.66	3.8	3.61	156	160	162	159.3	41.3%	12.3	79.9%	91.7%	N/A	CO	84.9%	85.1%	59.8%	40.2%	12.2%	26.8%
11	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%
12	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%
13	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%
14	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%
15	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%
16	New York Law School New York, NY	3.41	3.63	3.78	3.61	154	157	160	157.0	39.7%	20.9	72.9%	86.9%	0.3%	NY	81.9%	84.7%	47.4%	49.0%	20.2%	40.1%
17	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%
18	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%
19	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%
20	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%
21	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%
22	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%
23	Suffolk University Boston, MA	3.37	3.58	3.79	3.58	152	155	159	155.3	61.9%	16.5	76.7%	92.9%	0.7%	MA	79.4%	83.5%	58.4%	41.6%	21.3%	36.6%
24	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%
25	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%
26	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%
27	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%
27	New England Sch. of Law Boston, MA	3.06	3.37	3.68	3.37	149	153	157	153.0	61.3%	36.0	58.6%	84.0%	0.6%	MA	79.2%	83.3%	54.7%	45.3%	11.6%	39.1%
29	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%
30	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%
31	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%
32	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%
33	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%
34	Creighton University Omaha, NE	3.14	3.51	3.74	3.46	150	153	156	153.0	64.5%	15.2	84.1%	95.5%	0.7%	NE	72.6%	82.7%	59.4%	40.6%	11.6%	31.4%
35	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%
36	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	3.18	3.6	3.77	3.52	154	158	160	157.3	34.6%	12.7	77.3%	92.6%	2.2%	NY	82.9%	82.6%	58.2%	41.8%	14.3%	36.5%
37	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%
37	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%
39	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%
40	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%
41	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%
42	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%
43	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%
44	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%
45	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%
46	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%
47	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%
48	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%
49	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%
49	UNT Dallas College of Law Dallas, TX	3.18	3.41	3.66	3.42	151	153	156	153.3	24.2%	13.5	78.5%	78.5%	N/A	N/A	72.5%	81.5%	44.4%	55.6%	20.4%	48.6%

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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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