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.
147	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%
148	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%
149	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%
150	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%
151	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%
152	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%
153	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%
154	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%
155	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%
156	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%
157	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%
157	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%
159	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%
160	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%
161	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%
162	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%
163	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%
164	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%
165	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%
166	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%
167	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%
167	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%
169	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%
170	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%
171	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%
172	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%
173	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%
174	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%
175	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%
176	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%
177	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%
178	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%
179	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%
180	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%
181	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%
182	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%
183	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%
184	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%
185	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%
186	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%
187	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%
188	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%
189	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%
190	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%
191	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%
192	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%
193	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%
194	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%
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.

Historical Data

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