Law School : Juris Doctorate: Top 150 Law Schools Rank
Law School Rankings - Average LSAT Score
No.
Law School
GPA Low
GPA High
LSAT Low
LSAT High
Accept
S/F Ratio
Empl. @Grad
Empl. @9Mos
St.
Pass Bar
State Avg.
School vs.Avg.
1
Harvard University
3.73
3.94
169
175
11.3%
11.3
98.1%
99.4%
NY
96.3%
75%
+21.3%
2
Yale University
3.79
3.96
168
6.5%
N/A
96.7%
98.3%
94.8%
+19.8%
3
Columbia University
3.5
3.83
167
173
14.2%
11.2
97.8%
98.5%
4
New York University
3.57
3.85
172
19.8%
97.5%
99.3%
96.8%
+21.8%
5
U. of Chicago
3.47
3.78
171
15.8%
10.1
IL
97%
84%
+13%
6
Georgetown University
3.43
3.8
166
170
18.4%
14.8
92.9%
91.6%
+16.6%
7
Northwestern University
16.1%
12.5
97.7%
99.5%
97.6%
+13.6%
8
Stanford University
3.77
7.7%
99%
99.1%
CA
90.2%
60%
+30.2%
9
U. of Pennsylvania
3.45
3.81
15.7%
13.1
100%
92%
+17%
10
U. of Virginia
3.49
3.82
18.7%
13.6
95.9%
99.7%
VA
93.2%
72%
+21.2%
11
Cornell University
3.76
164
19.2%
10.7
92.5%
+17.5%
12
U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor
3.44
19.9%
16
94.1%
98.6%
95.2%
+20.2%
13
Vanderbilt University
20.2%
92.8%
TN
82.2%
81%
+1.2%
14
Fordham University
3.37
163
18.9%
16.4
82.9%
98.8%
85%
+10%
15
U. of California-Los Angeles
3.84
13.6%
11.6
89.2%
96.5%
88.7%
+28.7%
U. of Southern California
3.54
17.9%
89.8%
78.9%
+18.9%
17
Boston College
3.75
162
16.6%
14.1
71.6%
97.2%
MA
90.3%
82%
+8.3%
18
Boston University
165
21.6%
12.9
89.3%
91.5%
+9.5%
19
Duke University
3.38
21.2%
11.7
+23.6%
20
George Washington U.
18.2%
14.6
95.4%
MD
80.2%
71%
+9.2%
21
U. of Notre Dame
3.26
13.7%
15.6
77.7%
96.6%
97.4%
+13.4%
22
U. of Texas-Austin
3.4
17.1
94.5%
99.2%
TX
92.6%
80%
+12.6%
23
Washington and Lee U.
3.11
72.4%
79.5%
+7.5%
24
Washington U. in St Louis
3.2
3.7
25.8%
82.3%
98.2%
MO
+5.2%
25
Brooklyn Law School
161
17.8
70.6%
83.3%
26
Cardozo-Yeshiva University
3.14
3.64
22%
16.5
73.6%
93.6%
85.8%
+10.8%
27
Emory University
3.27
3.62
26.4%
14.2
GA
83%
+9.8%
28
U. of California-Berkeley
3.63
3.9
10%
14.4
89%
+29%
29
Brigham Young University
3.53
3.86
160
25.9%
18.3
83.1%
UT
+5.5%
30
College of William and Mary
3.36
20%
15.7
80.4%
76.7%
+4.7%
31
U. of California (Hastings)
19.5%
22.7
56.8%
94.4%
75.6%
+15.6%
32
U. of California-Davis
3.39
3.72
19%
14.3
77.8%
79.7%
+19.7%
33
U. of Connecticut
3.13
3.58
20.7%
12.3
65.7%
95.3%
CT
87.5%
+6.5%
34
U. of Illinois-Urbana-Champ.
3.12
23.1%
79%
97.3%
+13.3%
35
U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities
3.48
28.5%
14.5
90.6%
MN
+8.5%
36
U. of San Diego
3.19
3.6
21.1%
73.3%
93.5%
79.1%
+19.1%
37
Wake Forest University
3.15
20.3%
74.5%
93.7%
NC
86.9%
74%
+12.9%
38
American University
3.22
3.61
159
24.5%
15.4
83.9%
70%
-1%
39
George Mason University
3.01
71.9%
-0.1%
40
Loyola Law School
68.4%
+8.4%
41
Loyola U. Chicago
3.17
23%
17.2
88.2%
+4.2%
42
Rutgers State U.-Camden
12.8%
80.5%
92.3%
NJ
78.6%
+7.6%
43
U. of Alabama
3.1
23.4%
12.1
70.2%
AL
+12.5%
44
U. of Colorado-Boulder
23.3%
65%
CO
85.7%
+10.7%
45
U. of Richmond
62.3%
96.2%
77.4%
+5.4%
46
U. of Washington
20.8%
WA
+11%
47
Indiana U.-Bloomington
2.97
3.74
158
34.9%
13.9
86.4%
98%
IN
+6.7%
48
Lewis & Clark (Northwestern)
2.99
3.51
37.2%
94.7%
OR
77.5%
78%
-0.5%
49
Seton Hall University
2.91
3.52
24.3%
86.7%
91.9%
78.7%
+7.7%
50
St. John's University
25.2%
17.3
68.7%
96%
81.6%
+6.6%
51
DePaul University
3.66
17.9
80.7%
94.3%
83.6%
-1.4%
52
Florida State University
3.21
3.67
22.5%
13.8
98.9%
FL
77%
73%
+4%
53
15.1%
99.6%
79.6%
+5.6%
54
3.03
38.1%
87.4%
95.6%
55
3.04
3.65
37.8%
93.9%
68.3%
-3.7%
56
Ohio State University (Moritz)
3.33
27.6%
74.3%
OH
91.4%
+10.4%
57
25.1%
14.9
92.1%
96.9%
+2.2%
58
3.18
31.2%
68.8%
93.4%
86%
59
Tulane University
3.28
25.6%
18.8
75.4%
LA
69.9%
67%
+2.9%
60
3.46
13.5
81.3%
75.7%
61%
+14.7%
61
U. of Georgia
15.3
76.4%
62
U. of Iowa
38.8%
12.2
98.7%
IA
89.1%
+3.1%
63
U. of Maryland
3.35
11.9
97.1%
78.2%
+6.2%
64
U. of N. Carolina-Chap. Hill
15.3%
16.9
84.6%
+9.6%
65
U. of Utah (SJ Quinney)
30.5%
11.5
90.9%
88.8%
90%
-1.2%
66
U. of Wisconsin-Madison
3.3
23.5%
72.5%
WI
+16%
67
Case Western Reserve U.
157
25.3%
14.7
72.6%
87.7%
68
Pepperdine University
3.71
19.8
57.5%
90.5%
74.1%
+13.1%
69
Santa Clara University
37.4%
18.5
67.9%
+6.9%
70
U. of Florida (Levin)
23.6%
65.9%
71
U. of Houston
20.8
65.5%
84.8%
+5.8%
72
U. of Kentucky
34.7%
16.3
64%
KY
+4.9%
73
U. of Pittsburgh
28.6%
75.5%
PA
+0.6%
74
U. of San Francisco
3.59
31.7%
16.7
95%
+4.5%
75
Catholic U. of America
3.06
156
63.5%
90.1%
76
Georgia State University
3.16
16.2
91.8%
92.2%
+7.2%
77
U. of Akron
31.3%
65.4%
-2.3%
78
U. of Cincinnati
3.29
36.7%
11.8
89.4%
79
U. of Hawaii
18.6%
HI
76%
80
U. of Miami
19.6
73.4%
93.1%
81
U. of Missouri-Columbia
3.31
32.1%
13.2
58.8%
92.7%
88%
+0.8%
82
U. of Oregon
37.3%
19.7
61.6%
+3%
83
U. of the Pacific (McGeorge)
31%
16.1
96.1%
68.5%
84
Hofstra University
155
38%
17.7
68.6%
-6.4%
85
Marquette University
39.5%
62%
94%
86
Michigan State Univ-DCL
35.4%
20.7
MI
67.6%
87
Quinnipiac University
3.08
73.9%
-8.1%
88
Southern Methodist Univ.
22.7%
89
U. of Denver
24%
87.3%
64.1%
-9.9%
90
U. of Louisville (Brandeis)
3.68
28.9%
61.5%
91%
79.2%
91
U. of Nevada-Las Vegas
3.55
12.1%
82.5%
NV
65.2%
-7.8%
92
U. of Tennessee-Knoxville
59.7%
85.4%
86.8%
+4.8%
93
U. of Toledo
2.98
18.8%
13.4
86.6%
90.4%
+9.4%
94
Arizona State University
3.69
154
27.3%
11.1
94.2%
AZ
75.3%
+1.3%
95
Chapman University
30.2%
53.3%
66.7%
+5.7%
96
Louisiana State-Baton Rouge
3.23
27.8%
16.6
91.3%
97
Northern Illinois University
3.05
34.8%
18.4
52.2%
89.9%
+1.4%
98
Penn State U. (Dickinson)
29.4%
-2.8%
99
Rutgers State U.-Newark
23.9%
72.8%
-7.2%
100
Samford U. (Cumberland)
18.2
60.3%
84.7%
+3.7%
101
Southwestern Univ.
25.7%
58.4%
-2.6%
102
St. Louis University
39.8%
17.6
85.5%
-2.5%
103
Suffolk University
42.4%
-4.5%
104
U. of Kansas
26.5%
55.1%
88.5%
KS
+1%
105
U. of Memphis
3.07
22.8%
52.9%
+3.8%
106
U. of Oklahoma
3.32
26.3%
88.4%
OK
95.7%
+12.7%
107
U. of South Carolina
34.3%
59.2%
SC
87%
108
Albany Law School Union U.
2.89
153
40.3%
52.8%
95.8%
+2.5%
109
Campbell University
20.5%
84.4%
77.6%
+2.6%
110
Drake University
42.3%
95.1%
111
Duquesne University
44.4%
112
Hamline University
40.4%
47.1%
85.6%
-5.4%
113
Mercer University (GA)
3.02
59.4%
98.4%
114
New York Law School
38.7%
20.3
64.3%
-10.7%
115
Pace University
3.09
32.8%
89.6%
73.1%
-1.9%
116
Syracuse University
33.8%
67.5%
117
Texas Wesleyan University
29%
42.6%
-13.5%
118
U. of Maine
15.5
ME
69%
-6%
119
U. of Nebraska-Lincoln
40.7%
13.7
74.6%
91.7%
NE
+2.3%
120
Wayne State U.
39.6%
84.1%
83.5%
121
Willamette University
35.1%
84.5%
+10.9%
122
Gonzaga University
3.56
152
36.8%
93.3%
75.9%
-3.1%
123
Indiana U.-Indianapolis
83.4%
93.8%
-4%
124
John Marshall
2.8
36.2%
21.8
55.6%
74.2%
-10.8%
125
Northern Kentucky U. (Chase)
24.8%
17.4
79.4%
126
Seattle University
26%
127
Southern Illinois-Carbondale
12.6
-1.7%
128
Stetson University
17.5
49.4%
91.1%
129
U. at Buffalo
36.3%
85.1%
+3.9%
130
U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville
24.4%
AR
131
U. of Baltimore
30.1%
21.9
-15.2%
132
U. of Dayton
2.87
27.4%
-5.7%
133
U. of Idaho
31.4%
16.8
45.6%
88.3%
ID
+0%
134
U. of Missouri-Kansas City
38.2%
20.4
88.1%
-3%
135
Whittier Law School
2.86
29.6%
54.4%
39.9%
-21.1%
136
California Western
151
37%
18.7
58.1%
-2.9%
137
Capital University
2.96
74.7%
-6.3%
138
Cleveland State U. (Marshall)
30.7%
12.7
90.8%
72.9%
139
Loyola U. New Orleans
34%
80.3%
60.1%
-6.9%
140
Roger Williams University
2.94
41.1%
19.9
69.3%
RI
70.7%
141
South Texas Col. of Law
36.9%
80.1%
-9.1%
142
St. Mary's University
2.81
3.42
23.5
143
Texas Tech University
35.2%
+6.1%
144
Thomas Jefferson
2.74
24.1%
35.6%
-25.4%
145
U. of Arkansas-Little Rock
16.5%
76.9%
-5.1%
146
U. of Mississippi
27.2%
MS
-0.2%
147
U. of Montana
37.6%
MT
148
Vermont Law School
50.6%
13.3
VT
-11.1%
149
Washburn University
35.9%
71.4%
-9.6%
150
Western New England
2.7
43%
55%
-13.7%
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