Law Schools Ranked by Median GPA

196 schools · ABA 509 data, 2025 entering class.

#	School	State	Acceptance	Median LSAT	Median GPA	Tuition	Bar pass (1st time)
1	Texas A&M University	TX	12.1%	169	4	n/a	95.28%
2	University of Virginia	VA	10.17%	173	3.99	n/a	95.11%
3	The University of Alabama	AL	25.63%	167	3.97	n/a	95.24%
4	The University of Chicago	IL	9.74%	174	3.97	n/a	96.73%
5	Harvard University	MA	9.2%	174	3.96	n/a	97.9%
6	Northwestern University	IL	12.3%	173	3.96	n/a	91.83%
7	Stanford University	CA	6.1%	173	3.96	n/a	99.43%
8	Washington University (St. Louis)	MO	18.96%	175	3.96	n/a	89.63%
9	Yale University	CT	4.06%	174	3.96	n/a	98.54%
10	Brigham Young University	UT	22.8%	170	3.95	n/a	96.85%
11	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	12.05%	171	3.95	n/a	96.65%
12	University of Pennsylvania	PA	8.05%	173	3.95	n/a	94.42%
13	Florida State University	FL	15.97%	166	3.93	n/a	88.81%
14	George Mason University	VA	15.87%	169	3.93	n/a	86.34%
15	Georgetown University	DC	15.75%	171	3.93	n/a	94.55%
16	University of California-Berkeley	CA	14.84%	170	3.92	n/a	94.79%
17	Columbia University	NY	11.84%	173	3.92	n/a	94.73%
18	Cornell University	NY	18.19%	173	3.92	n/a	93.68%
19	University of Georgia	GA	12.72%	169	3.92	n/a	88.37%
20	New York University	NY	13.39%	172	3.92	n/a	96.94%
21	Arizona State University	AZ	19.78%	165	3.91	n/a	91.94%
22	Duke University	NC	12.88%	171	3.91	n/a	98.23%
23	University of Florida	FL	16.52%	169	3.91	n/a	90.2%
24	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	35.77%	164	3.91	n/a	84.62%
25	University of Southern California	CA	11.17%	169	3.91	n/a	94.14%
26	The Ohio State University	OH	24.62%	168	3.91	n/a	93.13%
27	Vanderbilt University	TN	13.26%	170	3.91	n/a	94.64%
28	University of North Carolina	NC	11.19%	168	3.89	n/a	94.12%
29	University of Notre Dame	IN	16.07%	170	3.89	n/a	89.44%
30	University of Tennessee	TN	24.77%	164	3.89	n/a	85.6%
31	University of Texas	TX	13.99%	172	3.89	n/a	96.39%
32	Wayne State University	MI	24.81%	164	3.89	n/a	73.85%
33	Boston University	MA	12.08%	170	3.88	n/a	94.93%
34	University of Michigan	MI	8.57%	171	3.88	n/a	94.15%
35	University of Minnesota	MN	26.7%	171	3.88	n/a	95.31%
36	The University of Utah	UT	25.28%	166	3.87	n/a	94.57%
37	George Washington University, The	DC	27.21%	168	3.86	n/a	87.66%
38	The University of Kansas	KS	39.08%	162	3.85	n/a	94.21%
39	Pepperdine University	CA	23.36%	164	3.85	n/a	90.71%
40	Belmont University	TN	37.62%	161	3.84	n/a	96.49%
41	University of San Diego	CA	23.51%	163	3.84	n/a	86.73%
42	Boston College	MA	8.48%	168	3.83	n/a	96.19%
43	Emory University	GA	30.09%	166	3.82	n/a	86.34%
44	William & Mary Law School	VA	21.97%	166	3.82	n/a	92.78%
45	University of Colorado	CO	27.56%	164	3.81	n/a	89.68%
46	University of Illinois	IL	32.93%	166	3.81	n/a	93.2%
47	University of Nebraska	NE	40.15%	160	3.81	n/a	84.89%
48	University of Richmond	VA	39.64%	164	3.81	n/a	91.3%
49	Southern Methodist University	TX	24.59%	167	3.81	n/a	97.75%
50	St. John's University	NY	23.05%	164	3.81	n/a	87.55%
51	University of Wisconsin	WI	19.12%	167	3.81	n/a	75%
52	University of California-Irvine	CA	14.92%	169	3.8	n/a	89.87%
53	University of Cincinnati	OH	32.74%	159	3.8	n/a	85.12%
54	Florida International University	FL	18.77%	161	3.8	n/a	85.9%
55	Villanova University	PA	25.93%	164	3.8	n/a	89.95%
56	Fordham University	NY	16.22%	168	3.79	n/a	90.8%
57	University of Houston	TX	22.99%	163	3.79	n/a	84.45%
58	University of Miami	FL	24.65%	164	3.79	n/a	85.29%
59	Wake Forest University	NC	24.63%	166	3.79	n/a	89.61%
60	The University of Arizona	AZ	27.91%	163	3.78	n/a	84.13%
61	Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University)	NY	29.56%	165	3.78	n/a	87.83%
62	University of Connecticut	CT	20.05%	162	3.78	n/a	82.81%
63	University of Iowa	IA	44.28%	164	3.78	n/a	91.39%
64	Baylor University	TX	18.94%	164	3.77	n/a	93.69%
65	Northeastern University	MA	24.22%	164	3.77	n/a	90.52%
66	University of Puerto Rico	PR	39.69%	152	3.77	n/a	75.68%
67	Case Western Reserve University	OH	34.8%	162	3.76	n/a	77.46%
68	Drexel University	PA	29.64%	160	3.76	n/a	84.21%
69	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	30.78%	160	3.76	n/a	83.47%
70	Temple University	PA	24.38%	165	3.76	n/a	89%
71	University of Washington	WA	19.61%	165	3.76	n/a	92.61%
72	Washington and Lee University	VA	22.73%	167	3.75	n/a	93.46%
73	Louisiana State University	LA	38.55%	157	3.74	n/a	85.39%
74	Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles	CA	26.05%	163	3.74	n/a	79.72%
75	Michigan State University	MI	26.02%	162	3.73	n/a	77.35%
76	University of Oklahoma	OK	33.36%	162	3.73	n/a	91.67%
77	Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT)	IL	38.61%	161	3.72	n/a	79.71%
78	University of Kentucky	KY	40.78%	159	3.72	n/a	79.82%
79	University of Maryland	MD	26.08%	164	3.72	n/a	81.69%
80	University of Missouri	MO	41.98%	161	3.72	n/a	86.18%
81	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)	MN	57.62%	159	3.72	n/a	85.14%
82	University of Arkansas	AR	26.63%	158	3.71	n/a	80%
83	University at Buffalo	NY	42.37%	157	3.71	n/a	88.46%
84	University of California College of the Law, San Francisco	CA	27.48%	161	3.71	n/a	86.25%
85	Penn State Dickinson Law	PA	42.99%	159	3.71	n/a	87.56%
86	Seton Hall University	NJ	34.27%	161	3.71	n/a	87.13%
87	University of California-Davis	CA	15.97%	165	3.7	n/a	93.24%
88	Chapman University	CA	20.53%	163	3.7	n/a	80.31%
89	Loyola University-Chicago	IL	28.18%	161	3.7	n/a	85.71%
90	University of Maine	ME	37.27%	158	3.7	n/a	85.06%
91	Marquette University	WI	22.11%	158	3.7	n/a	n/a
92	Texas Tech University	TX	25.61%	159	3.69	n/a	95.52%
93	Catholic University of America, The	DC	32.4%	161	3.68	n/a	90.38%
94	The University of Mississippi	MS	41.96%	157	3.68	n/a	78.18%
95	Regent University	VA	44.32%	158	3.68	n/a	91.26%
96	Washburn University	KS	46.45%	155	3.68	n/a	73.91%
97	Drake University	IA	54.82%	156	3.67	n/a	77.19%
98	University of Louisville	KY	63.39%	157	3.67	n/a	84.48%
99	University of South Carolina	SC	29.9%	162	3.67	n/a	90.05%
100	Tulane University	LA	39.97%	161	3.67	n/a	76.12%
101	University of Denver	CO	41.33%	160	3.66	n/a	81.47%
102	Rutgers University	NJ	33.54%	158	3.66	n/a	79.11%
103	Hofstra University	NY	40.56%	157	3.65	n/a	79.17%
104	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	45.94%	156	3.65	n/a	82.26%
105	Quinnipiac University	CT	43.1%	155	3.65	n/a	75.44%
106	West Virginia University	WV	40.34%	155	3.65	n/a	78.72%
107	Georgia State University	GA	30.57%	160	3.64	n/a	87.43%
108	University of Montana	MT	51.41%	156	3.64	n/a	82.5%
109	American University	DC	33.28%	162	3.63	n/a	86.61%
110	Howard University	DC	24.05%	156	3.63	n/a	78.01%
111	New York Law School	NY	39.67%	157	3.63	n/a	86.47%
112	Samford University	AL	48.97%	156	3.63	n/a	90.44%
113	Stetson University	FL	36.44%	159	3.63	n/a	84.86%
114	Duquesne University	PA	43.23%	157	3.62	n/a	89.66%
115	University of Hawaii	HI	26.24%	158	3.62	n/a	77.08%
116	Mercer University	GA	37.75%	157	3.62	n/a	86.52%
117	University of Oregon	OR	54.97%	160	3.62	n/a	79.17%
118	DePaul University	IL	34.81%	158	3.61	n/a	83.78%
119	Saint Louis University	MO	56.43%	157	3.61	n/a	89.09%
120	University of Dayton	OH	30.66%	157	3.6	n/a	87.5%
121	Seattle University	WA	38.93%	159	3.6	n/a	79.51%
122	Syracuse University	NY	34.59%	158	3.6	n/a	84.77%
123	Brooklyn Law School	NY	44%	161	3.59	n/a	85.47%
124	Lewis & Clark Law School	OR	54.72%	161	3.59	n/a	86.67%
125	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	55.86%	155	3.58	n/a	80.38%
126	Suffolk University	MA	61.85%	155	3.58	n/a	80.75%
127	The University of New Mexico	NM	41.41%	157	3.56	n/a	77%
128	Oklahoma City University	OK	51.61%	151	3.56	n/a	75.94%
129	Gonzaga University	WA	51.14%	155	3.55	n/a	85.85%
130	University of Wyoming	WY	35.82%	156	3.55	n/a	83.05%
131	Albany Law School	NY	37.45%	158	3.54	n/a	86.71%
132	City University of New York (CUNY)	NY	28.65%	155	3.54	n/a	69.04%
133	University of Idaho	ID	66.76%	153	3.54	n/a	75.2%
134	Liberty University	VA	58.76%	154	3.54	n/a	85.29%
135	Pace University	NY	44.13%	154	3.54	n/a	65.18%
136	University of Pittsburgh	PA	34.87%	160	3.54	n/a	93.04%
137	The University of Memphis	TN	41.07%	155	3.53	n/a	72.63%
138	The University of Toledo	OH	52.52%	153	3.53	n/a	77.38%
139	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	41.41%	156	3.52	n/a	71.53%
140	Nova Southeastern University	FL	47.33%	155	3.52	n/a	74.47%
141	University of the Pacific (McGeorge)	CA	54.41%	156	3.52	n/a	71.13%
142	The University of Akron	OH	58.53%	154	3.51	n/a	70.16%
143	Campbell University	NC	50.68%	156	3.51	n/a	93.48%
144	Charleston School of Law	SC	50.2%	154	3.51	n/a	77.38%
145	Creighton University	NE	64.54%	153	3.51	n/a	71.17%
146	Southwestern Law School	CA	36.47%	157	3.51	n/a	72.07%
147	California Western School of Law	CA	46.92%	155	3.5	n/a	71.43%
148	Cleveland State University	OH	34.45%	155	3.5	n/a	72.65%
149	University of New Hampshire	NH	51.96%	155	3.5	n/a	73.78%
150	Santa Clara University	CA	52.58%	159	3.5	n/a	81.95%
151	St. Mary's University	TX	25.98%	153	3.49	n/a	84.62%
152	Florida A&M University	FL	34.67%	152	3.48	n/a	74.68%
153	Jacksonville University	FL	35.14%	156	3.48	n/a	92.31%
154	University of North Dakota	ND	63.09%	151	3.48	n/a	72.31%
155	Willamette University	OR	61.42%	154	3.48	n/a	64.58%
156	Loyola University-New Orleans	LA	50.93%	154	3.47	n/a	71.17%
157	University of San Francisco	CA	42.38%	155	3.47	n/a	80.87%
158	University of South Dakota	SD	62.62%	152	3.47	n/a	69.23%
159	University of Baltimore	MD	49.5%	155	3.45	n/a	70.53%
160	The University of Tulsa	OK	56.58%	157	3.45	n/a	71.05%
161	Capital University Law School	OH	65.9%	151	3.44	n/a	73.68%
162	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	52.17%	153	3.44	n/a	78.7%
163	Roger Williams University	RI	61.32%	150	3.43	n/a	65.19%
164	St. Thomas University (Florida)	FL	60.25%	152	3.42	n/a	87.06%
165	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	AR	54.89%	153	3.41	n/a	78.91%
166	University of North Texas at Dallas	TX	24.22%	153	3.41	n/a	79.67%
167	Northern Illinois University	IL	44.27%	150	3.41	n/a	61.9%
168	Northern Kentucky University	KY	58.7%	154	3.41	n/a	76.19%
169	South Texas College of Law Houston	TX	33.65%	155	3.41	n/a	85.56%
170	Elon University	NC	53.21%	154	3.4	n/a	69.92%
171	University of Illinois-Chicago	IL	52.57%	153	3.4	n/a	68.82%
172	Inter American University of Puerto Rico	PR	50.92%	144	3.39	n/a	56.02%
173	Southern Illinois University	IL	56.22%	149	3.38	n/a	74.24%
174	Mississippi College	MS	59.8%	152	3.37	n/a	81.63%
175	New England Law/Boston	MA	61.3%	153	3.37	n/a	73.88%
176	Ave Maria School of Law	FL	46.95%	155	3.36	n/a	77.46%
177	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	MA	52.17%	152	3.36	n/a	62.63%
178	Western State College of Law (Westcliff University)	CA	43.67%	152	3.36	n/a	81.11%
179	Touro University	NY	45.62%	153	3.35	n/a	67.86%
180	Ohio Northern University	OH	n/a	149	3.34	n/a	56.41%
181	Faulkner University	AL	53.87%	150	3.33	n/a	67.5%
182	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico	PR	61.54%	139	3.33	n/a	44.85%
183	Texas Southern University	TX	33.12%	150	3.33	n/a	62.89%
184	Widener University Commonwealth Law School	PA	60.4%	150	3.33	n/a	68.93%
185	Widener University Delaware Law School	DE	59.68%	152	3.33	n/a	75.88%
186	North Carolina Central University	NC	n/a	151	3.31	n/a	59.4%
187	Mitchell/Hamline School of Law	MN	51.4%	154	3.29	n/a	71.95%
188	University of District of Columbia	DC	36.98%	151	3.28	n/a	57.89%
189	Western New England University	MA	51.89%	153	3.27	n/a	68%
190	Vermont Law School	VT	58.53%	152	3.25	n/a	67.91%
191	Barry University	FL	55.94%	150	3.23	n/a	58.85%
192	Appalachian School of Law	VA	60.93%	146	3.2	n/a	54.76%
193	Southern University	LA	56.55%	147	3.15	n/a	68.09%
194	Atlanta's John Marshall Law School	GA	32.65%	152	3.13	n/a	63.81%
195	Wilmington University School of Law	DE	52.01%	149	3.13	n/a	n/a
196	Cooley Law School	MI	52.91%	147	3.09	n/a	51.45%