Most Competitive Law Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

50 schools · ABA 509 data, 2025 entering class.

#	School	State	Acceptance	Median LSAT	Median GPA	Tuition	Bar pass (1st time)
1	Yale University	CT	4.06%	174	3.96	n/a	98.54%
2	Stanford University	CA	6.1%	173	3.96	n/a	99.43%
3	University of Pennsylvania	PA	8.05%	173	3.95	n/a	94.42%
4	Boston College	MA	8.48%	168	3.83	n/a	96.19%
5	University of Michigan	MI	8.57%	171	3.88	n/a	94.15%
6	Harvard University	MA	9.2%	174	3.96	n/a	97.9%
7	The University of Chicago	IL	9.74%	174	3.97	n/a	96.73%
8	University of Virginia	VA	10.17%	173	3.99	n/a	95.11%
9	University of Southern California	CA	11.17%	169	3.91	n/a	94.14%
10	University of North Carolina	NC	11.19%	168	3.89	n/a	94.12%
11	Columbia University	NY	11.84%	173	3.92	n/a	94.73%
12	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	12.05%	171	3.95	n/a	96.65%
13	Boston University	MA	12.08%	170	3.88	n/a	94.93%
14	Texas A&M University	TX	12.1%	169	4	n/a	95.28%
15	Northwestern University	IL	12.3%	173	3.96	n/a	91.83%
16	University of Georgia	GA	12.72%	169	3.92	n/a	88.37%
17	Duke University	NC	12.88%	171	3.91	n/a	98.23%
18	Vanderbilt University	TN	13.26%	170	3.91	n/a	94.64%
19	New York University	NY	13.39%	172	3.92	n/a	96.94%
20	University of Texas	TX	13.99%	172	3.89	n/a	96.39%
21	University of California-Berkeley	CA	14.84%	170	3.92	n/a	94.79%
22	University of California-Irvine	CA	14.92%	169	3.8	n/a	89.87%
23	Georgetown University	DC	15.75%	171	3.93	n/a	94.55%
24	George Mason University	VA	15.87%	169	3.93	n/a	86.34%
25	University of California-Davis	CA	15.97%	165	3.7	n/a	93.24%
26	Florida State University	FL	15.97%	166	3.93	n/a	88.81%
27	University of Notre Dame	IN	16.07%	170	3.89	n/a	89.44%
28	Fordham University	NY	16.22%	168	3.79	n/a	90.8%
29	University of Florida	FL	16.52%	169	3.91	n/a	90.2%
30	Cornell University	NY	18.19%	173	3.92	n/a	93.68%
31	Florida International University	FL	18.77%	161	3.8	n/a	85.9%
32	Baylor University	TX	18.94%	164	3.77	n/a	93.69%
33	Washington University (St. Louis)	MO	18.96%	175	3.96	n/a	89.63%
34	University of Wisconsin	WI	19.12%	167	3.81	n/a	75%
35	University of Washington	WA	19.61%	165	3.76	n/a	92.61%
36	Arizona State University	AZ	19.78%	165	3.91	n/a	91.94%
37	University of Connecticut	CT	20.05%	162	3.78	n/a	82.81%
38	Chapman University	CA	20.53%	163	3.7	n/a	80.31%
39	William & Mary Law School	VA	21.97%	166	3.82	n/a	92.78%
40	Marquette University	WI	22.11%	158	3.7	n/a	n/a
41	Washington and Lee University	VA	22.73%	167	3.75	n/a	93.46%
42	Brigham Young University	UT	22.8%	170	3.95	n/a	96.85%
43	University of Houston	TX	22.99%	163	3.79	n/a	84.45%
44	St. John's University	NY	23.05%	164	3.81	n/a	87.55%
45	Pepperdine University	CA	23.36%	164	3.85	n/a	90.71%
46	University of San Diego	CA	23.51%	163	3.84	n/a	86.73%
47	Howard University	DC	24.05%	156	3.63	n/a	78.01%
48	University of North Texas at Dallas	TX	24.22%	153	3.41	n/a	79.67%
49	Northeastern University	MA	24.22%	164	3.77	n/a	90.52%
50	Temple University	PA	24.38%	165	3.76	n/a	89%