Top 50 Law Schools by LSAT Median
50 schools · ABA 509 data, 2025 entering class.
| # | School | State | Acceptance | Median LSAT | Median GPA | Tuition | Bar pass (1st time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington University (St. Louis) | MO | 18.96% | 175 | 3.96 | n/a | 89.63% |
| 2 | The University of Chicago | IL | 9.74% | 174 | 3.97 | n/a | 96.73% |
| 3 | Harvard University | MA | 9.2% | 174 | 3.96 | n/a | 97.9% |
| 4 | Yale University | CT | 4.06% | 174 | 3.96 | n/a | 98.54% |
| 5 | Columbia University | NY | 11.84% | 173 | 3.92 | n/a | 94.73% |
| 6 | Cornell University | NY | 18.19% | 173 | 3.92 | n/a | 93.68% |
| 7 | Northwestern University | IL | 12.3% | 173 | 3.96 | n/a | 91.83% |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | PA | 8.05% | 173 | 3.95 | n/a | 94.42% |
| 9 | Stanford University | CA | 6.1% | 173 | 3.96 | n/a | 99.43% |
| 10 | University of Virginia | VA | 10.17% | 173 | 3.99 | n/a | 95.11% |
| 11 | New York University | NY | 13.39% | 172 | 3.92 | n/a | 96.94% |
| 12 | University of Texas | TX | 13.99% | 172 | 3.89 | n/a | 96.39% |
| 13 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | 12.05% | 171 | 3.95 | n/a | 96.65% |
| 14 | Duke University | NC | 12.88% | 171 | 3.91 | n/a | 98.23% |
| 15 | Georgetown University | DC | 15.75% | 171 | 3.93 | n/a | 94.55% |
| 16 | University of Michigan | MI | 8.57% | 171 | 3.88 | n/a | 94.15% |
| 17 | University of Minnesota | MN | 26.7% | 171 | 3.88 | n/a | 95.31% |
| 18 | Boston University | MA | 12.08% | 170 | 3.88 | n/a | 94.93% |
| 19 | Brigham Young University | UT | 22.8% | 170 | 3.95 | n/a | 96.85% |
| 20 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | 14.84% | 170 | 3.92 | n/a | 94.79% |
| 21 | University of Notre Dame | IN | 16.07% | 170 | 3.89 | n/a | 89.44% |
| 22 | Vanderbilt University | TN | 13.26% | 170 | 3.91 | n/a | 94.64% |
| 23 | University of California-Irvine | CA | 14.92% | 169 | 3.8 | n/a | 89.87% |
| 24 | University of Florida | FL | 16.52% | 169 | 3.91 | n/a | 90.2% |
| 25 | George Mason University | VA | 15.87% | 169 | 3.93 | n/a | 86.34% |
| 26 | University of Georgia | GA | 12.72% | 169 | 3.92 | n/a | 88.37% |
| 27 | University of Southern California | CA | 11.17% | 169 | 3.91 | n/a | 94.14% |
| 28 | Texas A&M University | TX | 12.1% | 169 | 4 | n/a | 95.28% |
| 29 | Boston College | MA | 8.48% | 168 | 3.83 | n/a | 96.19% |
| 30 | Fordham University | NY | 16.22% | 168 | 3.79 | n/a | 90.8% |
| 31 | George Washington University, The | DC | 27.21% | 168 | 3.86 | n/a | 87.66% |
| 32 | University of North Carolina | NC | 11.19% | 168 | 3.89 | n/a | 94.12% |
| 33 | The Ohio State University | OH | 24.62% | 168 | 3.91 | n/a | 93.13% |
| 34 | The University of Alabama | AL | 25.63% | 167 | 3.97 | n/a | 95.24% |
| 35 | Southern Methodist University | TX | 24.59% | 167 | 3.81 | n/a | 97.75% |
| 36 | Washington and Lee University | VA | 22.73% | 167 | 3.75 | n/a | 93.46% |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin | WI | 19.12% | 167 | 3.81 | n/a | 75% |
| 38 | Emory University | GA | 30.09% | 166 | 3.82 | n/a | 86.34% |
| 39 | Florida State University | FL | 15.97% | 166 | 3.93 | n/a | 88.81% |
| 40 | University of Illinois | IL | 32.93% | 166 | 3.81 | n/a | 93.2% |
| 41 | The University of Utah | UT | 25.28% | 166 | 3.87 | n/a | 94.57% |
| 42 | Wake Forest University | NC | 24.63% | 166 | 3.79 | n/a | 89.61% |
| 43 | William & Mary Law School | VA | 21.97% | 166 | 3.82 | n/a | 92.78% |
| 44 | Arizona State University | AZ | 19.78% | 165 | 3.91 | n/a | 91.94% |
| 45 | University of California-Davis | CA | 15.97% | 165 | 3.7 | n/a | 93.24% |
| 46 | Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University) | NY | 29.56% | 165 | 3.78 | n/a | 87.83% |
| 47 | Temple University | PA | 24.38% | 165 | 3.76 | n/a | 89% |
| 48 | University of Washington | WA | 19.61% | 165 | 3.76 | n/a | 92.61% |
| 49 | Baylor University | TX | 18.94% | 164 | 3.77 | n/a | 93.69% |
| 50 | University of Colorado | CO | 27.56% | 164 | 3.81 | n/a | 89.68% |