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Official ABA data Updated Dec 2025

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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	St.	Pass Bar	State Bar	Male Fac.	Fem. Fac.	Min. Fac.	Min. Stu.
1	Yale University	3.9	3.96	4.0	3.95	171	174	177	174.0	4.1%	7.4	74.9%	95.3%	26.0%	CT	96.5%	83.6%	62.8%	37.2%	16.5%	54.0%
2	Harvard University	3.89	3.96	4.0	3.95	171	174	176	173.7	9.2%	8.8	85.9%	96.6%	17.5%	MA	97.9%	83.4%	57.8%	42.2%	25.8%	46.9%
2	U. of Chicago	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%
4	Stanford University	3.87	3.96	4.0	3.94	171	173	176	173.3	6.1%	5.8	73.9%	96.0%	17.6%	CA	96.5%	81.4%	54.4%	45.6%	23.0%	63.2%
5	Columbia University	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%
6	Cornell University	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%
6	U. of Virginia	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%
6	Washington U. in St Louis	3.58	3.96	4.0	3.85	165	175	176	172.0	19.0%	6.2	95.1%	98.6%	9.5%	MO	93.6%	81.4%	54.3%	41.2%	16.5%	47.5%
9	New York University	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%
9	Northwestern University	3.76	3.96	4.0	3.91	167	173	175	171.7	12.3%	6.4	91.1%	98.1%	7.6%	IL	91.8%	81.0%	57.8%	41.8%	22.0%	51.3%
11	U. of Pennsylvania	3.77	3.95	4.0	3.91	167	173	174	171.3	8.1%	7.3	86.2%	99.7%	7.0%	PA	96.7%	82.9%	57.4%	42.6%	18.5%	49.5%
12	Duke University	3.83	3.91	3.96	3.90	169	171	172	170.7	12.9%	N/A	97.1%	99.3%	10.5%	NC	97.5%	82.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A	46.6%
12	U. of Michigan-Ann Arbor	3.74	3.88	3.95	3.86	168	171	173	170.7	8.6%	8.8	92.2%	97.2%	10.2%	MI	95.6%	80.4%	62.3%	37.7%	22.4%	41.0%
14	U. of Texas-Austin	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%
15	Brigham Young University	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%
15	Georgetown University	3.75	3.93	3.98	3.89	166	171	173	170.0	15.8%	10.4	88.9%	97.5%	6.7%	DC	93.1%	83.3%	59.6%	40.2%	21.1%	43.7%
15	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	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%
18	U. of California-Berkeley	3.84	3.92	3.99	3.92	167	170	172	169.7	14.8%	10.3	97.8%	97.8%	8.8%	CA	91.2%	79.9%	55.0%	44.4%	22.5%	54.3%
18	U. of California-Los Angeles	3.73	3.95	4.0	3.89	166	171	172	169.7	12.1%	7.2	96.8%	96.8%	N/A	CA	94.2%	78.9%	57.4%	40.9%	29.1%	52.6%
20	Vanderbilt University	3.77	3.91	3.97	3.88	167	170	171	169.3	13.3%	9.2	90.4%	98.2%	9.0%	TN	94.5%	81.1%	63.2%	36.8%	16.4%	37.3%
21	U. of Notre Dame	3.78	3.89	3.95	3.87	166	170	171	169.0	16.1%	10.2	91.4%	98.9%	16.6%	IN	92.2%	79.8%	73.1%	26.2%	15.0%	33.2%
22	Boston University	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%
22	U. of California-Irvine	3.59	3.8	3.9	3.76	166	169	170	168.3	14.9%	9.1	92.7%	92.7%	1.8%	CA	85.5%	78.0%	37.2%	46.7%	29.9%	59.4%
24	U. of Florida (Levin)	3.7	3.91	3.97	3.86	165	169	170	168.0	16.5%	7.0	90.2%	95.1%	5.7%	FL	88.6%	75.2%	61.3%	38.1%	23.7%	41.5%
24	U. of Southern California	3.73	3.91	3.97	3.87	165	169	170	168.0	11.2%	7.5	87.3%	95.7%	4.5%	CA	94.0%	78.7%	60.5%	37.7%	27.4%	61.1%
26	Fordham University	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%
27	George Mason U. (Scalia)	3.55	3.93	3.98	3.82	162	169	171	167.3	15.9%	8.4	82.7%	91.3%	6.4%	VA	86.0%	80.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A	31.1%
27	U. of N. Carolina-Chap. Hill	3.78	3.89	3.97	3.88	165	168	169	167.3	11.2%	8.1	97.1%	97.1%	N/A	NC	92.3%	79.6%	50.3%	49.7%	13.6%	31.9%
29	George Washington U.	3.55	3.86	3.93	3.78	162	168	170	166.7	27.2%	14.2	95.1%	98.6%	9.5%	DC	90.2%	82.7%	61.8%	37.6%	23.7%	45.6%
29	Ohio State University (Moritz)	3.64	3.91	3.97	3.84	163	168	169	166.7	24.6%	8.0	88.8%	96.2%	4.6%	OH	92.0%	80.3%	51.8%	48.2%	18.4%	30.2%
29	Texas A&M University	3.67	4.0	4.0	3.89	161	169	170	166.7	12.1%	5.7	93.8%	100.0%	3.4%	TX	96.0%	81.4%	56.1%	43.9%	17.6%	40.2%
32	Boston College	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%
32	U. of Georgia	3.7	3.92	3.97	3.86	159	169	171	166.3	12.7%	8.5	91.0%	93.7%	9.0%	GA	90.4%	79.7%	48.8%	44.7%	13.0%	36.2%
34	Southern Methodist Univ.	3.52	3.81	3.92	3.75	163	167	168	166.0	24.6%	11.4	86.9%	96.2%	2.1%	TX	90.2%	81.4%	63.1%	36.9%	19.7%	35.0%
35	U. of Wisconsin-Madison	3.61	3.81	3.93	3.78	161	167	169	165.7	19.1%	8.4	88.5%	95.8%	5.0%	WI	80.0%	78.7%	49.2%	48.1%	19.8%	25.9%
35	Wake Forest University	3.6	3.79	3.9	3.76	163	166	168	165.7	24.6%	11.7	87.3%	96.4%	4.2%	NC	88.2%	79.3%	56.7%	43.3%	17.3%	20.6%
37	Emory University	3.68	3.82	3.87	3.79	162	166	168	165.3	30.1%	15.0	87.7%	96.3%	3.8%	GA	88.4%	80.5%	51.5%	48.5%	20.6%	46.8%
37	U. of Alabama	3.76	3.97	4.05	3.93	161	167	168	165.3	25.6%	8.4	87.7%	92.2%	11.0%	AL	91.4%	80.4%	64.3%	35.7%	16.1%	21.6%
37	U. of Utah (SJ Quinney)	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%
37	Washington and Lee U.	3.51	3.75	3.85	3.70	161	167	168	165.3	22.7%	10.2	91.5%	95.7%	6.4%	VA	89.4%	80.1%	56.5%	43.5%	16.3%	55.0%
41	Temple University (Beasley)	3.59	3.76	3.9	3.75	162	165	168	165.0	24.4%	9.9	85.9%	94.1%	3.3%	PA	90.3%	79.7%	52.8%	46.3%	25.1%	38.6%
42	Cardozo-Yeshiva University	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%
42	College of William and Mary	3.53	3.82	3.94	3.76	161	166	167	164.7	22.0%	10.8	88.7%	96.8%	7.9%	VA	83.6%	80.0%	56.5%	32.9%	11.2%	28.2%
42	U. of Illinois-Urbana-Champ.	3.55	3.81	3.92	3.76	160	166	168	164.7	32.9%	9.4	91.6%	99.0%	5.8%	IL	93.6%	79.1%	55.6%	44.4%	21.8%	43.0%
42	U. of Washington	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%
46	Pepperdine University	3.61	3.85	3.94	3.80	161	164	167	164.0	23.4%	11.1	82.7%	93.3%	2.4%	CA	86.8%	78.0%	59.2%	38.0%	23.9%	38.2%
46	U. of California-Davis	3.49	3.7	3.87	3.69	160	165	167	164.0	16.0%	12.4	91.4%	91.4%	1.2%	CA	88.9%	77.8%	47.9%	47.1%	34.7%	60.7%
46	U. of Colorado-Boulder	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%
49	Florida State University	3.6	3.93	3.99	3.84	158	166	167	163.7	16.0%	6.5	87.9%	94.6%	1.0%	FL	87.2%	73.4%	57.5%	42.5%	20.5%	32.3%
49	Northeastern University	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%

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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.

State & Bar Passage Rates

The bar passage rates reflect those among first-time test takers for the winter and summer 2024 administrations of the bar examinations. "State Bar" indicates the statewide bar passage rate for the jurisdiction in which the greatest number of the law school's graduates took the bar exam for the reported period. "Pass Bar" is the bar passage rate among those students who passed the bar exam within that jurisdiction.

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.

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