Best Law Schools Rankings
Yale Law School ranked first and Harvard Law School ranked second in 2026 law school rankings. The 2026 average law school tuition & fees of the top 50 law schools is $55,459 (based on out-of-state rate). The average acceptance rate is 36.09% and the average LSAT score is 160.
The following list summarizes the important law school statistics for the top 50 law schools. The law school tuition is 2026 rate from each schools' finance / bursar office. The admission and other statistics is based on ABA and IPDES 2025 data.
- The 2026 average tuition & fees of the top 50 law schools is $55,459. Columbia Law School (Columbia University in the City of New York) has the highest tuition & fees of $92,194 and J. Reuben Clark Law School (Brigham Young University) has the lowest tuition & fees of $32,944.
- The average LSAT score of the top 50 law schools is 160. Washington University School of Law has the highest LSAT score of 175 and Belmont University College of Law has the lowest score of 161.
- The average acceptance rate of the schools is 36.09%. Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) rate of 4% and University of Kansas School of Law has the loosest (lowest) rate of 39%.
- The average law school population of the law schools is 737. Georgetown University Law Center has the most students of 3,028 and S.J. Quinney College of Law (University of Utah) has the fewest students of 354.
- The average bar exam pass rate (for first-time exam takers) of the law schools is 80.35%. Harvard Law School has the highest rate of 98% and University of Wisconsin Law School has the lowest rate of 80%.
Best Law Schools
| Rank | College Name | 2026 Tuition & Fees | LSAT Score | GPA | Acceptance Rate | Student Population | Bar Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale Law School New Haven, CT | $81,818 | 174 | 3.96 | 4.1% | 676 | 96.5% |
| 2 | Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA | $86,344 | 174 | 3.96 | 9.2% | 2,025 | 97.9% |
| 3 | Stanford Law School Stanford, CA | $82,122 | 173 | 3.96 | 6.1% | 670 | 96.5% |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia, PA | $88,184 | 173 | 3.95 | 8.1% | 1,032 | 96.7% |
| 5 | Columbia Law School (Columbia University in the City of New York) New York, NY | $92,194 | 173 | 3.92 | 11.8% | 1,740 | 95.9% |
| 6 | University of Michigan Law School Ann Arbor, MI | $83,422 | 171 | 3.88 | 8.6% | 1,032 | 95.6% |
| 7 | University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, VA | $84,900 | 173 | 3.99 | 10.2% | 982 | 95.0% |
| 8 | University of Chicago Law School Chicago, IL | $88,500 | 174 | 3.97 | 9.7% | 710 | 97.4% |
| 9 | New York University School of Law New York, NY | $90,638 | 172 | 3.92 | 13.4% | 2,172 | 96.7% |
| 10 | J. Reuben Clark Law School (Brigham Young University) Provo, UT | $32,944 | 170 | 3.95 | 22.8% | 358 | 90.4% |
| 11 | Duke University School of Law Durham, NC | $85,074 | 171 | 3.91 | 12.9% | 830 | 97.5% |
| 12 | University of Texas School of Law Austin, TX | $56,822 | 172 | 3.89 | 14.0% | 960 | 95.9% |
| 13 | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Chicago, IL | $83,938 | 173 | 3.96 | 12.3% | 1,205 | 91.8% |
| 14 | Washington University School of Law St. Louis, MO | $76,589 | 175 | 3.96 | 19.0% | 1,122 | 93.6% |
| 15 | Cornell Law School Ithaca, NY | $88,609 | 173 | 3.92 | 18.2% | 933 | 96.4% |
| 16 | University of Georgia School of Law Athens, GA | $41,646 | 169 | 3.92 | 12.7% | 1,000 | 90.4% |
| 17 | University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, NC | $57,854 | 168 | 3.89 | 11.2% | 543 | 92.3% |
| 18 | Boston College Law School Newton, MA | $75,680 | 168 | 3.83 | 8.5% | 638 | 93.8% |
| 19 | Texas A&M University School of Law Fort Worth, TX | $50,145 | 169 | 4.00 | 12.1% | 2,396 | 96.0% |
| 20 | Vanderbilt University Law School Nashville, TN | $81,492 | 170 | 3.91 | 13.3% | 656 | 94.5% |
| 21 | Los Angeles School of Law (University of California-Los Angeles) Los Angeles, CA | $76,992 | 171 | 3.95 | 12.1% | 1,376 | 94.2% |
| 22 | Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC | $87,588 | 171 | 3.93 | 15.8% | 3,028 | 93.1% |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin Law School Madison, MI | $56,681 | 167 | 3.81 | 19.1% | 690 | 80.0% |
| 24 | George Mason University School of Law Arlington, VA | $44,044 | 169 | 3.93 | 15.9% | 810 | 86.0% |
| 25 | Berkeley School of Law (University of California-Berkeley) Berkeley, CA | $84,476 | 170 | 3.92 | 14.8% | 1,128 | 91.2% |
| 26 | Gould School of Law (University of Southern California) Los Angeles, CA | $88,436 | 169 | 3.91 | 11.2% | 1,543 | 94.0% |
| 27 | Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IL | $76,336 | 170 | 3.89 | 16.1% | 602 | 92.2% |
| 28 | S.J. Quinney College of Law (University of Utah) Salt Lake City, UT | $48,055 | 166 | 3.87 | 25.3% | 354 | 94.7% |
| 29 | Irvine School of Law (University of California-Irvine) Irvine, CA | $76,396 | 169 | 3.80 | 14.9% | 532 | 85.5% |
| 30 | Levin College of Law (University of Florida) Gainesville, FL | $42,396 | 169 | 3.91 | 16.5% | 781 | 88.6% |
| 31 | Boston University School of Law Boston, MA | $74,582 | 170 | 3.88 | 12.1% | 1,084 | 92.3% |
| 32 | Wake Forest University School of Law Winston-Salem, NC | $62,124 | 166 | 3.79 | 24.6% | 717 | 88.2% |
| 33 | Villanova University School of Law Villanova, PA | $63,185 | 164 | 3.80 | 25.9% | 786 | 91.3% |
| 34 | The University of Alabama School of Law Tuscaloosa, AL | $49,710 | 167 | 3.97 | 25.6% | 392 | 91.4% |
| 35 | University of Minnesota Law School Minneapolis, MN | $67,710 | 171 | 3.88 | 26.7% | 707 | 94.1% |
| 36 | Fordham University School of Law New York, NY | $82,814 | 168 | 3.79 | 16.2% | 1,691 | 93.0% |
| 37 | Michael E. Moritz College of Law (Ohio State University-Main Campus) Columbus, OH | $52,648 | 168 | 3.91 | 24.6% | 611 | 92.0% |
| 38 | Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix) Phoenix, AZ | $55,610 | 165 | 3.91 | 19.8% | 2,025 | 87.5% |
| 39 | Marshall-Wythe School of Law (William & Mary) Williamsburg, VA | $74,208 | 166 | 3.82 | 22.0% | 544 | 83.6% |
| 40 | Florida State University College of Law Tallahassee, FL | $46,009 | 166 | 3.93 | 16.0% | 1,419 | 87.2% |
| 41 | The George Washington University Law School Washington, DC | $78,060 | 168 | 3.86 | 27.2% | 2,030 | 90.2% |
| 42 | Baylor Law School Waco, TX | $69,605 | 164 | 3.77 | 20.6% | 448 | 94.9% |
| 43 | Dedman School of Law (Southern Methodist University) Dallas, TX | $70,750 | 167 | 3.81 | 24.6% | 746 | 90.2% |
| 44 | Belmont University College of Law Nashville, TN | $59,155 | 161 | 3.84 | 37.6% | 372 | 95.0% |
| 45 | University of Kansas School of Law Lawrence, KS | $35,055 | 162 | 3.85 | 39.1% | 385 | 92.2% |
| 46 | Florida International University College of Law Miami, FL | $37,475 | 161 | 3.80 | 18.8% | 666 | 88.3% |
| 47 | University of Washington School of Law Seattle, WA | $60,174 | 165 | 3.76 | 19.6% | 770 | 91.7% |
| 48 | Emory University School of Law Atlanta, GA | $73,042 | 166 | 3.82 | 30.1% | 1,025 | 88.4% |
| 49 | University of Tennessee College of Law Knoxville, TN | $39,496 | 164 | 3.89 | 24.8% | 510 | 91.9% |
| 50 | Washington and Lee University School of Law Lexington, VA | $62,835 | 167 | 3.75 | 22.7% | 369 | 89.4% |
| Average | $55,459 | 160 | 3.647 | 36.1% | 737 | 80.3% |