Best Law Schools Rankings
Yale Law School ranked first and Harvard Law School ranked second in 2025 law school rankings. The 2025 average law school tuition & fees of the top 50 law schools is $50,994 (based on out-of-state rate). The average acceptance rate is 42.35% and the average LSAT score is 159.
The following list summarizes the important law school statistics for the top 50 law schools. The law school tuition is 2025 rate from each schools' finance / bursar office. The admission and other statistics is based on ABA and IPDES 2024 data.
- The 2025 average tuition & fees of the top 50 law schools is $50,994. Columbia Law School (Columbia University in the City of New York) has the highest tuition & fees of $81,292 and University of Missouri School of Law has the lowest tuition & fees of $29,877.
- The average LSAT score of the top 50 law schools is 159. Yale Law School has the highest LSAT score of 175 and Florida International University College of Law has the lowest score of 160.
- The average acceptance rate of the schools is 42.35%. Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) rate of 6% and University of Missouri School of Law has the loosest (lowest) rate of 52%.
- The average law school population of the law schools is 714. Georgetown University Law Center has the most students of 3,030 and S.J. Quinney College of Law (University of Utah) has the fewest students of 320.
- The average bar exam pass rate (for first-time exam takers) of the law schools is 77.17%. University of Wisconsin Law School has the highest rate of 100% and University of Illinois College of Law has the lowest rate of 72%.
Best Law Schools
| Rank | College Name | 2025 Tuition & Fees | LSAT Score | GPA | Acceptance Rate | Student Population | Bar Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale Law School New Haven, CT | $76,369 | 175 | 3.96 | 5.6% | 705 | 96.8% |
| 2 | Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA | $78,692 | 174 | 3.93 | 9.6% | 2,031 | 96.1% |
| 3 | Stanford Law School Stanford, CA | $73,713 | 173 | 3.95 | 7.3% | 682 | 96.7% |
| 4 | University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, VA | $77,700 | 171 | 3.94 | 11.5% | 960 | 96.5% |
| 5 | Columbia Law School (Columbia University in the City of New York) New York, NY | $81,292 | 173 | 3.90 | 12.2% | 1,748 | 93.7% |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia, PA | $76,934 | 172 | 3.92 | 9.9% | 1,048 | 96.3% |
| 7 | University of Chicago Law School Chicago, IL | $77,877 | 173 | 3.94 | 12.8% | 686 | 97.1% |
| 8 | University of Michigan Law School Ann Arbor, MI | $72,584 | 171 | 3.85 | 12.6% | 978 | 97.3% |
| 9 | New York University School of Law New York, NY | $80,014 | 172 | 3.90 | 16.8% | 2,094 | 96.6% |
| 10 | Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC | $79,672 | 171 | 3.91 | 19.6% | 3,030 | 90.5% |
| 11 | Berkeley School of Law (University of California-Berkeley) Berkeley, CA | $74,995 | 170 | 3.87 | 14.9% | 1,302 | 88.2% |
| 12 | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Chicago, IL | $74,552 | 172 | 3.92 | 15.5% | 1,189 | 91.6% |
| 13 | Duke University School of Law Durham, NC | $75,618 | 170 | 3.87 | 10.5% | 868 | 94.4% |
| 14 | Los Angeles School of Law (University of California-Los Angeles) Los Angeles, CA | $71,430 | 170 | 3.92 | 16.8% | 1,376 | 88.8% |
| 15 | Cornell Law School Ithaca, NY | $77,593 | 172 | 3.90 | 18.4% | 875 | 94.3% |
| 16 | University of Texas School of Law Austin, TX | $54,096 | 171 | 3.86 | 14.9% | 1,005 | 94.0% |
| 17 | Washington University School of Law St. Louis, MO | $67,744 | 173 | 3.95 | 17.2% | 1,341 | 91.9% |
| 18 | J. Reuben Clark Law School (Brigham Young University) Provo, UT | $30,152 | 168 | 3.94 | 28.8% | 379 | 95.4% |
| 19 | University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, NC | $51,486 | 166 | 3.78 | 16.3% | 572 | 92.0% |
| 20 | Gould School of Law (University of Southern California) Los Angeles, CA | $78,038 | 169 | 3.88 | 12.5% | 1,436 | 82.4% |
| 21 | Vanderbilt University Law School Nashville, TN | $75,440 | 170 | 3.89 | 16.8% | 555 | 97.0% |
| 22 | University of Georgia School of Law Athens, GA | $37,752 | 169 | 3.83 | 14.8% | 694 | 83.7% |
| 23 | Boston University School of Law Boston, MA | $65,020 | 170 | 3.86 | 17.8% | 1,070 | 87.7% |
| 24 | University of Minnesota Law School Minneapolis, MN | $58,396 | 168 | 3.85 | 39.8% | 720 | 89.6% |
| 25 | George Mason University School of Law Arlington, VA | $42,798 | 168 | 3.89 | 14.0% | 924 | 87.4% |
| 26 | Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IL | $68,554 | 169 | 3.83 | 24.4% | 565 | 91.5% |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin Law School Madison, MI | $52,893 | 165 | 3.79 | 35.6% | 729 | 100.0% |
| 28 | The George Washington University Law School Washington, DC | $69,740 | 168 | 3.85 | 28.7% | 1,870 | 86.1% |
| 29 | Fordham University School of Law New York, NY | $72,282 | 167 | 3.75 | 21.1% | 1,575 | 87.8% |
| 30 | Levin College of Law (University of Florida) Gainesville, FL | $38,040 | 169 | 3.91 | 17.0% | 762 | 81.9% |
| 31 | The University of Alabama School of Law Tuscaloosa, AL | $44,470 | 167 | 3.95 | 26.6% | 473 | 91.3% |
| 32 | S.J. Quinney College of Law (University of Utah) Salt Lake City, UT | $43,598 | 164 | 3.85 | 30.2% | 320 | 94.0% |
| 33 | Irvine School of Law (University of California-Irvine) Irvine, CA | $68,190 | 167 | 3.72 | 18.2% | 510 | 86.9% |
| 34 | Texas A&M University School of Law Fort Worth, TX | $48,618 | 166 | 3.97 | 14.6% | 1,683 | 93.0% |
| 35 | Emory University School of Law Atlanta, GA | $65,510 | 166 | 3.82 | 40.9% | 879 | 86.2% |
| 36 | Boston College Law School Newton, MA | $66,895 | 167 | 3.77 | 13.4% | 765 | 95.9% |
| 37 | Marshall-Wythe School of Law (William & Mary) Williamsburg, VA | $68,329 | 166 | 3.77 | 27.3% | 556 | 93.0% |
| 38 | Villanova University School of Law Villanova, PA | $58,615 | 164 | 3.80 | 22.5% | 777 | 91.8% |
| 39 | Wake Forest University School of Law Winston-Salem, NC | $54,192 | 165 | 3.79 | 31.5% | 682 | 93.3% |
| 40 | Michael E. Moritz College of Law (Ohio State University-Main Campus) Columbus, OH | $49,292 | 165 | 3.83 | 33.1% | 564 | 90.7% |
| 41 | University of Illinois College of Law Champaign, IL | $51,893 | 165 | 3.75 | 43.7% | 683 | 72.5% |
| 42 | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University) New York, NY | $73,440 | 164 | 3.79 | 37.6% | 1,030 | 83.9% |
| 43 | Maurer School of Law (Indiana University-Bloomington) Bloomington, IN | $62,526 | 164 | 3.86 | 46.9% | 611 | 81.5% |
| 44 | Davis School of Law (University of California-Davis) Davis, CA | $67,164 | 165 | 3.69 | 29.0% | 718 | 82.7% |
| 45 | Florida International University College of Law Miami, FL | $36,049 | 160 | 3.74 | 25.2% | 591 | 86.5% |
| 46 | Washington and Lee University School of Law Lexington, VA | $55,550 | 165 | 3.72 | 31.4% | 380 | 83.3% |
| 47 | Florida State University College of Law Tallahassee, FL | $40,705 | 165 | 3.85 | 21.1% | 1,311 | 83.0% |
| 48 | University of Iowa College of Law Iowa City, IA | $51,955 | 163 | 3.76 | 47.7% | 555 | 88.9% |
| 49 | University of Missouri School of Law Columbia, MO | $29,877 | 160 | 3.70 | 52.5% | 424 | 86.9% |
| Average | $50,994 | 159 | 3.606 | 42.3% | 714 | 77.2% |