Best Law Schools

RankCollege Name2025 Tuition & FeesLSAT ScoreGPAAcceptance RateStudent PopulationBar Pass Rate
1Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
$73,8651753.965.6%70595.8%
2Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
$75,0081743.939.6%2,03198.5%
3Stanford Law School
Stanford, CA
$73,7131733.957.3%68294.4%
4University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, VA
$74,2001713.9411.5%96095.4%
5Columbia Law School
(Columbia University in the City of New York)
New York, NY
$81,2921733.9012.2%1,74893.7%
6University of Pennsylvania Law School
Philadelphia, PA
$76,9341723.929.9%1,04893.8%
7University of Chicago Law School
Chicago, IL
$77,8771733.9412.8%68694.3%
8University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
$72,5841713.8512.6%97895.5%
9New York University School of Law
New York, NY
$80,0141723.9016.8%2,09494.9%
10Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC
$75,9501713.9119.6%3,03091.6%
11Berkeley School of Law
(University of California-Berkeley)
Berkeley, CA
$74,9951703.8714.9%1,30293.4%
12Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL
$74,5521723.9215.5%1,18992.9%
13Duke University School of Law
Durham, NC
$75,6181703.8710.5%86893.5%
14Los Angeles School of Law
(University of California-Los Angeles)
Los Angeles, CA
$68,7001703.9216.8%1,37692.5%
15Cornell Law School
Ithaca, NY
$77,5931723.9018.4%87590.3%
16University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX
$54,0961713.8614.9%1,00590.4%
17Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, MO
$67,7441733.9517.2%1,34192.3%
18J. Reuben Clark Law School
(Brigham Young University)
Provo, UT
$30,1521683.9428.8%37993.2%
19University of North Carolina School of Law
Chapel Hill, NC
$48,2041663.7816.3%57293.8%
20Gould School of Law
(University of Southern California)
Los Angeles, CA
$78,0381693.8812.5%1,43689.0%
21Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville, TN
$72,1841703.8916.8%55592.1%
22University of Georgia School of Law
Athens, GA
$37,7521693.8314.8%69489.1%
23Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA
$65,0201703.8617.8%1,07090.6%
24University of Minnesota Law School
Minneapolis, MN
$58,3961683.8539.8%72093.5%
25George Mason University School of Law
Arlington, VA
$42,7981683.8914.0%92487.4%
26Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, IL
$68,5541693.8324.4%56592.7%
27University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, MI
$52,8931653.7935.6%72975.0%
28The George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
$69,7401683.8528.7%1,87086.1%
29Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY
$72,2821673.7521.1%1,57589.0%
30Levin College of Law
(University of Florida)
Gainesville, FL
$38,0401693.9117.0%76276.8%
31The University of Alabama School of Law
Tuscaloosa, AL
$44,4701673.9526.6%47391.3%
32S.J. Quinney College of Law
(University of Utah)
Salt Lake City, UT
$43,5981643.8530.2%32094.2%
33Irvine School of Law
(University of California-Irvine)
Irvine, CA
$68,1901673.7218.2%51084.4%
34Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, TX
$48,6181663.9714.6%1,68387.9%
35Emory University School of Law
Atlanta, GA
$65,5101663.8240.9%87986.6%
36Boston College Law School
Newton, MA
$66,8951673.7713.4%76591.8%
37Marshall-Wythe School of Law
(William & Mary)
Williamsburg, VA
$66,0431663.7727.3%55693.9%
38Villanova University School of Law
Villanova, PA
$56,2151643.8022.5%77780.9%
39Wake Forest University School of Law
Winston-Salem, NC
$54,1921653.7931.5%68289.8%
40Michael E. Moritz College of Law
(Ohio State University-Main Campus)
Columbus, OH
$49,2921653.8333.1%56489.9%
41University of Illinois College of Law
Champaign, IL
$51,8931653.7543.7%68390.5%
42Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
(Yeshiva University)
New York, NY
$70,6461643.7937.6%1,03083.5%
43Maurer School of Law
(Indiana University-Bloomington)
Bloomington, IN
$62,5261643.8646.9%61182.5%
44Davis School of Law
(University of California-Davis)
Davis, CA
$67,1641653.6929.0%71881.8%
45Florida International University College of Law
Miami, FL
$36,0491603.7425.2%59180.3%
46Washington and Lee University School of Law
Lexington, VA
$55,5501653.7231.4%38090.3%
47Florida State University College of Law
Tallahassee, FL
$40,7051653.8521.1%1,31177.2%
48University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa City, IA
$51,9551633.7647.7%55584.7%
49University of Missouri School of Law
Columbia, MO
$29,8771603.7052.5%42490.6%
Average$50,3561593.60642.3%71475.5%