Best Law Schools Rankings
Yale Law School ranked first and Stanford 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 Baylor Law School has the lowest score of 164.
- The average acceptance rate of the schools is 36.09%. Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) rate of 4% and University of Illinois College of Law has the loosest (lowest) rate of 33%.
- 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 | Stanford Law School Stanford, CA | $82,122 | 173 | 3.96 | 6.1% | 670 | 96.5% |
| 3 | Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA | $86,344 | 174 | 3.96 | 9.2% | 2,025 | 97.9% |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia, PA | $88,184 | 173 | 3.95 | 8.1% | 1,032 | 96.7% |
| 5 | University of Chicago Law School Chicago, IL | $88,500 | 174 | 3.97 | 9.7% | 710 | 97.4% |
| 6 | University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, VA | $84,900 | 173 | 3.99 | 10.2% | 982 | 95.0% |
| 7 | University of Michigan Law School Ann Arbor, MI | $83,422 | 171 | 3.88 | 8.6% | 1,032 | 95.6% |
| 8 | 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% |
| 9 | Boston College Law School Newton, MA | $75,680 | 168 | 3.83 | 8.5% | 638 | 93.8% |
| 10 | University of Texas School of Law Austin, TX | $56,822 | 172 | 3.89 | 14.0% | 960 | 95.9% |
| 11 | New York University School of Law New York, NY | $90,638 | 172 | 3.92 | 13.4% | 2,172 | 96.7% |
| 12 | J. Reuben Clark Law School (Brigham Young University) Provo, UT | $32,944 | 170 | 3.95 | 22.8% | 358 | 90.4% |
| 13 | Duke University School of Law Durham, NC | $85,074 | 171 | 3.91 | 12.9% | 830 | 97.5% |
| 14 | Los Angeles School of Law (University of California-Los Angeles) Los Angeles, CA | $76,992 | 171 | 3.95 | 12.1% | 1,376 | 94.2% |
| 15 | Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Chicago, IL | $83,938 | 173 | 3.96 | 12.3% | 1,205 | 91.8% |
| 16 | University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, NC | $57,854 | 168 | 3.89 | 11.2% | 543 | 92.3% |
| 17 | Gould School of Law (University of Southern California) Los Angeles, CA | $88,436 | 169 | 3.91 | 11.2% | 1,543 | 94.0% |
| 18 | Washington University School of Law St. Louis, MO | $76,589 | 175 | 3.96 | 19.0% | 1,122 | 93.6% |
| 19 | Cornell Law School Ithaca, NY | $88,609 | 173 | 3.92 | 18.2% | 933 | 96.4% |
| 20 | Texas A&M University School of Law Fort Worth, TX | $50,145 | 169 | 4.00 | 12.1% | 2,396 | 96.0% |
| 21 | Boston University School of Law Boston, MA | $74,582 | 170 | 3.88 | 12.1% | 1,084 | 92.3% |
| 22 | Vanderbilt University Law School Nashville, TN | $81,492 | 170 | 3.91 | 13.3% | 656 | 94.5% |
| 23 | Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC | $87,588 | 171 | 3.93 | 15.8% | 3,028 | 93.1% |
| 24 | Berkeley School of Law (University of California-Berkeley) Berkeley, CA | $84,476 | 170 | 3.92 | 14.8% | 1,128 | 91.2% |
| 25 | University of Georgia School of Law Athens, GA | $41,646 | 169 | 3.92 | 12.7% | 1,000 | 90.4% |
| 26 | Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IL | $76,336 | 170 | 3.89 | 16.1% | 602 | 92.2% |
| 27 | Levin College of Law (University of Florida) Gainesville, FL | $42,396 | 169 | 3.91 | 16.5% | 781 | 88.6% |
| 28 | Fordham University School of Law New York, NY | $82,814 | 168 | 3.79 | 16.2% | 1,691 | 93.0% |
| 29 | University of Minnesota Law School Minneapolis, MN | $67,710 | 171 | 3.88 | 26.7% | 707 | 94.1% |
| 30 | George Mason University School of Law Arlington, VA | $44,044 | 169 | 3.93 | 15.9% | 810 | 86.0% |
| 31 | Irvine School of Law (University of California-Irvine) Irvine, CA | $76,396 | 169 | 3.80 | 14.9% | 532 | 85.5% |
| 32 | Florida State University College of Law Tallahassee, FL | $46,009 | 166 | 3.93 | 16.0% | 1,419 | 87.2% |
| 33 | Michael E. Moritz College of Law (Ohio State University-Main Campus) Columbus, OH | $52,648 | 168 | 3.91 | 24.6% | 611 | 92.0% |
| 34 | The University of Alabama School of Law Tuscaloosa, AL | $49,710 | 167 | 3.97 | 25.6% | 392 | 91.4% |
| 35 | S.J. Quinney College of Law (University of Utah) Salt Lake City, UT | $48,055 | 166 | 3.87 | 25.3% | 354 | 94.7% |
| 36 | Dedman School of Law (Southern Methodist University) Dallas, TX | $70,750 | 167 | 3.81 | 24.6% | 746 | 90.2% |
| 37 | University of Washington School of Law Seattle, WA | $60,174 | 165 | 3.76 | 19.6% | 770 | 91.7% |
| 38 | The George Washington University Law School Washington, DC | $78,060 | 168 | 3.86 | 27.2% | 2,030 | 90.2% |
| 39 | Baylor Law School Waco, TX | $69,605 | 164 | 3.77 | 20.6% | 448 | 94.9% |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin Law School Madison, MI | $56,681 | 167 | 3.81 | 19.1% | 690 | 80.0% |
| 41 | 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% |
| 42 | University of Illinois College of Law Champaign, IL | $52,293 | 166 | 3.81 | 32.9% | 670 | 93.6% |
| 43 | Washington and Lee University School of Law Lexington, VA | $62,835 | 167 | 3.75 | 22.7% | 369 | 89.4% |
| 44 | University of Tennessee College of Law Knoxville, TN | $39,496 | 164 | 3.89 | 24.8% | 510 | 91.9% |
| 45 | Beasley School of Law (Temple University) Philadelphia, PA | $51,878 | 165 | 3.76 | 24.4% | 895 | 90.3% |
| 46 | Marshall-Wythe School of Law (William & Mary) Williamsburg, VA | $74,208 | 166 | 3.82 | 22.0% | 544 | 83.6% |
| 47 | Emory University School of Law Atlanta, GA | $73,042 | 166 | 3.82 | 30.1% | 1,025 | 88.4% |
| 48 | Villanova University School of Law Villanova, PA | $63,185 | 164 | 3.80 | 25.9% | 786 | 91.3% |
| 49 | Wake Forest University School of Law Winston-Salem, NC | $62,124 | 166 | 3.79 | 24.6% | 717 | 88.2% |
| 50 | Wayne State University Law School Detroit, MI | $47,232 | 164 | 3.89 | 24.8% | 537 | 86.1% |
| Average | $55,459 | 160 | 3.647 | 36.1% | 737 | 80.3% |