Based on the 2025 ABA 509 Report, 8811 candidates submitted JD applications to Fordham Law School and 1429 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is
moderately selective for prospective students with an acceptance rate of -.
The JD program at Fordham Law School enrolls a first-year class of 444 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 30.3%.
This means that of the 1429 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 433 chose to enroll. Understanding these law school admission statistics can help prospective JD applicants evaluate their chances and plan their application strategy.
For a competitive law school application to Fordham Law School, students should aim to meet or exceed the median statistics shown below. Meeting these GPA and LSAT targets significantly improves your chances of admission.
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The above statistics show that Fordham Law School typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from - (25th percentile) to - (75th percentile), with a median of -.
For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from - to -, with a median of -.
With an acceptance rate of -, Fordham Law School is considered a moderately selective law school in terms of admissions.
What these numbers mean
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Percentiles: The 25th/50th/75th percentiles show the distribution of scores among admitted students.
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Applications: Total number of people who applied to this law school.
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Acceptance Rate: Percentage of applicants who received offers (lower = more selective).
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Yield Rate: Percentage of admitted students who enrolled (higher = more desirable).