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Law School Rankings for 2022
Top law school rankings for 2021-2022.
One way to compare schools is the USNews law school rankings of top law schools (but not the only way).
Below you will find the law school rankings for 2022 as well as the GPA and LSAT scores of accepted students. Click on a school name for in-depth information on that school. If you scroll to the bottom you can find Top-5s on different metrics. We hope with these other rankings you will start to look beyond USNews to determine the top law schools for you.
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| Rank | Name | 25th | 50th | 75th | 25th | 50th | 75th | Acceptance |
LSAT | GPA | |||||||
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Rank | Name | 25th | 50th | 75th | 25th | 50th | 75th | Acceptance |
| 1 | Yale University | 171 | 174 | 177 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1% |
| 2 | Stanford University | 170 | 172 | 175 | 3.81 | 3.91 | 3.99 | 6.3% |
| 3 | University of Chicago | 169 | 172 | 175 | 3.82 | 3.91 | 3.98 | 11.9% |
| 4 | Columbia University | 172 | 174 | 176 | 3.75 | 3.84 | 3.92 | 11.4% |
| 4 | Harvard University | 170 | 174 | 176 | 3.82 | 3.92 | 3.98 | 6.9% |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 167 | 171 | 173 | 3.56 | 3.9 | 3.96 | 9.4% |
| 7 | New York University | 170 | 172 | 174 | 3.73 | 3.86 | 3.93 | 14.5% |
| 8 | University of Virginia | 166 | 171 | 173 | 3.64 | 3.91 | 3.97 | 9.7% |
| 9 | University of California—Berkeley | 165 | 169 | 171 | 3.74 | 3.83 | 3.92 | 13.7% |
| 10 | University of Michigan | 166 | 171 | 172 | 3.61 | 3.84 | 3.93 | 10.6% |
| 11 | Duke University | 167 | 170 | 172 | 3.7 | 3.82 | 3.91 | 14.4% |
| 12 | Cornell University | 169 | 171 | 173 | 3.74 | 3.86 | 3.95 | 15.6% |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 167 | 171 | 172 | 3.6 | 3.86 | 3.93 | 13.9% |
| 14 | Georgetown University | 167 | 171 | 173 | 3.66 | 3.85 | 3.94 | 12.9% |
| 15 | University of California—Los Angeles | 166 | 170 | 171 | 3.57 | 3.82 | 3.92 | 15.4% |
| 16 | Washington University in St. Louis | 163 | 170 | 171 | 3.56 | 3.93 | 3.99 | 15.9% |
| 17 | Boston University | 165 | 169 | 171 | 3.53 | 3.77 | 3.87 | 18.3% |
| 17 | University of Texas at Austin | 167 | 169 | 170 | 3.67 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 15.2% |
| 17 | Vanderbilt University | 165 | 169 | 170 | 3.7 | 3.89 | 3.95 | 14.3% |
| 20 | University of Southern California | 165 | 168 | 169 | 3.6 | 3.82 | 3.9 | 13.0% |
| 21 | University of Florida (Levin) | 161 | 167 | 169 | 3.65 | 3.86 | 3.94 | 17.4% |
| 21 | University of Minnesota | 161 | 166 | 167 | 3.55 | 3.8 | 3.89 | 27.6% |
| 23 | Brigham Young University | 163 | 167 | 169 | 3.51 | 3.85 | 3.93 | 39.9% |
| 23 | University of North Carolina | 162 | 164 | 166 | 3.6 | 3.73 | 3.83 | 15.5% |
| 25 | George Washington University | 162 | 167 | 168 | 3.55 | 3.83 | 3.91 | 21.6% |
| 25 | University of Alabama | 160 | 165 | 166 | 3.58 | 3.94 | 4.0 | 31.0% |
| 25 | University of Notre Dame | 162 | 168 | 170 | 3.52 | 3.77 | 3.85 | 17.5% |
| 28 | University of Iowa | 160 | 163 | 164 | 3.5 | 3.69 | 3.83 | 42.8% |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 160 | 166 | 167 | 3.5 | 3.82 | 3.93 | 18.6% |
| 30 | Arizona State University | 158 | 166 | 167 | 3.36 | 3.85 | 3.94 | 20.6% |
| 30 | Emory University | 160 | 167 | 169 | 3.47 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 27.3% |
| 30 | George Mason University | 158 | 164 | 166 | 3.41 | 3.81 | 3.88 | 27.1% |
| 30 | Ohio State University | 160 | 163 | 165 | 3.6 | 3.79 | 3.9 | 32.1% |
| 30 | William & Mary Law School | 161 | 164 | 165 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 30.1% |
| 35 | University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign | 162 | 164 | 166 | 3.44 | 3.66 | 3.82 | 29.8% |
| 35 | Washington and Lee University | 159 | 164 | 166 | 3.41 | 3.61 | 3.78 | 31.4% |
| 37 | Boston College | 161 | 165 | 167 | 3.52 | 3.69 | 3.81 | 23.5% |
| 37 | Fordham University | 164 | 166 | 168 | 3.51 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 17.7% |
| 37 | University of California—Davis | 160 | 165 | 167 | 3.44 | 3.7 | 3.82 | 28.3% |
| 37 | University of California—Irvine | 163 | 167 | 168 | 3.5 | 3.69 | 3.8 | 16.8% |
| 37 | University of Utah | 159 | 163 | 165 | 3.62 | 3.82 | 3.91 | 25.5% |
| 37 | Wake Forest University | 160 | 163 | 164 | 3.44 | 3.68 | 3.8 | 31.3% |
| 43 | Indiana University - Bloomington | 161 | 164 | 166 | 3.5 | 3.77 | 3.9 | 36.6% |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin | 158 | 164 | 165 | 3.34 | 3.65 | 3.81 | 36.2% |
| 45 | University of Arizona | 158 | 163 | 164 | 3.37 | 3.66 | 3.81 | 24.7% |
| 46 | Texas A&M University | 156 | 163 | 165 | 3.4 | 3.84 | 3.94 | 18.4% |
| 47 | Florida State University | 158 | 163 | 164 | 3.55 | 3.82 | 3.9 | 22.5% |
| 47 | University of Maryland | 156 | 161 | 163 | 3.42 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 32.8% |
| 49 | University of Colorado—Boulder | 160 | 164 | 166 | 3.38 | 3.61 | 3.77 | 27.7% |
| 49 | University of Washington | 160 | 164 | 167 | 3.52 | 3.67 | 3.79 | 25.6% |
| 51 | University of California (Hastings) | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.3 | 3.52 | 3.69 | 28.0% |
| 52 | Pepperdine University | 159 | 164 | 166 | 3.48 | 3.8 | 3.91 | 25.0% |
| 52 | University of Richmond | 157 | 162 | 163 | 3.46 | 3.7 | 3.79 | 36.3% |
| 52 | Yeshiva University (Cardozo) | 160 | 164 | 166 | 3.53 | 3.74 | 3.86 | 30.8% |
| 55 | Tulane University | 157 | 161 | 164 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.74 | 40.1% |
| 56 | University of Tennessee | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.47 | 3.67 | 3.81 | 28.9% |
| 56 | Villanova University | 157 | 162 | 164 | 3.51 | 3.7 | 3.83 | 17.8% |
| 58 | Baylor University | 158 | 162 | 163 | 3.35 | 3.64 | 3.78 | 34.3% |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law | 157 | 161 | 163 | 3.22 | 3.54 | 3.73 | 39.6% |
| 58 | Southern Methodist University | 158 | 163 | 164 | 3.43 | 3.76 | 3.89 | 33.4% |
| 58 | University of Houston | 159 | 161 | 163 | 3.37 | 3.64 | 3.76 | 30.8% |
| 58 | Wayne State University | 157 | 161 | 164 | 3.41 | 3.75 | 3.87 | 32.9% |
| 63 | Temple University | 160 | 163 | 166 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.74 | 32.8% |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law | 155 | 162 | 163 | 3.4 | 3.76 | 3.9 | 35.6% |
| 64 | University of Connecticut | 156 | 159 | 161 | 3.28 | 3.54 | 3.71 | 29.3% |
| 64 | University of San Diego | 157 | 161 | 163 | 3.39 | 3.7 | 3.81 | 31.0% |
| 67 | Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles | 158 | 161 | 163 | 3.43 | 3.64 | 3.78 | 29.4% |
| 67 | University of Kansas | 154 | 158 | 162 | 3.31 | 3.69 | 3.89 | 53.9% |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | 155 | 157 | 160 | 3.36 | 3.62 | 3.84 | 45.7% |
| 67 | University of Missouri | 154 | 159 | 161 | 3.52 | 3.69 | 3.86 | 53.0% |
| 67 | University of Nevada—Las Vegas | 156 | 160 | 163 | 3.34 | 3.7 | 3.85 | 31.7% |
| 67 | University of Oregon | 156 | 159 | 161 | 3.33 | 3.54 | 3.7 | 48.8% |
| 73 | American University | 157 | 161 | 163 | 3.39 | 3.57 | 3.71 | 27.9% |
| 73 | Loyola University—Chicago | 157 | 159 | 161 | 3.2 | 3.46 | 3.64 | 40.0% |
| 73 | Northeastern University | 158 | 162 | 164 | 3.45 | 3.66 | 3.79 | 24.4% |
| 73 | Seton Hall University | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.31 | 3.58 | 3.75 | 45.7% |
| 73 | University of Miami | 157 | 160 | 163 | 3.42 | 3.63 | 3.77 | 30.1% |
| 78 | Case Western Reserve University | 156 | 160 | 162 | 3.42 | 3.61 | 3.83 | 46.6% |
| 78 | Drexel University | 152 | 158 | 160 | 3.36 | 3.59 | 3.73 | 32.0% |
| 78 | Georgia State University | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.35 | 3.55 | 3.76 | 27.0% |
| 78 | University of Denver | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 37.7% |
| 78 | University of Nebraska | 155 | 158 | 161 | 3.38 | 3.64 | 3.95 | 62.6% |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh | 158 | 160 | 162 | 3.22 | 3.51 | 3.75 | 36.6% |
| 84 | St. John's University | 155 | 162 | 164 | 3.39 | 3.62 | 3.79 | 35.6% |
| 84 | University of South Carolina | 156 | 158 | 160 | 3.28 | 3.53 | 3.72 | 38.3% |
| 86 | Rutgers University | 155 | 157 | 160 | 3.09 | 3.39 | 3.63 | 41.6% |
| 86 | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | 152 | 156 | 159 | 3.22 | 3.59 | 3.8 | 47.8% |
| 88 | Lewis And Clark College | 159 | 162 | 164 | 3.24 | 3.54 | 3.78 | 45.2% |
| 88 | University of Cincinnati | 156 | 158 | 161 | 3.48 | 3.7 | 3.85 | 46.6% |
| 88 | University of Oklahoma | 156 | 158 | 160 | 3.29 | 3.59 | 3.81 | 50.1% |
| 91 | Michigan State University | 153 | 156 | 158 | 3.31 | 3.59 | 3.74 | 48.1% |
| 91 | University of Hawaii | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.28 | 3.54 | 3.76 | 32.7% |
| 91 | University of New Mexico | 152 | 156 | 159 | 3.37 | 3.61 | 3.83 | 41.2% |
| 94 | Catholic University Of America | 155 | 158 | 160 | 3.33 | 3.5 | 3.67 | 39.7% |
| 94 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) | 152 | 159 | 162 | 3.31 | 3.56 | 3.74 | 53.1% |
| 94 | University of Buffalo—SUNY | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.35 | 3.58 | 3.78 | 38.8% |
| 94 | University of Louisville | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.3 | 3.56 | 3.77 | 51.5% |
| 98 | Brooklyn Law School | 157 | 159 | 161 | 3.31 | 3.5 | 3.66 | 39.6% |
| 98 | Florida International University | 158 | 160 | 162 | 3.4 | 3.69 | 3.84 | 20.6% |
| 98 | Howard University | 152 | 154 | 158 | 3.24 | 3.49 | 3.69 | 24.5% |
| 98 | Indiana University - Indianapolis | 152 | 155 | 159 | 3.28 | 3.56 | 3.77 | 58.6% |
| 98 | Saint Louis University | 153 | 156 | 160 | 3.21 | 3.5 | 3.73 | 60.4% |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 154 | 157 | 160 | 3.19 | 3.51 | 3.72 | 32.7% |
| 103 | University of Montana | 152 | 156 | 160 | 3.18 | 3.5 | 3.73 | 40.9% |
| 105 | DePaul University | 152 | 156 | 157 | 3.25 | 3.57 | 3.73 | 44.3% |
| 105 | Louisiana State University | 154 | 156 | 159 | 3.28 | 3.56 | 3.78 | 45.7% |
| 105 | Marquette University | 152 | 155 | 157 | 3.38 | 3.56 | 3.72 | 42.7% |
| 105 | Texas Tech University | 154 | 157 | 158 | 3.27 | 3.56 | 3.74 | 34.3% |
| 105 | University of New Hampshire | 153 | 158 | 160 | 3.15 | 3.5 | 3.69 | 49.7% |
| 105 | Washburn University | 151 | 155 | 159 | 3.15 | 3.53 | 3.8 | 49.0% |
| 111 | Drake University | 152 | 155 | 158 | 3.21 | 3.5 | 3.75 | 66.5% |
| 111 | Stetson University | 154 | 157 | 159 | 3.17 | 3.45 | 3.65 | 41.8% |
| 111 | University of Mississippi | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.16 | 3.56 | 3.8 | 37.3% |
| 114 | University of Maine | 154 | 158 | 161 | 3.24 | 3.57 | 3.79 | 52.3% |
| 114 | University of Missouri—Kansas City | 152 | 154 | 157 | 3.21 | 3.48 | 3.74 | 54.2% |
| 116 | Gonzaga University | 152 | 154 | 157 | 3.23 | 3.51 | 3.72 | 55.3% |
| 116 | Seattle University | 152 | 157 | 159 | 3.08 | 3.36 | 3.56 | 51.9% |
| 118 | Chapman University | 154 | 160 | 162 | 3.13 | 3.6 | 3.71 | 28.3% |
| 118 | Hofstra University | 152 | 156 | 158 | 3.16 | 3.48 | 3.69 | 42.3% |
| 118 | University of Tulsa | 151 | 154 | 156 | 3.07 | 3.38 | 3.7 | 57.8% |
| 118 | West Virginia University | 152 | 154 | 157 | 3.29 | 3.56 | 3.88 | 59.2% |
| 122 | Albany Law School Of Union University | 152 | 154 | 157 | 3.21 | 3.42 | 3.69 | 50.4% |
| 122 | Mercer University | 154 | 156 | 158 | 3.17 | 3.51 | 3.7 | 36.0% |
| 122 | Suffolk University | 150 | 154 | 158 | 3.25 | 3.48 | 3.69 | 56.7% |
| 122 | University of Baltimore | 151 | 154 | 157 | 2.97 | 3.34 | 3.56 | 54.2% |
| 122 | University of Dayton | 150 | 153 | 155 | 3.18 | 3.53 | 3.72 | 25.9% |
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A rank of 147-193 means that the school is in the bottom tier as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
* The data in this table is user-reported and may be inaccurate.
Above The Law Rankings for 2023
ATL rankings are (arguably) the second most popular ranking system to determine the best law schools. ATL law school rankings are usually drastically different from USNews rankings of best law schools.
The main reason that Above the Law (ATL) Rankings are different from USNews Rankings is because ATL focuses on employment outcomes and school cost above all other things. US News looks at things like student:faculty ratio and peer review score which ATL doesn’t take into account. The underlying rule that ATL believes is that what happens after law school is the thing that matters most. Not how many professors the school can afford, or what law school administrators think.
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Summary
The U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) law school rankings for 2024 showcase a highly competitive landscape among top-tier institutions. Stanford University and Yale University share the first spot, followed by the University of Chicago. Tied in fourth place are Duke University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Virginia. The USNews rankings consider a multitude of factors including (but not limited to) the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT scores and GPAs of first year enrolled students, as well as the acceptance rate, in an effort to paint a comprehensive picture of each school's selectivity and the quality of its students.
Stanford and Yale Law Schools both have 25th percentile LSAT scores of 171 or above and 75th percentile scores reaching 175 and 177 respectively, indicating a highly accomplished student body. Yale, however, has a slightly lower acceptance rate at 5.6%, reflecting a higher level of competitiveness for admission. Both schools also boast strong GPA percentiles, with 75th percentile GPAs hitting 3.99 for Stanford and 4.0 for Yale, illustrating the high academic achievements of their students.
In the fourth spot, UPenn, Duke, Harvard, and UVA exhibit a diverse range of LSAT and GPA percentiles, which for many feel much more achievable (especially the 75th percentile, Harvard excluded) than Stanford or Yale. Duke, UChicago, and UVA stand out due to their acceptance rates above 10%. Interestingly, in the past high acceptance rates have led to increased applicants which drive down acceptance rates leading to much of the T-6 floating around a 5-10% acceptance rate, and the rest of T-14 around 10-15%.