Top law school rankings for 2024-2025.
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 2025 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 |
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Rank | Name | 25th | 50th | 75th | 25th | 50th | 75th | Acceptance |
1 | Stanford University | 169 | 173 | 175 | 3.78 | 3.92 | 4.0 | 8.9% |
1 | Yale University | 170 | 174 | 177 | 3.91 | 3.96 | 4.0 | 5.3% |
3 | University of Chicago | 169 | 173 | 175 | 3.83 | 3.94 | 3.99 | 12.7% |
4 | University of Virginia | 167 | 172 | 174 | 3.78 | 3.96 | 4.0 | 13.9% |
5 | University of Pennsylvania | 168 | 172 | 174 | 3.77 | 3.93 | 3.99 | 10.0% |
6 | Duke University | 168 | 170 | 171 | 3.79 | 3.89 | 3.96 | 13.9% |
6 | Harvard University | 171 | 174 | 176 | 3.89 | 3.95 | 4.0 | 11.0% |
8 | New York University | 169 | 172 | 173 | 3.8 | 3.91 | 3.96 | 16.7% |
8 | University of Michigan | 166 | 171 | 172 | 3.7 | 3.86 | 3.94 | 11.9% |
10 | Columbia University | 170 | 173 | 175 | 3.81 | 3.9 | 3.96 | 11.8% |
10 | Northwestern University | 166 | 172 | 174 | 3.77 | 3.95 | 4.0 | 15.4% |
12 | University of California—Los Angeles | 165 | 170 | 171 | 3.69 | 3.95 | 4.0 | 16.1% |
13 | University of California—Berkeley | 167 | 170 | 172 | 3.8 | 3.87 | 3.95 | 17.3% |
14 | Georgetown University | 166 | 171 | 172 | 3.72 | 3.92 | 3.97 | 20.1% |
14 | University of Texas at Austin | 167 | 171 | 172 | 3.74 | 3.89 | 3.97 | 15.6% |
14 | Vanderbilt University | 163 | 169 | 170 | 3.66 | 3.89 | 3.94 | 18.5% |
14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 163 | 173 | 176 | 3.45 | 3.96 | 4.0 | 19.9% |
18 | Cornell University | 169 | 173 | 175 | 3.73 | 3.89 | 3.96 | 23.1% |
18 | University of North Carolina | 164 | 167 | 168 | 3.73 | 3.85 | 3.92 | 15.2% |
20 | University of Minnesota | 162 | 169 | 170 | 3.63 | 3.88 | 3.95 | 34.9% |
20 | University of Notre Dame | 164 | 169 | 170 | 3.74 | 3.85 | 3.92 | 23.3% |
22 | Boston University | 163 | 170 | 171 | 3.66 | 3.88 | 3.92 | 20.6% |
22 | Texas A&M University | 160 | 168 | 169 | 3.56 | 3.97 | 4.0 | 13.5% |
22 | University of Georgia | 159 | 169 | 170 | 3.62 | 3.91 | 3.97 | 14.5% |
25 | Boston College | 161 | 167 | 168 | 3.64 | 3.8 | 3.89 | 13.3% |
26 | University of Southern California | 165 | 169 | 170 | 3.82 | 3.91 | 3.97 | 12.4% |
26 | Wake Forest University | 163 | 166 | 167 | 3.66 | 3.84 | 3.93 | 26.8% |
28 | Brigham Young University | 164 | 168 | 170 | 3.7 | 3.92 | 3.98 | 27.8% |
28 | Ohio State University | 161 | 166 | 168 | 3.66 | 3.89 | 3.97 | 29.4% |
28 | University of Wisconsin | 165 | 3.81 | 28.9% | ||||
31 | George Mason University | 160 | 168 | 169 | 3.63 | 3.92 | 3.99 | 14.6% |
31 | George Washington University | 159 | 168 | 169 | 3.62 | 3.87 | 3.93 | 32.6% |
31 | University of Alabama | 158 | 165 | 168 | 3.68 | 3.95 | 4.0 | 26.6% |
31 | University of Utah | 161 | 165 | 167 | 3.7 | 3.86 | 3.95 | 24.8% |
31 | William & Mary Law School | 159 | 164 | 166 | 3.49 | 3.75 | 3.86 | 32.2% |
36 | University of Iowa | 157 | 162 | 164 | 3.6 | 3.76 | 3.91 | 59.8% |
36 | Washington and Lee University | 159 | 166 | 167 | 3.42 | 3.73 | 3.83 | 31.7% |
38 | Emory University | 162 | 165 | 167 | 3.63 | 3.81 | 3.88 | 40.1% |
38 | Florida State University | 158 | 165 | 166 | 3.59 | 3.91 | 3.97 | 19.9% |
38 | Fordham University | 165 | 167 | 169 | 3.57 | 3.76 | 3.84 | 22.2% |
38 | University of California—Irvine | 163 | 167 | 168 | 3.65 | 3.81 | 3.89 | 17.4% |
38 | University of Florida (Levin) | 164 | 169 | 170 | 3.67 | 3.9 | 3.96 | 17.4% |
43 | Baylor University | 157 | 163 | 164 | 3.47 | 3.73 | 3.85 | 26.9% |
45 | Arizona State University | 156 | 165 | 167 | 3.62 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 22.1% |
46 | Indiana University - Bloomington | 159 | 164 | 165 | 3.63 | 3.91 | 3.99 | 39.5% |
46 | University of Colorado—Boulder | 160 | 164 | 166 | 3.55 | 3.79 | 3.88 | 36.4% |
48 | University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign | 160 | 165 | 167 | 3.47 | 3.77 | 3.88 | 46.8% |
48 | Villanova University | 160 | 164 | 165 | 3.65 | 3.81 | 3.91 | 21.9% |
50 | Temple University | 159 | 163 | 165 | 3.42 | 3.67 | 3.81 | 35.8% |
50 | University of California—Davis | 159 | 163 | 165 | 3.48 | 3.68 | 3.87 | 33.2% |
50 | University of Connecticut | 158 | 161 | 163 | 3.5 | 3.72 | 3.87 | 30.2% |
50 | University of Kansas | 156 | 161 | 163 | 3.59 | 3.79 | 3.89 | 38.3% |
50 | University of Washington | 160 | 163 | 166 | 3.47 | 3.67 | 3.83 | 40.5% |
55 | Pepperdine University | 159 | 164 | 165 | 3.49 | 3.85 | 3.94 | 28.4% |
55 | University of Tennessee | 158 | 163 | 164 | 3.47 | 3.82 | 3.93 | 26.3% |
57 | University of Missouri | 154 | 160 | 163 | 3.44 | 3.76 | 3.95 | 52.0% |
57 | University of San Diego | 157 | 161 | 163 | 3.53 | 3.8 | 3.89 | 37.1% |
59 | Marquette University | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.55 | 3.7 | 3.85 | 29.4% |
59 | Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law | 155 | 161 | 162 | 3.42 | 3.68 | 3.88 | 41.3% |
59 | University of Arizona | 160 | 163 | 164 | 3.52 | 3.78 | 3.88 | 30.4% |
59 | University of Oklahoma | 156 | 160 | 162 | 3.46 | 3.74 | 3.89 | 39.4% |
63 | St. John's University | 162 | 3.74 | 30.6% | ||||
63 | University of Houston | 158 | 161 | 163 | 3.6 | 3.75 | 3.87 | 28.4% |
63 | University of Maryland | 154 | 163 | 165 | 3.33 | 3.73 | 3.86 | 30.8% |
63 | University of South Carolina | 159 | 161 | 163 | 3.48 | 3.74 | 3.91 | 29.5% |
63 | Yeshiva University (Cardozo) | 160 | 164 | 166 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.88 | 37.5% |
68 | Northeastern University | 159 | 163 | 165 | 3.54 | 3.73 | 3.85 | 36.2% |
68 | Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law | 152 | 155 | 158 | 3.5 | 3.71 | 3.83 | 51.4% |
68 | University of Kentucky | 155 | 158 | 160 | 3.52 | 3.71 | 3.86 | 48.2% |
71 | Catholic University Of America | 158 | 160 | 162 | 3.38 | 3.64 | 3.76 | 34.6% |
71 | Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles | 159 | 162 | 165 | 3.52 | 3.72 | 3.85 | 30.6% |
71 | Seton Hall University | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.47 | 3.69 | 3.86 | 42.8% |
71 | Tulane University | 156 | 160 | 162 | 3.42 | 3.64 | 3.78 | 53.0% |
71 | University of Cincinnati | 155 | 158 | 161 | 3.64 | 3.81 | 3.92 | 42.6% |
71 | University of Nebraska | 154 | 158 | 161 | 3.44 | 3.77 | 3.96 | 62.1% |
71 | University of Richmond | 158 | 164 | 165 | 3.5 | 3.75 | 3.83 | 42.9% |
71 | Wayne State University | 162 | 3.84 | 29.3% | ||||
79 | Drexel University | 153 | 158 | 160 | 3.45 | 3.72 | 3.85 | 37.8% |
79 | Georgia State University | 156 | 159 | 162 | 3.39 | 3.56 | 3.75 | 36.0% |
79 | Loyola University—Chicago | 157 | 160 | 163 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.75 | 43.0% |
79 | University of Nevada—Las Vegas | 154 | 160 | 162 | 3.32 | 3.78 | 3.92 | 40.5% |
79 | University of Pittsburgh | 156 | 159 | 162 | 3.28 | 3.56 | 3.79 | 51.7% |
84 | Belmont University | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.58 | 3.79 | 3.9 | 41.4% |
84 | Drake University | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.27 | 3.56 | 3.78 | 60.2% |
84 | Florida International University | 158 | 160 | 161 | 3.38 | 3.73 | 3.86 | 21.0% |
84 | Louisiana State University | 154 | 156 | 159 | 3.45 | 3.71 | 3.92 | 49.5% |
88 | Texas Tech University | 154 | 158 | 160 | 3.4 | 3.65 | 3.82 | 33.5% |
88 | University of California (Hastings) | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.43 | 3.63 | 3.77 | 37.5% |
88 | University of Denver | 155 | 159 | 162 | 3.43 | 3.65 | 3.81 | 53.1% |
88 | University of Maine | 152 | 157 | 161 | 3.3 | 3.66 | 3.81 | 66.5% |
92 | Duquesne University | 154 | 156 | 159 | 3.2 | 3.57 | 3.83 | 56.1% |
92 | University of Miami | 158 | 163 | 164 | 3.58 | 3.76 | 3.87 | 29.1% |
94 | Regent University | 153 | 158 | 161 | 3.39 | 3.64 | 3.8 | 44.3% |
94 | Saint Louis University | 153 | 156 | 160 | 3.37 | 3.64 | 3.88 | 62.0% |
94 | University of Buffalo—SUNY | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.44 | 3.71 | 3.87 | 44.6% |
94 | University of Oregon | 155 | 159 | 161 | 3.35 | 3.56 | 3.76 | 66.4% |
94 | University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 152 | 156 | 161 | 3.47 | 3.64 | 3.81 | 64.4% |
99 | Lewis And Clark College | 157 | 160 | 163 | 3.28 | 3.58 | 3.79 | 63.3% |
99 | Stetson University | 156 | 158 | 161 | 3.37 | 3.6 | 3.79 | 41.0% |
99 | University of Hawaii | 153 | 156 | 159 | 3.28 | 3.7 | 3.84 | 32.0% |
99 | University of Missouri—Kansas City | 152 | 155 | 158 | 3.18 | 3.51 | 3.78 | 61.9% |
99 | University of Montana | 153 | 156 | 160 | 3.21 | 3.52 | 3.75 | 58.1% |
104 | American University | 155 | 160 | 163 | 3.37 | 3.61 | 3.73 | 39.8% |
104 | Chapman University | 156 | 162 | 164 | 3.27 | 3.67 | 3.83 | 27.1% |
104 | Rutgers State University Newark (old) | 154 | 158 | 160 | 3.28 | 3.61 | 3.8 | 38.2% |
107 | Case Western Reserve University | 156 | 160 | 162 | 3.45 | 3.7 | 3.85 | 37.1% |
107 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) | 155 | 160 | 162 | 3.43 | 3.74 | 3.89 | 49.4% |
107 | Indiana University - Indianapolis | 152 | 155 | 159 | 3.31 | 3.59 | 3.83 | 62.9% |
107 | Mercer University | 153 | 155 | 157 | 3.39 | 3.63 | 3.78 | 43.3% |
107 | Samford University | 152 | 155 | 159 | 3.44 | 3.63 | 3.8 | 58.8% |
107 | Syracuse University | 151 | 158 | 161 | 3.28 | 3.62 | 3.83 | 39.0% |
107 | University of Dayton | 154 | 156 | 158 | 3.35 | 3.66 | 3.84 | 37.7% |
107 | University of New Mexico | 150 | 157 | 160 | 3.22 | 3.57 | 3.74 | 51.6% |
115 | Michigan State University | 157 | 160 | 162 | 3.39 | 3.63 | 3.86 | 31.9% |
115 | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | 153 | 156 | 158 | 3.31 | 3.63 | 3.86 | 28.0% |
117 | Albany Law School Of Union University | 154 | 156 | 159 | 3.19 | 3.47 | 3.71 | 47.6% |
117 | Brooklyn Law School | 156 | 160 | 162 | 3.27 | 3.54 | 3.69 | 54.3% |
117 | University of Wyoming | 152 | 155 | 158 | 3.46 | 3.46 | 3.72 | 62.0% |
117 | West Virginia University | 152 | 156 | 158 | 3.25 | 3.58 | 3.83 | 43.8% |
121 | Cleveland State University | 152 | 155 | 157 | 3.02 | 3.43 | 3.73 | 36.3% |
121 | New York Law School | 153 | 156 | 158 | 3.33 | 3.59 | 3.75 | 52.7% |
121 | University of Mississippi | 153 | 157 | 159 | 3.41 | 3.64 | 3.88 | 46.2% |
121 | Washburn University | 148 | 151 | 154 | 3.26 | 3.61 | 3.83 | 73.1% |
125 | Hofstra University | 151 | 155 | 158 | 3.32 | 3.62 | 3.77 | 50.9% |
125 | University of New Hampshire | 151 | 155 | 158 | 3.05 | 3.45 | 3.65 | 60.1% |
127 | Howard University | 153 | 155 | 158 | 3.15 | 3.47 | 3.7 | 32.0% |
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%.