Law School Admissions

Law School Acceptance Rates for All 196 ABA Schools

By Andrew Collins / November 2, 2026

See the 2025 acceptance rate, applications, offers, median LSAT and GPA for all 196 ABA law schools, from the lowest to the highest.

Quick answer: the average ABA law school accepted 36.1% of applications in 2025, and the middle school accepted 35.5%. Yale Law was the hardest to get into at 4.1%. 7 schools accepted fewer than 10%, and 56 accepted fewer than 25%. All 196 schools are listed below.

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These numbers come from the ABA’s official 2025 data. Want your own odds? Use the law school admissions calculator.

Lowest Law School Acceptance Rates

Law school Acceptance rate Applications Offers Median LSAT Median GPA
Yale Law 4.1% 5,562 226 174 3.96
Stanford Law 6.1% 5,526 337 173 3.96
Penn Carey Law 8.1% 8,074 650 173 3.95
Boston College Law 8.5% 7,668 650 168 3.83
Michigan Law 8.6% 8,982 770 171 3.88
Harvard Law School 9.2% 8,872 816 174 3.96
University of Chicago Law 9.7% 6,581 641 174 3.97
UVA Law 10.2% 6,734 685 173 3.99
USC Gould 11.2% 7,204 805 169 3.91
UNC Law 11.2% 3,459 387 168 3.89
Columbia Law 11.8% 9,463 1,120 173 3.92
UCLA Law 12% 8,623 1,039 171 3.95
Boston University Law 12.1% 7,892 953 170 3.88
Texas A&M Law 12.1% 5,240 634 169 4.00
Northwestern Law 12.3% 7,976 981 173 3.96

T14 Law School Acceptance Rates

Law school Acceptance rate Applications Offers Median LSAT Median GPA
Yale Law 4.1% 5,562 226 174 3.96
Stanford Law 6.1% 5,526 337 173 3.96
Penn Carey Law 8.1% 8,074 650 173 3.95
Michigan Law 8.6% 8,982 770 171 3.88
Harvard Law School 9.2% 8,872 816 174 3.96
University of Chicago Law 9.7% 6,581 641 174 3.97
UVA Law 10.2% 6,734 685 173 3.99
Columbia Law 11.8% 9,463 1,120 173 3.92
Northwestern Law 12.3% 7,976 981 173 3.96
Duke Law 12.9% 6,240 804 171 3.91
NYU Law 13.4% 10,546 1,412 172 3.92
Berkeley Law 14.8% 6,562 974 170 3.92
Georgetown Law 15.7% 13,924 2,193 171 3.93
Cornell Law 18.2% 4,608 838 173 3.92

See the full list of T14 law schools.

Highest Law School Acceptance Rates

Law school Acceptance rate Applications Offers Median LSAT Median GPA
Idaho Law 66.8% 740 494 153 3.54
Capital University Law 65.9% 874 576 151 3.44
Creighton Law 64.5% 815 526 153 3.51
Louisville Law 63.4% 579 367 157 3.67
North Dakota Law 63.1% 401 253 151 3.48
South Dakota Law 62.6% 404 253 152 3.47
Suffolk Law 61.9% 3,481 2,153 155 3.58
Pontifical Catholic University Puerto Rico Law 61.5% 325 200 139 3.33
Willamette Law 61.4% 858 527 154 3.48
Roger Williams Law 61.3% 1,003 615 150 3.43

A high rate does not mean a school is a bad choice, and a low one does not make it the right fit. Before you choose, look at bar passage, jobs and cost in each school’s ABA disclosures.

How Law School Acceptance Rates Work

An acceptance rate is the number of offers a school made divided by the applications it received. The ABA reports 517,127 applications and 136,196 offers across all schools for fall 2025.

Those are applications, not people. Most students apply to several schools, so the share of applicants who get into at least one school is different from the rates here.

What Matters More Than the Acceptance Rate

Your LSAT and GPA compared with a school’s numbers tell you more about your odds than its overall rate does. A 20% rate can be likely for you if your numbers are well above its medians. Start with these tools:

All 196 Law School Acceptance Rates

Sorted from lowest to highest.

Law school Acceptance rate Applications Offers Median LSAT Median GPA
Yale Law 4.1% 5,562 226 174 3.96
Stanford Law 6.1% 5,526 337 173 3.96
Penn Carey Law 8.1% 8,074 650 173 3.95
Boston College Law 8.5% 7,668 650 168 3.83
Michigan Law 8.6% 8,982 770 171 3.88
Harvard Law School 9.2% 8,872 816 174 3.96
University of Chicago Law 9.7% 6,581 641 174 3.97
UVA Law 10.2% 6,734 685 173 3.99
USC Gould 11.2% 7,204 805 169 3.91
UNC Law 11.2% 3,459 387 168 3.89
Columbia Law 11.8% 9,463 1,120 173 3.92
UCLA Law 12% 8,623 1,039 171 3.95
Boston University Law 12.1% 7,892 953 170 3.88
Texas A&M Law 12.1% 5,240 634 169 4.00
Northwestern Law 12.3% 7,976 981 173 3.96
University of Georgia Law 12.7% 4,695 597 169 3.92
Duke Law 12.9% 6,240 804 171 3.91
Vanderbilt Law 13.3% 6,124 812 170 3.91
NYU Law 13.4% 10,546 1,412 172 3.92
UT Austin Law 14% 6,297 881 172 3.89
Berkeley Law 14.8% 6,562 974 170 3.92
UC Irvine Law 14.9% 3,720 555 169 3.80
Georgetown Law 15.7% 13,924 2,193 171 3.93
George Mason Law (Scalia Law) 15.9% 2,792 443 169 3.93
Florida State Law 16% 2,711 433 166 3.93
UC Davis Law 16% 3,896 622 165 3.70
Notre Dame Law 16.1% 3,579 575 170 3.89
Fordham Law 16.2% 8,811 1,429 168 3.79
University of Florida Law 16.5% 3,887 642 169 3.91
Cornell Law 18.2% 4,608 838 173 3.92
FIU Law 18.8% 3,100 582 161 3.80
Baylor Law 18.9% 3,658 693 164 3.77
WashU Law 19% 5,616 1,065 175 3.96
Wisconsin Law 19.1% 2,479 474 167 3.81
University of Washington Law 19.6% 3,412 669 165 3.76
Arizona State Law 19.8% 4,610 912 165 3.91
UConn Law 20.1% 2,299 461 162 3.78
Chapman Law 20.5% 2,514 516 163 3.70
William & Mary Law 22% 2,176 478 166 3.82
Marquette Law 22.1% 2,112 467 158 3.70
Washington and Lee Law 22.7% 2,341 532 167 3.75
BYU Law 22.8% 649 148 170 3.95
St. John’s Law 23% 4,417 1,018 164 3.81
Houston Law 23% 3,510 807 163 3.79
Pepperdine Caruso Law 23.4% 4,272 998 164 3.85
San Diego Law 23.5% 4,241 997 163 3.84
Howard Law 24.1% 2,428 584 156 3.63
Northeastern Law 24.2% 5,652 1,369 164 3.77
UNT Dallas Law 24.2% 1,883 456 153 3.41
Temple Law 24.4% 3,043 742 165 3.76
Ohio State Law 24.6% 2,291 564 168 3.91
SMU Dedman Law 24.6% 3,038 747 167 3.81
Wake Forest Law 24.6% 2,883 710 166 3.79
Miami Law 24.6% 4,593 1,132 164 3.79
Tennessee Law 24.8% 2,176 539 164 3.89
Wayne State Law 24.8% 1,290 320 164 3.89
Utah Law 25.3% 1,495 378 166 3.87
Alabama Law 25.6% 1,748 448 167 3.97
Texas Tech Law 25.6% 2,011 515 159 3.69
Villanova Law 25.9% 2,889 749 164 3.80
Loyola Law School Los Angeles 26% 4,549 1,185 163 3.74
Michigan State Law 26% 1,526 397 162 3.73
St. Mary’s Law 26% 2,906 755 153 3.49
Maryland Law 26.1% 2,876 750 164 3.72
Hawaii Law (Richardson) 26.2% 1,654 434 158 3.62
Arkansas Law 26.6% 950 253 158 3.71
University of Minnesota Law 26.7% 3,405 909 171 3.88
George Washington Law 27.2% 9,718 2,644 168 3.86
UC Law San Francisco 27.5% 4,593 1,262 161 3.71
Colorado Law 27.6% 3,458 953 164 3.81
Arizona Law 27.9% 1,781 497 163 3.78
Loyola Chicago Law 28.2% 4,244 1,196 161 3.70
CUNY Law 28.7% 2,300 659 155 3.54
Cardozo Law 29.6% 3,833 1,133 165 3.78
Drexel Law 29.6% 2,689 797 160 3.76
South Carolina Law 29.9% 2,114 632 162 3.67
Emory Law 30.1% 3,931 1,183 166 3.82
Georgia State Law 30.6% 2,450 749 160 3.64
Dayton Law 30.7% 1,611 494 157 3.60
UNLV Law 30.8% 1,056 325 160 3.76
Catholic University Columbus Law 32.4% 1,867 605 161 3.68
Cincinnati Law 32.7% 1,353 443 159 3.80
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law 32.7% 1,274 416 152 3.13
Illinois Law 32.9% 2,153 709 166 3.81
Texas Southern Law (Marshall) 33.1% 2,032 673 150 3.33
American University Law 33.3% 5,952 1,981 162 3.63
Oklahoma Law 33.4% 1,391 464 162 3.73
Rutgers Law 33.5% 4,305 1,444 158 3.66
South Texas Law 33.6% 2,770 932 155 3.41
Seton Hall Law 34.3% 2,714 930 161 3.71
Cleveland State Law 34.4% 1,733 597 155 3.50
Syracuse Law 34.6% 2,752 952 158 3.60
FAMU Law 34.7% 1,546 536 152 3.48
Case Western Reserve Law 34.8% 2,267 789 162 3.76
DePaul Law 34.8% 2,643 920 158 3.61
Pittsburgh Law 34.9% 1,606 560 160 3.54
Jacksonville University Law 35.1% 572 201 156 3.48
Indiana Maurer Law 35.8% 1,831 655 164 3.91
Wyoming Law 35.8% 483 173 156 3.55
Stetson Law 36.4% 2,791 1,017 159 3.63
Southwestern Law 36.5% 3,584 1,307 157 3.51
UDC Law 37% 749 277 151 3.28
Maine Law 37.3% 915 341 158 3.70
Albany Law 37.5% 2,638 988 158 3.54
Belmont Law 37.6% 1,337 503 161 3.84
Mercer Law 37.8% 1,184 447 157 3.62
LSU Law 38.5% 1,253 483 157 3.74
Chicago-Kent Law (IIT) 38.6% 2,212 854 161 3.72
Seattle University Law 38.9% 2,304 897 159 3.60
Kansas Law 39.1% 1,172 458 162 3.85
Richmond Law 39.6% 1,738 689 164 3.81
New York Law School 39.7% 4,114 1,632 157 3.63
University of Puerto Rico Law 39.7% 383 152 152 3.77
Tulane Law 40% 2,069 827 161 3.67
Nebraska Law 40.1% 1,096 440 160 3.81
WVU Law 40.3% 590 238 155 3.65
Hofstra Law 40.6% 2,448 993 157 3.65
Kentucky Law 40.8% 1,236 504 159 3.72
Memphis Law 41.1% 582 239 155 3.53
Denver Law 41.3% 2,214 915 160 3.66
New Mexico Law 41.4% 640 265 157 3.56
Detroit Mercy Law 41.4% 1,478 612 156 3.52
Missouri Law 42% 798 335 161 3.72
Ole Miss Law 42% 958 402 157 3.68
University at Buffalo Law 42.4% 977 414 157 3.71
USF Law 42.4% 2,100 890 155 3.47
Penn State Dickinson Law 43% 1,912 822 159 3.71
Quinnipiac Law 43.1% 1,485 640 155 3.65
Duquesne Law 43.2% 1,432 619 157 3.62
Western State College of Law 43.7% 916 400 152 3.36
Brooklyn Law 44% 4,600 2,024 161 3.59
Pace (Haub) Law 44.1% 2,293 1,012 154 3.54
Iowa Law 44.3% 1,251 554 164 3.78
Regent Law 44.3% 537 238 158 3.68
Northern Illinois Law 44.3% 951 421 150 3.41
Touro Law 45.6% 1,462 667 153 3.35
UMKC Law 45.9% 714 328 156 3.65
Washburn Law 46.4% 549 255 155 3.68
California Western Law 46.9% 2,144 1,006 155 3.50
Ave Maria Law 46.9% 1,212 569 155 3.36
Nova Southeastern Law 47.3% 1,458 690 155 3.52
Samford Cumberland Law 49% 925 453 156 3.63
Baltimore Law 49.5% 1,299 643 155 3.45
Charleston Law 50.2% 2,215 1,112 154 3.51
Campbell Law 50.7% 1,168 592 156 3.51
Loyola New Orleans Law 50.9% 1,241 632 154 3.47
Inter American University Puerto Rico Law 50.9% 542 276 144 3.39
Gonzaga Law 51.1% 1,273 651 155 3.55
Montana Law 51.4% 568 292 156 3.64
Mitchell Hamline Law 51.4% 1,603 824 154 3.29
Oklahoma City Law 51.6% 715 369 151 3.56
Western New England Law 51.9% 871 452 153 3.27
UNH Franklin Pierce Law 52% 1,455 756 155 3.50
Wilmington University Law 52% 273 142 149 3.13
Lincoln Memorial Duncan Law 52.2% 828 432 153 3.44
UMass Law 52.2% 1,311 684 152 3.36
Toledo Law 52.5% 733 385 153 3.53
Santa Clara Law 52.6% 2,575 1,354 159 3.50
UIC Law (John Marshall) 52.6% 2,488 1,308 153 3.40
WMU Cooley Law 52.9% 1,323 700 147 3.09
Elon Law 53.2% 1,107 589 154 3.40
Faulkner Jones Law 53.9% 620 334 150 3.33
McGeorge School of Law (Pacific) 54.4% 1,248 679 156 3.52
Lewis & Clark Law 54.7% 1,133 620 161 3.59
Drake Law 54.8% 788 432 156 3.67
Arkansas Little Rock Law (Bowen) 54.9% 603 331 153 3.41
Oregon Law 55% 1,850 1,017 160 3.62
Indiana University Indianapolis Law (McKinney) 55.9% 904 505 155 3.58
Barry Law 55.9% 1,582 885 150 3.23
SIU Law 56.2% 724 407 149 3.38
Saint Louis University Law 56.4% 941 531 157 3.61
Southern University Law 56.5% 1,153 652 147 3.15
Tulsa Law 56.6% 509 288 157 3.45
University of St. Thomas Law (MN) 57.6% 847 488 159 3.72
Akron Law 58.5% 762 446 154 3.51
Vermont Law and Graduate School 58.5% 1,553 909 152 3.25
Northern Kentucky Chase Law 58.7% 661 388 154 3.41
Liberty Law 58.8% 628 369 154 3.54
Widener Delaware Law 59.7% 1,317 786 152 3.33
Mississippi College Law 59.8% 806 482 152 3.37
St. Thomas University Law (FL) 60.2% 1,771 1,067 152 3.42
Widener Commonwealth Law 60.4% 909 549 150 3.33
Appalachian Law 60.9% 732 446 146 3.20
New England Law Boston 61.3% 3,997 2,450 153 3.37
Roger Williams Law 61.3% 1,003 615 150 3.43
Willamette Law 61.4% 858 527 154 3.48
Pontifical Catholic University Puerto Rico Law 61.5% 325 200 139 3.33
Suffolk Law 61.9% 3,481 2,153 155 3.58
South Dakota Law 62.6% 404 253 152 3.47
North Dakota Law 63.1% 401 253 151 3.48
Louisville Law 63.4% 579 367 157 3.67
Creighton Law 64.5% 815 526 153 3.51
Capital University Law 65.9% 874 576 151 3.44
Idaho Law 66.8% 740 494 153 3.54
NCCU Law Not reported 1,303 0 151 3.31
Ohio Northern Pettit Law Not reported 1,355 0 149 3.34

North Carolina Central and Ohio Northern are marked “Not reported” because the ABA file lists 0 offers for them even though both enrolled students, so a rate cannot be worked out from it.

Law School Acceptance Rate FAQ

What is the average law school acceptance rate?

36.1% across ABA schools in 2025.

What law school has the lowest acceptance rate?

Yale Law, at 4.1%. Next are Stanford Law at 6.1% and Penn Carey Law at 8.1%.

What is Harvard Law’s acceptance rate?

9.2% in 2025. See Harvard Law LSAT scores.

What law schools are easiest to get into?

Idaho Law had the highest rate at 66.8%. Easier is not always better, so compare costs and outcomes too.

Sources

Applications and offers come from the ABA’s 2025 first-year class data, published December 15, 2025. Rates are offers divided by applications, rounded to one decimal. Schools report these numbers to the ABA.

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