Best Law Schools by Key Indicators

Although many organizations, like USNEWS and PublicLegal, have their ranking systems and publish law school rankings, there is no official law school rankings. ABA states that No ranking or rating system of law schools is attempted or advocated by the ABA. Rather, the ABA provides only a statement of the accreditation status of a school.Here, we provide top ranked schools in important statistics, instead of overall rankings.

Highest LSAT Scores

LSAT (Law School Admission Test) is an important factor in selection process in most law schools. Law schools generally do not have a minimum score to apply for, but an LSAT score of 150 is considered acceptable. The average LSAT score over enrolled students last year is 159.

18 schools have their average LSAT score on or higher than 170 and additional 68 schools have LSAT score of 160 or higher. Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and University of Chicago Law School have the highest LSAT score among ABA-accredited law schools. Below table list top 10 law schools having highest LSAT scores.

Top 10 Law Schools With Highest LSAT Scores

	First-Year Enrolled	LSAT Score Submitted	25th Percentile	50th Percentile	75th Percentile
Yale Law School	201	183	172	175	177
Harvard Law School	563	520	171	174	176
University of Chicago Law School	192	185	169	173	175
Stanford Law School	174	158	171	173	175
Washington University School of Law	244	240	162	173	174
Columbia Law School	415	393	169	173	175
University of Pennsylvania Law School	248	240	168	172	174
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	241	225	166	172	174
New York University School of Law	429	419	168	172	174
Cornell Law School	191	156	169	172	175

Highest Grants/Scholarships Amount

The tuition & fees at law schools is generally more expensive than typical college programs, even in public schools. Therefore, financial help such as grants and scholarships is important for preparing to college admission. The 2025 average tuition & fees of ABA-accredited law schools is $52,416. 81.06% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships, and the average amount is $23,746 which is 45.30% of tuition & fees.

Penn State Law has the highest ratio of financial aid amount to the tuition & fees. 100.50% of students received the aid and the average amount is $55,824, 96.99% of tuition & fees ($57,556) at the school. Penn State Dickinson Law and St. John's University School of Law also have the highest amount of grants and scholarships of $56,498 and $70,170 respectively.

The following table lists the top 10 schools with highest ratio of financial aid amount to their tuition & fees. The numbers in the table are based on full-time students only.

Top 10 Law Schools With Best Grants and Scholarships

	Tuition & Fees	% Grants/Scholarship Received	Average Amount Grants/Scholarship Received	Covered % of Tuition & Fees	% less than half tuition	% more than half but less than full tuition	% Full or more than tuition
Penn State Law	$57,556	100.50%	$55,824	96.99%	13.05%	22.40%	35.98%
Penn State Dickinson Law	$59,054	99.66%	$56,498	95.67%	9.83%	69.15%	20.68%
St. John's University School of Law	$74,136	80.03%	$70,170	94.65%	27.45%	52.58%	0.00%
Chapman University School of Law	$63,201	58.16%	$57,000	90.19%	14.42%	24.35%	19.39%
Michigan State University College of Law	$47,812	100.00%	$40,000	83.66%	16.12%	44.44%	39.44%
James E. Rogers College of Law	$29,988	94.69%	$24,500	81.70%	11.94%	24.40%	58.36%
Wayne State University Law School	$43,460	82.45%	$33,145	76.27%	16.22%	11.44%	54.79%
University of Dayton School of Law	$43,778	95.76%	$33,000	75.38%	8.90%	75.85%	11.02%
University of Missouri School of Law	$31,339	75.20%	$23,000	73.39%	20.89%	21.93%	32.38%
University of Illinois College of Law	$49,877	97.30%	$36,200	72.58%	24.86%	70.13%	2.31%

Lowest Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate, percentage of applicants who get offered, is one criterion for selecting schools to apply. The top ranked schools tend to have lower acceptance rate in general. The law school acceptance rate is lower than typical college admission because of limited sits for many applications

The 2025 average acceptance rate of ABA-accredited law schools is 41.58%. Total 414,758 students applied and 130,837 got offered to admit. Of the accepted applicants, 36,756 finally enrolled to one of law schools, and the enrollment rate (yield) is 31.81%.

At 3 law schools, the acceptance rate is less than 10% and 24 schools' rates sit between 10% and 20%.

Yale Law School has the lowest acceptance of 5.28% - 4,412 applied and 246 accepted. Stanford Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School follow it with 8.85% and 9.95% respectively.

The schools in the next table have the lowest acceptance rates in 2025 law school admission.

Top 10 Law Schools With Lowest Acceptance Rate

	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Enrollment Rate
Yale Law School	4,412	246	179	5.28%	76.09%
Stanford Law School	4,863	353	157	8.85%	45.24%
University of Pennsylvania Law School	6,518	644	231	9.95%	38.10%
Harvard Law School	8,334	798	455	10.97%	58.13%
Claude W. Pettit College of Law	400	273	85	11.53%	61.67%
Columbia Law School	7,754	948	363	11.75%	39.96%
University of Michigan Law School	6,425	808	275	11.85%	38.28%
Gould School of Law	4,850	607	178	12.41%	25.97%
University of Chicago Law School	5,259	672	180	12.73%	27.96%
Syracuse University College of Law	2,259	962	231	13.08%	25.57%

Most Law School Students Enrolled

The size of law schools is not that big, and the average number of enrolled students is 707 over 197 ABA-accredited law schools. The number of first-year students newly enrolled this year is 38,613 - 14,475 in public and 24,138 in private law schools.

Georgetown University Law Center has the most law school students of 3,030 with 604 first-year students. James E. Rogers College of Law and New York University School of Law also have a large number of students of 2,519 and 2,094 respectively.

The following table shows the top 10 law schools with most students. The number for first-year students includes pre-admitted students as well as the enrolled students in regular admission.

Top 10 Law Schools With Most Enrolled Students

	Total	In JD Program	Not in JD Program	First-year Students
Georgetown University Law Center	3,030	2,079	951	604
James E. Rogers College of Law	2,519	376	2,143	119
New York University School of Law	2,094	1,367	727	429
Harvard Law School	2,031	1,797	234	563
The George Washington University Law School	1,870	1,679	191	521
Columbia Law School	1,748	1,410	338	415
Texas A&M University School of Law	1,683	447	1,236	140
Washington College of Law	1,635	1,231	404	408
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law	1,600	793	807	199
Fordham University School of Law	1,575	1,358	217	434