Update:
- Preview Of The 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Overall Ranking
- Preview Of The 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Resources
- Preview Of The 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Student Outcomes
- Preview Of The 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions
Following up on yesterday’s post, Preview Of The 2025-26 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Acceptance Rate:
| Rank | School | 2024 UGPA | 2023 UGPA |
| 1 | Texas A&M | 3.97 | 3.97 (1) |
| 2 | Virginia | 3.96 | 3.94 (6) |
| 2 | Washington Univ. | 3.96 | 3.95 (3) |
| 2 | Yale | 3.96 | 3.96 (2) |
| 5 | Alabama | 3.95 | 3.95 (3) |
| 5 | Harvard | 3.95 | 3.93 (9) |
| 5 | Northwestern | 3.95 | 3.92 (10) |
| 5 | UCLA | 3.95 | 3.92 (10) |
| 9 | Chicago | 3.94 | 3.94 (6) |
| 10 | Penn | 3.93 | 3.92 (10) |
| 11 | BYU | 3.92 | 3.94 (6) |
| 11 | George Mason | 3.92 | 3.89 (19) |
| 11 | Georgetown | 3.92 | 3.91 (13) |
| 11 | Stanford | 3.92 | 3.95 (3) |
| 15 | Florida State | 3.91 | 3.85 (28) |
| 15 | Georgia | 3.91 | 3.83 (33) |
| 15 | Indiana (Maurer) | 3.91 | 3.86 (24) |
| 15 | NYU | 3.91 | 3.90 (15) |
| 15 | USC | 3.91 | 3.88 (21) |
| 20 | Arizona State | 3.90 | 3.90 (15) |
| 20 | Columbia | 3.90 | 3.90 (15) |
| 20 | Florida | 3.90 | 3.91 (13) |
| 23 | Cornell | 3.89 | 3.90 (15) |
| 23 | Duke | 3.89 | 3.87 (22) |
| 23 | Ohio State | 3.89 | 3.83 (33) |
| 23 | Texas | 3.89 | 3.86 (24) |
| 23 | Vanderbilt | 3.89 | 3.89 (19) |
| 28 | Boston Univ. | 3.88 | 3.86 (24) |
| 28 | Minnesota | 3.88 | 3.85 (28) |
| 30 | George Washington | 3.87 | 3.85 (28) |
| 30 | UC-Berkeley | 3.87 | 3.87 (22) |
| 32 | Michigan | 3.86 | 3.85 (28) |
| 32 | SMU | 3.86 | 3.83 (33) |
| 32 | Utah | 3.86 | 3.85 (28) |
| 35 | North Carolina | 3.85 | 3.78 (47) |
| 35 | Notre Dame | 3.85 | 3.83 (33) |
| 35 | Pepperdine | 3.85 | 3.86 (24) |
| 38 | Wake Forest | 3.84 | 3.79 (43) |
| 38 | Wayne State | 3.84 | 3.83 (33) |
| 40 | Tennessee | 3.82 | 3.78 (47) |
| 41 | Cincinnati | 3.81 | 3.80 (40) |
| 41 | Emory | 3.81 | 3.82 (38) |
| 41 | UC-Irvine | 3.81 | 3.72 (64) |
| 41 | Villanova | 3.81 | 3.80 (40) |
| 41 | Wisconsin | 3.81 | 3.79 (43) |
| 46 | Boston College | 3.80 | 3.77 (50) |
| 46 | Cardozo | 3.80 | 3.79 (43) |
| 46 | San Diego | 3.80 | 3.80 (40) |
| 49 | Belmont | 3.79 | 3.77 (50) |
| 49 | Colorado | 3.79 | 3.81 (39) |
| 49 | Kansas | 3.79 | 3.71 (70) |
| Rank | School | 2024 UGPA | 2023 UGPA |
| 52 | University of Arizona | 3.78 | 3.79 (43) |
| 52 | UNLV | 3.78 | 3.78 (47) |
| 54 | Illinois | 3.77 | 3.75 (57) |
| 54 | Nebraska | 3.77 | 3.75 (57) |
| 56 | Fordham | 3.76 | 3.75 (57) |
| 56 | Iowa | 3.76 | 3.76 (54) |
| 56 | Miami | 3.76 | 3.72 (64) |
| 56 | Missouri-Columbia | 3.76 | 3.70 (76) |
| 60 | Houston | 3.75 | 3.72 (64) |
| 60 | Richmond | 3.75 | 3.75 (57) |
| 60 | William & Mary | 3.75 | 3.77 (50) |
| 63 | Chicago-Kent | 3.74 | 3.67 (83) |
| 63 | Oklahoma | 3.74 | 3.71 (70) |
| 63 | South Carolina | 3.74 | 3.70 (76) |
| 63 | St. John’s | 3.74 | 3.71 (70) |
| 67 | Baylor | 3.73 | 3.73 (63) |
| 67 | Florida Int’l | 3.73 | 3.74 (61) |
| 67 | Maryland | 3.73 | 3.76 (54) |
| 67 | Northeastern | 3.73 | 3.72 (64) |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 3.73 | 3.76 (54) |
| 67 | Washington & Lee | 3.73 | 3.72 (64) |
| 73 | Connecticut | 3.72 | 3.71 (70) |
| 73 | Drexel | 3.72 | 3.70 (76) |
| 73 | Loyola-L.A. | 3.72 | 3.71 (70) |
| 76 | Kentucky | 3.71 | 3.67 (83) |
| 76 | Louisiana State | 3.71 | 3.65 (87) |
| 76 | Penn State-Univ. Park | 3.71 | 3.77 (50) |
| 76 | SUNY-Buffalo | 3.71 | 3.72 (64) |
| 80 | Case Western | 3.70 | 3.70 (76) |
| 80 | Hawaii | 3.70 | 3.48 (137) |
| 80 | Marquette | 3.70 | 3.61 (97) |
| 83 | Seton Hall | 3.69 | 3.66 (86) |
| 84 | Penn State-Dickinson | 3.68 | 3.63 (90) |
| 84 | UC-Davis | 3.68 | 3.69 (80) |
| 86 | Chapman | 3.67 | 3.67 (83) |
| 86 | Temple | 3.67 | 3.65 (87) |
| 86 | University of Washington | 3.67 | 3.74 (61) |
| 89 | Dayton | 3.66 | 3.61 (97) |
| 89 | Maine | 3.66 | 3.62 (94) |
| 91 | Denver | 3.65 | 3.58 (113) |
| 91 | DePaul | 3.65 | 3.59 (104) |
| 91 | Texas Tech | 3.65 | 3.63 (90) |
| 94 | Catholic | 3.64 | 3.63 (90) |
| 94 | Mississippi | 3.64 | 3.62 (94) |
| 94 | Regent | 3.64 | 3.68 (81) |
| 94 | St. Louis | 3.64 | 3.59 (104) |
| 94 | St. Thomas (MN) | 3.64 | 3.62 (94) |
| 94 | Tulane | 3.64 | 3.64 (89) |
| 100 | Arkansas-Fayetteville | 3.63 | 3.71 (70) |
| 100 | Mercer | 3.63 | 3.59 (104) |
| 100 | Michigan State | 3.63 | 3.55 (120) |
| 100 | Samford | 3.63 | 3.61 (97) |
| 100 | UC-San Francisco | 3.63 | 3.59 (104) |
| 105 | Hofstra | 3.62 | 3.59 (104) |
| 105 | Syracuse | 3.62 | 3.58 (113) |
| 107 | American | 3.61 | 3.63 (90) |
| 107 | Rutgers | 3.61 | 3.60 (102) |
| 107 | Washburn | 3.61 | 3.59 (104) |
| 110 | Loyola-Chicago | 3.60 | 3.6 (102) |
| 110 | Stetson | 3.60 | 3.59 (104) |
| 112 | Indiana (McKinney) | 3.59 | 3.61 (97) |
| 112 | Louisville | 3.59 | 3.68 (81) |
| 112 | New York Law School | 3.59 | 3.51 (130) |
| 112 | Quinnipiac | 3.59 | 3.51 (130) |
| 116 | Lewis & Clark | 3.58 | 3.59 (104) |
| 116 | Toledo | 3.58 | 3.53 (125) |
| 116 | West Virginia | 3.58 | 3.59 (104) |
| 119 | Campbell | 3.57 | 3.48 (137) |
| 119 | Duquesne | 3.57 | 3.55 (120) |
| 119 | New Mexico | 3.57 | 3.61 (97) |
| 122 | Drake | 3.56 | 3.49 (134) |
| 122 | Georgia State | 3.56 | 3.56 (115) |
| 122 | Oregon | 3.56 | 3.52 (127) |
| 122 | Pittsburgh | 3.56 | 3.56 (115) |
| 126 | Detroit Mercy | 3.55 | 3.46 (143) |
| 126 | Gonzaga | 3.55 | 3.48 (137) |
| 126 | Liberty | 3.55 | 3.56 (115) |
| 126 | South Dakota | 3.55 | 3.56 (115) |
| 126 | Suffolk | 3.55 | 3.55 (120) |
| 131 | Akron | 3.54 | 3.52 (127) |
| 131 | Brooklyn | 3.54 | 3.56 (115) |
| 131 | Charleston | 3.54 | 3.49 (134) |
| 134 | Jacksonville | 3.53 | N/A (N/A) |
| 134 | Seattle | 3.53 | 3.51 (130) |
| 136 | Montana | 3.52 | 3.48 (137) |
| 136 | Nova | 3.52 | 3.36 (168) |
| 136 | Pacific | 3.52 | 3.40 (155) |
| 136 | Tulsa | 3.52 | 3.53 (125) |
| 140 | Missouri-Kansas City | 3.51 | 3.55 (120) |
| 140 | Pace | 3.51 | 3.47 (141) |
| 142 | Northern Kentucky | 3.50 | 3.38 (163) |
| 143 | North Texas | 3.49 | 3.43 (149) |
| 144 | Memphis | 3.48 | 3.40 (155) |
| 144 | Southwestern | 3.48 | 3.44 (147) |
| 146 | Albany | 3.47 | 3.47 (141) |
| 146 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 3.47 | 3.39 (159) |
| 146 | Howard | 3.47 | 3.43 (149) |
| 146 | Oklahoma City | 3.47 | 3.36 (168) |
| 150 | Idaho | 3.46 | 3.35 (172) |
| 150 | North Dakota | 3.46 | 3.37 (166) |
| 150 | Wyoming | 3.46 | 3.51 (130) |
| 153 | New Hampshire | 3.45 | 3.41 (154) |
| 154 | CUNY | 3.44 | 3.45 (145) |
| 154 | Florida A&M | 3.44 | 3.52 (127) |
| 154 | Lincoln Memorial | 3.44 | 3.49 (134) |
| 154 | Roger Williams | 3.44 | 3.30 (179) |
| 154 | Santa Clara | 3.44 | 3.55 (120) |
| 159 | Cleveland State | 3.43 | 3.42 (153) |
| 160 | Baltimore | 3.42 | 3.39 (159) |
| 160 | Creighton | 3.42 | 3.35 (172) |
| 162 | Ave Maria | 3.41 | 3.35 (172) |
| 162 | Elon | 3.41 | 3.43 (149) |
| 162 | North Carolina Central | 3.41 | 3.35 (172) |
| 162 | St. Mary’s | 3.41 | 3.38 (163) |
| 166 | Willamette | 3.40 | 3.26 (185) |
| 167 | Cal-Western | 3.39 | 3.38 (163) |
| 167 | Capital | 3.39 | 3.45 (145) |
| 167 | Massachusetts | 3.39 | 3.39 (159) |
| 170 | Illinois-Chicago | 3.38 | 3.39 (159) |
| 170 | Loyola-New Orleans | 3.38 | 3.37 (166) |
| 170 | Southern Illinois | 3.38 | 3.30 (179) |
| 173 | Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 3.37 | 3.32 (178) |
| 173 | San Francisco | 3.37 | 3.46 (143) |
| 175 | Widener (PA) | 3.36 | 3.34 (176) |
| 176 | South Texas | 3.35 | 3.36 (168) |
| 177 | Mitchell | Hamline | 3.34 | 3.26 (185) |
| 178 | Inter-American (PR) | 3.32 | 3.36 (168) |
| 179 | Mississippi College | 3.31 | 3.33 (177) |
| 179 | New England | 3.31 | 3.44 (147) |
| 181 | Faulkner | 3.30 | 3.21 (190) |
| 181 | Ohio Northern | 3.30 | 3.40 (155) |
| 181 | St. Thomas (FL) | 3.30 | 3.40 (155) |
| 184 | Western New England | 3.29 | 3.30 (179) |
| 185 | Widener (DE) | 3.28 | 3.26 (185) |
| 186 | Northern Illinois | 3.26 | 3.43 (149) |
| 186 | Western State | 3.26 | 3.16 (192) |
| 188 | Touro | 3.22 | 3.22 (189) |
| 189 | Barry | 3.21 | 3.24 (188) |
| 189 | Texas Southern | 3.21 | 3.16 (192) |
| 191 | District of Columbia | 3.18 | 3.27 (184) |
| 191 | Vermont | 3.18 | 3.30 (179) |
| 193 | Cooley | 3.15 | 3.07 (196) |
| 193 | Southern | 3.15 | 3.12 (195) |
| 195 | John Marshall (GA) | 3.09 | 3.19 (191) |
| 196 | Appalachian | 3.04 | 3.13 (194) |
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