Preview Of The 2026-27 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions

In the current 2025-26 methodology, law school admissions count 10% in the overall ranking:

Acceptance Rate (1%)
Median Undergraduate GPA (4%)
Median LSAT (5%)

	School	Accept. Rate Rank	UGPA Rank	LSAT Rank	Weighted Rank
1	Chicago	7	3	2	2.90
2	Yale	1	5	2	3.10
3	Harvard	6	5	2	3.60
4	Virginia	8	2	5	4.10
5	Stanford	2	5	5	4.70
6	Wash. U.	31	5	1	5.60
7	Northwest.	15	5	5	6.00
8	Penn	3	10	5	6.80
9	Columbia	11	16	5	10.00
10	UCLA	12	10	13	11.70
11	Cornell	29	16	5	11.80
12	Texas A&M	14	1	23	13.30
13	NYU	19	16	11	13.80
14	G’town	23	13	13	14.00
15	Duke	17	21	13	16.60
16	BYU	42	10	18	17.20
17	Berkeley	21	16	18	17.50
18	Texas	20	28	11	18.70
19	G. Mason	24	13	23	19.10
20	Vanderbilt	18	21	18	19.20
21	Georgia	16	16	23	19.50
22	Michigan	5	33	13	20.20
23	USC	9	21	23	20.80
24	Florida	28	21	23	22.70
25	No. Dame	26	28	18	22.80
26	Boston U.	13	33	18	23.50
27	Alabama	59	3	34	24.10
28	Minnesota	67	33	13	26.40
29	Florida St.	25	13	38	26.70
29	UNC	10	28	29	26.70
31	Ohio State	52	21	29	28.10
32	BC	4	42	29	31.70
33	Ariz. State	34	21	44	33.80
34	UC-Irvine	22	52	23	34.50
35	G. Wash.	68	37	29	36.10
36	Wisconsin	32	45	34	38.20
37	Utah	57	36	38	39.10
38	Fordham	27	56	29	39.60
39	W. & Mary	39	43	38	40.10
40	SMU	51	45	34	40.10
41	Tennessee	55	28	49	41.20
42	Wayne St.	56	28	49	41.30
43	Ind. Maurer	99	21	49	42.80
44	Emory	77	43	38	43.90
45	Pepperdine	45	38	49	44.20
46	Illinois	85	45	38	45.50
47	Wake For.	53	56	38	46.70
48	St. John’s	44	45	49	46.90
49	Colorado	70	45	49	49.50
50	W & L	41	72	34	49.90
51	Villanova	60	52	49	51.30
52	San Diego	46	40	62	51.60
53	U. Wash.	33	67	44	52.10
54	Miami	54	56	49	52.30
55	Cardozo	74	60	44	53.40
56	Baylor	37	64	49	53.80
56	Richmond	113	45	49	53.80
56	Temple	50	67	44	53.80
59	Northeast.	48	64	49	54.90
60	Houston	43	56	62	57.70
61	Kansas	112	38	67	59.90
62	UC-Davis	38	87	44	60.60
63	Florida Int’l	30	52	74	60.80
64	UConn	35	60	67	61.00
65	Maryland	64	77	49	61.70
66	U. Arizona	71	60	62	62.10
67	Iowa	137	60	49	62.20
68	Belmont	106	40	74	63.60
69	Loyola-L.A.	63	73	62	66.50
70	Chapman	36	87	62	69.40
71	Mich. State	62	75	67	69.70
72	Case West.	95	67	67	69.80
73	Nebraska	117	45	85	72.20
74	Oklahoma	88	75	67	72.30
75	Cincinnati	84	52	92	75.20
76	UC-SF	69	82	74	76.70
77	Drexel	75	67	85	76.80
78	UNLV	80	67	85	77.30
79	Chi-Kent	109	77	74	78.70
80	Seton Hall	91	82	74	78.90
81	Loyola-C.	72	87	74	79.00
82	S. Carolina	76	97	67	79.90
83	Miss.-Col.	126	77	74	80.40
84	Catholic	82	93	74	82.40
85	American	87	109	67	85.80
86	Tulane	116	97	74	87.40
87	Texas Tech	58	92	92	88.60
88	Kentucky	120	77	92	88.80
88	Marquette	40	87	100	88.80
90	Ark-Fayett.	66	82	100	89.40
91	Penn State	129	82	92	91.70
92	Georgia St.	78	107	85	93.10
93	St Tho MN	176	77	92	94.40
94	LSU	108	73	109	94.50
95	Denver	122	101	85	95.10
96	Maine	104	87	100	95.20
97	Rutgers	89	101	100	99.30
98	Brooklyn	133	123	74	99.50
99	Stetson	101	109	92	99.70
100	SUNY-Buff.	127	82	109	100.00
101	Regent	136	93	100	100.80
102	Hawaii	65	114	100	102.10
103	Lewis & Cl.	166	123	74	102.80
104	Miss.	125	93	109	104.20
105	Pittsburgh	97	131	85	104.60
106	Oregon	169	114	85	105.00
106	Seattle	110	120	92	105.00
108	DePaul	96	118	100	106.80
109	Syracuse	93	120	100	107.30
110	Hofstra	119	103	109	107.60
111	Howard	47	109	122	109.30
112	NYLS	114	109	109	109.50
113	Dayton	79	120	109	110.40
114	Mercer	107	114	109	110.80
115	Louisville	193	97	109	112.60
116	Albany	105	131	100	112.90
117	Duquesne	131	114	109	113.20
118	Miss.-KC	139	103	122	116.10
119	Drake	167	97	122	116.50
120	Washburn	140	93	132	117.20
121	N. Mexico	123	127	109	117.60
122	Montana	152	107	122	119.00
122	St. Louis	173	118	109	119.00
122	Samford	144	109	122	119.00
122	W. Virginia	118	103	132	119.00
126	Quinnipiac	130	103	132	120.20
127	Santa Clara	161	147	92	120.90
128	Puerto Rico	115	64	168	121.10
129	Southwest	102	142	109	121.50
130	Wyoming	100	129	122	122.60
131	CUNY	73	131	132	125.70
132	Detroit	123	139	122	128.90
133	Jackson.	98	152	122	131.60
134	Campbell	147	142	122	132.50
135	Gonzaga	150	129	132	132.60
136	Memphis	121	137	132	132.90
137	Ind.-McK	170	125	132	133.00
138	Pacific	165	139	122	133.10
139	Cleve. St.	92	147	132	134.00
140	Suffolk	190	125	132	135.00
141	Tulsa	175	159	109	135.60
142	Nova	143	139	132	135.90
143	Cal-West.	141	147	132	138.90
144	Pace	134	131	148	139.80
145	UNH	155	147	132	140.30
146	S. Texas	90	165	132	141.00
147	USF	128	156	132	141.20
148	Baltimore	145	159	132	144.10
149	Liberty	180	131	148	144.40
150	St. Mary’s	61	151	157	145.00
151	Charleston	146	142	148	145.40
152	Akron	177	142	148	148.50
153	Toledo	159	137	157	149.20
154	N. Texas	48	165	157	149.30
155	Idaho	196	131	157	150.50
156	Ave Maria	142	176	132	150.60
157	Loyola-NO	149	156	148	151.30
158	Willamette	188	152	148	153.60
159	Flor. A&M	94	152	168	154.20
160	Creighton	194	142	157	154.70
161	OKC	153	127	178	155.10
162	N. Kent.	179	165	148	157.90
163	Elon	163	170	148	158.30
164	Lincoln M.	157	161	157	158.60
165	Ark-LR	168	165	157	161.30
166	Ill.-Chic.	160	170	157	162.50
167	Mitch\|Ham	151	187	148	163.90
167	Touro	138	179	157	163.90
169	S. Dakota	191	156	168	165.50
170	New Eng.	186	174	157	166.70
171	West. St.	132	176	168	167.60
172	St Thom FL	183	164	168	167.90
173	N. Dakota	192	152	178	169.00
174	West. NE	154	189	157	169.50
175	J Marsh GA	83	194	168	169.90
176	UMass.	157	176	168	170.10
177	N. Illinois	135	165	183	171.00
178	Miss. Coll.	182	174	168	171.80
179	Tex. South.	86	181	183	172.50
180	Capital	195	161	178	172.90
181	D.C.	103	188	178	174.50
181	NC Central	111	186	178	174.50
181	Wide. DE	181	181	168	174.50
184	Ohio N.	81	180	189	174.60
185	Roger Wms	187	163	183	175.40
186	Vermont	177	190	168	177.70
187	Faulkner	164	181	183	180.30
188	S. Illinois	172	173	189	180.90
189	Inter-Amer.	148	172	195	181.10
190	Wide. PA	184	181	183	182.30
191	Barry	171	191	183	185.00
192	Wilmington	156	194	189	187.70
193	Pont. Cath.	189	181	196	189.30
194	Cooley	162	196	192	190.60
194	Southern	174	193	192	190.60
196	Appalach.	185	192	194	192.30

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