Law School Rankings for 2024

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 2024 (which were published in 2023) 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.

Rankings for other years: 2021 (published 2020), 2022 (published 2021), 2023 (published 2022), 2024 (published 2023).

		LSAT			GPA
Rank	Name	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th	Acceptance
147-193	Western State College Of Law	150	151	154	2.99	3.23	3.53	44.6%
147-193	Southern University	144	146	148	2.8	3.13	3.43	59.7%
147-193	Appalachian School of Law	144	146	149	2.79	3.21	3.51	48.5%
147-193	Nova Southeastern University	150	153	155	3.17	3.43	3.66	33.4%
147-193	Vermont Law School	149	154	158	3.09	3.36	3.69	60.9%
147-193	New England Law \| Boston	149	154	157	2.93	3.36	3.66	71.0%
71	Marquette University	153	155	158	3.38	3.63	3.76	41.0%
147-193	Western New England University	146	150	154	3.02	3.43	3.7	63.5%
147-193	Pontifical Catholic University	132	135	139	2.77	3.26	3.49	56.3%
147-193	Widener University—Delaware	148	150	152	2.9	3.26	3.5	65.7%
147-193	Atlanta's John Marshall Law School	148	151	153	2.75	3.14	3.54	45.8%
147-193	South Texas College Of Law—Houston	151	153	156	3.0	3.3	3.55	44.3%
147-193	Creighton University	149	153	157	2.99	3.5	3.72	67.8%
140	Hofstra University	151	156	158	3.24	3.58	3.74	44.7%
125	New York Law School	152	155	158	3.3	3.53	3.72	51.5%
51	University of Maryland	157	163	164	3.36	3.71	3.85	29.5%
147-193	Western Michigan University (Cooley)	146	148	151	2.64	3.0	3.33	48.2%
147-193	Inter American University School of Law	140	143	147	3.11	3.37	3.61	51.0%
147-193	North Carolina Central University	145	148	151	3.09	3.32	3.55	35.7%
147-193	University of North Texas at Dallas	150	152	155	3.07	3.31	3.56	33.3%
147-193	Northern Illinois University	147	150	152	3.06	3.36	3.59	52.1%
147-193	CUNY	151	154	158	3.16	3.42	3.64	35.3%
135	University of Missouri—Kansas City	152	154	157	3.16	3.47	3.73	52.1%
99	Mercer University	153	154	157	3.23	3.48	3.69	46.1%
89	University of Pittsburgh	159	161	163	3.25	3.55	3.75	33.2%
84	University of Cincinnati	156	158	161	3.52	3.73	3.91	44.8%
78	University of San Diego	157	161	163	3.45	3.74	3.86	34.5%
60	University of Houston	157	161	162	3.5	3.7	3.8	32.1%
40	Washington and Lee University	159	164	166	3.47	3.66	3.78	32.7%
32	University of Utah	158	163	164	3.71	3.87	3.96	31.9%
22	Wake Forest University	159	165	166	3.47	3.72	3.84	33.0%
16	University of Texas at Austin	166	170	171	3.71	3.84	3.92	14.6%
8	University of Virginia	166	171	173	3.69	3.94	3.99	12.9%
147-193	University of the District of Columbia	147	150	153	2.85	3.15	3.45	50.3%
147-193	Golden Gate University	152	154	156	2.92	3.15	3.45	25.5%
147-193	Lincoln Memorial	148	150	154	3.08	3.4	3.61	57.5%
147-193	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	148	152	154	3.2	3.47	3.68	59.4%
147-193	(Part-time) Widener University—Pennsylvania (Commonwealth)	146	148	152	2.95	3.3	3.6	60.2%
147-193	St. Mary's University	150	153	156	3.03	3.36	3.62	37.4%
135	University of Hawaii	156	156	160	3.53	3.53	3.7	29.6%
99	Louisiana State University	154	157	159	3.37	3.62	3.79	52.5%
89	University of Nevada—Las Vegas	155	160	162	3.42	3.74	3.84	35.4%
84	Stetson University	156	158	159	3.28	3.51	3.72	31.0%
40	University of Wisconsin	157	165	167	3.41	3.73	3.85	35.2%
32	George Mason University	158	166	167	3.45	3.83	3.93	19.6%
22	University of North Carolina	162	166	167	3.61	3.77	3.88	14.6%
16	University of Southern California	165	168	169	3.76	3.87	3.94	12.7%
147-193	University of Puerto Rico	143	147	153	3.48	3.71	3.88	49.0%
147-193	Florida A&M University	148	150	153	3.25	3.41	3.66	35.5%
147-193	Capital University	148	151	155	2.96	3.33	3.64	67.5%
147-193	Touro College	149	150	153	2.85	3.11	3.45	51.4%
147-193	University of Illinois—Chicago	149	152	154	3.05	3.36	3.6	66.4%
147-193	University of Arkansas, Little Rock	149	152	155	2.98	3.41	3.69	55.8%
131	Pace University	150	152	154	3.08	3.39	3.62	51.6%
5	Harvard University	170	174	176	3.82	3.92	3.99	10.1%
147-193	University of North Dakota	146	150	153	3.1	3.37	3.59	72.7%
147-193	Charleston School Of Law	149	152	154	3.12	3.41	3.65	56.6%
147-193	California Western School Of Law	151	153	156	3.04	3.35	3.57	49.3%
147-193	Mitchell Hamline	149	152	155	2.97	3.33	3.57	64.9%
147-193	Jones School of Law	147	151	153	2.85	3.18	3.54	47.9%
147-193	University of Akron	151	153	155	3.02	3.45	3.68	62.9%
99	Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent)	155	159	161	3.31	3.61	3.79	50.5%
89	Saint Louis University	153	156	161	3.23	3.54	3.8	61.2%
84	Lewis And Clark College	158	161	164	3.25	3.52	3.69	52.0%
69	Yeshiva University (Cardozo)	159	164	166	3.46	3.76	3.86	33.8%
147-193	Texas Southern University	149	151	153	2.77	3.1	3.52	38.2%
147-193	Barry University	147	149	152	2.89	3.23	3.5	53.8%
147-193	Southern Illinois University—Carbondale	147	150	153	2.92	3.35	3.62	56.7%
147-193	University of San Francisco	152	155	158	3.04	3.42	3.64	46.4%
147-193	Santa Clara University	155	158	160	3.16	3.42	3.57	52.3%
147-193	Oklahoma City University	146	148	152	3.11	3.43	3.65	61.9%
147-193	St. Thomas University (Florida)	150	152	155	3.03	3.32	3.56	50.3%
147-193	Ave Maria School Of Law	149	152	155	2.93	3.3	3.65	43.7%
147-193	Roger Williams University	148	150	154	3.02	3.33	3.62	67.3%
147-193	Mississippi College	146	150	154	2.97	3.38	3.59	61.9%
147-193	Willamette University	151	154	156	3.02	3.25	3.67	58.9%
147-193	Northern Kentucky University	150	152	155	3.23	3.55	3.7	60.6%
96	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)	152	156	159	3.32	3.63	3.77	65.5%
89	Duquesne University	153	155	158	3.21	3.5	3.75	56.3%
80	Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law	156	162	163	3.39	3.72	3.86	30.9%
60	University of South Carolina	156	159	161	3.35	3.61	3.83	37.6%
51	University of Tennessee	156	160	162	3.45	3.76	3.86	33.2%
45	Pepperdine University	159	164	166	3.54	3.85	3.93	27.7%
35	University of Alabama	159	166	168	3.64	3.95	4.0	25.8%
29	Boston College	162	166	167	3.55	3.74	3.81	10.2%
20	Washington University in St. Louis	164	172	173	3.43	3.94	4.0	18.0%
146	University of Maine	153	158	162	3.3	3.65	3.84	54.6%
133	Suffolk University	150	154	158	3.2	3.49	3.67	60.7%
51	University of Oklahoma	155	159	160	3.37	3.67	3.88	42.5%
1	Yale University	171	175	178	3.87	3.94	3.99	5.7%
146	Quinnipiac University	149	152	156	3.3	3.56	3.77	67.0%
111	University of Wyoming	152	154	157	3.21	3.48	3.74	51.0%
111	Brooklyn Law School	157	160	161	3.32	3.54	3.7	46.2%
56	University of Colorado—Boulder	159	164	166	3.45	3.72	3.83	31.2%
146	Ohio Northern University	146	148	151	3.08	3.42	3.67	59.4%
125	Howard University	151	154	158	3.23	3.49	3.71	31.2%
111	University of Tulsa	151	155	158	3.09	3.43	3.68	60.4%
109	Rutgers State University Newark (old)	155	158	160	3.07	3.41	3.64	41.1%
141	University of Toledo	149	152	155	3.23	3.55	3.79	43.7%
135	University of Baltimore	151	154	157	3.01	3.42	3.6	56.6%
99	Indiana University - Indianapolis	151	154	158	3.27	3.58	3.79	64.9%
89	University of Nebraska	155	158	161	3.41	3.72	3.91	60.9%
84	Loyola University—Chicago	157	159	161	3.37	3.56	3.72	41.7%
60	University of California (Hastings)	157	160	163	3.39	3.59	3.75	29.0%
141	University of the Pacific (Mcgeorge)	152	155	157	3.04	3.47	3.72	55.3%
135	Liberty University	150	152	155	3.19	3.49	3.74	55.2%
71	Tulane University	157	161	163	3.42	3.64	3.76	43.3%
141	University of Idaho	149	152	156	2.98	3.36	3.58	66.8%
14	University of California—Los Angeles	166	171	172	3.66	3.9	3.97	15.5%
141	University of Detroit Mercy	150	154	157	3.08	3.39	3.61	56.1%
122	Syracuse University	154	157	160	3.22	3.56	3.74	41.7%
111	Michigan State University	153	157	159	3.14	3.52	3.76	43.9%
105	Belmont University	156	160	162	3.47	3.7	3.88	39.6%
60	Loyola Marymount University—Los Angeles	157	161	163	3.46	3.69	3.81	34.4%
45	Southern Methodist University	160	164	165	3.35	3.71	3.87	33.9%
35	University of California—Irvine	162	167	168	3.51	3.72	3.83	19.5%
29	Fordham University	164	167	168	3.55	3.72	3.81	18.8%
22	Brigham Young University	165	168	171	3.66	3.92	3.96	31.4%
141	Southwestern Law School	152	154	157	3.1	3.36	3.58	50.4%
125	Regent University	153	157	160	3.26	3.63	3.9	41.3%
10	University of California—Berkeley	167	170	172	3.74	3.83	3.9	12.5%
135	DePaul University	152	156	158	3.18	3.57	3.76	41.8%
125	University of Buffalo—SUNY	153	156	159	3.41	3.61	3.79	44.0%
71	University of Connecticut	156	160	162	3.38	3.64	3.79	28.0%
4	University of Pennsylvania	167	172	173	3.61	3.9	3.96	9.7%
133	Elon University	149	152	155	3.05	3.41	3.6	44.0%
56	Seton Hall University	154	159	162	3.38	3.62	3.78	40.3%
49	University of Washington	160	164	166	3.5	3.7	3.83	30.3%
1	Stanford University	170	173	176	3.84	3.92	3.99	6.9%
131	Samford University	152	155	157	3.36	3.62	3.84	62.2%
60	University of California—Davis	163	165	166	3.45	3.7	3.84	25.2%
5	New York University	169	172	174	3.72	3.88	3.94	15.7%
125	University of Memphis	152	154	156	3.03	3.32	3.61	41.2%
71	University of Miami	156	161	164	3.45	3.69	3.81	33.5%
5	Duke University	168	170	171	3.73	3.85	3.94	10.7%
125	Campbell University	152	154	158	3.28	3.53	3.69	55.7%
111	University of Mississippi	153	157	160	3.27	3.54	3.81	41.1%
109	Chapman University	155	161	163	3.2	3.63	3.78	28.7%
56	Florida State University	159	165	166	3.48	3.83	3.92	19.6%
49	Baylor University	159	163	164	3.48	3.72	3.85	23.9%
122	University of South Dakota	148	151	155	3.0	3.39	3.72	67.5%
122	Catholic University Of America	156	159	161	3.38	3.61	3.75	34.7%
111	Seattle University	152	157	160	3.11	3.44	3.68	54.9%
105	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	153	156	158	3.34	3.6	3.87	41.2%
60	St. John's University	154	162	164	3.33	3.66	3.8	39.9%
45	William & Mary Law School	160	165	166	3.5	3.75	3.85	46.0%
35	University of Iowa	161	163	165	3.49	3.66	3.83	41.3%
29	Texas A&M University	158	164	166	3.54	3.93	3.98	16.3%
22	Ohio State University	159	164	166	3.58	3.86	3.95	37.1%
111	West Virginia University	152	155	158	3.33	3.68	3.86	41.1%
111	Loyola University—New Orleans	149	152	155	3.17	3.39	3.61	66.7%
60	Florida International University	156	160	162	3.37	3.72	3.89	22.6%
3	University of Chicago	169	173	175	3.81	3.91	3.97	14.2%
111	Washburn University	150	154	157	3.11	3.5	3.74	49.3%
111	Cleveland State University	151	154	157	2.95	3.39	3.65	48.5%
56	Wayne State University	154	161	163	3.38	3.8	3.89	35.5%
111	University of Dayton	152	154	157	3.3	3.58	3.77	28.3%
105	University of New Hampshire	152	156	159	3.04	3.48	3.71	51.7%
105	Albany Law School Of Union University	153	155	158	3.21	3.48	3.7	50.2%
96	University of New Mexico	152	156	160	3.22	3.5	3.74	47.0%
89	American University	156	162	163	3.3	3.61	3.73	33.8%
80	Drexel University	152	159	161	3.33	3.72	3.82	31.0%
60	University of Richmond	158	163	165	3.33	3.75	3.87	33.7%
99	University of Louisville	152	156	158	3.36	3.68	3.89	54.2%
96	University of Montana	151	154	158	3.05	3.43	3.71	66.1%
88	Drake University	151	154	157	3.29	3.55	3.77	71.3%
80	Case Western Reserve University	153	160	162	3.38	3.66	3.82	39.2%
60	University of Kentucky	155	157	160	3.4	3.68	3.84	50.1%
43	University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign	162	166	167	3.47	3.71	3.86	34.7%
35	Emory University	161	168	169	3.43	3.8	3.9	26.0%
27	Boston University	164	170	171	3.57	3.84	3.91	16.3%
16	Vanderbilt University	163	170	170	3.57	3.9	3.98	14.5%
99	Gonzaga University	152	154	156	3.24	3.48	3.71	61.9%
89	Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law	156	161	163	3.25	3.61	3.8	36.8%
80	University of Denver	156	160	162	3.27	3.6	3.75	48.5%
69	Georgia State University	157	160	162	3.38	3.61	3.74	28.4%
13	Cornell University	170	172	174	3.76	3.87	3.94	17.4%
78	University of Oregon	155	158	161	3.37	3.57	3.76	55.3%
40	University of Kansas	153	158	160	3.41	3.73	3.85	55.3%
32	Arizona State University	158	167	168	3.42	3.85	3.94	19.7%
22	University of Florida (Levin)	162	169	170	3.52	3.9	3.97	16.9%
15	Georgetown University	166	171	172	3.63	3.86	3.94	17.6%
71	University of Missouri	156	160	162	3.42	3.7	3.86	51.4%
8	Columbia University	171	173	175	3.78	3.87	3.95	11.9%
71	Texas Tech University	154	157	160	3.4	3.64	3.84	36.8%
10	Northwestern University	166	171	172	3.63	3.89	3.95	15.0%
71	Northeastern University	158	163	166	3.47	3.7	3.82	31.1%
54	University of Arizona	158	163	164	3.48	3.76	3.88	24.9%
54	Temple University	160	163	165	3.38	3.63	3.74	36.5%
45	Indiana University - Bloomington	158	164	165	3.42	3.81	3.92	43.4%
35	George Washington University	162	168	169	3.52	3.84	3.93	25.0%
27	University of Notre Dame	162	168	170	3.65	3.81	3.89	24.6%
20	University of Georgia	156	168	169	3.56	3.87	3.94	14.8%
10	University of Michigan	166	171	172	3.59	3.83	3.92	13.5%
43	Villanova University		163			3.76		16.5%
16	University of Minnesota		168			3.83		37.2%

A rank of 147-193 means that the school is in the bottom tier as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

* The data in this table is user-reported and may be inaccurate.

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The U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) law school rankings for 2023 showcase a highly competitive landscape among top-tier institutions. Stanford University and Yale University share the first spot, closely followed by the University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Duke University, Harvard University, and New York University, which all tie for the fifth rank. The rankings consider a multitude of factors including the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT scores and GPAs of enrolled students, as well as the acceptance rate, painting a comprehensive picture of each school's selectivity and the quality of its students.

Stanford and Yale Universities both have 25th percentile LSAT scores of 170 or above and 75th percentile scores reaching 176 and 178 respectively, indicating a highly accomplished student body. Yale, however, has a slightly lower acceptance rate at 5.7%, reflecting a higher level of competitiveness for admission. Both schools also boast strong GPA percentiles, with 75th percentile GPAs hitting 3.99 for both schools, illustrating the high academic achievements of their students.

In the fifth spot, Duke University, Harvard University, and New York University exhibit a diverse range of LSAT and GPA percentiles, with Duke showing slightly lower metrics, but still boasting strong figures. Duke’s 75th percentile LSAT score stands at 171, with Harvard and NYU reaching 176 and 174 respectively. Harvard's GPA and LSAT scores are highly competitive, tying with the leaders Stanford and Yale at several points. NYU, while still being a top-ranked institution, does have a higher acceptance rate at 15.7%, suggesting a slightly less selective admissions process. Nonetheless, the continued presence of these institutions at the top of the USNWR rankings underscores their esteemed reputation and the high caliber of their law programs.

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