Top Law Schools Ranking

Law Schools Statistics

There are 194 Top Law Schools Ranking accredited and approved by American Bar Association (ABA) - 85 public and 109 private schools.

The 2023 average law school tuition & fees $26,763 for state residents and $43,641 for out-of-state students.The average LSAT (Law School Admission Test) scores of enrolled students is 158 and the average GPA is 3.55. The average acceptance rate is 39.89% where 472,661 students have applied and 133,801 students accepted to admit into one or more law schools.For the first-time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 80.94%.

The next table shows the average statistics for all Law Schools. You may want to check more statistics and compare all Law Schools at Law Schools Statistics page.

2021-2022 Law Schools Statistics
	Top 20 Law Schools	All Law Schools
Number of Schools	20 (5 public, 15 private)	194 (85 public, 109 private)
Tuition & Fees
In-State	$51,800	$26,763
Out-of-State	$63,770	$43,641
Population	24,294	136,701
First-Year Students	5,820	39,745
Average LSAT Scores	171	158
Average GPA	3.86	3.55
Acceptance Rate	12.36%	39.89%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	32.53%	32.70%
Bar Exam Pass Rate (First-time Takers)	96.05%	80.94%

Top Law Schools Comparison

The next table lists the top 20 Law Schools for academic year 2021-2022. Yale Law School ranked top in the Top Law Schools Ranking and Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $51,800 for in-state students and $63,770 for out-of-state students. The average LSAT score of the top Law Schools is 170.9000 and the acceptance rate is 12.36%. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.

2021-2022 Top Law Schools Comparison
Rank^*	Name	Tuition & Fees	LSAT	GPA	Population	Acceptance Rate	Bar Exam Pass Rate
1	Yale Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsNew Haven, CT	$66,128	174	3.94	734	4.12%	98.91%
2	Harvard Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsCambridge, MA	$67,081	174	3.92	1907	6.90%	98.91%
3	Stanford Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsStanford, CA	$62,847	172	3.91	613	6.28%	98.22%
4	Columbia Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY	$72,360	174	3.84	1520	11.42%	96.36%
5	University of Pennsylvania Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$68,606	171	3.9	1023	9.39%	95.3%
6	University of Virginia School of Law Request Info Public, 4-yearsCharlottesville, VA	$66,200 ($63,200)	171	3.91	936	9.66%	98.35%
7	University of Chicago Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsChicago, IL	$67,899	172	3.91	669	11.91%	97.86%
8	University of Michigan Law School Request Info Public, 4-yearsAnn Arbor, MI	$64,854 ($61,854)	171	3.84	1012	10.65%	93.65%
9	New York University School of Law Request Info Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY	$68,712	172	3.86	2430	14.52%	98%
10	Georgetown University Law Center Request Info Private, 4-yearsWashington, DC	$64,548	171	3.85	2712	12.88%	94.61%
11	Northwestern University School of Law Request Info Private, 4-yearsEvanston, IL	$66,806	171	3.86	1181	13.91%	96.03%
12	Cornell Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsIthaca, NY	$68,270	171	3.86	737	15.41%	95.72%
13	Washington University School of Law Request Info Private, 4-yearsSaint Louis, MO	$59,300	170	3.93	1511	15.88%	94.12%
14	Duke University School of Law Request Info Private, 4-yearsDurham, NC	$67,318	170	3.82	848	14.45%	97.46%
15	Vanderbilt University Law School Request Info Private, 4-yearsNashville, TN	$60,050	169	3.89	552	14.25%	92.55%
16	Los Angeles School of Law Request Info Public, 4-yearsLos Angeles, CA	$53,152 ($47,089)	170	3.82	1184	15.43%	96.55%
17	Berkeley School of Law Request Info Public, 4-yearsBerkeley, CA	$55,316 ($51,987)	169	3.83	1235	13.66%	96.67%
18	Gould School of Law Request Info Private, 4-yearsLos Angeles, CA	$67,191	168	3.82	1414	12.96%	92.13%
19	University of Texas School of Law Request Info Public, 4-yearsAustin, TX	$51,774 ($34,868)	169	3.8	1015	15.24%	95.05%
20	Boston University School of Law Request Info Private, 4-yearsBoston, MA	$56,982	169	3.77	1061	18.33%	94.5%
	Average	$63,770 ($51,800)	171	3.86	24294	12.36%	96.05%

^*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.