42.35% Average Law School Acceptance Rate
An acceptance rate is the ratio of the number of admitted applicants to the total number of applicants. In general, the law school acceptance rate is much lower than the rate in general college admission. For the academic year 2023-2024, the average law school acceptance rate is 42.35% over 197 ABA-accredited law school in United States. A total of 427,103 students applied to law school(s) and 128,500 students accepted one or more law schools.
Tightest Law Schools Hard To Get In
Yale Law School has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.58%. Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School follow it with 7.26% and 9.58% acceptance rate respectively.
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Top 25 Law Schools with the Lowest Acceptance Rates
The following table compares the top 25 Law Schools with the Lowest Acceptance Rates with important academic indicators.
The rankings include 10 public and 15 law schools are included.
For the Law Schools with the Lowest Acceptance Rates, the average 2024 tuition & fees is $43,254 state residents and $56,950 for out-of-state students in public law schools. In private law schools in the rankings, the tuition & fees is $74,190. The average financial aid amount of them is $28,218 which is 41.93% of tuition & fees.
| Rank | School | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Application Fee | Tuition & Fees | LSAT Score | GPA | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale Law SchoolPrivateNew Haven, CT | 5.58% | 72.76% | $85 | $76,369 | 175 | 3.96 | 705 |
| 2 | Stanford Law SchoolPrivateStanford, CA | 7.26% | 44.48% | $85 | $73,713 | 173 | 3.95 | 682 |
| 3 | Harvard Law SchoolPrivateCambridge, MA | 9.58% | 57.02% | $85 | $78,692 | 174 | 3.93 | 2,031 |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolPrivatePhiladelphia, PA | 9.88% | 35.87% | $80 | $76,934 | 172 | 3.92 | 1,048 |
| 5 | Duke University School of LawPrivateDurham, NC | 10.51% | 35.43% | $80 | $75,618 | 170 | 3.87 | 868 |
| 6 | University of Virginia School of LawPublicCharlottesville, VA | 11.46% | 43.08% | $85 | $77,700 | 171 | 3.94 | 960 |
| 7 | Columbia Law SchoolPrivateNew York, NY | 12.23% | 38.29% | $85 | $81,292 | 173 | 3.90 | 1,748 |
| 8 | Gould School of LawPrivateLos Angeles, CA | 12.52% | 29.32% | $75 | $78,038 | 169 | 3.88 | 1,436 |
| 9 | University of Michigan Law SchoolPublicAnn Arbor, MI | 12.58% | 34.03% | $75 | $72,584 | 171 | 3.85 | 978 |
| 10 | University of Chicago Law SchoolPrivateChicago, IL | 12.78% | 26.79% | $90 | $77,877 | 173 | 3.94 | 686 |
| 11 | Boston College Law SchoolPrivateNewton, MA | 13.38% | 27.12% | $75 | $66,895 | 167 | 3.77 | 765 |
| 12 | George Mason University School of LawPublicArlington, VA | 14.03% | 30.03% | $70 | $42,798 | 168 | 3.89 | 924 |
| 13 | Texas A&M University School of LawPublicFort Worth, TX | 14.64% | 23.01% | $65 | $48,618 | 166 | 3.97 | 1,683 |
| 14 | University of Georgia School of LawPublicAthens, GA | 14.77% | 35.57% | $50 | $37,752 | 169 | 3.83 | 694 |
| 15 | University of Texas School of LawPublicAustin, TX | 14.90% | 29.63% | $70 | $54,096 | 171 | 3.86 | 1,005 |
| 16 | Berkeley School of LawPublicBerkeley, CA | 14.92% | 32.12% | $75 | $74,995 | 170 | 3.87 | 1,302 |
| 17 | Northwestern Pritzker School of LawPrivateChicago, IL | 15.53% | 23.58% | $75 | $74,552 | 172 | 3.92 | 1,189 |
| 18 | University of North Carolina School of LawPublicChapel Hill, NC | 16.27% | 37.99% | $75 | $51,486 | 166 | 3.78 | 572 |
| 19 | New York University School of LawPrivateNew York, NY | 16.76% | 28.58% | $85 | $80,014 | 172 | 3.90 | 2,094 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt University Law SchoolPrivateNashville, TN | 16.76% | 17.51% | $70 | $75,440 | 170 | 3.89 | 555 |
| 21 | Los Angeles School of LawPublicLos Angeles, CA | 16.80% | 27.74% | $75 | $71,430 | 170 | 3.92 | 1,376 |
| 22 | Levin College of LawPublicGainesville, FL | 17.01% | 26.22% | $30 | $38,040 | 169 | 3.91 | 762 |
| 23 | Washington University School of LawPrivateSt. Louis, MO | 17.16% | 23.92% | No Fee | $67,744 | 173 | 3.95 | 1,341 |
| 24 | Baylor Law SchoolPrivateWaco, TX | 17.77% | 17.79% | No Fee | $64,650 | 164 | 3.73 | 418 |
| 25 | Boston University School of LawPrivateBoston, MA | 17.82% | 16.92% | $85 | $65,020 | 170 | 3.86 | 1,070 |