41.58% 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 2024-2025, the average law school acceptance rate is 41.58% over 198 ABA-accredited law school in United States. A total of 414,758 students applied to law school(s) and 130,837 students accepted one or more law schools.
Tightest Law Schools Hard To Get In
Yale Law School has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.28%. Stanford Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School follow it with 8.85% and 9.95% 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 11 public and 14 law schools are included.
For the Law Schools with the Lowest Acceptance Rates, the average 2024 tuition & fees is $45,202 state residents and $58,981 for out-of-state students in public law schools. In private law schools in the rankings, the tuition & fees is $74,605. The average financial aid amount of them is $27,474 which is 40.56% of tuition & fees.
| Rank | School | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Application Fee | Tuition & Fees | LSAT Score | GPA | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale Law SchoolPrivateNew Haven, CT | 5.28% | 76.09% | $85 | $76,369 | 174 | 3.96 | 615 |
| 2 | Stanford Law SchoolPrivateStanford, CA | 8.85% | 45.24% | $85 | $76,608 | 173 | 3.92 | 666 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolPrivatePhiladelphia, PA | 9.95% | 38.10% | $80 | $80,592 | 172 | 3.93 | 1,009 |
| 4 | Harvard Law SchoolPrivateCambridge, MA | 10.97% | 58.13% | $85 | $78,692 | 174 | 3.95 | 2,003 |
| 5 | Claude W. Pettit College of LawPrivateAda, OH | 11.53% | 61.67% | No Fee | $34,950 | 148 | 3.30 | 241 |
| 6 | Columbia Law SchoolPrivateNew York, NY | 11.75% | 39.96% | $85 | $84,820 | 173 | 3.90 | 1,714 |
| 7 | University of Michigan Law SchoolPublicAnn Arbor, MI | 11.85% | 38.28% | $75 | $72,584 | 171 | 3.86 | 1,036 |
| 8 | Gould School of LawPrivateLos Angeles, CA | 12.41% | 25.97% | $75 | $81,940 | 169 | 3.91 | 1,421 |
| 9 | University of Chicago Law SchoolPrivateChicago, IL | 12.73% | 27.96% | $90 | $81,069 | 173 | 3.94 | 711 |
| 10 | Syracuse University College of LawPrivateSyracuse, NY | 13.08% | 25.57% | $75 | $64,417 | 158 | 3.62 | 746 |
| 11 | Boston College Law SchoolPrivateNewton, MA | 13.27% | 26.20% | $75 | $70,115 | 167 | 3.80 | 647 |
| 12 | Texas A&M University School of LawPublicFort Worth, TX | 13.48% | 19.54% | $65 | $48,682 | 168 | 3.97 | 2,043 |
| 13 | Duke University School of LawPrivateDurham, NC | 13.88% | 31.64% | $80 | $78,774 | 170 | 3.89 | 846 |
| 14 | University of Virginia School of LawPublicCharlottesville, VA | 13.92% | 39.64% | $85 | $77,700 | 172 | 3.96 | 957 |
| 15 | University of Georgia School of LawPublicAthens, GA | 14.48% | 32.26% | $50 | $39,596 | 169 | 3.91 | 776 |
| 16 | George Mason University School of LawPublicArlington, VA | 14.64% | 33.33% | $70 | $42,798 | 168 | 3.92 | 635 |
| 17 | University of North Carolina School of LawPublicChapel Hill, NC | 15.18% | 44.58% | $75 | $51,486 | 167 | 3.85 | 544 |
| 18 | Northwestern Pritzker School of LawPrivateChicago, IL | 15.36% | 24.28% | $75 | $77,532 | 172 | 3.95 | 1,225 |
| 19 | University of Texas School of LawPublicAustin, TX | 15.60% | 31.50% | $70 | $56,822 | 171 | 3.89 | 893 |
| 20 | Los Angeles School of LawPublicLos Angeles, CA | 16.10% | 27.51% | $75 | $71,377 | 170 | 3.95 | 1,335 |
| 21 | New York University School of LawPrivateNew York, NY | 16.67% | 28.60% | $85 | $83,152 | 172 | 3.91 | 2,058 |
| 22 | Berkeley School of LawPublicBerkeley, CA | 17.30% | 30.23% | $75 | $78,881 | 170 | 3.87 | 1,306 |
| 23 | Irvine School of LawPublicIrvine, CA | 17.38% | 32.16% | No Fee | $70,823 | 167 | 3.81 | 508 |
| 24 | Levin College of LawPublicGainesville, FL | 17.44% | 32.44% | $30 | $38,039 | 169 | 3.90 | 705 |
| 25 | Vanderbilt University Law SchoolPrivateNashville, TN | 18.45% | 17.70% | $70 | $75,440 | 169 | 3.89 | 561 |