5 Best Illinois Law Schools

There are 10 ABA-accredited law schools in Illinois, and 5 schools were ranked in top 100 U.S. law school ranking with academic excellence.

You can compare all law schools at Illinois law school comparison page.

The below list compares important statistics between the 5 best law schools and all law schools in Illinois.

The average LSAT Score of the best law schools is 167.8, which is 7.1 points higher than average score of all Illinois law schools.
The average GPA of the best law schools is 3.82, which is 0.17 points higher than average GPA of all Illinois law schools.
The average acceptance rate is 28.23%, which is 14.07% lower than average rate of all Illinois law schools.
The average yield is 24.78%, while all Illinois law schools's yield is 25.42%
In average, 841 students enrolled in ech best law school, which is larger than Illinois' average (717).
The students to faculty ratio of the best law schools is 4.2 to 1, which means that a faculty can focus on smaller number of students than other Illinois law schools (4.8 to 1).
The average bar exam pass rate of the best law schools is 87.24%, which is higher than Illinois' average (77.97%).

Illinois Best Law Schools Comparison

The following table compares the 5 best Illinois law schools with important statistics.

Illinois Best Law Schools Overview
School	U.S. Law School Ranking	Founded	Tuition & Fees	LSAT	GPA	Population	Students to Faculty
University of Chicago Law SchoolPrivateChicago, IL	7	1902	$81,069	173	3.94	711	4 to 1
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawPrivateChicago, IL	12	1859	$77,532	172	3.95	1,225	4 to 1
Notre Dame Law SchoolPrivateNotre Dame, IL	26	1869	$71,126	169	3.85	573	4 to 1
University of Illinois College of LawPublicChampaign, IL	42	1897	$49,877	165	3.77	605	5 to 1
Loyola University Chicago School of LawPrivateChicago, IL	82	1909	$57,170	160	3.60	1,090	4 to 1

Illinois Best Law Schools Statistics over the Past 5 Years

The tables below compare tuition, admission statistics, bar exam pass over the past 5 years. The data used is from 2021 to 2025, except bar exam pass rate from 2020 to 2024.

Tuition Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
University of Chicago Law School	$81,069	$81,069	$81,069	$81,069	$81,069
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	$77,532	$77,532	$77,532	$77,532	$77,532
Notre Dame Law School	$71,126	$71,126	$71,126	$71,126	$71,126
University of Illinois College of Law	$49,877	$49,877	$49,877	$49,877	$49,877
Loyola University Chicago School of Law	$57,170	$57,170	$57,170	$57,170	$57,170

LSAT Score Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
University of Chicago Law School	171	172	173	173	173
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	169	171	171	172	172
Notre Dame Law School	167	168	168	169	169
University of Illinois College of Law	162	164	166	165	165
Loyola University Chicago School of Law	159	159	159	160	160

Undergraduate GPA Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
University of Chicago Law School	3.89	3.91	3.91	3.94	3.94
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	3.85	3.86	3.89	3.92	3.95
Notre Dame Law School	3.75	3.77	3.81	3.83	3.85
University of Illinois College of Law	3.64	3.66	3.71	3.75	3.77
Loyola University Chicago School of Law	3.41	3.46	3.56	3.6	3.6

Undergraduate Bar Exam Pass Rate Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
University of Chicago Law School	96.45%	97.86%	97.75%	94.26%	97.1%
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	91.97%	96.03%	95.05%	92.89%	91.6%
Notre Dame Law School	90.16%	89.01%	91.67%	92.72%	91.46%
University of Illinois College of Law	92.5%	89.71%	84.43%	90.48%	72.48%
Loyola University Chicago School of Law	85.32%	88.78%	81.73%	79.09%	83.56%