Law schools for a 159 LSAT

A 159 LSAT is at or above the median at 107 of 198 US law schools and at or above the 75th percentile at 72. It falls inside the middle half of the entering class (25th to 75th percentile) at 69 schools and below the 25th percentile at 57. Figures are the schools' ABA Standard 509 disclosures, except 2 marked approximate.

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law schools where 159 is median to 75th percentile

law schools where 159 is 25th percentile to median

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159 is at or above the 75th percentile (72)

At these schools a 159 is higher than at least three quarters of the entering class. Most selective first.

School	LSAT 25th	LSAT median	LSAT 75th	GPA median	Accept %
Campbell LawNC	152	156	159	3.51	50.7%
Detroit Mercy LawMI	154	156	159	3.52	41.4%
Drake LawIA	153	156	159	3.67	54.8%
Jacksonville University College of LawFL	154	156	159	3.48	35.1%
Montana LawMT	153	156	159	3.64	51.4%
UMKC LawMO	154	156	159	3.65	45.9%
Ave Maria LawFL	152	155	158	3.36	47.0%
California Western LawCA	152	155	158	3.50	46.9%
Cleveland-Marshall LawOH	152	155	158	3.50	34.5%
Gonzaga LawWA	153	155	158	3.55	51.1%
IU McKinney LawIN	152	155	159	3.58	55.9%
Nova Southeastern LawFL	152	155	158	3.52	47.3%
Quinnipiac LawCT	153	155	158	3.65	43.1%
South Texas Law HoustonTX	153	155	158	3.41	33.6%
Suffolk LawMA	152	155	159	3.58	61.9%
University of Baltimore LawMD	152	155	158	3.45	49.5%
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of LawTN	152	155	159	3.53	41.1%
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of LawNH	151	155	159	3.50	52.0%
USF School of LawCA	152	155	157	3.47	42.4%
Washburn LawKS	151	155	159	3.68	46.5%
WVU LawWV	151	155	159	3.65	40.3%
Akron LawOH	151	154	157	3.51	58.5%
Charleston LawSC	152	154	157	3.51	50.2%
Elon LawNC	151	154	158	3.40	53.2%
Liberty LawVA	151	154	158	3.54	58.8%
Loyola New Orleans LawLA	151	154	157	3.47	50.9%
Mitchell Hamline LawMN	151	154	158	3.29	51.4%
NKU Chase LawKY	152	154	157	3.41	58.7%
Pace LawNY	151	154	157	3.54	44.1%
Willamette LawOR	151	154	157	3.48	61.4%
Creighton LawNE	150	153	156	3.51	64.5%
Idaho LawID	149	153	157	3.54	66.8%
LMU Duncan LawTN	150	153	156	3.44	52.2%
New England LawMA	149	153	157	3.37	61.3%
St. Mary's LawTX	151	153	156	3.49	26.0%
Toledo LawOH	150	153	156	3.53	52.5%
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law CenterNY	151	153	156	3.35	45.6%
UIC John Marshall LawIL	150	153	156	3.40	52.6%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of LawAR	150	153	158	3.41	54.9%
UNT Dallas LawTX	151	153	156	3.41	24.2%
Western New England LawMA	149	153	156	3.27	51.9%
Atlanta John Marshall LawGA	150	152	155	3.13	32.6%
FAMU LawFL	149	152	155	3.48	34.7%
La Verne LawCA	148	≈152	155	3.28	55.2%
Mississippi College LawMS	148	152	155	3.37	59.8%
St. Thomas Law (FL)FL	150	152	156	3.42	60.3%
University of Massachusetts School of LawMA	149	152	155	3.36	52.2%
UPR LawPR	146	152	156	3.77	39.7%
USD LawSD	149	152	156	3.47	62.6%
Vermont LawVT	148	152	157	3.25	58.5%
Western State LawCA	150	152	156	3.36	43.7%
Widener Delaware LawDE	149	152	154	3.33	59.7%
Capital LawOH	148	151	157	3.44	65.9%
NCCU LawNC	149	151	154	3.31	39.1%
OCU LawOK	149	151	155	3.56	51.6%
UND LawND	148	151	155	3.48	63.1%
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of LawDC	148	151	153	3.28	37.0%
Barry LawFL	148	150	152	3.23	55.9%
Faulkner Jones LawAL	148	150	154	3.33	53.9%
NIU LawIL	148	150	154	3.41	44.3%
Roger Williams LawRI	147	150	154	3.43	61.3%
Thurgood Marshall LawTX	148	150	152	3.33	33.1%
Widener Commonwealth LawPA	147	150	153	3.33	60.4%
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of LawOH	146	149	151	3.34	32.0%
SIU LawIL	146	149	155	3.38	56.2%
Wilmington University School of LawDE	146	149	152	3.13	52.0%
Thomas Jefferson LawCA	144	≈148	151	3.15	72.5%
Southern Law CenterLA	145	147	150	3.15	56.5%
WMU Cooley LawMI	145	147	151	3.09	52.9%
Appalachian LawVA	145	146	151	3.20	60.9%
Inter American LawPR	140	144	148	3.39	50.9%
PUCPR LawPR	136	139	143	3.33	61.5%

≈ approximate: not yet confirmed against the school's own published class profile.

159 is at or above the median (35)

A 159 is in the top half of the entering class here, under the 75th percentile. Most selective first.

School	LSAT 25th	LSAT median	LSAT 75th	GPA median	Accept %
Cincinnati LawOH	156	159	161	3.80	32.7%
Penn State Dickinson LawPA	157	159	161	3.71	43.0%
Santa Clara LawCA	157	159	162	3.50	52.6%
Seattle U LawWA	155	159	162	3.60	38.9%
St. Thomas Law (MN)MN	155	159	162	3.72	57.6%
Stetson University College of LawFL	157	159	162	3.63	36.4%
Texas Tech University School of LawTX	157	159	160	3.69	25.6%
UK College of LawKY	156	159	162	3.72	40.8%
Albany Law SchoolNY	154	158	161	3.54	37.5%
Arkansas LawAR	155	158	161	3.71	26.6%
DePaul LawIL	154	158	160	3.61	34.8%
Hawaii Richardson LawHI	155	158	162	3.62	26.2%
Maine LawME	154	158	162	3.70	37.3%
Marquette LawWI	156	158	160	3.70	22.1%
Regent LawVA	153	158	161	3.68	44.3%
Rutgers Law SchoolNJ	155	158	161	3.66	33.5%
Syracuse LawNY	154	158	160	3.60	34.6%
Dayton LawOH	154	157	160	3.60	30.7%
Duquesne LawPA	155	157	160	3.62	43.2%
Hofstra LawNY	154	157	160	3.65	40.6%
Louisville Brandeis LawKY	154	157	161	3.67	63.4%
LSU Law CenterLA	155	157	160	3.74	38.5%
Mercer University School of LawGA	155	157	160	3.62	37.8%
New York Law SchoolNY	154	157	160	3.63	39.7%
Ole Miss LawMS	155	157	160	3.68	42.0%
SLU LawMO	154	157	161	3.61	56.4%
Southwestern LawCA	154	157	160	3.51	36.5%
Tulsa LawOK	155	157	160	3.45	56.6%
University at Buffalo School of LawNY	155	157	161	3.71	42.4%
UNM School of LawNM	154	157	161	3.56	41.4%
Howard University School of LawDC	153	156	160	3.63	24.1%
McGeorge School of LawCA	153	156	160	3.52	54.4%
Samford Cumberland LawAL	154	156	160	3.63	49.0%
Wyoming LawWY	153	156	160	3.55	35.8%
CUNY School of LawNY	152	155	161	3.54	28.6%

159 is between the 25th percentile and the median (34)

Inside the class's middle range but in its lower half. GPA does more of the work at these schools.

School	LSAT 25th	LSAT median	LSAT 75th	GPA median	Accept %
Georgia LawGA	159	169	171	3.92	12.7%
FSU College of LawFL	158	166	167	3.93	16.0%
ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of LawAZ	158	165	167	3.91	19.8%
Baylor University School of LawTX	159	164	165	3.77	20.6%
Indiana Maurer School of LawIN	158	164	166	3.91	35.8%
Maryland Carey LawMD	156	164	166	3.72	26.1%
St. John's LawNY	156	164	166	3.81	23.1%
University of Richmond School of LawVA	159	164	167	3.81	39.6%
Villanova LawPA	159	164	166	3.80	25.9%
Wayne State LawMI	157	164	166	3.89	24.8%
Chapman Fowler LawCA	156	163	164	3.70	20.5%
American University Washington College of LawDC	157	162	163	3.63	33.3%
Case Western LawOH	156	162	164	3.76	34.8%
KU LawKS	158	162	164	3.85	39.1%
MSU College of LawMI	158	162	164	3.73	26.0%
OU College of LawOK	159	162	164	3.73	33.4%
Belmont LawTN	158	161	163	3.84	37.6%
Brooklyn Law SchoolNY	158	161	163	3.59	44.0%
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of TechnologyIL	156	161	164	3.72	38.6%
FIU LawFL	159	161	162	3.80	18.8%
Lewis & Clark Law SchoolOR	158	161	166	3.59	54.7%
Loyola Chicago LawIL	159	161	163	3.70	28.2%
Mizzou LawMO	156	161	162	3.72	42.0%
Seton Hall LawNJ	158	161	164	3.71	34.3%
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of LawDC	158	161	163	3.68	32.4%
Tulane Law SchoolLA	159	161	164	3.67	40.0%
University of California College of the Law, San FranciscoCA	158	161	163	3.71	27.5%
Denver Sturm College of LawCO	156	160	162	3.66	41.3%
Drexel Kline LawPA	154	160	162	3.76	29.6%
Georgia State LawGA	158	160	163	3.64	30.6%
Nebraska LawNE	156	160	162	3.81	40.1%
Oregon LawOR	157	160	162	3.62	55.0%
Pitt LawPA	158	160	163	3.54	34.9%
UNLV Boyd School of LawNV	156	160	162	3.76	30.8%

159 is below the 25th percentile (57)

At least three quarters of the entering class scored above 159. Closest first.

School	LSAT 25th	LSAT median	LSAT 75th	GPA median	Accept %
Illinois College of LawIL	160	166	168	3.81	32.9%
Loyola Law SchoolCA	160	163	165	3.74	26.1%
Miami LawFL	160	164	165	3.79	24.6%
South Carolina LawSC	160	162	164	3.67	29.9%
Tennessee College of LawTN	160	164	166	3.89	24.8%
UC Davis School of LawCA	160	165	167	3.70	16.0%
UConn School of LawCT	160	162	164	3.78	20.1%
UH Law CenterTX	160	163	165	3.79	23.0%
USD School of LawCA	160	163	165	3.84	23.5%
Alabama LawAL	161	167	168	3.97	25.6%
Colorado LawCO	161	164	167	3.81	27.6%
Iowa LawIA	161	164	165	3.78	44.3%
Northeastern LawMA	161	164	166	3.77	24.2%
Pepperdine Caruso School of LawCA	161	164	167	3.85	23.4%
Texas A&M LawTX	161	169	170	4.00	12.1%
Washington and Lee University School of LawVA	161	167	168	3.75	22.7%
William & Mary Law SchoolVA	161	166	167	3.82	22.0%
Wisconsin Law SchoolWI	161	167	169	3.81	19.1%
Antonin Scalia Law SchoolVA	162	169	171	3.93	15.9%
Arizona LawAZ	162	163	165	3.78	27.9%
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawNY	162	165	167	3.78	29.6%
Boston College Law SchoolMA	162	168	169	3.83	8.5%
Emory Law SchoolGA	162	166	168	3.82	30.1%
GW Law SchoolDC	162	168	170	3.86	27.2%
Temple Beasley School of LawPA	162	165	168	3.76	24.4%
Utah S.J. Quinney College of LawUT	162	166	168	3.87	25.3%
UW School of LawWA	162	165	167	3.76	19.6%
Ohio State Moritz College of LawOH	163	168	169	3.91	24.6%
SMU Dedman School of LawTX	163	167	168	3.81	24.6%
Wake Forest LawNC	163	166	168	3.79	24.6%
BU School of LawMA	164	170	171	3.88	12.1%
Fordham Law SchoolNY	165	168	170	3.79	16.2%
UF Levin College of LawFL	165	169	170	3.91	16.5%
UNC School of LawNC	165	168	169	3.89	11.2%
USC Gould School of LawCA	165	169	170	3.91	11.2%
WashU LawMO	165	175	176	3.96	19.0%
Georgetown LawDC	166	171	173	3.93	15.8%
Minnesota Law SchoolMN	166	171	173	3.88	26.7%
Notre Dame Law SchoolIN	166	170	171	3.89	16.1%
Texas LawTX	166	172	173	3.89	14.0%
UC Irvine School of LawCA	166	169	170	3.80	14.9%
UCLA School of LawCA	166	171	172	3.95	12.1%
Berkeley LawCA	167	170	172	3.92	14.8%
Northwestern Pritzker School of LawIL	167	173	175	3.96	12.3%
Penn Carey Law SchoolPA	167	173	174	3.95	8.1%
Vanderbilt Law SchoolTN	167	170	171	3.91	13.3%
BYU Law SchoolUT	168	170	172	3.95	22.8%
Cornell Law SchoolNY	168	173	175	3.92	18.2%
Michigan Law SchoolMI	168	171	173	3.88	8.6%
UVA School of LawVA	168	173	175	3.99	10.2%
Columbia Law SchoolNY	169	173	175	3.92	11.8%
Duke Law SchoolNC	169	171	172	3.91	12.9%
NYU School of LawNY	169	172	174	3.92	13.4%
Harvard Law SchoolMA	171	174	176	3.96	9.2%
Stanford Law SchoolCA	171	173	176	3.96	6.1%
University of Chicago Law SchoolIL	171	174	176	3.97	9.7%
Yale Law SchoolCT	171	174	177	3.96	4.1%

Questions about a 159 LSAT

Is 159 a good LSAT score?

It depends on the school. A 159 is at or above the median LSAT at 107 of 198 US law schools, and below the 25th percentile at 57. At a school where 159 is above the median, the LSAT helps an application; where it is under the 25th percentile, at least three in four of the entering class scored higher.

What law schools can I get into with a 159 LSAT?

No LSAT score guarantees admission, and GPA carries real weight. On the LSAT alone, 159 meets or beats the median at 107 US law schools. The most selective of them by median LSAT are Cincinnati Law (median 159), Penn State Dickinson Law (median 159), Santa Clara Law (median 159), Seattle U Law (median 159) and St. Thomas Law (MN) (median 159).

What GPA goes with a 159 LSAT?

8 US law schools report a median LSAT of exactly 159. Their median GPAs run from 3.50 to 3.80. A GPA at or above a school's median alongside a 159 puts an applicant at or above the middle of that class on both numbers.

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