Law School Acceptance Rates 2026

Acceptance rates for 299 ABA-accredited law schools, from the most selective to the most accessible. Data from official ABA 509 disclosures.

99

< 20% accept

114

20–39% accept

62

40–59% accept

24

60%+ accept

Most Selective (< 20% Acceptance)

These 99 law schools accept fewer than 1 in 5 applicants.

SchoolAccept %
University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College) Law

England

0%
City of Sunderland College Law

England

0%
Baylor University School of Law

Waco, TX

0.21%
Washington and Lee University School of Law

Lexington, VA

0.23%
Howard University School of Law

Washington, DC

0.24%
Texas Tech University School of Law

Lubbock, TX

0.26%
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

0.27%
CUNY School of Law

New York, NY

0.29%
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

New York, NY

0.3%
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law

Ada, OH

0.32%
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

Ponce, PR

0.32%
American University Washington College of Law

Washington, DC

0.33%
Jacksonville University College of Law

Jacksonville, FL

0.35%
Stetson University College of Law

Gulfport, FL

0.36%
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Washington, DC

0.37%
Mercer University School of Law

Macon, GA

0.38%
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

0.39%
University of Richmond School of Law

Richmond, VA

0.4%
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

Memphis, TN

0.41%
University at Buffalo School of Law

Buffalo, NY

0.42%
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Hawthorne, NY

0.46%
University of Massachusetts School of Law

Worcester, MA

0.52%
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law

Concord, NH

0.52%
Wilmington University School of Law

New Castle, DE

0.52%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law

Little Rock, AR

0.55%
Yale Law School

New Haven, CT

4.06%
Stanford Law School

Stanford, CA

6.1%
Penn Carey Law School

Philadelphia, PA

8.05%
Boston College Law School

Newton, MA

8.48%
Michigan Law School

Ann Arbor, MI

8.57%
Harvard Law School

Cambridge, MA

9.2%
University of Chicago Law School

Chicago, IL

9.74%
London Metropolitan University Law

London, England

9.8%
University of Cumbria Law

England

10%
UVA School of Law

Charlottesville, VA

10.17%
Liverpool Hope University Law

England

10.2%
University of York Law

England

10.4%
USC Gould School of Law

Los Angeles, CA

11.17%
UNC School of Law

Chapel Hill, NC

11.19%
Leeds Trinity University Law

England

11.2%
Columbia Law School

New York, NY

11.84%
Brunel University London Law

London, England

11.9%
UCLA School of Law

Los Angeles, CA

12.05%
BU School of Law

Boston, MA

12.08%
Texas A&M Law

Fort Worth, TX

12.1%
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Chicago, IL

12.3%
Georgia Law

Athens, GA

12.72%
Duke Law School

Durham, NC

12.88%
ARU London Law

London, England

13.2%
Vanderbilt Law School

Nashville, TN

13.26%
Bath Spa University Law

England

13.3%
Birmingham Newman University Law

Birmingham, England

13.3%
NYU School of Law

New York, NY

13.39%
Texas Law

Austin, TX

13.99%
Buckinghamshire New University Law

England

14%
University of Brighton Law

England

14.3%
St Mary's University, Twickenham Law

Twickenham, England

14.3%
Goldsmiths, University of London Law

University of London, England

14.4%
University of Hertfordshire Law

England

14.8%
Berkeley Law

Berkeley, CA

14.84%
UC Irvine School of Law

Irvine, CA

14.92%
University of Wolverhampton Law

England

15%
Bangor University Law

Wales

15.1%
University of Wales Trinity Saint David Law

Wales

15.4%
Coventry University Law

England

15.7%
Georgetown Law

Washington, DC

15.75%
Wrexham University Law

Wales

15.8%
Antonin Scalia Law School

Arlington, VA

15.87%
FSU College of Law

Tallahassee, FL

15.97%
UC Davis School of Law

Davis, CA

15.97%
Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame, IN

16.07%
Fordham Law School

New York, NY

16.22%
University of West London Law

London, England

16.5%
UF Levin College of Law

Gainesville, FL

16.52%
University of Chichester Law

England

16.7%
University of Strathclyde Law

Scotland

17%
Abertay University Law

Scotland

17.6%
Edinburgh Napier University Law

Scotland

17.7%
Middlesex University Law

England

17.8%
University of Winchester Law

England

18.1%
Cornell Law School

Ithaca, NY

18.19%
University of Essex Law

England

18.3%
Aberystwyth University Law

Wales

18.5%
The University of Law Law

England

18.6%
University of Chester Law

England

18.6%
University of Hull Law

England

18.7%
University of Roehampton Law

England

18.7%
University of Stirling Law

Scotland

18.7%
FIU Law

Miami, FL

18.77%
Northeastern University London Law

London, England

18.8%
Robert Gordon University Law

Scotland

18.8%
University of Surrey Law

England

18.9%
WashU Law

St. Louis, MO

18.96%
Wisconsin Law School

Madison, WI

19.12%
University of South Wales Law

Wales

19.6%
UW School of Law

Seattle, WA

19.61%
University of Derby Law

England

19.7%
ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Phoenix, AZ

19.78%
University of Westminster, London Law

London, England

19.8%

All Law Schools by Acceptance Rate

299 schools sorted from most to least selective.

SchoolAccept %
University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College) Law

England

0%
City of Sunderland College Law

England

0%
Baylor University School of Law

Waco, TX

0.21%
Washington and Lee University School of Law

Lexington, VA

0.23%
Howard University School of Law

Washington, DC

0.24%
Texas Tech University School of Law

Lubbock, TX

0.26%
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

0.27%
CUNY School of Law

New York, NY

0.29%
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

New York, NY

0.3%
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law

Ada, OH

0.32%
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

Ponce, PR

0.32%
American University Washington College of Law

Washington, DC

0.33%
Jacksonville University College of Law

Jacksonville, FL

0.35%
Stetson University College of Law

Gulfport, FL

0.36%
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Washington, DC

0.37%
Mercer University School of Law

Macon, GA

0.38%
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

0.39%
University of Richmond School of Law

Richmond, VA

0.4%
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

Memphis, TN

0.41%
University at Buffalo School of Law

Buffalo, NY

0.42%
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Hawthorne, NY

0.46%
University of Massachusetts School of Law

Worcester, MA

0.52%
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law

Concord, NH

0.52%
Wilmington University School of Law

New Castle, DE

0.52%
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law

Little Rock, AR

0.55%
Yale Law School

New Haven, CT

4.06%
Stanford Law School

Stanford, CA

6.1%
Penn Carey Law School

Philadelphia, PA

8.05%
Boston College Law School

Newton, MA

8.48%
Michigan Law School

Ann Arbor, MI

8.57%
Harvard Law School

Cambridge, MA

9.2%
University of Chicago Law School

Chicago, IL

9.74%
London Metropolitan University Law

London, England

9.8%
University of Cumbria Law

England

10%
UVA School of Law

Charlottesville, VA

10.17%
Liverpool Hope University Law

England

10.2%
University of York Law

England

10.4%
USC Gould School of Law

Los Angeles, CA

11.17%
UNC School of Law

Chapel Hill, NC

11.19%
Leeds Trinity University Law

England

11.2%
Columbia Law School

New York, NY

11.84%
Brunel University London Law

London, England

11.9%
UCLA School of Law

Los Angeles, CA

12.05%
BU School of Law

Boston, MA

12.08%
Texas A&M Law

Fort Worth, TX

12.1%
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Chicago, IL

12.3%
Georgia Law

Athens, GA

12.72%
Duke Law School

Durham, NC

12.88%
ARU London Law

London, England

13.2%
Vanderbilt Law School

Nashville, TN

13.26%
Bath Spa University Law

England

13.3%
Birmingham Newman University Law

Birmingham, England

13.3%
NYU School of Law

New York, NY

13.39%
Texas Law

Austin, TX

13.99%
Buckinghamshire New University Law

England

14%
University of Brighton Law

England

14.3%
St Mary's University, Twickenham Law

Twickenham, England

14.3%
Goldsmiths, University of London Law

University of London, England

14.4%
University of Hertfordshire Law

England

14.8%
Berkeley Law

Berkeley, CA

14.84%
UC Irvine School of Law

Irvine, CA

14.92%
University of Wolverhampton Law

England

15%
Bangor University Law

Wales

15.1%
University of Wales Trinity Saint David Law

Wales

15.4%
Coventry University Law

England

15.7%
Georgetown Law

Washington, DC

15.75%
Wrexham University Law

Wales

15.8%
Antonin Scalia Law School

Arlington, VA

15.87%
FSU College of Law

Tallahassee, FL

15.97%
UC Davis School of Law

Davis, CA

15.97%
Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame, IN

16.07%
Fordham Law School

New York, NY

16.22%
University of West London Law

London, England

16.5%
UF Levin College of Law

Gainesville, FL

16.52%
University of Chichester Law

England

16.7%
University of Strathclyde Law

Scotland

17%
Abertay University Law

Scotland

17.6%
Edinburgh Napier University Law

Scotland

17.7%
Middlesex University Law

England

17.8%
University of Winchester Law

England

18.1%
Cornell Law School

Ithaca, NY

18.19%
University of Essex Law

England

18.3%
Aberystwyth University Law

Wales

18.5%
The University of Law Law

England

18.6%
University of Chester Law

England

18.6%
University of Hull Law

England

18.7%
University of Roehampton Law

England

18.7%
University of Stirling Law

Scotland

18.7%
FIU Law

Miami, FL

18.77%
Northeastern University London Law

London, England

18.8%
Robert Gordon University Law

Scotland

18.8%
University of Surrey Law

England

18.9%
WashU Law

St. Louis, MO

18.96%
Wisconsin Law School

Madison, WI

19.12%
University of South Wales Law

Wales

19.6%
UW School of Law

Seattle, WA

19.61%
University of Derby Law

England

19.7%
ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Phoenix, AZ

19.78%
University of Westminster, London Law

London, England

19.8%
UConn School of Law

Hartford, CT

20.05%
Bournemouth University Law

England

20.2%
Kingston University Law

England

20.4%
York St John University Law

England

20.5%
Chapman Fowler Law

Orange, CA

20.53%
Manchester Metropolitan University Law

England

20.6%
University of Gloucestershire Law

England

20.8%
Oxford Brookes University Law

England

20.8%
University of Suffolk Law

England

20.8%
Bristol, University of the West of England Law

University of the West of England, England

20.9%
University of Huddersfield Law

England

21.1%
University of Sussex Law

England

21.2%
University of Salford Law

England

21.2%
Southampton, Solent University Law

Solent University, England

21.3%
University of Kent Law

England

21.5%
Queen's University Belfast Law

Northern Ireland

21.9%
William & Mary Law School

Williamsburg, VA

21.97%
Royal Holloway, University of London Law

University of London, England

22.1%
Marquette Law

Milwaukee, WI

22.11%
London South Bank University Law

London, England

22.5%
BYU Law School

Provo, UT

22.8%
UH Law Center

Houston, TX

22.99%
St. John's Law

Queens, NY

23.05%
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law

Malibu, CA

23.36%
USD School of Law

San Diego, CA

23.51%
University of Lincoln Law

England

24%
University of Staffordshire Law

England

24.1%
UNT Dallas Law

Dallas, TX

24.22%
Northeastern Law

Boston, MA

24.22%
Temple Beasley School of Law

Philadelphia, PA

24.38%
SMU Dedman School of Law

Dallas, TX

24.59%
Birkbeck, University of London Law

University of London, England

24.6%
Ohio State Moritz College of Law

Columbus, OH

24.62%
Wake Forest Law

Winston-Salem, NC

24.63%
Miami Law

Coral Gables, FL

24.65%
Leeds Beckett University Law

England

24.7%
Tennessee College of Law

Knoxville, TN

24.77%
Cardiff Metropolitan University Law

Wales

24.8%
Wayne State Law

Detroit, MI

24.81%
City College Norwich (incorporating Easton College) Law

England

25%
UCFB Law

England

25%
Burnley College Law

England

25%
Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

Salt Lake City, UT

25.28%
University of Worcester Law

England

25.4%
Canterbury Christ Church University Law

England

25.5%
Alabama Law

Tuscaloosa, AL

25.63%
Villanova Law

Villanova, PA

25.93%
St. Mary's Law

San Antonio, TX

25.98%
MSU College of Law

East Lansing, MI

26.02%
Loyola Law School

Los Angeles, CA

26.05%
Maryland Carey Law

Baltimore, MD

26.08%
Hawaii Richardson Law

Honolulu, HI

26.24%
University of Bedfordshire Law

England

26.4%
Aston University, Birmingham Law

Birmingham, England

26.6%
Arkansas Law

Fayetteville, AR

26.63%
Minnesota Law School

Minneapolis, MN

26.7%
Nottingham Trent University Law

England

27.1%
Birmingham City University Law

Birmingham, England

27.2%
University of Northampton Law

England

27.2%
GW Law School

Washington, DC

27.21%
University of East Anglia UEA Law

England

27.4%
University of Reading Law

England

27.4%
Colorado Law

Boulder, CO

27.56%
Sheffield Hallam University Law

England

27.7%
Arizona Law

Tucson, AZ

27.91%
University of Bolton Law

England

28%
Teesside University Law

England

28%
Loyola Chicago Law

Chicago, IL

28.18%
University of Portsmouth Law

England

28.4%
Liverpool John Moores University Law

England

28.4%
Drexel Kline Law

Philadelphia, PA

29.64%
South Carolina Law

Columbia, SC

29.9%
Emory Law School

Atlanta, GA

30.09%
University of Central Lancashire Law

England

30.4%
Georgia State Law

Atlanta, GA

30.57%
Dayton Law

Dayton, OH

30.66%
UNLV Boyd School of Law

Las Vegas, NV

30.78%
University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College Law

Leeds City College, England

31.2%
University of Greenwich Law

England

31.7%
Atlanta John Marshall Law

Atlanta, GA

32.65%
Cincinnati Law

Cincinnati, OH

32.74%
Illinois College of Law

Champaign, IL

32.93%
Thurgood Marshall Law

Houston, TX

33.12%
De Montfort University Law

England

33.3%
OU College of Law

Norman, OK

33.36%
Rutgers Law School

Newark, NJ

33.54%
South Texas Law Houston

Houston, TX

33.65%
Seton Hall Law

Newark, NJ

34.27%
University of the West of Scotland Law

Scotland

34.4%
Cleveland-Marshall Law

Cleveland, OH

34.45%
Syracuse Law

Syracuse, NY

34.59%
FAMU Law

Orlando, FL

34.67%
SOAS University of London Law

London, England

34.7%
Case Western Law

Cleveland, OH

34.8%
DePaul Law

Chicago, IL

34.81%
Pitt Law

Pittsburgh, PA

34.87%
University of East London Law

London, England

34.9%
Indiana Maurer School of Law

Bloomington, IN

35.77%
Wyoming Law

Laramie, WY

35.82%
Northumbria University, Newcastle Law

Newcastle, England

36.3%
Southwestern Law

Los Angeles, CA

36.47%
Maine Law

Portland, ME

37.27%
Albany Law School

Albany, NY

37.45%
Blackburn College Law

England

37.5%
Lincoln College University Centre Law

England

37.5%
Belmont Law

Nashville, TN

37.62%
LSU Law Center

Baton Rouge, LA

38.55%
Swansea University Law

Wales

38.8%
Seattle U Law

Seattle, WA

38.93%
NCCU Law

Durham, NC

39.06%
KU Law

Lawrence, KS

39.08%
New York Law School

New York, NY

39.67%
UPR Law

San Juan, PR

39.69%
Tulane Law School

New Orleans, LA

39.97%
Nebraska Law

Lincoln, NE

40.15%
WVU Law

Morgantown, WV

40.34%
Hofstra Law

Hempstead, NY

40.56%
UK College of Law

Lexington, KY

40.78%
Denver Sturm College of Law

Denver, CO

41.33%
UNM School of Law

Albuquerque, NM

41.41%
Detroit Mercy Law

Detroit, MI

41.41%
Ole Miss Law

Oxford, MS

41.96%
Mizzou Law

Columbia, MO

41.98%
USF School of Law

San Francisco, CA

42.38%
Penn State Law

University Park, PA

42.99%
Quinnipiac Law

Hamden, CT

43.1%
Duquesne Law

Pittsburgh, PA

43.23%
Western State Law

Irvine, CA

43.67%
Brooklyn Law School

Brooklyn, NY

44%
Pace Law

White Plains, NY

44.13%
NIU Law

DeKalb, IL

44.27%
Iowa Law

Iowa City, IA

44.28%
Regent Law

Virginia Beach, VA

44.32%
UMKC Law

Kansas City, MO

45.94%
Washburn Law

Topeka, KS

46.45%
California Western Law

San Diego, CA

46.92%
Ave Maria Law

Naples, FL

46.95%
Nova Southeastern Law

Fort Lauderdale, FL

47.33%
Samford Cumberland Law

Birmingham, AL

48.97%
University of Baltimore Law

Baltimore, MD

49.5%
Sheffield College Law

England

50%
Charleston Law

Charleston, SC

50.2%
Campbell Law

Raleigh, NC

50.68%
Inter American Law

San Juan, PR

50.92%
Loyola New Orleans Law

New Orleans, LA

50.93%
Gonzaga Law

Spokane, WA

51.14%
Mitchell Hamline Law

Saint Paul, MN

51.4%
Montana Law

Missoula, MT

51.41%
OCU Law

Oklahoma City, OK

51.61%
Western New England Law

Springfield, MA

51.89%
LMU Duncan Law

Knoxville, TN

52.17%
New York Law School

New York, NY

52.5%
Toledo Law

Toledo, OH

52.52%
UIC John Marshall Law

Chicago, IL

52.57%
Santa Clara Law

Santa Clara, CA

52.58%
WMU Cooley Law

Lansing, MI

52.91%
Elon Law

Greensboro, NC

53.21%
Faulkner Jones Law

Montgomery, AL

53.87%
McGeorge School of Law

Sacramento, CA

54.41%
Lewis & Clark Law School

Portland, OR

54.72%
Drake Law

Des Moines, IA

54.82%
Oregon Law

Eugene, OR

54.97%
La Verne Law

Ontario, CA

55.2%
IU McKinney Law

Indianapolis, IN

55.86%
Barry Law

Orlando, FL

55.94%
SIU Law

Carbondale, IL

56.22%
SLU Law

St. Louis, MO

56.43%
Southern Law Center

Baton Rouge, LA

56.55%
Tulsa Law

Tulsa, OK

56.58%
St. Thomas Law (MN)

Minneapolis, MN

57.62%
Vermont Law

South Royalton, VT

58.53%
Akron Law

Akron, OH

58.53%
NKU Chase Law

Highland Heights, KY

58.7%
Liberty Law

Lynchburg, VA

58.76%
Widener Delaware Law

Wilmington, DE

59.68%
Mississippi College Law

Jackson, MS

59.8%
University Centre Truro and Penwith Law

England

60%
St. Thomas Law (FL)

Miami Gardens, FL

60.25%
Widener Commonwealth Law

Harrisburg, PA

60.4%
Appalachian Law

Grundy, VA

60.93%
New England Law

Boston, MA

61.3%
Roger Williams Law

Bristol, RI

61.32%
Willamette Law

Salem, OR

61.42%
PUCPR Law

Ponce, PR

61.54%
Suffolk Law

Boston, MA

61.85%
USD Law

Vermillion, SD

62.62%
UND Law

Grand Forks, ND

63.09%
Louisville Brandeis Law

Louisville, KY

63.39%
Creighton Law

Omaha, NE

64.54%
Whittier Law

Costa Mesa, CA

65.8%
Capital Law

Columbus, OH

65.9%
Idaho Law

Moscow, ID

66.76%
Florida Coastal Law

Jacksonville, FL

68.5%
Golden Gate Law

San Francisco, CA

68.5%
Concordia Law

Boise, ID

72.5%
Thomas Jefferson Law

San Diego, CA

72.5%
Bloomsbury Institute London Law

London, England

90.9%
Solihull College & University Centre Law

England

100%
University Campus Oldham Law

England

100%
Blackpool and the Fylde College Law

England

200%
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Acceptance rates sourced from ABA 509 disclosure data. Updated annually.