Law School Acceptance Rates 2026
Acceptance rates for 180 ABA-accredited law schools, from the most selective to the most accessible. Data from official ABA 509 disclosures.
35
< 20% accept
65
20–39% accept
61
40–59% accept
19
60%+ accept
Most Selective (< 20% Acceptance)
These 35 law schools accept fewer than 1 in 5 applicants.
All Law Schools by Acceptance Rate
180 schools sorted from most to least selective.
| School | Accept % |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| UVA School of Law Charlottesville, VA | 10.17% |
| USC Gould School of Law Los Angeles, CA | 11.17% |
| UNC School of Law Chapel Hill, NC | 11.19% |
| Columbia Law School New York, NY | 11.84% |
| 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% |
| Vanderbilt Law School Nashville, TN | 13.26% |
| NYU School of Law New York, NY | 13.39% |
| Texas Law Austin, TX | 13.99% |
| Berkeley Law Berkeley, CA | 14.84% |
| UC Irvine School of Law Irvine, CA | 14.92% |
| Georgetown Law Washington, DC | 15.75% |
| Antonin Scalia Law School Arlington, VA | 15.87% |
| UC Davis School of Law Davis, CA | 15.97% |
| FSU College of Law Tallahassee, FL | 15.97% |
| Notre Dame Law School Notre Dame, IN | 16.07% |
| Fordham Law School New York, NY | 16.22% |
| UF Levin College of Law Gainesville, FL | 16.52% |
| Cornell Law School Ithaca, NY | 18.19% |
| FIU Law Miami, FL | 18.77% |
| WashU Law St. Louis, MO | 18.96% |
| Wisconsin Law School Madison, WI | 19.12% |
| UW School of Law Seattle, WA | 19.61% |
| ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Phoenix, AZ | 19.78% |
| UConn School of Law Hartford, CT | 20.05% |
| Chapman Fowler Law Orange, CA | 20.53% |
| William & Mary Law School Williamsburg, VA | 21.97% |
| Marquette Law Milwaukee, WI | 22.11% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Tennessee College of Law Knoxville, TN | 24.77% |
| Wayne State Law Detroit, MI | 24.81% |
| Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Salt Lake City, UT | 25.28% |
| 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% |
| Arkansas Law Fayetteville, AR | 26.63% |
| Minnesota Law School Minneapolis, MN | 26.7% |
| GW Law School Washington, DC | 27.21% |
| Colorado Law Boulder, CO | 27.56% |
| Arizona Law Tucson, AZ | 27.91% |
| Loyola Chicago Law Chicago, IL | 28.18% |
| Drexel Kline Law Philadelphia, PA | 29.64% |
| South Carolina Law Columbia, SC | 29.9% |
| Emory Law School Atlanta, GA | 30.09% |
| Georgia State Law Atlanta, GA | 30.57% |
| Dayton Law Dayton, OH | 30.66% |
| UNLV Boyd School of Law Las Vegas, NV | 30.78% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Cleveland-Marshall Law Cleveland, OH | 34.45% |
| Syracuse Law Syracuse, NY | 34.59% |
| FAMU Law Orlando, FL | 34.67% |
| Case Western Law Cleveland, OH | 34.8% |
| DePaul Law Chicago, IL | 34.81% |
| Pitt Law Pittsburgh, PA | 34.87% |
| Indiana Maurer School of Law Bloomington, IN | 35.77% |
| Wyoming Law Laramie, WY | 35.82% |
| Southwestern Law Los Angeles, CA | 36.47% |
| Maine Law Portland, ME | 37.27% |
| Albany Law School Albany, NY | 37.45% |
| Belmont Law Nashville, TN | 37.62% |
| LSU Law Center Baton Rouge, LA | 38.55% |
| 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% |
| Detroit Mercy Law Detroit, MI | 41.41% |
| UNM School of Law Albuquerque, NM | 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% |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Golden Gate Law San Francisco, CA | 68.5% |
| Florida Coastal Law Jacksonville, FL | 68.5% |
| Concordia Law Boise, ID | 72.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Law San Diego, CA | 72.5% |
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