Law School Acceptance Rates: The Hardest & Easiest Law Schools to Get Into

Law school acceptance rates are an important admissions statistic to consider when you’re applying to law school. In this post, we take a look at the admission rates for every ABA-accredited law school in the US. The table below ranks all 204 law schools from the most selective to the least selective.

The range is broad from the extremely selective—Yale admits only about 9% of applicants—to the unscrupulously open, with schools towards the bottom of the pack accepting a whopping 80% or more of prospective students.

Acceptance rates are a fairly good proxy for how a school ranks in the minds of potential law students. The more desirable a school is, the more people apply and the pickier the school can be when deciding who they’ll admit. For this reason, the acceptance rate is one of the factors measured in the US News and World Report’s influential rankings of the best law schools.

Comparison across widely disparate schools is difficult, however, because different cohorts apply to different schools. If every single prospective law student applied to Yale, for example, their acceptance rate would actually be lower. Generally, only those who think they have some chance of acceptance apply, which makes the low acceptance rates at these top schools all the more impressive: they attract a highly qualified pool of the most competitive applicants and they’re still the most selective.

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Scan through the list and see what percentage of applicants get into your dream school. If you have any questions about your chances of admission, let us know in the comments!

Law School Acceptance Rates

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Rank	School	Acceptance Rate	Applicants	Accepted
1	Yale Law School	4.04%	5296	214
2	Stanford University Law School	10.48%	3807	399
3	Harvard Law School	13.00%	7448	968
4	Columbia University School of Law	16.69%	6986	1166
4	University of Chicago Law School	17.86%	4971	888
6	New York University School of Law	21.58%	8009	1728
7	University of Pennsylvania Law School	14.30%	6148	879
8	University of Virginia School of Law	14.05%	5458	767
9	Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	19.20%	5302	1018
9	University of Michigan Law School	16.36%	5417	886
9	University of California Berkeley School of Law	21.53%	5667	1220
12	Duke University School of Law	22.34%	4983	1113
13	Cornell Law School	19.03%	4261	811
14	Georgetown University Law Center	20.10%	9980	2006
15	University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law	22.75%	6034	1373
16	University of Texas School of Law	18.43%	5584	1029
17	Washington University School of Law	20.31%	4545	923
18	University of Southern California, Gould School of Law	17.18%	5327	915
18	Vanderbilt Law School	22.57%	5184	1170
20	Boston University School of Law	24.93%	5719	1426
21	University of Minnesota Law School	36.45%	2088	761
22	Notre Dame Law School	20.28%	2811	570
23	George Washington University Law School	34.15%	7836	2676
24	Arizona State University—Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law	26.19%	4734	1240
24	Emory University School of Law	32.21%	4030	1298
24	University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law	19.77%	2853	564
27	Fordham University School of Law	27.37%	5389	1475
27	University of Iowa College of Law	60.32%	1061	640
27	University of California Irvine School of Law	20.30%	3093	628
27	University of North Carolina School of Law	21.62%	1767	382
31	Boston College Law School	31.84%	5094	1622
31	University of Georgia School of Law	19.35%	2486	481
31	University of Illinois College of Law	42.53%	1145	487
31	Washington and Lee Law School	36.73%	1993	732
31	William & Mary Law School	42.07%	2332	981
31	University of Alabama School of Law	35.72%	1509	539
37	Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School	36.70%	455	167
38	Indiana University Maurer School of Law—Bloomington	43.29%	1543	668
38	The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law	35.18%	1657	583
38	University of California Davis School of Law (King Hall)	33.06%	3058	1011
38	University of Wisconsin Law School	42.45%	1569	666
42	George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School	22.80%	1820	415
42	University of Washington School of Law	34.51%	2162	746
42	Wake Forest University School of Law	17.99%	1790	322
45	University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law	33.45%	822	275
46	University of Colorado Law School	36.50%	2792	1019
47	Pepperdine University School of Law	28.20%	3546	1000
47	University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law	27.74%	1460	405
47	University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law	36.42%	2106	767
50	Baylor University School of Law	34.02%	2725	927
50	Florida State University College of Law	29.70%	1798	534
50	UConn School of Law	45.11%	1206	544
53	Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University	37.71%	3193	1204
54	Tulane University Law School	53.34%	1511	806
54	University of Richmond School of Law	43.50%	1361	592
56	SMU Dedman School of Law	40.77%	1847	753
56	Temple University Beasley School of Law	36.05%	2208	796
56	University of Houston Law Center	33.59%	2575	865
59	University of California Hastings College of the Law	38.66%	3319	1283
60	Texas A&M University School of Law	22.43%	2795	627
60	Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law	37.59%	1825	686
62	Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University	35.73%	3484	1245
62	Seton Hall University School of Law	46.20%	2028	937
62	Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law	38.60%	829	320
62	University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law	31.07%	898	279
62	Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law	29.75%	1953	581
67	Northeastern University School of Law	35.56%	2798	995
67	University of Miami School of Law	51.36%	3041	1562
67	University of Missouri School of Law	55.49%	492	273
70	Loyola University Chicago School of Law	44.39%	2620	1163
70	University of Kansas School of Law	59.86%	563	337
70	University of Kentucky College of Law	60.67%	689	418
70	University of Tennessee College of Law	33.33%	1137	379
74	St. John’s University School of Law	41.11%	2486	1022
74	University of Denver Sturm College of Law	51.42%	2108	1084
76	American University Washington College of Law	36.35%	5153	1873
76	Case Western Reserve University School of Law	46.63%	1233	575
76	Georgia State University College of Law	28.57%	1855	530
76	Rutgers Law School	43.54%	3055	1330
76	University of Nebraska College of Law	66.23%	690	457
76	University of Oklahoma College of Law	54.01%	735	397
76	University of Pittsburgh School of Law	41.66%	1061	442
83	Brooklyn Law School	48.83%	3901	1905
83	Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology	47.02%	1629	766
83	University of Cincinnati College of Law	50.62%	881	446
83	University of San Diego School of Law	39.04%	2928	1143
83	Wayne State University Law School	36.62%	871	319
88	University of New Hampshire School of Law	56.92%	817	465
88	University of Oregon School of Law	60.42%	1099	664
90	Florida International University College of Law	27.33%	1877	513
90	Saint Louis University School of Law	61.69%	838	517
90	University of Arkansas School of Law	54.44%	608	331
93	Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law	43.24%	1605	694
93	Lewis & Clark Law School	60.72%	1143	694
93	Michigan State University College of Law	59.23%	1165	690
96	Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center	52.15%	1022	533
96	University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law	40.30%	675	272
96	University of South Carolina School of Law	47.30%	1370	648
99	University of New Mexico School of Law	46.22%	502	232
99	University at Buffalo School of Law, The State University of New York	44.87%	907	407
99	University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law	48.74%	593	289
102	Cleveland State University—Cleveland-Marshall College of Law	46.99%	715	336
102	Hofstra University—Maurice A. Deane School of Law	45.95%	2555	1174
102	Marquette University Law School	51.23%	1015	520
105	Drake University Law School	69.13%	447	309
105	Stetson University College of Law	52.06%	1746	909
107	City University of New York School of Law	34.53%	1761	608
107	Howard University School of Law	34.22%	1549	530
107	Santa Clara University School of Law	55.43%	2071	1148
107	Washburn University School of Law	50.54%	463	234
111	Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law	32.55%	1868	608
111	Syracuse University College of Law	39.08%	2042	798
111	Texas Tech University School of Law	36.85%	1403	517
111	Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law	41.85%	1214	508
111	University of Mississippi School of Law	42.24%	954	403
111	University of Tulsa College of Law	59.97%	577	346
111	West Virginia University College of Law	63.49%	441	280
118	Albany Law School	50.65%	1240	628
118	DePaul University College of Law	50.00%	1684	842
118	Gonzaga University School of Law	59.22%	954	565
118	University of St. Thomas School of Law—Minneapolis	69.15%	577	399
122	Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law	55.96%	881	493
122	Quinnipiac University School of Law	60.18%	879	529
122	University of Maine School of Law	46.28%	484	224
122	University of Montana—Alexander Blewett III School of Law	59.91%	464	278
126	Loyola University New Orleans College of Law	63.73%	885	564
126	Mercer University School of Law	44.55%	844	376
126	University of Baltimore School of Law	55.13%	1219	672
129	Duquesne University School of Law	57.44%	813	467
129	New York Law School	51.58%	3079	1588
129	Seattle University School of Law	59.66%	1408	840
133	Creighton University School of Law	62.95%	772	486
133	University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Law	54.90%	541	297
133	University of Wyoming College of Law	56.98%	430	245
136	Pace University—Elisabeth Haub School of Law	51.30%	1887	968
136	Suffolk University Law School	69.37%	1975	1370
136	University of Toledo College of Law	65.58%	462	303
136	University of Idaho College of Law	67.47%	415	280
140	John Marshall Law School	56.94%	1679	956
141	Mitchell Hamline School of Law	57.66%	1299	749
141	University of Memphis—Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law	47.07%	716	337
141	University of South Dakota School of Law	64.00%	250	160
141	University of Dayton School of Law	36.21%	1265	458
141	Vermont Law School	64.53%	733	473
141	Willamette University College of Law	64.22%	612	393
141	University of Akron School of Law	53.26%	751	400
151	Appalachian School of Law	44.81%	607	272
151	Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School	37.04%	980	363
151	Ave Maria School of Law	51.56%	642	331
151	Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law	58.99%	1173	692
151	Belmont University College of Law	39.44%	956	377
151	California Western School of Law	53.00%	1615	856
151	Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law	62.61%	698	437
151	Capital University Law School	76.12%	578	440
151	Charleston School of Law	55.10%	1501	827
151	Elon University School of Law	45.69%	812	371
151	Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law	44.63%	410	183
151	Florida A&M University College of Law	33.82%	1310	443
151	Florida Coastal School of Law	46.04%	1010	465
151	Golden Gate University School of Law	55.34%	1189	658
151	Inter American University School of Law	53.76%	519	279
151	Liberty University School of Law	55.41%	518	287
151	Lincoln Memorial University—John J. Duncan, Jr. School of Law	55.58%	412	229
151	McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific	55.88%	970	542
151	Mississippi College School of Law	70.05%	651	456
151	New England Law \| Boston	70.51%	2452	1729
151	North Carolina Central University School of Law	44.25%	818	362
151	Northern Illinois University College of Law	58.76%	662	389
151	Northern Kentucky University—Salmon P. Chase College of Law	65.28%	527	344
151	Nova Southeastern University—Shepard Broad College of Law	47.49%	1255	596
151	Ohio Northern University—Claude W. Pettit College of Law	49.54%	323	160
151	Oklahoma City University School of Law	62.56%	593	371
151	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law	54.64%	366	200
151	Regent University School of Law	51.38%	436	224
151	Roger Williams University School of Law	64.87%	1022	663
151	Samford University, Cumberland School of Law	67.59%	614	415
151	South Texas College of Law Houston	45.68%	1977	903
151	Southern Illinois University School of Law	49.78%	456	227
151	Southern University Law Center	61.64%	962	593
151	Southwestern Law School	46.73%	1883	880
151	St. Mary’s University School of Law	58.30%	1398	815
151	St. Thomas University School of Law	51.92%	1198	622
151	Texas Southern University—Thurgood Marshall School of Law	30.43%	1755	534
151	Touro College—Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center	49.77%	1306	650
151	University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law	50.44%	787	397
151	University of Detroit Mercy School of Law	53.68%	952	511
151	University of Massachusetts School of Law—Dartmouth	56.06%	1122	629
151	University of North Dakota School of Law	66.35%	315	209
151	University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law	66.35%
151	University of Puerto Rico School of Law	43.16%	373	161
151	University of San Francisco School of Law	48.72%	1839	896
151	University of the District of Columbia—David A. Clarke School of Law	32.63%	518	169
151	Valparaiso University Law School	32.63%
151	Western New England University School of Law	60.19%	618	372
151	Western State College of Law at Argosy University	42.86%	441	189
151	Widener University Commonwealth Law School	56.28%	597	336
151	Widener University Delaware Law School	62.69%	1139	714

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