The Newest LSAT and GPA Medians - Class of 2019

UPDATED: 11/17/2017

To help you pick reach, target, and safety schools, here are the most recent LSAT and GPA medians available, representing numbers for the law school class of 2019. Seeing the numbers of the most recently admitted class gives you the most accurate idea of where you’ll stand in the admissions game.

Generally, if both your numbers are above the median, consider that school a safety. Both below makes it a reach.

For comparison, I’ve provided the numbers for the previous few years so that you can see whether it’s gotten slightly more competitive or less so at a school from year to year.

Some trends to notice: In most of the very top school’s numbers have either stayed roughly the same as last year or gotten marginally more competitive (slightly higher medians).This may be indicative of a trend whereby top scorers are returning to law school. At these schools, expect the LSAT medians to be about the same or jump by a maximum of one point for the Class of 2020.

Once you get outside the top 20, the trend reverses, and numbers tend to have fallen from last year. Given that the number of people taking the LSAT continues to fall, we expected decreasing medians for most law schools. Given the volume of students taking the LSAT this year, I’d expect to see these numbers stay the same.

Here are the numbers!

LSAT and GPA Medians – Class of 2019

LSAT Medians

Class of 2016 through 2019

Rank	School	2019 LSAT	2018 LSAT	2017 LSAT	2016 LSAT
1	Yale University (CT)	173	173	173	173
2	Stanford University (CA)	171	171	172	171
3	Harvard University (MA)	172	173	173	173
4	University of Chicago	170	170	170	170
5	Columbia University (NY)	172	171	172	171
6	New York University	169	169	170	170
7	University of Pennsylvania	169	169	169	169
8	University of Michigan	168	168	168	168
8	University of Virginia	169	168	169	169
10	Duke University (NC)	169	169	169	169
10	Northwestern University (IL)	168	168	168	168
12	University of California–Berkeley	166	166	167	167
13	Cornell University (NY)	167	167	167	167
14	U Texas-Austin	167	167	167	166
15	Georgetown (DC)	167	167	167	168
17	Vanderbilt U (TN)	167	166	167	167
17	UCLA	167	166	167	167
18	Washington U (MO)	168	167	166	166
19	U Southern California	165	166	166	166
20	University of Iowa	161	161	160	161
20	U Notre Dame (IN)	164	164	163	163
22	Emory U (GA)	165	165	165	165
23	Boston University	164	163	163	165
23	U Minnesota-Twin Cities	164	164	164	164
25	Arizona State University	161	161	162	162
26	U Alabama	163	163	163	164
26	Boston College	163	162	162	164
28	University of California–Irvine	163	162	164	164
28	Washington & Lee U	160	160	161	164
30	George Washington U	165	165	165	165
30	Indiana U-Bloomington	161	161	161	162
30	Ohio State University (Moritz)	159	159	159	160
30	University of Georgia	162	162	163	163
30	University of Washington	163	164	164	164
30	University of Wisconsin–Madison	161	161	161	161
36	Fordham University	163	163	163	163
36	University of Colorado	162	161	161	162
36	Wake Forest University	161	161	161	162
39	University of California–Davis	163	163	162	162
39	University of North Carolina	161	161	161	161
41	William & Mary (VA)	162	163	163	164
41	George Mason University (VA)	162	161	161	161
41	University of Florida	160	157	158	160
44	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign	160	161	161	160
44	University of Utah (Quinney)	158	158	158	159
46	Brigham Young University (Clark)	162	161	162	161
46	Southern Methodist University	161	161	161	162
48	University of Arizona (Rogers)	161	160	161	160
48	University of Maryland (Carey)	158	157	159	159
48	Florida State University	159	158	159	159
51	Tulane University	158	159	161	160
51	Baylor University	159	160	159	161
53	Temple University (Beasley)	160	160	160	160
54	University of California (Hastings)	159	159	158	159
54	University of Houston	159	159	159	160
54	University of Connecticut	156	156	157	158
57	University of Richmond (Williams)	161	160	160	161
57	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	156	156	156	155
57	University of Kentucky	154	155	155	157
57	Seton Hall University	156	156	156	157
57	University of Tennessee–Knoxville	158	158	158	157
62	Case Western Reserve University	159	159	159	159
62	University of Nevada–Las Vegas	157	158	158	158
62	Rutgers Law (Combined)	155	155
65	Georgia State University	158	158	158	159
65	Loyola Marymount University (CA)	159	159	159	159
65	University of Kansas	156	156	158	156
65	University of Missouri	158	157	157	157
65	Cardozo (Yeshiva)	159	159	159	160
65	Northeastern University	161	161	161	161
65	Penn. State Carlisle (Dickinson)	159	159	158	158
72	University of Cincinnati	155	155	155	158
72	University of Oklahoma	157	157	157	157
72	Pepperdine University	159	159	160	160
72	St. John’s University	158	158	157	156
76	University of Denver (Sturm)	157	157	156	158
77	University of Miami	157	157	157	157
77	University of New Mexico	153	154	153	154
77	University of San Diego	158	159	159	159
77	Villanova University	157	156	157	157
77	University of Arkansas–Fayetteville	154	154	154	154
82	Loyola University Chicago	157	158	157	158
82	University of Pittsburgh	156	156	157	158
82	Penn. State University Park	158	158
82	University of Tulsa	155	154	154	155
86	American University (Washington)	156	155	156	157
86	University of Oregon	157	157	157	158
88	St. Louis University	154	155	155	155
88	University of South Carolina	154	154	155	155
88	Brooklyn Law School	156	155	156	159
88	Indiana University–Indianapolis	153	152	152	154
92	IIT – Chicago Kent	156	156	157	155
92	Syracuse University	154	154	155	155
92	University of Louisville (Brandeis)	153	154	153	158
92	Texas A&M	157	156	154	152
96	Louisiana State University	154	155	155	156
96	West Virginia University	153	153	154
96	Michigan State University	154	154	155	157
96	Stetson	154	154	155	155
100	University of New Hampshire	157	157	155	157
100	Lewis & Clark (OR)	157	158	158	158
100	University of Hawaii (Richardson)	152	154	156	157
100	Wayne State	157	157	156	157
100	Florida International University	156	156	156	156
100	Marquette University	153	152	152	155
106	SUNY Buffalo Law School	154	154	154	154
106	Catholic Univ. of America (Columbus)	154	153	155
106	Drake (IA)	153	151	152	153
109	University of Mississippi	155	155	155	155
109	University of Idaho	152	152	151	152
109	Albany (NY)	152	151	151	152
112	Drexel University (Mack)	154	155	154	155
112	New York Law School	152	152	151	151
112	University of Baltimore	152	152	152	152
112	University of Missouri—Kansas City	152	152	152	152
112	University of Wyoming	153	151	153	151
112	Gonzaga (WA)	153	153	153	154
118	Hofstra	151	153	152	154
118	Texas Tech	153	154	154	155
120	Creighton	152	152	152	152
120	Howard University	150	150	151	151
120	DePaul	152	152	153	154
120	Seattle U	154	154	154	156
120	St. Thomas (MN)	153	154	154	155
120	University of Montana	154	153	154	154
120	Pace University	151	150	151	151
127	Cleveland State	153	153	153	153
127	Washburn University	152	152	151	153
127	Duquesne (PA)	152	152	152	152
127	CUNY	151	152	154	154
127	Quinnipiac	152	152	153	154
132	Santa Clara University	154	155	157	157
132	Toledo	152	151	151	152
134	Mercer	152	152	152	152
134	Vermont Law School	150	151	152	151
134	Chapman University	155	156	156	158
134	Akron	152	152	153	153
134	Arkansas – Little Rock	151	150	150	154
139	University of Maine	152	152	153	155
140	Hamline University		152	151	153
140	William Mitchell (MN)	150	152	152	153
140	Memphis	151	152	153	153
140	Suffolk University	150	150	146	149
142	Willamette University	151	153	151	151
142	Loyola University New Orleans	148	151	153	151
142	South Dakota	148	147	148	147
142	University of North Dakota	149	148	150	148
144	Campbell University	153	152	152	152
144	Oklahoma City	147	148	148	149
144	University of the Pacific (McGeorge)	152	151	151	154
147	Samford (Cumberland)	152	151	151	150
148	Northern Illinois University	148	148	150	150
148	Widener (Commonwealth PA)	148	148	148	148
151	San Francisco	151	152	153	153
151	Ohio Northern	148	149	150	150
151	Dayton	149	148	148	148
151	South Texas	151	150	151	151
151	Southern Illinois Univ.–Carbondale	148	149	147	150
151	St. Mary’s University	149	151	150	151
151	La Verne	147	147	147	147
151	Appalachian	143	146	144	145
151	Liberty	152	153	151	151
151	UMass Dartmouth	148	148	147	148
151	Belmont University	155	154	155	155
151	University of D.C.	147	148	148	149
151	Western State College of Law	147	148	149	150
151	Faulkner	145	145	145	146
151	Regent University	152	152	152	153
151	Elon University	148	147	148	150
151	Roger Williams	148	148	148	149
151	Ave Maria	147	148	143	146
151	Western New England	148	147	146	149
151	Golden Gate	149	148	149	150
151	Northern Kentucky	148	149	150	152
151	Charleston School of Law	145	146	148	150
151	Mississippi College	146	146	147	149
151	Capital University	148	149	148	148
151	Detroit Mercy	151	151	152	151
151	Texas Southern	145	143	145	144
151	Valparaiso University	147	145	145	143
151	Inter-American – Puerto Rico	137	138	138	138
151	Whittier	146	148	146	146
151	Southern University	143	143	144	145
151	Atlanta’s John Marshall	148	147	148	149
151	New England	150	147	150	149
151	Widener (DE)	148	149	149	150
151	Barry University	148	146	146	147
151	North Carolina Central	144	145	144	145
151	California Western	149	150	150	151
151	St. Thomas (FL)	147	147	148	147
151	Arizona Summit	143	143	144	144
151	Nova Southeastern	149	149	148	149
151	Thomas Jefferson	143	144	145	146
151	Southwestern	152	152	151	152
151	John Marshall (IL)	148	147	149	149
151	Florida Coastal	144	144	143	144

GPA Medians

Class of 2016 through 2019

Rank	School	2019 GPA	2018 GPA	2017 GPA	2016 GPA
1	Yale University (CT)	3.89	3.93	3.91	3.9
2	Stanford University (CA)	3.87	3.89	3.9	3.87
3	Harvard University (MA)	3.86	3.86	3.87	3.88
4	University of Chicago	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
5	Columbia University (NY)	3.7	3.7	3.71	3.7
6	New York University	3.81	3.78	3.75	3.72
7	University of Pennsylvania	3.9	3.89	3.89	3.89
8	University of Michigan	3.78	3.76	3.74	3.71
8	University of Virginia	3.86	3.86	3.85	3.87
10	Duke University (NC)	3.76	3.76	3.77	3.77
10	Northwestern University (IL)	3.81	3.77	3.75	3.75
12	University of California–Berkeley	3.79	3.78	3.79	3.78
13	Cornell University (NY)	3.73	3.74	3.68	3.66
14	U Texas-Austin	3.7	3.73	3.68	3.68
15	Georgetown (DC)	3.77	3.76	3.75	3.74
17	Vanderbilt U (TN)	3.7	3.74	3.7	3.74
17	UCLA	3.74	3.74	3.79	3.79
18	Washington U (MO)	3.67	3.67	3.62	3.69
19	U Southern California	3.76	3.76	3.76	3.7
20	University of Iowa	3.61	3.61	3.64	3.59
20	U Notre Dame (IN)	3.71	3.66	3.64	3.6
22	Emory U (GA)	3.78	3.77	3.75	3.75
23	Boston University	3.68	3.67	3.66	3.67
23	U Minnesota-Twin Cities	3.76	3.79	3.77	3.79
25	Arizona State University	3.64	3.63	3.61	3.54
26	U Alabama	3.82	3.76	3.77	3.86
26	Boston College	3.5	3.56	3.52	3.61
28	University of California–Irvine	3.54	3.56	3.53	3.52
28	Washington & Lee U	3.47	3.41	3.37	3.51
30	George Washington U	3.71	3.71	3.71	3.71
30	Indiana U-Bloomington	3.71	3.76	3.72	3.8
30	Ohio State University (Moritz)	3.61	3.61	3.6	3.65
30	University of Georgia	3.73	3.71	3.7	3.69
30	University of Washington	3.68	3.65	3.67	3.64
30	University of Wisconsin–Madison	3.58	3.54	3.62	3.58
36	Fordham University	3.53	3.53	3.54	3.52
36	University of Colorado	3.69	3.6	3.62	3.58
36	Wake Forest University	3.58	3.6	3.58	3.57
39	University of California–Davis	3.52	3.51	3.6	3.55
39	University of North Carolina	3.51	3.49	3.48	3.5
41	William & Mary (VA)	3.75	3.69	3.79	3.73
41	George Mason University (VA)	3.66	3.59	3.6	3.55
41	University of Florida	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.55
44	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign	3.59	3.51	3.43	3.56
44	University of Utah (Quinney)	3.5	3.57	3.58	3.51
46	Brigham Young University (Clark)	3.8	3.77	3.77	3.77
46	Southern Methodist University	3.67	3.63	3.58	3.63
48	University of Arizona (Rogers)	3.57	3.51	3.57	3.57
48	University of Maryland (Carey)	3.47	3.46	3.5	3.53
48	Florida State University	3.52	3.52	3.43	3.51
51	Tulane University	3.46	3.42	3.41	3.39
51	Baylor University	3.55	3.53	3.54	3.55
53	Temple University (Beasley)	3.49	3.5	3.49	3.4
54	University of California (Hastings)	3.45	3.5	3.44	3.52
54	University of Houston	3.53	3.54	3.47	3.42
54	University of Connecticut	3.31	3.34	3.44	3.46
57	University of Richmond (Williams)	3.55	3.51	3.5	3.5
57	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	3.69	3.65	3.67	3.61
57	University of Kentucky	3.49	3.42	3.49	3.49
57	Seton Hall University	3.4	3.42	3.48	3.52
57	University of Tennessee–Knoxville	3.59	3.64	3.64	3.54
62	Case Western Reserve University	3.48	3.44	3.44	3.38
62	University of Nevada–Las Vegas	3.52	3.32	3.41	3.45
62	Rutgers Law (Combined)	3.4	3.28
65	Georgia State University	3.41	3.4	3.4	3.38
65	Loyola Marymount University (CA)	3.52	3.51	3.47	3.47
65	University of Kansas	3.44	3.42	3.47	3.42
65	University of Missouri	3.48	3.41	3.46	3.45
65	Cardozo (Yeshiva)	3.44	3.42	3.47	3.45
65	Northeastern University	3.55	3.55	3.53	3.53
65	Penn. State Carlisle (Dickinson)	3.48	3.46	3.58	3.58
72	University of Cincinnati	3.47	3.59	3.45	3.5
72	University of Oklahoma	3.52	3.56	3.52	3.48
72	Pepperdine University	3.6	3.6	3.59	3.59
72	St. John’s University	3.54	3.54	3.45	3.39
76	University of Denver (Sturm)	3.39	3.43	3.4	3.43
77	University of Miami	3.36	3.36	3.42	3.38
77	University of New Mexico	3.47	3.47	3.43	3.42
77	University of San Diego	3.51	3.52	3.5	3.5
77	Villanova University	3.54	3.57	3.55	3.56
77	University of Arkansas–Fayetteville	3.47	3.37	3.43	3.5
82	Loyola University Chicago	3.3	3.34	3.3	3.4
82	University of Pittsburgh	3.42	3.36	3.46	3.42
82	Penn. State University Park	3.47	3.58
82	University of Tulsa	3.4	3.31	3.45	3.43
86	American University (Washington)	3.41	3.29	3.37	3.4
86	University of Oregon	3.4	3.48	3.33	3.36
88	St. Louis University	3.4	3.44	3.46	3.41
88	University of South Carolina	3.47	3.3	3.23	3.27
88	Brooklyn Law School	3.31	3.36	3.31	3.4
88	Indiana University–Indianapolis	3.41	3.34	3.32	3.45
92	IIT – Chicago Kent	3.39	3.36	3.43	3.31
92	Syracuse University	3.35	3.33	3.37	3.29
92	University of Louisville (Brandeis)	3.29	3.39	3.41	3.43
92	Texas A&M	3.41	3.38	3.21	3.14
96	Louisiana State University	3.38	3.48	3.23	3.43
96	West Virginia University	3.33	3.35	3.43
96	Michigan State University	3.51	3.46	3.54	3.52
96	Stetson	3.35	3.27	3.25	3.4
100	University of New Hampshire	3.44	3.46	3.44	3.39
100	Lewis & Clark (OR)	3.34	3.32	3.34	3.46
100	University of Hawaii (Richardson)	3.27	3.27	3.39	3.32
100	Wayne State	3.44	3.42	3.29	3.43
100	Florida International University	3.64	3.63	3.58	3.58
100	Marquette University	3.35	3.19	3.33	3.29
106	SUNY Buffalo Law School	3.42	3.44	3.43	3.48
106	Catholic Univ. of America (Columbus)	3.26	3.28	3.16
106	Drake (IA)	3.33	3.27	3.25	3.23
109	University of Mississippi	3.45	3.41	3.47	3.46
109	University of Idaho	3.23	3.18	3.15	3.25
109	Albany (NY)	3.34	3.23	3.22	3.37
112	Drexel University (Mack)	3.3	3.31	3.28	3.35
112	New York Law School	3.31	3.24	3.2	3.17
112	University of Baltimore	3.17	3.29	3.26	3.23
112	University of Missouri—Kansas City	3.39	3.27	3.21	3.25
112	University of Wyoming	3.43	3.22	3.36	3.35
112	Gonzaga (WA)	3.24	3.25	3.25	3.26
118	Hofstra	3.4	3.39	3.35	3.14
118	Texas Tech	3.28	3.39	3.45	3.47
120	Creighton	3.26	3.25	3.31	3.23
120	Howard University	3.22	3.28	3.18	3.13
120	DePaul	3.14	3.34	3.32	3.5
120	Seattle U	3.35	3.24	3.29	3.37
120	St. Thomas (MN)	3.35	3.48	3.41	3.38
120	University of Montana	3.31	3.38	3.38	3.32
120	Pace University	3.3	3.22	3.28	3.21
127	Cleveland State	3.29	3.4	3.27	3.32
127	Washburn University	3.28	3.28	3.28	3.3
127	Duquesne (PA)	3.38	3.45	3.44	3.42
127	CUNY	3.23	3.32	3.33	3.37
127	Quinnipiac	3.4	3.42	3.35	3.33
132	Santa Clara University	3.17	3.23	3.3	3.21
132	Toledo	3.39	3.27	3.33	3.33
134	Mercer	3.25	3.32	3.29	3.38
134	Vermont Law School	3.16	3.21	3.19	3.22
134	Chapman University	3.24	3.33	3.41	3.27
134	Akron	3.33	3.25	3.41	3.38
134	Arkansas – Little Rock	3.31	3.25	3.24
139	University of Maine	3.24	3.37	3.38	3.36
140	Hamline University		3.25	3.27	3.32
140	William Mitchell (MN)	3.2	3.25	3.25	3.36
140	Memphis	3.24	3.2	3.27	3.25
140	Suffolk University	3.27	3.23	3.2	3.27
142	Willamette University	3.18	3.15	3.23	3.08
142	Loyola University New Orleans	3.15	3.15	3.15	3.15
142	South Dakota	3.37	3.36	3.1	3.15
142	University of North Dakota	3.21	3.2	3.28	3.26
144	Campbell University	3.31	3.24	3.17	3.26
144	Oklahoma City	3.05	3.13	3.19	3.18
144	University of the Pacific (McGeorge)	3.2	3.15	3.14	3.24
147	Samford (Cumberland)	3.31	3.23	3.2	3.25
148	Northern Illinois University	3.03	3.05	3.09	3.1
148	Widener (Commonwealth PA)	3.13	3.16	3.05	3.1
151	San Francisco	3.1	3.13	3.19	3.27
151	Ohio Northern	3.3	3.22	3.28	3.22
151	Dayton	3.14	3.04	3.15	3.11
151	South Texas	3.1	3.1	3.12	3.15
151	Southern Illinois Univ.–Carbondale	2.91	2.96	3.09	3.1
151	St. Mary’s University	3.07	3.03	3.02	2.96
151	La Verne	2.95	2.9	2.88	2.83
151	Appalachian	2.79	3.17	2.9
151	Liberty	3.43	3.45	3.24	3.22
151	UMass Dartmouth	3.12	2.97	2.97	3.03
151	Belmont University	3.42	3.41	3.43	3.42
151	University of D.C.	2.99	2.98	2.99	3.07
151	Western State College of Law	3.03	3.07	3.09	3.12
151	Faulkner	2.92	2.96	2.98	3.14
151	Regent University	3.36	3.29	3.23	3.37
151	Elon University	3.24	3.13	3.03	3.01
151	Roger Williams	3.13	3.13	3.15	3.2
151	Ave Maria	3.08	3	3.06	3.15
151	Western New England	3.13	3.1	3.13	3.2
151	Golden Gate	2.98	2.94	2.98	3.11
151	Northern Kentucky	3.19	3.19	3.09	3.2
151	Charleston School of Law	3.01	2.89	2.99	3.17
151	Mississippi College	3.08	2.98	3.11	3.3
151	Capital University	3.17	3.17	3.15	3.14
151	Detroit Mercy	3.2	3.11	3.13	3.13
151	Texas Southern	3.06	3.11	3.02	3.08
151	Valparaiso University	3.02	2.93	3.1	3
151	Inter-American – Puerto Rico	3.3	3.21	3.22	3.17
151	Whittier	2.85	2.85	2.9	2.9
151	Southern University	2.86	2.79	2.82	2.82
151	Atlanta’s John Marshall	3.05	3.04	2.91	2.98
151	New England	3.2	3.14	3.14	3.04
151	Widener (DE)	3.08	3.09	3.08	3.16
151	Barry University	3	2.96	2.99	2.89
151	North Carolina Central	3.31	3.24	3.24	3.17
151	California Western	3.18	3.15	3.14	3.13
151	St. Thomas (FL)	3.06	3.06	3.04	3.06
151	Arizona Summit	2.96	2.88	2.94	2.88
151	Nova Southeastern	3.1	3.11	3.14	3.07
151	Thomas Jefferson	2.89	2.74	2.84	2.86
151	Southwestern	3.18	3.17	3.2	3.17
151	John Marshall (IL)	3.05	3.08	3.05	3.12
151	Florida Coastal	2.87	2.88	2.93	2.97

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