Login
Shop
Admissions Law Schools LSAT

The Newest LSAT and GPA Medians – Class of 2023

Joshua CravenBy Updated:47 Comments37 Mins Read

New LSAT and GPA medians are out for the Class of 2023!

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 2023. Seeing the most recently admitted class numbers 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 schools, LSAT and GPA numbers have either stayed roughly the same as last year or gotten marginally more competitive (slightly higher medians). The number of applicants with high LSAT scores has been increasing lately, so at these top schools, we may see LSAT medians jump by a point or two max for the entering Class of 2023.

LSAT and GPA Medians – Class of 2023

Here are the numbers!

(note: US News only ranks law schools up to 150. For the table sorting functionality to work properly, we had to enter a numeric value, so any school ranked “151” in our tables below was unranked in the latest US News Law School Rankings.)

LSAT Medians

# School 25th% LSAT Median LSAT 75th% LSAT
1 Yale University 176 173 170
2 Stanford Law 174 171 169
3 Harvard Law 175 173 170
4 Columbia Law School 173 172 169
4 UChicago Law School 173 171 167
6 NYU School of Law 172 170 167
7 University of Pennsylvania 171 170 164
8 University of Virginia 172 170 164
9 Northwestern Law 171 169 165
9 Michigan Law 170 169 164
9 Berkeley Law 170 168 163
12 Duke Law 169 169 167
13 Cornell Law 169 168 164
14 Georgetown Law 169 168 164
15 UCLA School of Law 171 169 164
16 University of Texas—​Austin 169 168 164
17 Washington University at St. Louis 170 169 162
18 University of Southern California (Gould) 168 167 162
18 Vanderbilt University 168 167 162
20 Boston University Law 168 167 162
21 University of Minnesota Law School 166 165 160
22 Notre Dame Law School 168 167 161
23 George Washington University Law School 167 166 159
24 ASU College of Law 166 165 156
24 Emory University School of Law 167 166 159
24 University of Florida Levin College of Law 166 165 156
27 Fordham University School of Law 166 164 162
27 Iowa Law 163 161 156
27 UC Irvine School of Law 167 166 163
27 University of North Carolina School of Law 164 163 159
31 University of Alabama Law School 166 164 158
31 Boston College Law 165 164 160
31 University of Georgia Law School 166 165 157
31 University of Illinois Law School 164 162 156
31 Washington and Lee University 164 163 157
31 College of William and Mary (Marshall-​Wythe) 164 163 161
37 Brigham Young University (Clark) 168 166 161
38 Indiana University Maurer School of Law 164 162 157
38 Ohio State University (Moritz) 164 161 158
38 UC Davis School of Law 164 163 158
38 University of Wisconsin—​Madison 165 163 158
42 Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University 165 164 157
42 University of Washington 165 162 157
42 Wake Forest University 165 163 158
45 University of Utah (Quinney) 163 161 159
46 Colorado Law 164 163 158
47 Pepperdine University 164 162 159
47 Univ. of Arizona Law 164 163 161
47 Maryland Carey Law 162 160 154
50 Baylor Law School 162 160 157
50 FSU College of Law 162 161 156
50 UConn Law 160 158 156
53 Cardozo School of Law 164 162 157
54 Tulane University 161 159 155
54 University of Richmond (Williams) 162 161 155
56 Southern Methodist University (Dedman) 164 162 156
56 Temple University (Beasley) 163 161 157
56 University of Houston Law Center 162 160 157
59 University of California (Hastings) 161 158 155
60 Texas A&M University 161 160 155
60 Pennsylvania State University 162 160 155
62 Loyola Marymount Law School 161 160 157
62 Seton Hall University 160 158 154
62 UNLV Boyd School of Law 161 159 154
62 Villanova University 161 160 156
67 Northeastern University School of Law 164 162 158
67 Miami Law 161 159 156
67 Mizzou Law 160 158 155
70 Loyola University Chicago School of Law 160 159 157
70 KU School of Law 160 157 153
70 UK College of Law 158 155 152
70 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville 161 159 155
74 St. John’s University 162 160 152
74 DU Strum College of Law 161 159 155
76 AU Washington College of Law 162 160 154
76 Case Western Reserve University 161 159 156
76 Georgia State College of Law 160 158 156
76 Nebraska Law 159 156 153
76 University of Oklahoma 159 157 154
76 University of Pittsburgh 161 159 155
83 Brooklyn Law School 160 158 156
83 Chicago-Kent College of Law 161 158 152
83 Cincinnati Law 161 158 155
83 University of San Diego 161 159 155
83 Wayne State University 161 159 154
88 University of New Hampshire School of Law 159 156 151
88 University of Oregon 160 157 153
90 Florida International Law School 159 158 156
90 St. Louis University 158 155 151
90 University of Arkansas—​Fayetteville 159 155 152
93 Drexel University Kline School of Law 158 156 152
93 Lewis & Clark Law School 162 158 156
93 Michigan State University College of Law 158 156 153
96 LSU Law School 158 155 153
96 University of Hawaii at ​Manoa Law School (Richardson) 157 154 151
96 University of South Carolina 158 156 153
99 University of New Mexico School of Law 158 155 150
99 SUNY Buffalo Law School 158 155 152
99 Louisville Law 157 155 151
102 CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 156 153 150
102 Hofstra Law 157 154 151
102 Marquette Law School 157 154 151
105 Drake Law School 158 155 152
105 Stetson University 157 155 153
107 CUNY School of Law 159 154 151
107 Howard University School of Law 156 153 150
107 Santa Clara University 158 156 154
107 Washburn University 158 155 152
111 Chapman University School of Law 160 159 154
111 Syracuse University College of Law 157 155 152
111 Texas Tech University 158 156 154
111 Catholic Law 158 156 154
111 University of Mississippi School of Law 158 156 152
111 University of Tulsa 157 155 151
111 West Virginia University 156 154 151
118 Albany Law School 157 154 151
118 DePaul University College of Law 156 155 150
118 Gonzaga Law 156 153 152
118 University of St. Thomas 159 154 149
122 Indiana University McKinney School of Law 157 154 150
122 Quinnipiac University 155 152 149
122 University of Maine School of Law 158 156 152
122 University of Montana Law School 159 156 151
126 Loyola University New Orleans College of Law 154 151 148
126 University of Baltimore Law 156 153 150
129 Belmont Law 159 156 153
129 Duquesne Law 157 154 152
129 Mercer Law School 156 153 151
129 Seattle University 157 155 151
133 Creighton School of Law 157 152 150
133 UMKC School of Law 155 153 151
133 University of Wyoming 156 153 150
136 Pace University 153 151 149
136 Suffolk University Law School 158 154 149
136 University of Toledo 154 152 149
136 University of Idaho Law School 155 153 150
140 UIC John Marshall Law School 153 151 148
141 University of Akron Law 157 153 150
141 University of Memphis Humphreys School of Law 155 153 150
141 University of South Dakota 155 149 146
141 Dayton Law School 154 152 148
141 Vermont Law School 157 152 148
141 Willamette University (Collins) 155 152 149
151 Appalachian School of Law 153 147 144
151 Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School 152 150 149
151 Ave Maria School of Law 154 151 147
151 Barry University Law 151 148 146
151 California Western School of Law 154 152 149
151 Campbell Law School 156 152 150
151 Capital Law School 154 150 147
151 Charleston School of Law 153 150 148
151 Elon Law 153 150 147
151 Faulkner Law 151 148 147
151 FAMU Law School 150 147 145
151 Florida Coastal School of Law 152 149 146
151 Golden Gate University School of Law 154 150 148
151 Inter American University School of Law 143 139 136
151 Liberty University School of Law 156 151 149
151 Lincoln Memorial Duncan School of Law 153 150 147
151 Pacific McGeorge School of Law 156 154 150
151 Mississippi College School of Law 152 148 146
151 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 157 152 149
151 New England Law | Boston 155 152 148
151 New York Law School 155 153 150
151 North Carolina Central University School of Law 150 145 143
151 Northern Illinois University College of Law 151 149 147
151 Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law 155 152 150
151 Nova Southeastern Law School 154 152 150
151 Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law 154 150 146
151 Oklahoma City University 151 147 145
151 Pontifical Catholic (Puerto Rico) 139 135 132
151 Regent University School of Law 158 155 150
151 Roger Williams University School of Law 153 149 146
151 Rutgers Law School 158 156 154
151 Samford University (Cumberland) 157 152 149
151 South Texas College of Law 155 152 150
151 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 152 150 147
151 Southern University Law Center 146 144 143
151 Southwestern Law School 156 153 151
151 St. Mary’s University 154 151 149
151 St. Thomas University School of Law 153 150 147
151 Thurgood Marshall School of Law 150 148 147
151 Penn State 162 160 153
151 Touro College 151 149 147
151 University of Arkansas—​Little Rock (Bowen) 155 151 148
151 Detroit Mercy Law 156 152 150
151 University of Massachusetts Law School 152 149 146
151 University of North Dakota School of Law 151 148 145
151 UNT Dallas 151 149 153
151 University of Puerto Rico School of Law 149 144 141
151 University of San Francisco 156 153 150
151 UDC David A. Clarke School of Law 152 150 147
151 Western New England University 152 148 146
151 Western State College of Law at Argosy University 152 150 148
151 Widener University (Commonwealth) 150 147 145
151 Widener University Delaware 151 149 147

Class of 2016 through 2023

# School 2021 LSAT 2020 LSAT 2019 LSAT 2018 LSAT 2017 LSAT 2016 LSAT
1 Yale University (CT) 173 173 173 173 173 173
2 Stanford University (CA) 171 171 171 171 172 171
3 Harvard University (MA) 173 173 172 173 173 173
4 University of Chicago 171 170 170 170 170 170
5 Columbia University (NY) 172 171 172 171 172 171
6 New York University 170 169 169 169 170 170
7 University of Pennsylvania 170 169 169 169 169 169
8 University of Michigan 169 169 168 168 168 168
9 UC Berkeley 168 167 166 166 167 167
9 University of Virginia 169 169 169 168 169 169
11 Duke University (NC) 169 169 169 169 169 169
11 Northwestern University (IL) 169 168 168 168 168 168
13 Cornell University (NY) 167 167 167 167 167 167
14 Georgetown (DC) 167 167 167 167 167 168
15 U Texas-Austin 167 167 167 167 167 166
16 UCLA 168 167 167 166 167 167
17 Vanderbilt U (TN) 167 166 167 166 167 167
18 Washington U (MO) 168 168 168 167 166 166
19 U Southern California 166 165 165 166 166 166
20 U Minnesota Twin Cities 164 163 164 164 164 164
21 UC Irvine 163 163 163 162 164 164
22 Boston University 166 165 164 163 163 165
22 Emory U (GA) 165 165 165 165 165 165
24 George Washington U 165 165 165 165 165 165
24 U Notre Dame (IN) 165 164 164 164 163 163
26 Washington & Lee U 163 161 160 160 161 164
27 U Alabama 164 164 163 163 163 164
27 Arizona State University 163 162 161 161 162 162
27 Boston College 164 163 163 162 162 164
27 University of Iowa 161 161 161 161 160 161
27 University of Wisconsin Madison 162 161 161 161 161 161
32 University of Georgia 163 162 162 162 163 163
32 Indiana U Bloomington 162 161 161 161 161 162
32 Ohio State University (Moritz) 161 160 159 159 159 160
32 Wake Forest University 162 161 161 161 161 162
32 University of Washington 163 163 163 164 164 164
37 UC Davis 162 163 163 163 162 162
37 Fordham University 164 163 163 163 163 163
37 University of Illinois 162 161 160 161 161 160
37 William & Mary (VA) 162 163 162 163 163 164
41 University of Arizona (Rogers) 161 161 161 160 161 160
41 Brigham Young University (Clark) 164 163 162 161 162 161
41 University of Florida 163 161 160 157 158 160
41 George Mason University (VA) 163 162 162 161 161 161
45 University of North Carolina 161 161 161 161 161 161
46 University of Colorado 162 161 162 161 161 162
47 Florida State University 160 159 159 158 159 159
47 Temple University (Beasley) 161 160 160 160 160 160
49 University of Maryland (Carey) 158 157 158 157 159 159
50 Baylor University 160 159 159 160 159 161
50 University of Connecticut 158 158 156 156 157 158
50 University of Richmond (Williams) 161 160 161 160 160 161
50 Southern Methodist University 161 161 161 161 161 162
54 Tulane University 159 158 158 159 161 160
54 University of Utah (Quinney) 159 158 158 158 158 159
56 Cardozo (Yeshiva) 161 159 159 159 159 160
56 University of Houston 160 159 159 159 159 160
58 UC Hastings 158 159 159 159 158 159
59 Penn. State Carlisle (Dickinson) 160 159 159 159 158 158
59 Seton Hall University 158 156 156 156 156 157
59 University of Nevada Las Vegas 158 157 157 158 158 158
63 University of Denver (Sturm) 158 157 157 157 156 158
63 University of Oklahoma 157 157 157 157 157 157
65 Case Western Reserve University 159 159 159 159 159 159
65 University of Cincinnati 157 156 155 155 155 158
65 Georgia State University 158 157 158 158 158 159
65 University of Kentucky 155 156 154 155 155 157
65 Loyola Marymount University (CA) 160 159 159 159 159 159
65 University of Miami 158 157 157 157 157 157
65 University of Missouri 157 157 158 157 157 157
65 University of Tennessee Knoxville 158 158 158 158 158 157
65 Villanova University 158 158 157 156 157 157
74 University of Kansas 157 156 156 156 158 156
74 Loyola University Chicago 157 158 157 158 157 158
74 Northeastern University 161 161 161 161 161 161
74 Penn. State University Park 159 158 158 158 – –
74 University of Pittsburgh 157 156 156 156 157 158
74 Rutgers 155 155 155 155 – –
80 American University (Washington) 158 156 156 155 156 157
80 University of Nebraska Lincoln 156 156 156 156 156 155
80 Texas A&M 157 157 157 156 154 152
83 Brooklyn Law School 157 156 156 155 156 159
83 St. John’s University 159 158 158 158 157 156
85 IIT – Chicago Kent 157 156 156 156 157 155
85 University of New Hampshire 156 157 157 157 155 157
85 University of Oregon 157 157 157 157 157 158
88 University of Arkansas Fayetteville 154 154 154 154 154 154
88 Louisiana State University 154 154 154 155 155 156
88 Michigan State University 154 154 154 154 155 157
88 University of New Mexico 153 153 153 154 153 154
88 St. Louis University 155 154 154 155 155 155
88 University of South Carolina 155 154 154 154 155 155
88 Syracuse University 154 154 154 154 155 155
95 Lewis & Clark (OR) 158 157 157 158 158 158
95 Marquette University 154 153 153 152 152 155
95 University of San Diego 159 158 158 159 159 159
98 Indiana University Indianapolis 153 153 153 152 152 154
98 Stetson 155 155 154 154 155 155
98 Wayne State 158 157 157 157 156 157
101 Drexel University (Mack) 156 155 154 155 154 155
101 Florida International University 156 156 156 156 156 156
101 University of Hawaii (Richardson) 154 153 152 154 156 157
101 University of Mississippi 155 155 155 155 155 155
101 University of Tulsa 154 154 155 154 154 155
106 Albany (NY) 153 152 152 151 151 152
106 University of Maine 154 153 152 152 153 155
106 SUNY Buffalo Law School 153 154 154 154 154 154
106 West Virginia University 153 153 153 153 154 –
110 Catholic Univ. of America (Columbus) 153 153 154 153 155 –
110 Hofstra 153 152 151 153 152 154
110 New York Law School 153 152 152 152 151 151
113 Cleveland State 153 153 153 153 153 153
113 Gonzaga (WA) 154 153 153 153 153 154
113 University of Louisville (Brandeis) 153 152 153 154 153 158
113 Santa Clara University 155 154 154 155 157 157
113 St. Thomas (MN) 154 154 153 154 154 155
113 Texas Tech 155 155 153 154 154 155
119 University of Baltimore 152 152 152 152 152 152
119 Duquesne (PA) 152 152 152 152 152 152
119 University of Idaho 153 153 152 152 151 152
119 University of Missouri Kansas City 153 152 152 152 152 152
119 University of Montana 155 154 154 153 154 154
119 Washburn University 153 152 152 152 151 153
125 CUNY 154 153 151 152 154 154
125 Creighton 153 152 152 152 152 152
125 Pace University 151 151 151 150 151 151
128 DePaul 153 152 152 152 153 154
128 Howard University 151 151 150 150 151 151
128 Mercer 152 152 152 152 152 152
128 Seattle U 154 154 154 154 154 156
128 South Dakota 150 147 148 147 148 147
133 Drake (IA) 153 152 153 151 152 153
133 Quinnipiac 152 152 152 152 153 154
133 Vermont Law School 151 151 150 151 152 151
133 University of Wyoming 152 151 153 151 153 151
137 Memphis 152 152 151 152 153 153
137 Toledo 152 152 152 151 151 152
139 Belmont University 155 155 155 154 155 155
139 Chapman University 157 156 155 156 156 158
141 Arkansas – Little Rock 151 151 151 150 150 154
141 Dayton 149 149 149 148 148 148
143 Widener (Commonwealth PA) 147 147 148 148 148 148
144 Akron 153 151 152 152 153 153
144 Northern Illinois University 149 150 148 148 150 150
144 Suffolk University 153 150 150 150 146 149
151 Appalachian 144 143 143 146 144 145
151 Atlanta’s John Marshall 149 146 148 147 148 149
151 Ave Maria 148 147 147 148 143 146
151 Barry University 148 148 148 146 146 147
151 California Western 150 150 149 150 150 151
151 Campbell University 152 152 153 152 152 152
151 Capital University 149 149 148 149 148 148
151 Charleston School of Law 147 145 145 146 148 150
151 Concordia 148 147 149 150 152 152
151 Detroit Mercy 152 151 151 151 152 151
151 University of D.C. 147 148 147 148 148 149
151 Elon University 150 148 148 147 148 150
151 Faulkner 149 147 145 145 145 146
151 Florida A&M 146 146 145 146 146 146
151 Florida Coastal 150 148 144 144 143 144
151 Golden Gate 150 148 149 148 149 150
151 Inter-American Puerto Rico 139 139 137 138 138 138
151 John Marshall (IL) 149 148 148 147 149 149
151 Liberty 152 151 152 153 151 151
151 Lincoln Memorial 149 148 148 150 151 149
151 Loyola University New Orleans 152 148 148 151 153 151
151 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 153 151 152 151 151 154
151 Mississippi College 148 148 146 146 147 149
151 Hamline University 151 150 150 152 151 153
151 New England 150 149 150 147 150 149
151 North Carolina Central 146 145 144 145 144 145
151 University of North Dakota 148 148 149 148 150 148
151 Northern Kentucky 150 149 148 149 150 152
151 Nova Southeastern 150 149 149 149 148 149
151 Ohio Northern 151 151 148 149 150 150
151 Oklahoma City 149 147 147 148 148 149
151 Pontifical Catholic 134 134 134 133 134 135
151 University of Puerto Rico 142 144 143 144 144 145
151 Regent University 154 154 152 152 152 153
151 Roger Williams 148 147 148 148 148 149
151 Samford (Cumberland) 151 151 152 151 151 150
151 San Francisco 152 152 151 152 153 153
151 South Texas 151 149 151 150 151 151
151 Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale 150 147 148 149 147 150
151 Southern University 144 144 143 143 144 145
151 Southwestern 153 152 152 152 151 152
151 St. Mary’s University 151 150 149 151 150 151
151 St. Thomas (FL) 148 148 147 147 148 147
151 Texas Southern 144 143 145 143 145 144
151 Thomas Jefferson 147 144 143 144 145 146
151 Touro College 148 147 148 147 146 148
151 La Verne 149 149 147 147 147 147
151 UMass Dartmouth 148 148 148 148 147 148
151 UNT Dallas 150 149 – – – –
151 Cooley (Western Michigan) 142 142 141 141 145 145
151 Western New England 148 148 148 147 146 149
151 Western State College of Law 148 147 147 148 149 150
151 Widener (DE) 148 148 148 149 149 150
151 Willamette University 152 152 151 153 151 151
151 Pepperdine University 160 160 159 159 160 160

GPA Medians

# School 75th% GPA Median GPA 25th% GPA
1 Yale University 3.99 3.94 3.85
2 Stanford Law 3.96 3.89 3.77
3 Harvard Law 3.96 3.88 3.78
4 Columbia Law School 3.91 3.82 3.72
4 UChicago Law School 3.95 3.89 3.72
6 NYU School of Law 3.90 3.82 3.65
7 University of Pennsylvania 3.95 3.89 3.57
8 University of Virginia 3.96 3.90 3.49
9 Northwestern Law 3.92 3.85 3.57
9 Michigan Law 3.88 3.76 3.56
9 Berkeley Law 3.93 3.81 3.65
12 Duke Law 3.89 3.80 3.70
13 Cornell Law 3.93 3.86 3.76
14 Georgetown Law 3.88 3.78 3.55
15 UCLA School of Law 3.90 3.79 3.54
16 University of Texas—​Austin 3.90 3.76 3.58
17 Washington University at St. Louis 3.95 3.88 3.41
18 University of Southern California (Gould) 3.92 3.83 3.61
18 Vanderbilt University 3.92 3.82 3.65
20 Boston University Law 3.87 3.80 3.56
21 University of Minnesota Law School 3.85 3.77 3.54
22 Notre Dame Law School 3.88 3.75 3.34
23 George Washington University Law School 3.85 3.76 3.45
24 ASU College of Law 3.95 3.83 3.36
24 Emory University School of Law 3.89 3.80 3.47
24 University of Florida Levin College of Law 3.94 3.84 3.52
27 Fordham University School of Law 3.74 3.64 3.46
27 Iowa Law 3.78 3.64 3.44
27 UC Irvine School of Law 3.76 3.61 3.40
27 University of North Carolina School of Law 3.78 3.68 3.50
31 University of Alabama Law School 4.00 3.94 3.57
31 Boston College Law 3.79 3.69 3.46
31 University of Georgia Law School 3.88 3.78 3.50
31 University of Illinois Law School 3.79 3.64 3.31
31 Washington and Lee University 3.79 3.63 3.32
31 College of William and Mary (Marshall-​Wythe) 3.79 3.60 3.39
37 Brigham Young University (Clark) 3.92 3.82 3.55
38 Indiana University Maurer School of Law 3.93 3.78 3.43
38 Ohio State University (Moritz) 3.94 3.79 3.65
38 UC Davis School of Law 3.81 3.72 3.52
38 University of Wisconsin—​Madison 3.75 3.61 3.31
42 Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University 3.87 3.77 3.42
42 University of Washington 3.81 3.68 3.45
42 Wake Forest University 3.91 3.73 3.62
45 University of Utah (Quinney) 3.87 3.77 3.62
46 Colorado Law 3.77 3.65 3.39
47 Pepperdine University 3.78 3.68 3.40
47 Univ. of Arizona Law 3.78 3.56 3.31
47 Maryland Carey Law 3.76 3.66 3.35
50 Baylor Law School 3.82 3.63 3.45
50 FSU College of Law 3.82 3.72 3.48
50 UConn Law 3.68 3.53 3.34
53 Cardozo School of Law 3.78 3.65 3.41
54 Tulane University 3.70 3.54 3.25
54 University of Richmond (Williams) 3.74 3.62 3.21
56 Southern Methodist University (Dedman) 3.84 3.73 3.44
56 Temple University (Beasley) 3.78 3.57 3.31
56 University of Houston Law Center 3.74 3.57 3.29
59 University of California (Hastings) 3.60 3.42 3.20
60 Texas A&M University 3.87 3.76 3.35
60 Pennsylvania State University 3.83 3.72 3.36
62 Loyola Marymount Law School 3.73 3.59 3.38
62 Seton Hall University 3.79 3.55 3.32
62 UNLV Boyd School of Law 3.80 3.67 3.28
62 Villanova University 3.79 3.63 3.37
67 Northeastern University School of Law 3.78 3.65 3.36
67 Miami Law 3.71 3.53 3.30
67 Mizzou Law 3.89 3.66 3.39
70 Loyola University Chicago School of Law 3.64 3.41 3.19
70 KU School of Law 3.80 3.66 3.32
70 UK College of Law 3.75 3.54 3.28
70 University of Tennessee—​Knoxville 3.84 3.63 3.33
74 St. John’s University 3.80 3.62 3.28
74 DU Strum College of Law 3.75 3.55 3.20
76 AU Washington College of Law 3.65 3.51 3.22
76 Case Western Reserve University 3.69 3.50 3.25
76 Georgia State College of Law 3.68 3.52 3.28
76 Nebraska Law 3.90 3.63 3.37
76 University of Oklahoma 3.84 3.63 3.40
76 University of Pittsburgh 3.76 3.51 3.22
83 Brooklyn Law School 3.58 3.44 3.21
83 Chicago-Kent College of Law 3.68 3.48 3.17
83 Cincinnati Law 3.85 3.65 3.32
83 University of San Diego 3.75 3.65 3.33
83 Wayne State University 3.80 3.65 3.40
88 University of New Hampshire School of Law 3.66 3.46 3.11
88 University of Oregon 3.70 3.48 3.20
90 Florida International Law School 3.78 3.65 3.35
90 St. Louis University 3.69 3.45 3.18
90 University of Arkansas—​Fayetteville 3.83 3.61 3.31
93 Drexel University Kline School of Law 3.70 3.56 3.30
93 Lewis & Clark Law School 3.70 3.49 3.23
93 Michigan State University College of Law 3.74 3.56 3.33
96 LSU Law School 3.71 3.45 3.10
96 University of Hawaii at ​Manoa Law School (Richardson) 3.60 3.42 3.17
96 University of South Carolina 3.70 3.50 3.33
99 University of New Mexico School of Law 3.73 3.50 3.22
99 SUNY Buffalo Law School 3.75 3.52 3.25
99 Louisville Law 3.88 3.63 3.35
102 CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 3.61 3.35 3.03
102 Hofstra Law 3.62 3.37 3.08
102 Marquette Law School 3.65 3.50 3.25
105 Drake Law School 3.73 3.46 3.17
105 Stetson University 3.66 3.44 3.18
107 CUNY School of Law 3.70 3.45 3.17
107 Howard University School of Law 3.58 3.41 3.13
107 Santa Clara University 3.54 3.34 3.11
107 Washburn University 3.78 3.39 2.94
111 Chapman University School of Law 3.66 3.52 3.26
111 Syracuse University College of Law 3.73 3.53 3.11
111 Texas Tech University 3.73 3.56 3.28
111 Catholic Law 3.56 3.40 3.25
111 University of Mississippi School of Law 3.72 3.51 3.18
111 University of Tulsa 3.67 3.38 3.09
111 West Virginia University 3.80 3.45 3.06
118 Albany Law School 3.70 3.40 3.14
118 DePaul University College of Law 3.66 3.41 2.96
118 Gonzaga Law 3.63 3.43 3.22
118 University of St. Thomas 3.76 3.51 3.23
122 Indiana University McKinney School of Law 3.70 3.45 3.23
122 Quinnipiac University 3.69 3.46 3.17
122 University of Maine School of Law 3.70 3.51 3.24
122 University of Montana Law School 3.71 3.44 3.13
126 Loyola University New Orleans College of Law 3.56 3.32 3.04
126 University of Baltimore Law 3.53 3.32 2.94
129 Belmont Law 3.80 3.60 3.36
129 Duquesne Law 3.62 3.41 3.12
129 Mercer Law School 3.63 3.41 3.20
129 Seattle University 3.57 3.39 3.14
133 Creighton School of Law 3.53 3.25 2.86
133 UMKC School of Law 3.68 3.43 3.20
133 University of Wyoming 3.68 3.40 3.18
136 Pace University 3.55 3.33 3.04
136 Suffolk University Law School 3.66 3.44 3.17
136 University of Toledo 3.70 3.43 3.11
136 University of Idaho Law School 3.56 3.24 2.83
140 UIC John Marshall Law School 3.52 3.27 2.98
141 University of Akron Law 3.69 3.34 3.01
141 University of Memphis Humphreys School of Law 3.62 3.33 3.02
141 University of South Dakota 3.75 3.56 3.22
141 Dayton Law School 3.70 3.48 3.24
141 Vermont Law School 3.49 3.19 2.96
141 Willamette University (Collins) 3.42 3.07 2.85
151 Appalachian School of Law 3.44 3.17 2.76
151 Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School 3.29 2.93 2.48
151 Ave Maria School of Law 3.55 3.37 2.98
151 Barry University Law 3.34 3.02 2.68
151 California Western School of Law 3.47 3.24 2.95
151 Campbell Law School 3.65 3.37 3.14
151 Capital Law School 3.51 3.21 2.85
151 Charleston School of Law 3.45 3.20 2.83
151 Elon Law 3.52 3.30 3.04
151 Faulkner Law 3.62 3.28 2.98
151 FAMU Law School 3.48 3.30 3.00
151 Florida Coastal School of Law 3.46 3.12 2.72
151 Golden Gate University School of Law 3.34 3.02 2.72
151 Inter American University School of Law 3.56 3.31 3.06
151 Liberty University School of Law 3.72 3.40 3.09
151 Lincoln Memorial Duncan School of Law 3.52 3.21 2.88
151 Pacific McGeorge School of Law 3.62 3.40 3.07
151 Mississippi College School of Law 3.54 3.22 2.97
151 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 3.53 3.24 2.93
151 New England Law | Boston 3.59 3.27 2.92
151 New York Law School 3.66 3.47 3.21
151 North Carolina Central University School of Law 3.50 3.24 3.01
151 Northern Illinois University College of Law 3.60 3.20 2.86
151 Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law 3.53 3.19 2.82
151 Nova Southeastern Law School 3.50 3.19 2.96
151 Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law 3.57 3.26 3.00
151 Oklahoma City University 3.58 3.32 3.03
151 Pontifical Catholic (Puerto Rico) 3.57 3.27 2.97
151 Regent University School of Law 3.72 3.45 3.22
151 Roger Williams University School of Law 3.56 3.21 2.91
151 Rutgers Law School 3.59 3.31 3.00
151 Samford University (Cumberland) 3.71 3.49 3.20
151 South Texas College of Law 3.42 3.17 2.81
151 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 3.60 3.29 2.91
151 Southern University Law Center 3.33 2.98 2.65
151 Southwestern Law School 3.50 3.25 2.97
151 St. Mary’s University 3.52 3.20 2.88
151 St. Thomas University School of Law 3.50 3.23 2.95
151 Thurgood Marshall School of Law 3.49 3.17 2.72
151 Penn State 3.73 3.39 3.14
151 Touro College 3.43 3.07 2.82
151 University of Arkansas—​Little Rock (Bowen) 3.68 3.41 3.12
151 Detroit Mercy Law 3.42 3.24 2.99
151 University of Massachusetts Law School 3.53 3.27 3.03
151 University of North Dakota School of Law 3.59 3.34 2.99
151 UNT Dallas 2.85 3.1 3.47
151 University of Puerto Rico School of Law 3.81 3.61 3.33
151 University of San Francisco 3.58 3.32 2.94
151 UDC David A. Clarke School of Law 3.51 3.09 2.81
151 Western New England University 3.58 3.27 3.03
151 Western State College of Law at Argosy University 3.41 3.14 2.94
151 Widener University (Commonwealth) 3.56 3.14 2.73
151 Widener University Delaware 3.46 3.22 2.95

Class of 2016 through 2021

# School 2021 GPA 2020 GPA 2019 GPA 2018 GPA 2017 GPA 2016 GPA
1 Yale University (CT) 3.92 3.91 3.89 3.93 3.91 3.90
2 Stanford University (CA) 3.93 3.90 3.87 3.89 3.90 3.87
3 Harvard University (MA) 3.90 3.86 3.86 3.86 3.87 3.88
4 University of Chicago 3.89 3.90 3.90 3.90 3.90 3.90
5 Columbia University (NY) 3.75 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.71 3.70
6 New York University 3.79 3.83 3.81 3.78 3.75 3.72
7 University of Pennsylvania 3.89 3.89 3.90 3.89 3.89 3.89
8 University of Michigan 3.77 3.80 3.78 3.76 3.74 3.71
9 UC Berkeley 3.80 3.79 3.79 3.78 3.79 3.78
9 University of Virginia 3.89 3.87 3.86 3.86 3.85 3.87
11 Duke University (NC) 3.78 3.75 3.76 3.76 3.77 3.77
11 Northwestern University (IL) 3.84 3.83 3.81 3.77 3.75 3.75
13 Cornell University (NY) 3.82 3.77 3.73 3.74 3.68 3.66
14 Georgetown (DC) 3.80 3.79 3.77 3.76 3.75 3.74
15 U Texas-Austin 3.74 3.71 3.70 3.73 3.68 3.68
16 UCLA 3.72 3.76 3.74 3.74 3.79 3.79
17 Vanderbilt U (TN) 3.80 3.75 3.70 3.74 3.70 3.74
18 Washington U (MO) 3.81 3.74 3.67 3.67 3.62 3.69
19 U Southern California 3.78 3.76 3.76 3.76 3.76 3.70
20 U Minnesota Twin Cities 3.76 3.75 3.76 3.79 3.77 3.79
21 UC Irvine 3.57 3.57 3.54 3.56 3.53 3.52
22 Boston University 3.74 3.73 3.68 3.67 3.66 3.67
22 Emory U (GA) 3.79 3.81 3.78 3.77 3.75 3.75
24 George Washington U 3.71 3.71 3.71 3.71 3.71 3.71
24 U Notre Dame (IN) 3.71 3.73 3.71 3.66 3.64 3.60
26 Washington & Lee U 3.51 3.56 3.47 3.41 3.37 3.51
27 U Alabama 3.88 3.84 3.82 3.76 3.77 3.86
27 Arizona State University 3.76 3.75 3.64 3.63 3.61 3.54
27 Boston College 3.62 3.61 3.50 3.56 3.52 3.61
27 University of Iowa 3.61 3.62 3.61 3.61 3.64 3.59
27 University of Wisconsin Madison 3.58 3.62 3.58 3.54 3.62 3.58
32 University of Georgia 3.67 3.71 3.73 3.71 3.70 3.69
32 Indiana U Bloomington 3.72 3.75 3.71 3.76 3.72 3.80
32 Ohio State University (Moritz) 3.75 3.68 3.61 3.61 3.60 3.65
32 Wake Forest University 3.58 3.65 3.58 3.60 3.58 3.57
32 University of Washington 3.69 3.67 3.68 3.65 3.67 3.64
37 UC Davis 3.63 3.59 3.52 3.51 3.60 3.55
37 Fordham University 3.60 3.59 3.53 3.53 3.54 3.52
37 University of Illinois 3.65 3.61 3.59 3.51 3.43 3.56
37 William & Mary (VA) 3.76 3.75 3.75 3.69 3.79 3.73
41 University of Arizona (Rogers) 3.70 3.63 3.57 3.51 3.57 3.57
41 Brigham Young University (Clark) 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.77 3.77 3.77
41 University of Florida 3.72 3.69 3.60 3.50 3.50 3.55
41 George Mason University (VA) 3.77 3.70 3.66 3.59 3.60 3.55
45 University of North Carolina 3.59 3.56 3.51 3.49 3.48 3.50
46 University of Colorado 3.71 3.65 3.69 3.60 3.62 3.58
47 Florida State University 3.63 3.61 3.52 3.52 3.43 3.51
47 Temple University (Beasley) 3.56 3.49 3.49 3.50 3.49 3.40
49 University of Maryland (Carey) 3.56 3.51 3.47 3.46 3.50 3.53
50 Baylor University 3.59 3.53 3.55 3.53 3.54 3.55
50 University of Connecticut 3.45 3.45 3.31 3.34 3.44 3.46
50 University of Richmond (Williams) 3.59 3.57 3.55 3.51 3.50 3.50
50 Southern Methodist University 3.68 3.68 3.67 3.63 3.58 3.63
54 Tulane University 3.46 3.48 3.46 3.42 3.41 3.39
54 University of Utah (Quinney) 3.56 3.59 3.50 3.57 3.58 3.51
56 Cardozo (Yeshiva) 3.51 3.51 3.44 3.42 3.47 3.45
56 University of Houston 3.61 3.55 3.53 3.54 3.47 3.42
58 UC Hastings 3.44 3.42 3.45 3.50 3.44 3.52
59 Penn. State Carlisle (Dickinson) 3.43 3.29 3.48 3.46 3.58 3.58
59 Seton Hall University 3.51 3.41 3.40 3.42 3.48 3.52
59 University of Nevada Las Vegas 3.66 3.54 3.52 3.32 3.41 3.45
63 University of Denver (Sturm) 3.47 3.46 3.39 3.43 3.40 3.43
63 University of Oklahoma 3.60 3.56 3.52 3.56 3.52 3.48
65 Case Western Reserve University 3.46 3.46 3.48 3.44 3.44 3.38
65 University of Cincinnati 3.62 3.60 3.47 3.59 3.45 3.50
65 Georgia State University 3.50 3.50 3.41 3.40 3.40 3.38
65 University of Kentucky 3.46 3.46 3.49 3.42 3.49 3.49
65 Loyola Marymount University (CA) 3.58 3.53 3.52 3.51 3.47 3.47
65 University of Miami 3.43 3.36 3.36 3.36 3.42 3.38
65 University of Missouri 3.49 3.44 3.48 3.41 3.46 3.45
65 University of Tennessee Knoxville 3.62 3.52 3.59 3.64 3.64 3.54
65 Villanova University 3.57 3.58 3.54 3.57 3.55 3.56
74 University of Kansas 3.57 3.53 3.44 3.42 3.47 3.42
74 Loyola University Chicago 3.43 3.39 3.30 3.34 3.30 3.40
74 Northeastern University 3.60 3.60 3.55 3.55 3.53 3.53
74 Penn. State University Park 3.58 3.54 3.47 3.58 – –
74 University of Pittsburgh 3.39 3.42 3.42 3.36 3.46 3.42
74 Rutgers Law (Combined) 3.38 3.37 3.40 3.28 – –
80 American University (Washington) 3.45 3.41 3.41 3.29 3.37 3.40
80 University of Nebraska Lincoln 3.66 3.72 3.69 3.65 3.67 3.61
80 Texas A&M 3.51 3.44 3.41 3.38 3.21 3.14
83 Brooklyn Law School 3.39 3.35 3.31 3.36 3.31 3.40
83 St. John’s University 3.61 3.58 3.54 3.54 3.45 3.39
85 IIT – Chicago Kent 3.45 3.40 3.39 3.36 3.43 3.31
85 University of New Hampshire 3.46 3.39 3.44 3.46 3.44 3.39
85 University of Oregon 3.38 3.41 3.40 3.48 3.33 3.36
88 University of Arkansas Fayetteville 3.46 3.53 3.47 3.37 3.43 3.50
88 Louisiana State University 3.46 3.44 3.38 3.48 3.23 3.43
88 Michigan State University 3.51 3.56 3.51 3.46 3.54 3.52
88 University of New Mexico 3.40 3.45 3.47 3.47 3.43 3.42
88 St. Louis University 3.45 3.38 3.40 3.44 3.46 3.41
88 University of South Carolina 3.41 3.38 3.47 3.30 3.23 3.27
88 Syracuse University 3.38 3.38 3.35 3.33 3.37 3.29
95 Lewis & Clark (OR) 3.39 3.40 3.34 3.32 3.34 3.46
95 Marquette University 3.42 3.37 3.35 3.19 3.33 3.29
95 University of San Diego 3.55 3.51 3.51 3.52 3.50 3.50
98 Indiana University Indianapolis 3.49 3.45 3.41 3.34 3.32 3.45
98 Stetson 3.37 3.33 3.35 3.27 3.25 3.40
98 Wayne State 3.50 3.44 3.44 3.42 3.29 3.43
101 Drexel University (Mack) 3.43 3.37 3.30 3.31 3.28 3.35
101 Florida International University 3.63 3.61 3.64 3.63 3.58 3.58
101 University of Hawaii (Richardson) 3.34 3.20 3.27 3.27 3.39 3.32
101 University of Mississippi 3.46 3.49 3.45 3.41 3.47 3.46
101 University of Tulsa 3.48 3.35 3.40 3.31 3.45 3.43
106 Albany (NY) 3.32 3.36 3.34 3.23 3.22 3.37
106 University of Maine 3.47 3.42 3.24 3.37 3.38 3.36
106 SUNY Buffalo Law School 3.41 3.53 3.42 3.44 3.43 3.48
106 West Virginia University 3.38 3.32 3.33 3.35 3.43 –
110 Catholic Univ. of America (Columbus) 3.42 3.31 3.26 3.28 3.16 –
110 Hofstra 3.42 3.40 3.40 3.39 3.35 3.14
110 New York Law School 3.39 3.37 3.31 3.24 3.20 3.17
113 Cleveland State 3.47 3.35 3.29 3.40 3.27 3.32
113 Gonzaga (WA) 3.32 3.30 3.24 3.25 3.25 3.26
113 University of Louisville (Brandeis) 3.37 3.36 3.29 3.39 3.41 3.43
113 Santa Clara University 3.32 3.29 3.17 3.23 3.30 3.21
113 St. Thomas (MN) 3.53 3.43 3.35 3.48 3.41 3.38
113 Texas Tech 3.44 3.43 3.28 3.39 3.45 3.47
119 University of Baltimore 3.26 3.18 3.17 3.29 3.26 3.23
119 Duquesne (PA) 3.38 3.49 3.38 3.45 3.44 3.42
119 University of Idaho 3.25 3.29 3.23 3.18 3.15 3.25
119 University of Missouri Kansas City 3.41 3.42 3.39 3.27 3.21 3.25
119 University of Montana 3.37 3.34 3.31 3.38 3.38 3.32
119 Washburn University 3.35 3.32 3.28 3.28 3.28 3.30
125 CUNY 3.32 3.26 3.23 3.32 3.33 3.37
125 Creighton 3.29 3.31 3.26 3.25 3.31 3.23
125 Pace University 3.29 3.28 3.30 3.22 3.28 3.21
128 DePaul 3.21 3.30 3.14 3.34 3.32 3.50
128 Howard University 3.24 3.24 3.22 3.28 3.18 3.13
128 Mercer 3.31 3.32 3.25 3.32 3.29 3.38
128 Seattle U 3.31 3.34 3.35 3.24 3.29 3.37
128 South Dakota 3.27 3.48 3.37 3.36 3.10 3.15
133 Drake (IA) 3.46 3.39 3.33 3.27 3.25 3.23
133 Quinnipiac 3.48 3.40 3.40 3.42 3.35 3.33
133 Vermont Law School 3.25 3.20 3.16 3.21 3.19 3.22
133 University of Wyoming 3.39 3.28 3.43 3.22 3.36 3.35
137 Memphis 3.41 3.30 3.24 3.20 3.27 3.25
137 Toledo 3.44 3.41 3.39 3.27 3.33 3.33
139 Belmont University 3.50 3.50 3.42 3.41 3.43 3.42
139 Chapman University 3.42 3.36 3.24 3.33 3.41 3.27
141 Arkansas – Little Rock 3.31 3.30 3.31 3.25 3.24 –
141 Dayton 3.29 3.29 3.14 3.04 3.15 3.11
143 Widener (Commonwealth PA) 3.17 3.19 3.13 3.16 3.05 3.10
144 Akron 3.29 3.28 3.33 3.25 3.41 3.38
144 Northern Illinois University 3.09 3.12 3.03 3.05 3.09 3.10
144 Suffolk University 3.36 3.30 3.27 3.23 3.20 3.27
151 Appalachian 3.05 2.86 2.79 3.17 2.90 –
151 Atlanta’s John Marshall 3.13 3.06 3.05 3.04 2.91 2.98
151 Ave Maria 3.05 3.16 3.08 3.00 3.06 3.15
151 Barry University 3.04 2.97 3.00 2.96 2.99 2.89
151 California Western 3.17 3.22 3.18 3.15 3.14 3.13
151 Campbell University 3.30 3.29 3.31 3.24 3.17 3.26
151 Capital University 3.24 3.21 3.17 3.17 3.15 3.14
151 Charleston School of Law 3.15 3.03 3.01 2.89 2.99 3.17
151 Concordia 3.05 2.90 2.93 3.20 3.12 3.07
151 Detroit Mercy 3.27 3.16 3.20 3.11 3.13 3.13
151 University of D.C. 2.92 2.95 2.99 2.98 2.99 3.07
151 Elon University 3.26 3.23 3.24 3.13 3.03 3.01
151 Faulkner 3.13 2.98 2.92 2.96 2.98 3.14
151 Florida A&M 3.09 3.09 3.04 3.00 3.03 3.02
151 Florida Coastal 3.14 2.83 2.87 2.88 2.93 2.97
151 Golden Gate 3.02 3.10 2.98 2.94 2.98 3.11
151 Inter-American Puerto Rico 3.22 3.32 3.30 3.21 3.22 3.17
151 John Marshall (IL) 3.19 3.10 3.05 3.08 3.05 3.12
151 Liberty 3.36 3.41 3.43 3.45 3.24 3.22
151 Lincoln Memorial 3.07 3.08 3.12 3.06 3.04 3.04
151 Loyola University New Orleans 3.18 3.13 3.15 3.15 3.15 3.15
151 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3.35 3.19 3.20 3.15 3.14 3.24
151 Mississippi College 3.05 3.14 3.08 2.98 3.11 3.30
151 Hamline University 3.26 3.21 3.20 3.25 3.27 3.32
151 New England 3.16 3.30 3.20 3.14 3.14 3.04
151 North Carolina Central 3.28 3.22 3.31 3.24 3.24 3.17
151 University of North Dakota 3.13 3.36 3.21 3.20 3.28 3.26
151 Northern Kentucky 3.25 3.29 3.19 3.19 3.09 3.20
151 Nova Southeastern 3.14 3.16 3.10 3.11 3.14 3.07
151 Ohio Northern 3.52 3.28 3.30 3.22 3.28 3.22
151 Oklahoma City 3.20 3.16 3.05 3.13 3.19 3.18
151 Pontifical Catholic 3.44 3.41 3.28 3.33 – –
151 University of Puerto Rico 3.55 3.53 3.52 3.55 3.59 3.51
151 Regent University 3.55 3.33 3.36 3.29 3.23 3.37
151 Roger Williams 3.28 3.15 3.13 3.13 3.15 3.20
151 Samford (Cumberland) 3.31 3.36 3.31 3.23 3.20 3.25
151 San Francisco 3.19 3.27 3.10 3.13 3.19 3.27
151 South Texas 3.13 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.12 3.15
151 Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale 3.10 3.07 2.91 2.96 3.09 3.10
151 Southern University 2.88 2.91 2.86 2.79 2.82 2.82
151 Southwestern 3.23 3.24 3.18 3.17 3.20 3.17
151 St. Mary’s University 3.18 3.12 3.07 3.03 3.02 2.96
151 St. Thomas (FL) 3.10 3.07 3.06 3.06 3.04 3.06
151 Texas Southern 3.03 3.02 3.06 3.11 3.02 3.08
151 Thomas Jefferson 2.74 2.84 2.89 2.74 2.84 2.86
151 Touro College 3.00 3.01 3.00 3.03 3.04 3.02
151 La Verne 3.01 2.99 2.95 2.90 2.88 2.83
151 UMass Dartmouth 3.16 3.11 3.12 2.97 2.97 3.03
151 UNT Dallas 3.08 2.93 – – – –
151 Cooley (Western Michigan) 3.02 2.94 2.90 2.85 2.90 2.96
151 Western New England 3.20 3.20 3.13 3.10 3.13 3.20
151 Western State College of Law 3.01 3.07 3.03 3.07 3.09 3.12
151 Widener (DE) 3.20 3.12 3.08 3.09 3.08 3.16
151 Willamette University 3.13 3.18 3.18 3.15 3.23 3.08
151 Pepperdine University 3.63 3.62 3.60 3.60 3.59 3.59

Class of 2016 through 2021

LSAT Mastermind Study Group

A high LSAT score will be more important in the upcoming cycle than ever with the influx of high-scoring applicants we are seeing. Give yourself an edge by joining our LSAT Mastermind group, where you’ll have access to hundreds of exclusive lessons and question explanations, participate in weekly live chats with Josh and me, and study in private forums with a group of motivated, like-minded students.

Share.

University of Chicago, J.D., 2012 -- CLICK HERE to find out how I got a 177 on the LSAT. Ready to Kickstart your LSAT Prep? Join the LSAT Mastermind Study Group

Related Posts

View 47 Comments

47 Comments

  1. ExamCave on

    Just what you’d expect from top of the league law schools. Don’t let these numbers stop you from getting into your dream school! Remember, the median is the average, which means that you can still get into these schools without necessarily meeting the numbers shown here. Study smart, not hard, organize a good prep schedule and take care of yourself to make sure you do well in the LSAT. It might be a tough mountain to climb, but it is certainly possible. Good luck!

    Reply
  2. Nick McLaughlin on

    I have earned a bachelors (3.3 gpa) and a masters (3.76) gpa, and now I’m looking into law school. Will admissions care more about my BA or MA, and is there a way to focus my application on my masters gpa?

    Thanks!

    Reply
  4. Markie on

    Any thoughts on whether Berkeley will be harder or easier to get into because it dropped 4 places in the 2017 rankings? Wondering if this has any effect at all in helping/hurting chances at admission….

    Thanks!

    -M

    Reply
  5. Susan Lee on

    I can’t see this list even though I am a member and logged in. Anyone else experiencing this glitch? Any alternative way to receive this list of median GPAs and LSAT scores?

    Reply
  7. mariam.j.sheikh on

    When you say these are the stats for class of 2017, does that mean they’ve already admitted students for the coming Fall? Aren’t admissions still ongoing?

    Reply
  8. Steve on

    If I surpass the median LSAT scores.. but my undergrad GPA does not meet even the 25th percentile.. Do I even have a chance of going to my dream school at Ohio State?? I’m hoping to score a 165+…

    Reply
  9. SomeGuy on

    People, why do you want to go to law school? I’ve been a lawyer nearly 19 years. I wish just about every day that I had never gone to law school. I’m working myself to death. The work is so stressful. You’re never done. There is always so much that needs to be done. I haven’t been on a vacation in years. The money is nowhere near as good as I thought it would be. There are so many easier ways to make a living. I have child support to pay, bills to pay. I can’t just quit but I would in a heartbeat if something better came along. God I hate it. I have a jury trial next week and my young co-counsel just took a non law job. I envy the guy, don’t blame him at all.

    If you haven’t worked for lawyers, consider doing that if you can find any who can afford to pay anyone right now. I work for someone else and didn’t get paid on Friday. It isn’t the first time that’s happened. I get a salary plus a percentage of what I bring in paid in bonuses, theoretically. None of the lawyers in any of our offices have gotten their bonuses in I think ten months. We’re lucky to get our salary checks. Why don’t we quit? There are no jobs and we have to have something to pay our bills.

    Things are probably worse in my area than many. We have offices in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Our area has not recovered from the recession and low oil and gas prices are killing us. I just checked the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data and the median income for attorneys in my metro area has dropped to just a hair over $50,000. The mean is only $62,850. The mean or average is skewed upwards by a small handful who still do pretty well, but has dropped by tens of thousands over the last few years so nobody is doing that well. Half the attorneys here are making $50k a year or less, and the number of attorneys is of course dropping with people moving away and many just finding something else to do. There are so many out of work attorneys, and that is everywhere. Here old law firms have broken up and highly experienced attorneys are out there competing for entry level law jobs just to have something to pay their bills. I’m always hearing about some attorney filing bankruptcy. My Registered Nurse wife with an associates degree is presently making more money than me, not that she doesn’t work hard for it but I did spend five more years in school, get a 172 on my LSAT, made good grades, have worked my rear end off. I thought I’d be making hundreds of thousands a year by this point in my career. But I’m working for an employer who owes me thousands and thousands of dollars who will probably file bankruptcy soon and name me as a creditor. I don’t know if I will have a job tomorrow.

    Things are only going to get worse. Every year tens of thousands more will become lawyers and there aren’t nearly enough jobs for them. Lawyers will make less and less money fighting over what little scraps there are out there to make. Big companies will send more and more of their work overseas and some guy in Mumbai will review their contracts and do all their drafting. Judges will increasingly appoint public defenders in criminal cases to keep the cases moving so there are precious few left for private attorneys and public defenders everywhere will have New Orleans sized pd caseloads. The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer anyway so the common man is less likely to be be able to afford lawyers. Lawyers are a dime a dozen so if they want work they have to be willing to work for less and less even when those paying the bills have money.

    I hate to sound all negative, but this story popped up on my Facebook feed and I started seeing all these comments and I have to wonder if any of you have any idea what you are trying to get yourselves into. Most of you will never make any money in this profession. You will struggle to survive. You will barely see your families because you have to work so much. Your spouses will resent you for working so much but making so little. Your lives will be so hard. Don’t do it unless it’s just a strong dream you cannot deny yourself and you don’t care if you make any money or not.

    Reply
  10. Marina on

    Hello,
    I once saw an article about how interning at a law firm as an undergraduate student was not a good idea. Would interning at a law firm as an undergrad help me or hurt my law school application?
    Thanks in advance!

    Reply
  12. SH on

    I have an ugpa of 2.97, unfortunately I couldn’t recover completely from a stressful freshman semester due to a family member passing away. I’ve been consistently getting B’s or better since that semester (my major GPA is 3.4). I don’t have any great internships as of yet, but I am working on getting one. I scored 174 on my LSAT. Do I have a realistic chance of getting into a top 5, 10, 15, or 20 law school?

    Reply
    • Turner Johnston on

      I had a friend who had a 2.65 gpa coupled with a 171 on the LSAT and got into UT-Austin (Usually a top 15 school).

      If you don’t get in where you want, you could go to a lower ranked school, get in the top 10%, and transfer to a higher ranked school after 1L.

      Maybe include something in your personal statement about what happened that year.

      Good luck!!

      Reply
    • Parker on

      Take a year or so off and build up your resume. That LSAT and developed resume, coupled with a noticeable upward trend in grades will surely enable you to get into several of the bottom half of the t-14, if not better.

      I got into 6 of the T-14 with a 3.2 undergrad undergrad GPA, 168 LSAT, and solid LoR’s via internship/working experiences.

      Reply
  13. Morgan on

    I have a 3.5 Criminal Justice undergrad GPA w/ legal certifications, and am currently working in a law office as a legal assistant.
    I took the LSAT practice cold and got a 150. I plan to take the real one in June and apply to schools in September. (UT & UVA are my 1st and 2nd choices)
    I’m pretty confident that I can boost my score with studying, I’ve bought some powerscore books to help, which they have.
    What do you think is the most a person can “up” their score, with the cold score in mind?

    Thanks !

    Reply
    • Turner Johnston on

      Probably not too much unless you really get down how to map ou the logic problems and learn good notation. I had a 155 cold. I checked out a LSAT prep book from the library, studied for 2 weeks, watched youtube videos on how to solve logic puzzles, went back and got a 155 again. For me (as with most) it’s the speed thing. If given more time, I could nail it, but that’s the point. Law school exams give you about 2 min per question and they usually have anywhere between a paragraph and a page of facts to sort through. Hopefully your story works out better than mine. Best of luck to you. With your numbers you could get into a lower-ranked school, work hard and get into the top 10%, then transfer to a better school.

      Reply
      • Nilesh on

        To be fair, 2 weeks is hardly enough time to gauge any progress and you should count yourself lucky that your score didn’t drop – the general trend is that in the second PT, the score drops before it starts climbing up again from PT 4 – 5 onwards- I prepped for a year and a half and raised my score 15 points to a 167 (and that too when I left one portion of the test completely unanswered as I ran out of time)

        Reply
        • Nilesh on

          And with prep a 10 – 15 point score increase is common… that changes the range of schools to which you can apply… in my first attempt I had a 163 and was in at BU, BC and UCI, but with a 167 I made it to the T14s.

        • Turner Johnston on

          I’ve heard prep courses can raise your score up to 10pts, but that’s never been the story for people I know who have taken one cold, then followed-up after taking a prep course. Congratulations on your results and getting to T-14! That’s awesome your saw your goal through. I only prepped for 2 weeks because I was wavering on whether I really wanted to do it or not. I contemplated teaching, or history grad program. I did end up finishing top 10℅ during 1L (at a low ranked school) and transferred to a tier 1.

          Wonder how that guy ended up doing.

    • Marisa on

      I studied with a friend, using two prep books he had purchased. The area that made the biggest difference for me was learning how to create diagrams for puzzles. I went from crappy guessing to nailing them, and also got much faster at working through them. We studied (and later, took practice tests) for probably 2-4 hours a week for a few months. Went from 163 cold score to 170 on the test (although I got a 172 years earlier as an undergrad – parenting has made me dumber).

      I think a 10 point improvement starting from a 150 cold score is completely realistic if you put in the time, and it’s worth definitely worth it.

      Reply
  14. Debra on

    @OnLawSchool I’m interested in UNC Chapel Hill for law My GPA is 3.85. I am out of state. What LSAT score do I need to get in? Is it easier to get in in state oout of state? They said they give more offers out of state because they yield less due to higher OOS tuition but I can’t find a number for how many are offered OOS. Should I try to become a resident to increase odds of getting in? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Turner Johnston on

      Probably in the mid-upper 160s. Schools place the highest value on the LSAT when evaluating an applicant. Also depends on your undergrad school. A 3.85 from Texas Tech is easier to get than a 3.85 from Georgetown. Interesting about out-of-state applicants. I know schools are always looking to up their prestige, and people traveling from other states always looks good. The money thing too…In the end, I think they are mostly looking for the numbers (lsat gpa).

      Reply
      • Dennis M. on

        Turner is wrong, schools don’t care about where you went to undergrad or what your major is. All schools care about is your final LSAC GPA, since that is what they have to report to US News for the yearly rankings. Stop giving bad advice, man.

        Reply
        • Turner Johnston on

          I completely disagree with you Dennis. They give deference to undergrads from higher ranked schools. I’ve spoken with former admissions panelists about this from my school.

  15. stephanie on

    Hello!

    I just finished reading your 5 harsh truths and I want to thank you for writing it!
    I must admit that I am guilty of not prepping hard enough despite taking 2 kaplan courses, I know… I feel terribly disappointed with myself but its no use getting worked up about the past.
    Im about to take the December LSAT and I know I won’t score anything higher than a 150.
    With that said, I am planning on finishing up my applications by January and not submitting them because I am planning on retaking it. I leave on a 4 month backpacking trip to south america in February and hopefully by the time I come back in June I will be able to make myself study the appropiate and intensive amount of time. This time I won’t use Kaplan, but I will self prep using the powerscore books. If anything what I learned from taking 2 prep Kaplan courses was that all I need are numerous practice questions and their explanations. Id like to know what you think of this plan!

    Thanks so much

    Stephanie

    Reply
  16. Rebecca on

    I will be applying for law school having already obtained a masters degree. Will the admissions consider my undergraduate GPA only? Will having a high graduate GPA outweigh a low undergraduate GPA?

    Reply
    • Taylor on

      Rebecca, Ann, we are in the same boat. My UGPA is not strong. But with my masters I graduated Summa Cum Laude. I hear we are not awarded for our strong post graduate work. However each law school has the right to take as much as they like into consideration.

      This rule of keeping the doors of law school locked because of a low to moderate UGPA is simply ridiculous. Even God forgives bad decisions and behaviors!!!

      I wonder if most law schools with declining applications, and graduates, would reconsider accepting one with a good LSAT but not so good UGPA? Most have so much to prove, failure is not an option.

      Don’t know about you but I surely am not the little girl I was in college!!!

      Let me know if you two get accepted, I’ll do the same!

      Reply
  17. Daniel on

    To Josh and Evan,

    I have a 3.62 LSAC GPA and a recent Sept. LSAT score of 161. I am taking the test again in December (about 5 weeks from now). Assuming I get either the same score or anywhere from 1-2 points higher (i like to put harsher predictions on myself) what do you think my chances are are Boston College, Fordham, and Notre Dame?
    ***If this counts for anything, my applications will most likely be done and sent in by the first week of january.
    Thank for all your help!

    Reply
  18. Sunni on

    Just scored a 151 on October LSAT (it was a fun birthday surprise from my mom- what fun, right?) with no studying whatsoever.

    Just found out she signed me up for December LSAT as well.

    Missed only 2 on reading comp, missed an equal number spread across the rest of the test. What would you suggest to be the thing to study to get the biggest score boost within the next month?

    Reply
  19. Sasha on

    3.7 GPA (with a few A+s, which I believe LSAC factors in) and I still have 2 more undergraduate semesters that will factor into my GPA in time for law school applications (so I’m hopeful that I can get it up to a 3.75). I will be taking the LSAT in February. Do I have a chance at NYU or Columbia with a good LSAT score, even though my GPA is a little below the median? If so, what score should I aim for?
    Also I’m sure this has been asked before, but law schools give no consideration whatsoever to your undergraduate major when looking at your GPA, correct? (As someone who has taken lots of math, this is somewhat frustrating..)

    Reply
    • Turner Johnston on

      Schools care more about the LSAT than GPA. Also, equal GPAs from different schools carry different weight. They consider that. A GPA from Texas Tech is valued less that an equal GPA from Georgetown. You will need a very high LSAT score to get into those schools. Probably upper 160s-lower 170s. And yes, they do care about your major. A 3.75 in psychology is much easier than a 3.75 in engineering. They typically value stem degrees or business degrees (anything technical) more because they get saturated with History, PoliSci, English, etc.

      Reply
      • Dennis M. on

        They don’t actually. Turner, you’ve been giving awful advice. GPA’s are all roughly valued the same, since schools only care about the GPA median they report to US News.

        Reply
    • Joshua Craven on

      Jeffery,

      Absolutely! A lifetime membership means just that: once you’re in, you’re in for life! We’ve got your back from the day you join & where here for you as long as you need us.

      Reply
  21. kitty on

    30 y/o going back to school after 5 years.
    3.2 GPA (brought up from a 0.7! in my freshman year) and a 151 LSAT (no studying)
    Hoping for Cumberland School of Law (at Samford U) since it’s the closest ABA school

    Reply
    • Taylor on

      Kitty I am returning to school after 15 years. My UGA is as yours. Have you applied and received notification from a law school?

      I wish you all the best!

      Reply
  22. William on

    I have a question for you guys. I’m on the fence about retaking after getting a 166 for the second test in a row after averaging 173/174 on Preptests 36-72 ( they were proctored 5 section preptests with an analog watch and scantron). A part of me wants to retake, but at the same time, I’m kind of worried that I might be a choke artist when it comes to the real test. Is it worth a shot at a retake? Do I have a reasonable shot at Cornell, Georgetown, and UT with my LSAT 1 point below median and my GPA slightly above?

    Reply
  23. DD on

    Hey Evan and Josh,

    I am a junior at WashU and I just got my LSAT score back. I’ll have a 3.8 GPA and with this score, a 169 LSAT, when I apply to law school. I would like to go to a top ten law school. Is it worth it to retake the LSAT? I of course have a lot of time and my practice test average was higher than 169 (it was a 172 with the occasional 178’s).

    Reply
  24. TC on

    I am interested in attending the University of Tennessee’s law school as an in-state student. I am confident that I will get in, but I want your thoughts on the amount of scholarship money you think I will receive.

    My GPA is a 3.5 and I got a 161 on the LSAT.

    Thanks!

    Reply

Leave A Reply