| THE TOP 100 SCHOOLS | Overall score |
Peer assessment Score (5.0 highest) |
Assessment score by lawyers/ judges (5.0 highest) |
'06 undergrad GPA 25th-75th percentile |
'06 LSAT score 25th-75th percentile |
'06 acceptance rate |
'06 student/ faculty ratio |
'05 grads employed at graduation |
Employed 9 months after graduation |
School's bar passage rate in jurisdiction |
Jurisdiction's overall bar passage rate* |
| Rank/School | |||||||||||
| 1. Yale University (CT) | 100 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
3.83-3.97 |
170-176 |
6.8% |
7.3 |
94.5% |
99.6% |
94.2%/NY |
74% |
| 2. Harvard University (MA) | 90 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
3.72-3.95 |
169-175 |
12.6% |
10.5 |
96.1% |
100.0% |
95.3%/NY |
74% |
| Stanford University (CA) | 90 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
3.77-3.96 |
167-172 |
8.7% |
8.6 |
98.1% |
98.1% |
86.6%/CA |
62% |
| 4. New York University | 87 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
3.58-3.89 |
168-172 |
21.1% |
10.7 |
97.0% |
99.3% |
93.4%/NY |
74% |
| 5. Columbia University (NY) | 85 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
3.51-3.82 |
169-174 |
14.7% |
10.3 |
99.2% |
99.2% |
90.6%/NY |
74% |
| 6. University of Chicago | 80 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
3.51-3.77 |
169-172 |
15.9% |
9.4 |
98.5% |
98.5% |
95.6%/IL |
85% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 80 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
3.47-3.84 |
167-171 |
15.6% |
12.1 |
99.0% |
99.0% |
95.5%/NY |
74% |
| 8. University of California-Berkeley | 78 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
3.65-3.89 |
163-169 |
11.0% |
12.0 |
97.2% |
98.4% |
87.0%/CA |
62% |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 78 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
3.53-3.80 |
166-170 |
20.6% |
14.5 |
98.5% |
99.7% |
96.5%/NY |
74% |
| 10. Duke University (NC) | 77 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
3.66-3.85 |
165-169 |
23.3% |
11.9 |
95.6% |
100.0% |
94.0%/NY |
74% |
| University of Virginia | 77 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
3.49-3.82 |
167-171 |
25.2% |
13.9 |
96.0% |
99.1% |
96.5%/NY |
74% |
| 12. Northwestern University (IL) | 76 |
4.0 |
4.4 |
3.40-3.80 |
166-172 |
17.3% |
10.6 |
97.3% |
99.6% |
94.9%/IL |
85% |
| 13. Cornell University (NY) | 74 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
3.50-3.80 |
166-168 |
22.6% |
10.0 |
94.8% |
98.1% |
94.3%/NY |
74% |
| 14. Georgetown University (DC) | 72 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
3.47-3.82 |
167-171 |
21.5% |
14.5 |
95.5% |
98.3% |
92.5%/NY |
74% |
| 15. University of California-Los Angeles | 71 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.44-3.80 |
162-169 |
18.9% |
12.5 |
96.8% |
99.7% |
87.8%/CA |
62% |
| 16. University of Southern California (Gould) | 69 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.47-3.75 |
165-167 |
19.1% |
13.1 |
94.5% |
98.2% |
81.3%/CA |
62% |
| Vanderbilt University (TN) | 69 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
3.49-3.88 |
164-167 |
25.3% |
15.0 |
89.3% |
99.0% |
88.1%/TN |
80% |
| 18. University of Texas-Austin | 68 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
3.33-3.80 |
162-168 |
21.7% |
14.0 |
93.2% |
95.4% |
89.6%/TX |
80% |
| 19. Washington University in St. Louis | 64 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.20-3.70 |
162-167 |
28.1% |
11.5 |
87.4% |
99.2% |
90.6%/MO |
89% |
| 20. Boston University | 63 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.52-3.83 |
163-166 |
26.2% |
12.2 |
94.0% |
99.1% |
93.7%/MA |
83% |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 63 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
3.25-3.74 |
163-167 |
24.1% |
11.1 |
94.6% |
98.6% |
98.8%/MN |
89% |
| 22. Emory University (GA) | 62 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
3.30-3.69 |
162-166 |
29.0% |
12.5 |
88.4% |
98.7% |
95.9%/GA |
85% |
| George Washington University (DC) | 62 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
3.45-3.81 |
163-166 |
22.8% |
15.2 |
93.4% |
98.3% |
87.5%/NY |
74% |
| 24. University of Iowa | 61 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
3.40-3.83 |
158-163 |
33.3% |
12.8 |
82.9% |
98.6% |
91.4%/IA |
85% |
| 25. Fordham University (NY) | 60 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.41-3.74 |
163-167 |
24.0% |
14.9 |
85.8% |
98.6% |
87.0%/NY |
74% |
| University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign | 60 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
3.15-3.71 |
160-167 |
23.0% |
12.8 |
69.7% |
96.4% |
90.2%/IL |
85% |
| Washington and Lee University (VA) | 60 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
3.28-3.73 |
162-167 |
31.4% |
9.8 |
83.1% |
88.2% |
93.3%/VA |
74% |
| 28. Boston College | 59 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
3.41-3.76 |
162-166 |
19.4% |
14.0 |
72.7% |
98.4% |
90.3%/MA |
83% |
| University of Notre Dame (IN) | 59 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
3.28-3.69 |
164-167 |
24.4% |
13.7 |
78.8% |
94.8% |
92.7%/IL |
85% |
| University of Washington | 59 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
3.50-3.84 |
159-166 |
21.1% |
10.8 |
90.1% |
99.4% |
84.3%/WA |
75% |
| 31. College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) (VA) | 58 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
3.33-3.84 |
162-166 |
24.1% |
15.5 |
83.7% |
95.2% |
88.5%/VA |
74% |
| Ohio State University (Moritz) | 58 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.36-3.79 |
158-163 |
28.5% |
14.1 |
76.9% |
98.9% |
89.7%/OH |
80% |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 58 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.23-3.72 |
156-163 |
25.8% |
12.9 |
73.6% |
97.7% |
100.0%/WI |
77% |
| 34. George Mason University (VA) | 56 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
3.10-3.78 |
160-166 |
20.0% |
16.1 |
96.5% |
99.6% |
77.1%/VA |
74% |
| University of California-Davis | 56 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.35-3.73 |
160-164 |
28.1% |
13.9 |
78.7% |
93.3% |
72.2%/CA |
62% |
| 36. Indiana University-Bloomington | 55 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.24-3.78 |
157-164 |
38.9% |
12.3 |
86.1% |
93.9% |
88.2%/IN |
83% |
| University of Alabama | 55 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
3.29-3.83 |
159-165 |
32.0% |
11.3 |
84.8% |
98.4% |
97.3%/AL |
80% |
| University of California (Hastings) | 55 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
3.41-3.74 |
159-164 |
26.8% |
18.9 |
71.8% |
96.3% |
84.1%/CA |
62% |
| University of Colorado-Boulder | 55 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.37-3.75 |
159-165 |
26.3% |
13.7 |
84.5% |
99.5% |
89.4%/CO |
76% |
| University of Georgia | 55 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.39-3.85 |
156-164 |
22.6% |
15.7 |
83.0% |
98.2% |
91.4%GA |
85% |
| University of Maryland | 55 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
3.40-3.77 |
160-165 |
16.5% |
11.8 |
80.7% |
98.3% |
79.9%MD |
74% |
| University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill | 55 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
3.39-3.77 |
158-164 |
15.2% |
20.1 |
63.8% |
90.2% |
83.4%/NC |
71% |
| Wake Forest University (NC) | 55 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
3.19-3.71 |
161-165 |
30.0% |
10.5 |
74.3% |
95.9% |
92.6%/NC |
71% |
| 44. Brigham Young University (Clark) (UT) | 54 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
3.40-3.80 |
161-166 |
28.4% |
20.9 |
82.0% |
98.0% |
93.2%/UT |
90% |
| University of Arizona (Rogers) | 54 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.27-3.77 |
158-164 |
26.6% |
12.1 |
72.4% |
95.6% |
81.9%/AZ |
71% |
| 46. Southern Methodist University (TX) | 53 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
3.33-3.83 |
158-164 |
22.0% |
14.4 |
N/A |
97.8% |
87.6%/TX |
80% |
| 47. American University (Washington) (DC) | 52 |
2.9 |
3.3 |
3.15-3.60 |
158-163 |
24.7% |
14.0 |
83.4% |
97.8% |
80.3%/MD |
74% |
| Tulane University (LA) | 52 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
3.35-3.70 |
159-163 |
33.5% |
15.3 |
78.3% |
95.8% |
81.0%/LA |
70% |
| University of Connecticut | 52 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.27-3.66 |
159-163 |
15.1% |
11.5 |
71.4% |
96.7% |
90.1%/CT |
81% |
| University of Florida (Levin) | 52 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
3.42-3.83 |
155-161 |
41.2% |
17.6 |
74.2% |
96.9% |
82.6%/FL |
72% |
| 51. Arizona State University (O'connor) | 50 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.31-3.78 |
155-162 |
21.0% |
9.9 |
N/A |
98.4% |
64.7%/AZ |
71% |
| 52. Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (NY) | 49 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
3.23-3.72 |
161-166 |
27.8% |
17.8 |
73.2% |
98.3% |
84.4%/NY |
74% |
| 53. Baylor University (TX) | 48 |
2.4 |
3.3 |
3.41-3.88 |
158-162 |
24.7% |
16.0 |
59.9% |
97.3% |
95.0%/TX |
80% |
| Case Western Reserve University (OH) | 48 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
3.07-3.61 |
157-161 |
28.5% |
13.8 |
81.0% |
98.1% |
85.1%/OH |
80% |
| Florida State University | 48 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
3.26-3.74 |
158-161 |
24.3% |
13.8 |
80.9% |
99.3% |
78.9%/FL |
72% |
| University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 48 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
3.37-3.78 |
155-161 |
27.6% |
11.1 |
80.0% |
94.4% |
88.6%/TN |
80% |
| 57. University of Cincinnati | 47 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
3.31-3.80 |
157-161 |
34.4% |
10.7 |
67.5% |
95.9% |
87.5%/OH |
80% |
| University of Pittsburgh | 47 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
3.11-3.63 |
158-161 |
31.1% |
14.1 |
80.3% |
97.3% |
83.3%/PA |
78% |
| University of Utah (Quinney) | 47 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
3.36-3.81 |
157-162 |
31.9% |
11.6 |
83.9% |
93.2% |
89.6%/UT |
90% |
| 60. Brooklin Law School (NY) | 45 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
3.22-3.62 |
162-164 |
27.0% |
20.6 |
75.1% |
98.3% |
84.0%/NY |
74% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) | 45 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
3.30-3.77 |
158-164 |
29.2% |
12.3 |
71.8% |
93.2% |
86.5%/IL |
85% |
| Temple University (Beasley) (PA) | 45 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
3.23-3.60 |
159-163 |
37.2% |
14.6 |
65.1% |
95.7% |
84.8%/PA |
78% |
| University of Houston | 45 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
3.27-3.74 |
157-162 |
29.2% |
15.9 |
74.1% |
94.7% |
84.2%/TX |
80% |
| University of Kentucky | 45 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
3.37-3.85 |
155-162 |
30.6% |
16.1 |
63.9% |
97.7% |
88.5%/KY |
77% |
| Villanova University (PA) | 45 |
2.6 |
3.3 |
3.27-3.62 |
160-163 |
36.1% |
17.5 |
61.0% |
96.7% |
83.0%/PA |
78% |
| 66. Loyola Law School (CA) | 44 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
3.15-3.58 |
159-163 |
31.1% |
15.6 |
62.7% |
96.4% |
73.4%/CA |
62% |
| Pepperdine University (CA) | 44 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
3.34-3.72 |
156-163 |
29.3% |
17.8 |
N/A |
97.2% |
73.7%/CA |
62% |
| University of Kansas | 44 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
3.23-3.77 |
155-161 |
32.1% |
11.9 |
69.9% |
95.0% |
83.5%/KS |
82% |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 44 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
3.24-3.72 |
156-160 |
43.5% |
16.2 |
60.3% |
97.4% |
89.8%/MO |
89% |
| 70. Loyola University Chicago | 43 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
3.21-3.66 |
160-164 |
20.0% |
15.5 |
65.2% |
95.1% |
88.7%/IL |
85% |
| Rutgers, the State U. of New Jersey-Camden (NJ) | 43 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
3.00-3.60 |
160-162 |
14.4% |
14.5 |
81.2% |
90.4% |
81.3%/NJ |
77% |
| Seton Hall University (NJ) | 43 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
3.17-3.66 |
158-163 |
29.8% |
15.2 |
88.8% |
95.2% |
83.5%/NJ |
77% |
| St. John's University (NY) | 43 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
3.28-3.72 |
157-162 |
35.2% |
15.7 |
66.7% |
96.5% |
88.8%/NY |
74% |
| University of Miami (FL) | 43 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
3.25-3.66 |
156-160 |
49.7% |
18.2 |
70.5% |
93.1% |
78.5%/FL |
72% |
| University of New Mexico | 43 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
3.03-3.72 |
152-158 |
17.7% |
10.0 |
74.2% |
94.8% |
95.6%/NM |
91% |
| University of Oklahoma | 43 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
3.36-3.76 |
154-160 |
32.3% |
11.8 |
68.8% |
95.4% |
97.2%/OK |
90% |
| 77. Rutgers, the State U. of New Jersey-Newark (NJ) | 42 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
3.10-3.57 |
154-162 |
23.3% |
15.4 |
79.6% |
94.2% |
77.1%/NJ |
77% |
| University at Buffalo-SUNY | 42 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.22-3.67 |
153-158 |
37.5% |
13.1 |
86.1% |
97.8% |
77.1%/NY |
74% |
| University of Denver (Sturm) | 42 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.11-3.63 |
155-160 |
25.8% |
16.3 |
84.9% |
98.8% |
70.1%/CO |
76% |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 42 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
3.27-3.84 |
154-160 |
41.7% |
12.4 |
71.0% |
92.9% |
89.2%/NE |
85% |
| University of Richmond (VA) | 42 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
3.07-3.58 |
159-162 |
33.4% |
16.0 |
65.8% |
96.8% |
84.8%/VA |
74% |
| 82. Georgia State University | 41 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
3.00-3.61 |
158-161 |
17.3% |
13.7 |
N/A |
97.7% |
92.3%/GA |
85% |
| Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) (OR) | 41 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
3.10-3.63 |
159-165 |
39.8% |
14.6 |
N/A |
93.6% |
79.5%/OR |
76% |
| University of Oregon | 41 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
3.08-3.63 |
157-161 |
40.0% |
21.3 |
59.9% |
92.2% |
80.4%/OR |
76% |
| 85. Indiana University-Indianapolis | 40 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.25-3.75 |
154-159 |
30.4% |
18.0 |
82.9% |
95.2% |
77.4%/IN |
83% |
| Northeasten University (MA) | 40 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
3.17-3.65 |
156-162 |
29.4% |
17.3 |
N/A |
96.0% |
93.6%/MA |
83% |
| Seattle University | 40 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
3.20-3.64 |
155-160 |
29.0% |
15.6 |
67.9% |
99.1% |
77.9%/WA |
75% |
| St. Louis University | 40 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
3.29-3.75 |
155-159 |
45.3% |
17.3 |
70.8% |
94.2% |
87.1%/MO |
89% |
| University of San Diego | 40 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
3.06-3.56 |
159-164 |
29.8% |
14.3 |
62.0% |
86.0% |
79.5%/CA |
62% |
| University of Toledo (OH) | 40 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
3.02-3.82 |
155-160 |
21.5% |
14.1 |
84.8% |
96.4% |
78.1%/OH |
80% |
| 91. DePaul University (IL) | 39 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
3.02-3.59 |
157-161 |
31.8% |
16.0 |
84.2% |
94.3% |
83.7%/IL |
85% |
| Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge | 39 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
3.16-3.78 |
154-159 |
35.1% |
16.2 |
70.0% |
89.9% |
84.1%/LA |
70% |
| Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson) | 39 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
2.85-3.59 |
157-159 |
28.6% |
11.9 |
69.6% |
92.2% |
80.5%/PA |
78% |
| Santa Clara University (CA) | 39 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
3.12-3.57 |
156-161 |
42.0% |
19.9 |
79.7% |
95.5% |
65.7%/CA |
62% |
| University of Hawaii (Richardson) | 39 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
3.15-3.72 |
155-161 |
19.3% |
10.9 |
65.3% |
91.8% |
87.2%/HI |
79% |
| University of South Carolina | 39 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
3.19-3.69 |
156-161 |
33.3% |
17.5 |
66.1% |
94.4% |
88.4%/SC |
83% |
| 97. Catholic University of America (Columbus) (DC) | 38 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
3.11-3.55 |
156-160 |
32.7% |
14.9 |
72.4% |
91.9% |
71.7%/MD |
74% |
| Marquette University (WI) | 38 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
3.25-3.68 |
155-159 |
41.2% |
16.0 |
61.9% |
94.9% |
100.0%/WI |
77% |
| University of Louisville (Brandeis) (KY) | 38 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
3.17-3.74 |
155-160 |
32.7% |
14.3 |
51.4% |
94.7% |
86.1%/KY |
77% |
| 100. Mercer University (GA) | 37 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
3.03-3.67 |
153-158 |
35.4% |
11.7 |
59.5% |
97.3% |
90.1%/GA |
85% |
| Stetson University (FL) | 37 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
3.19-3.62 |
152-157 |
28.6% |
17.0 |
N/A |
95.9% |
76.8%/FL |
72% |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Boyd) | 37 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
3.31-3.71 |
156-161 |
15.4% |
15.6 |
N/A |
87.6% |
68.9%/NV |
65% |
| University of San Francisco | 37 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
3.08-3.55 |
157-161 |
33.4% |
17.2 |
N/A |
95.9% |
73.3%/CA |
62% |
| University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA) | 37 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
3.15-3.59 |
155-160 |
33.2% |
13.4 |
N/A |
95.7% |
64.9%/CA |
62% |