Best Graduate Law Schools in US 2018
Ranked in 2017 by US News
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| Rank | School name | Tuition and fees | Enrollment (full-time) | LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) | Acceptance rate | Employed at graduation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale University (New Haven, CT) | $59,865 per year (full-time) | 632 | 170-175 | 9.5% | 84.5% |
| 2 | Stanford University (Stanford, CA) | $58,236 per year (full-time) | 579 | 168-173 | 10.7% | 89.2% |
| 3 | Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) | $60,638 per year (full-time) | 1,771 | 170-175 | 16.6% | 91.0% |
| 4 | University of Chicago (Chicago, IL) | $59,541 per year (full-time) | 603 | 166-172 | 20.7% | 90.8% |
| 5 | Columbia University (New York, NY) | $65,260 per year (full-time) | 1,234 | 168-174 | 20.3% | 89.6% |
| 6 | New York University (New York, NY) | $61,622 per year (full-time) | 1,369 | 166-171 | 29.8% | 90.3% |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | $60,988 per year (full-time) | 749 | 163-170 | 17.0% | 93.9% |
| 8 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI) | $55,012 per year (in-state, full-time); $58,012 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 929 | 164-169 | 23.7% | 87.6% |
| 8 | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) | $56,300 per year (in-state, full-time); $59,300 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 893 | 164-170 | 19.9% | 87.2% |
| 10 | Duke University (Durham, NC) | $59,912 per year (full-time) | 676 | 167-170 | 20.2% | 92.3% |
| 10 | Northwestern University (Pritzker) (Chicago, IL) | $59,850 per year (full-time) | 661 | 163-170 | 17.8% | 88.5% |
| 12 | University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) | $48,703 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,654 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 925 | 163-169 | 23.0% | 87.1% |
| 13 | Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) | $61,485 per year (full-time) | 605 | 163-168 | 24.1% | 91.3% |
| 14 | University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX) | $33,995 per year (in-state, full-time); $50,480 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 898 | 162-168 | 27.1% | 81.4% |
| 15 | Georgetown University (Washington, DC) | $57,576 per year (full-time) | 1,721 | 162-168 | 26.4% | 75.4% |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) | $45,338 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,832 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 979 | 163-168 | 28.0% | 81.2% |
| 17 | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) | $53,150 per year (full-time) | 572 | 162-168 | 32.3% | 83.2% |
| 18 | Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) | $53,506 per year (full-time) | 701 | 160-169 | 31.9% | 85.6% |
| 19 | University of Southern California (Gould) (Los Angeles, CA) | $60,339 per year (full-time) | 649 | 162-166 | 30.0% | 77.0% |
| 20 | University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) | $24,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,214 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 420 | 157-163 | 45.7% | 84.9% |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN) | $54,297 per year (full-time) | 599 | 158-165 | 30.3% | 79.3% |
| 22 | Emory University (Atlanta, GA) | $53,350 per year (full-time) | 872 | 157-166 | 36.9% | 81.8% |
| 23 | Boston University (Boston, MA) | $51,210 per year (full-time) | 710 | 161-165 | 29.4% | 78.4% |
| 23 | University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) | $43,244 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,590 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 555 | 159-166 | 44.5% | 72.5% |
| 25 | Arizona State University (O'Connor) (Phoenix, AZ) | $27,226 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,896 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 718 | 158-163 | 41.9% | 85.2% |
| 26 | Boston College (Newton, MA) | $50,620 per year (full-time) | 723 | 161-163 | 37.1% | 83.4% |
| 26 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) | $23,055 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,115 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 408 | 157-165 | 31.5% | 81.3% |
| 28 | University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA) | $44,819 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,313 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 356 | 160-165 | 27.2% | 66.4% |
| 28 | Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) | $47,437 per year (full-time) | 329 | 155-161 | 46.9% | 81.6% |
| 30 | George Washington University (Washington, DC) | $56,244 per year (full-time) | 1,460 | 158-166 | 38.9% | 76.6% |
| 30 | Indiana University, Bloomington (Maurer) (Bloomington, IN) | $32,551 per year (in-state, full-time); $53,301 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 525 | 153-163 | 41.6% | 78.8% |
| 30 | Ohio State University (Moritz) (Columbus, OH) | $29,668 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,620 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 505 | 156-161 | 49.0% | 85.8% |
| 30 | University of Georgia (Athens, GA) | $19,488 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,536 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 566 | 158-163 | 29.5% | 83.2% |
| 30 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) | $32,721 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,112 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 500 | 157-165 | 26.9% | 77.0% |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI) | $21,450 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,147 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 481 | 156-163 | 45.7% | 78.1% |
| 36 | Fordham University (New York, NY) | $56,146 per year (full-time) | 993 | 159-165 | 37.4% | 75.9% |
| 36 | University of Colorado, Boulder (Boulder, CO) | $31,831 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,623 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 523 | 156-164 | 34.3% | 81.1% |
| 36 | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) | $44,220 per year (full-time) | 467 | 156-162 | 45.4% | 81.9% |
| 39 | University of California, Davis (Davis, CA) | $47,409 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,660 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 505 | 158-164 | 32.8% | 72.4% |
| 39 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) | $23,551 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,182 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 634 | 158-163 | 44.1% | 78.4% |
| 41 | College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) (Williamsburg, VA) | $32,000 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 633 | 157-164 | 40.6% | 75.8% |
| 41 | George Mason University (Arlington, VA) | $25,351 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,737 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 365 | 158-164 | 26.4% | 83.6% |
| 41 | University of Florida (Levin) (Gainesville, FL) | $22,299 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,904 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 969 | 156-161 | 35.6% | 81.5% |
| 44 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL) | $41,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,082 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 435 | 154-162 | 45.7% | 72.9% |
| 44 | University of Utah (Quinney) (Salt Lake City, UT) | $26,758 per year (in-state, full-time); $50,816 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 292 | 156-161 | 49.3% | 76.2% |
| 46 | Brigham Young University (Clark) (Provo, UT) | $12,310 per year (LDS member, full-time); $24,620 per year (Non-LDS member, full-time) | 390 | 157-164 | 43.8% | 65.4% |
| 46 | Southern Methodist University (Dedman) (Dallas, TX) | $51,096 per year (full-time) | 620 | 155-163 | 44.7% | 83.7% |
| 48 | Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) | $20,683 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,695 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 537 | 157-160 | 34.3% | 81.7% |
| 48 | University of Arizona (Rogers) (Tucson, AZ) | $25,525 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,025 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 364 | 155-163 | 34.5% | 69.4% |
| 48 | University of Maryland (Carey) (Baltimore, MD) | $31,380 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,399 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 506 | 154-159 | 52.4% | 74.9% |
| 51 | Baylor University (Waco, TX) | $57,752 per year (full-time) | 363 | 155-161 | 33.3% | 86.1% |
| 51 | Tulane University (New Orleans, LA) | $52,554 per year (full-time) | 553 | 155-160 | 56.5% | 72.2% |
| 53 | Temple University (Beasley) (Philadelphia, PA) | $24,786 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,500 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 | 156-162 | 41.5% | 75.5% |
| 54 | University of California (Hastings) (San Francisco, CA) | $44,218 per year (in-state, full-time); $50,218 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 930 | 156-161 | 47.4% | 65.6% |
| 54 | University of Connecticut (Hartford, CT) | $28,634 per year (in-state, full-time); $58,802 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 287 | 154-158 | 47.1% | 80.3% |
| 54 | University of Houston (Houston, TX) | $30,401 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,219 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 610 | 156-162 | 32.3% | 77.7% |
| 57 | Seton Hall University (Newark, NJ) | $52,022 per year (full-time) | 353 | 153-159 | 52.1% | 87.1% |
| 57 | University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) | $22,700 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 396 | 151-157 | 65.8% | 92.1% |
| 57 | University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Lincoln, NE) | $15,036 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,192 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 328 | 154-159 | 56.8% | 84.0% |
| 57 | University of Richmond (Richmond, VA) | $41,500 per year (full-time) | 440 | 154-163 | 31.0% | 74.2% |
| 57 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, TN) | $19,308 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,982 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 333 | 154-160 | 36.5% | 73.4% |
| 62 | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) | $49,634 per year (full-time) | 421 | 155-161 | 43.0% | 70.8% |
| 62 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ) | $27,269 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,683 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 873 | 152-157 | 51.5% | 79.2% |
| 62 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV) | $26,749 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,649 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 286 | 153-159 | 34.4% | 77.1% |
| 65 | Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA) | $16,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,456 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 453 | 155-160 | 27.3% | 72.9% |
| 65 | Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA) | $52,760 per year (full-time) | 771 | 156-161 | 39.5% | 73.8% |
| 65 | Northeastern University (Boston, MA) | $47,790 per year (full-time) | 486 | 154-163 | 38.2% | 74.3% |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle (Dickinson) (Carlisle, PA) | $46,854 per year (in-state, full-time); $46,854 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 184 | 156-160 | 35.9% | 70.2% |
| 65 | University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS) | $21,617 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,958 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 351 | 151-159 | 56.8% | 80.0% |
| 65 | University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) | $20,918 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,672 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 300 | 153-160 | 55.0% | 77.7% |
| 65 | Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (New York, NY) | $56,796 per year (full-time) | 803 | 155-161 | 56.8% | 76.8% |
| 72 | Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA) | $52,200 per year (full-time) | 585 | 154-162 | 46.7% | 63.5% |
| 72 | St. John's University (Jamaica, NY) | $55,150 per year (full-time) | 591 | 152-160 | 42.5% | 81.5% |
| 72 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) | $24,010 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,010 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 286 | 153-158 | 53.1% | 80.7% |
| 72 | University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) | $19,973 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,398 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 505 | 154-159 | 49.6% | 78.7% |
| 76 | University of Denver (Sturm) (Denver, CO) | $46,720 per year (full-time) | 673 | 154-158 | 53.1% | 71.7% |
| 77 | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Fayetteville, AR) | $15,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,372 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 352 | 151-157 | 54.3% | 83.8% |
| 77 | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) | $49,042 per year (full-time) | 895 | 155-160 | 58.2% | 71.2% |
| 77 | University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) | $16,761 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,816 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 338 | 150-157 | 43.2% | 81.3% |
| 77 | University of San Diego (San Diego, CA) | $50,201 per year (full-time) | 598 | 154-160 | 39.7% | 62.3% |
| 77 | Villanova University (Villanova, PA) | $43,895 per year (full-time) | 540 | 153-159 | 42.6% | 75.6% |
| 82 | Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) | $47,416 per year (full-time) | 590 | 154-160 | 59.9% | 64.8% |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University, University Park (University Park, PA) | $47,174 per year (in-state, full-time); $47,174 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 402 | 156-159 | 39.8% | 68.4% |
| 82 | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) | $33,152 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,332 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 413 | 152-159 | 36.2% | 67.9% |
| 82 | University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK) | $38,030 per year (full-time) | 231 | 151-157 | 39.5% | 83.0% |
| 86 | American University (Washington) (Washington, DC) | $53,016 per year (full-time) | 1,035 | 152-159 | 53.4% | 60.6% |
| 86 | University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) | $32,474 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,394 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 334 | 154-159 | 54.1% | 63.7% |
| 88 | Brooklyn Law School (Brooklyn, NY) | $1,526 per credit (full-time) | 814 | 154-159 | 49.3% | 73.2% |
| 88 | Indiana University, Indianapolis (McKinney) (Indianapolis, IN) | $26,379 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,227 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 564 | 149-156 | 57.6% | 82.9% |
| 88 | St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO) | $40,145 per year (full-time) | 447 | 151-158 | 63.8% | 78.2% |
| 88 | University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) | $25,994 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,050 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 607 | 151-157 | 57.7% | 73.9% |
| 92 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) (Chicago, IL) | $46,822 per year (full-time) | 607 | 151-158 | 64.0% | 66.1% |
| 92 | Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) | $48,552 per year (full-time) | 534 | 152-157 | 50.7% | 65.6% |
| 92 | Texas A&M University (Fort Worth, TX) | $28,000 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,668 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 355 | 155-158 | 23.9% | 67.8% |
| 92 | University of Louisville (Brandeis) (Louisville, KY) | $21,292 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,498 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 284 | 150-155 | 68.2% | 78.9% |
| 96 | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (Hebert) (Baton Rouge, LA) | $22,520 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,960 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 539 | 152-158 | 60.4% | 80.7% |
| 96 | Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) | $41,528 per year (full-time) | 678 | 150-156 | 44.7% | 70.4% |
| 96 | Stetson University (Gulfport, FL) | $41,454 per year (full-time) | 682 | 152-156 | 51.0% | 80.1% |
| 96 | West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) | $20,916 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,674 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 302 | 151-156 | 59.7% | 80.0% |
| 100 | Florida International University (Miami, FL) | $21,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,050 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 391 | 151-157 | 28.7% | 81.6% |
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