Tightest Law Schools to Admit — Schools with the lowest acceptance rates and most selective admissions

The tightness is based on the acceptance rate which is a percentage of accepted applicants. The acceptance rate of law schools is generally much lower than rate in typical college admission. Many law schools have an acceptance rate of less than 10%. Yale Law School has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.06%. Stanford Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School also have lower acceptance rate of 6.10%. and 8.05% respectively.

Important Statistics of Tightest Law Schools To Admit — Schools With The Lowest Acceptance Rates And Most Selective Admissions

The average tuition & fees of Tightest Law Schools to Admit — Schools with the lowest acceptance rates and most selective admissions are $78,652 for state residents and $81,726 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2026-2027.

The average GPA of the schools is 3.93 and the average LAST score is 172. The average acceptance rate is 8.67% with an enrollment rate (yield) of 45.06%.

University of Chicago Law School has the highest tuition & fees of $88,500 and University of North Carolina School of Law has the lowest tuition & fees of $57,854.
Yale Law School has the highest LSAT score of 174 and Boston College Law School has the lowest score of 168.
University of Virginia School of Law has the highest GPA of 3.99 and Boston College Law School has the lowest GPA of 3.83.
Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 4.06% and University of North Carolina School of Law has the lowest rate of 11.19%.
Harvard Law School has the most law school students of 2,025 and University of North Carolina School of Law has the least enrolled students of 543.

The following table compares Law Schools with Lowest Acceptance Rate law schools with important law schools facts. The tuition data is for the academic year 2026-2027 and the admission data is for the academic year 2025-2026.

Law Schools with Lowest Acceptance Rate Tuition and Admission Comparison Table
Rank	School Name	Tuition & Fees	Acceptance Rate	Average GPA	Average LSAT	Total Enrollment	Enrollment (First-Year Students)	Bar Exam Pass Rate*
1	Yale Law School private, New Haven, CT	$81,818	4.06%	3.96	174	676	175	96.50%
2	Stanford Law School private, Stanford, CA	$82,122	6.10%	3.96	173	670	173	96.50%
3	University of Pennsylvania Law School private, Philadelphia, PA	$88,184	8.05%	3.95	173	1,032	254	96.70%
4	Boston College Law School private, Newton, MA	$75,680	8.48%	3.83	168	638	216	93.82%
5	University of Michigan Law School public, Ann Arbor, MI	$83,422 ($80,422)	8.57%	3.88	171	1,032	329	95.57%
6	Harvard Law School private, Cambridge, MA	$86,344	9.20%	3.96	174	2,025	483	97.86%
7	University of Chicago Law School private, Chicago, IL	$88,500	9.74%	3.97	174	710	191	97.42%
8	University of Virginia School of Law public, Charlottesville, VA	$84,900 ($81,900)	10.17%	3.99	173	982	302	94.98%
9	Gould School of Law private, Los Angeles, CA	$88,436	11.17%	3.91	169	1,543	227	94.01%
10	University of North Carolina School of Law public, Chapel Hill, NC	$57,854 ($33,116)	11.19%	3.89	168	543	176	92.27%

*The pass rate is based on the first time bar exam takers.

**Tuition & fees for the academic year 2026-2027 (Source: Each law school's published tuition data).

***Admission and enrollment data for the academic year 2025-2026 (Source: ABA Standard 509 Reports).