2024 Law School Acceptance Rate by School

The 2024 average law school acceptance rate is 31.55%. A total of 414,758 applicants have applied to law schools for the academic year 2024-2025. Of that, 130,837 accepted one or more law schools to admit.

The number of applicants decreased by 2.89% compared to last year's laws school admission. The 2025 law school acceptance rate is 1.46% higher than the previous year.

The following table shows the 2024 Law School Acceptance Rate and changes from previous year.

Yale Law School has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.58%. Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School also have lower acceptance rate of 7.26% and 9.58%.

Law School Acceptance Rate Changes by Institution
School Name	State	Institutional Control	2023-2024			2022-2023
School Name	State	Institutional Control	Acceptance Rate	Applicants	Admitted	Acceptance Rate	Applicants	Admitted
University of Akron School of Law	OH	Public	62.07% -0.80%	588 -26	365 -21	62.87%	614	386
The University of Alabama School of Law	AL	Public	26.62% 0.84%	1,634 -104	435 -13	25.78%	1,738	448
Albany Law School	NY	Private	54.87% 4.72%	1,294 -18	710 52	50.15%	1,312	658
Washington College of Law	DC	Private	35.69% 1.92%	5,368 -191	1,916 39	33.77%	5,559	1,877
Appalachian School of Law	GA	Private	54.19% 5.69%	644 77	349 74	48.50%	567	275
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law	AZ	Public	21.28% 1.63%	4,178 -1,368	889 -201	19.65%	5,546	1,090
James E. Rogers College of Law	AZ	Public	29.35% 4.42%	1,605 -144	471 35	24.93%	1,749	436
University of Arkansas School of Law	AR	Public	42.57% 1.40%	787 17	335 18	41.17%	770	317
William H. Bowen School of Law	AR	Public	58.99% 3.18%	556 -107	328 -42	55.81%	663	370
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School	GA	Private	46.88% 1.09%	1,041 19	488 20	45.79%	1,022	468
Ave Maria School of Law	FL	Private	45.19% 1.46%	770 -19	348 3	43.73%	789	345
University of Baltimore School of Law	MD	Public	58.66% 2.10%	1,086 -58	637 -10	56.56%	1,144	647
Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law	FL	Private	55.63% 1.82%	1,431 80	796 69	53.81%	1,351	727
Baylor Law School	TX	Private	17.77% -6.10%	3,005 -24	534 -189	23.87%	3,029	723
Belmont University College of Law	TN	Private	39.62% 0.02%	1,166 -21	462 -8	39.60%	1,187	470
Boston College Law School	MA	Private	13.38% 3.22%	5,650 -372	756 144	10.16%	6,022	612
Boston University School of Law	MA	Private	17.82% 1.49%	7,297 -364	1,300 49	16.33%	7,661	1,251
J. Reuben Clark Law School	UT	Private	28.77% -2.64%	504 1	145 -13	31.41%	503	158
Brooklyn Law School	NY	Private	50.00% 3.78%	3,758 -126	1,879 84	46.22%	3,884	1,795
California Western School of Law	CA	Private	55.38% 6.12%	1,645 -123	911 40	49.26%	1,768	871
Berkeley School of Law	CA	Public	14.92% 2.45%	6,636 -86	990 152	12.47%	6,722	838
Davis School of Law	CA	Public	28.99% 3.81%	3,163 -359	917 30	25.18%	3,522	887
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco	CA	Public	30.91% 1.96%	3,899 -170	1,205 27	28.95%	4,069	1,178
Irvine School of Law	CA	Public	18.18% -1.27%	2,629 -173	478 -67	19.45%	2,802	545
Los Angeles School of Law	CA	Public	16.80% 1.30%	6,457 -770	1,085 -35	15.50%	7,227	1,120
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law	NC	Private	38.66% -17.05%	957 -41	370 -186	55.71%	998	556
Capital University Law School	OH	Private	77.52% 10.07%	556 -37	431 31	67.45%	593	400
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law	NY	Private	37.64% 3.84%	3,148 -266	1,185 31	33.80%	3,414	1,154
Case Western Reserve University School of Law	OH	Private	41.79% 2.61%	1,352 53	565 56	39.18%	1,299	509
Columbus School of Law	DC	Private	31.83% -1.50%	1,461 -120	465 -62	33.33%	1,581	527
Chapman University School of Law	CA	Private	30.68% 1.98%	1,848 -93	567 10	28.70%	1,941	557
Charleston School of Law	SC	Private	53.13% -3.47%	1,871 281	994 94	56.60%	1,590	900
University of Chicago Law School	IL	Private	12.78% -1.46%	5,259 13	672 -75	14.24%	5,246	747
Chicago-Kent College of Law	IL	Private	50.45% -0.10%	1,679 39	847 18	50.55%	1,640	829
University of Cincinnati College of Law	OH	Public	47.66% 2.86%	833 -187	397 -60	44.80%	1,020	457
City University of New York School of Law	NY	Public	39.89% 4.62%	1,572 -183	627 8	35.27%	1,755	619
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law	OH	Public	35.88% -12.58%	1,006 358	361 47	48.46%	648	314
University of Colorado Boulder School of Law	CO	Public	34.24% 3.01%	2,807 -414	961 -45	31.23%	3,221	1,006
Columbia Law School	NY	Private	12.23% 0.30%	7,754 -218	948 -3	11.93%	7,972	951
University of Connecticut School of Law	CT	Public	29.31% 1.32%	1,443 -129	423 -17	27.99%	1,572	440
Cornell Law School	NY	Private	18.39% 0.95%	5,198 285	956 99	17.44%	4,913	857
Creighton University School of Law	NE	Private	71.36% 3.60%	611 62	436 64	67.76%	549	372
University of Dayton School of Law	OH	Private	34.30% 5.98%	1,073 -216	368 3	28.32%	1,289	365
Sturm College of Law	CO	Private	50.37% 1.90%	2,156 62	1,086 71	48.47%	2,094	1,015
DePaul University College of Law	IL	Private	43.59% 1.78%	1,771 -11	772 27	41.81%	1,782	745
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law	MI	Private	52.22% -3.91%	1,103 148	576 40	56.13%	955	536
David A. Clarke School of Law	DC	Public	44.34% -5.95%	530 17	235 -23	50.29%	513	258
Drake University Law School	IA	Private	69.42% -1.86%	497 27	345 10	71.28%	470	335
Drexel University School of Law	PA	Private	34.16% 3.13%	1,739 -82	594 29	31.03%	1,821	565
Duke University School of Law	NC	Private	10.51% -0.23%	6,205 -45	652 -19	10.74%	6,250	671
Duquesne Kline School of Law	PA	Private	55.43% -0.88%	911 32	505 10	56.31%	879	495
Elon University School of Law	NC	Private	45.93% 1.90%	910 -19	418 9	44.03%	929	409
Emory University School of Law	GA	Private	40.87% 14.82%	3,533 -652	1,444 354	26.05%	4,185	1,090
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law	AL	Private	58.25% 10.32%	424 13	247 50	47.93%	411	197
Florida A&M University College of Law	FL	Public	35.83% 0.35%	1,387 -132	497 -42	35.48%	1,519	539
Florida International University College of Law	FL	Public	25.18% 2.58%	2,121 -12	534 52	22.60%	2,133	482
Florida State University College of Law	FL	Public	21.12% 1.54%	3,290 803	695 208	19.58%	2,487	487
Levin College of Law	FL	Public	17.01% 0.07%	3,968 -53	675 -6	16.94%	4,021	681
Fordham University School of Law	NY	Private	21.13% 2.34%	6,346 -381	1,341 77	18.79%	6,727	1,264
George Mason University School of Law	VA	Public	14.03% -5.60%	2,303 189	323 -92	19.63%	2,114	415
The George Washington University Law School	DC	Private	28.72% 3.72%	8,310 -711	2,387 132	25.00%	9,021	2,255
Georgetown University Law Center	DC	Private	19.57% 1.93%	10,827 -498	2,119 121	17.64%	11,325	1,998
Georgia State University College of Law	GA	Public	31.03% 2.59%	1,866 -61	579 31	28.44%	1,927	548
University of Georgia School of Law	GA	Public	14.77% -0.06%	3,027 74	447 9	14.83%	2,953	438
Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of Law	CA	Private	22.43% -3.10%	1,021 -25	229 -38	25.53%	1,046	267
Gonzaga University School of Law	MA	Private	61.67% -0.19%	1,028 -123	634 -78	61.86%	1,151	712
Harvard Law School	MA	Private	9.58% -0.48%	8,334 164	798 -24	10.06%	8,170	822
William S. Richardson School of Law	HI	Public	28.80% -0.85%	875 133	252 32	29.65%	742	220
Hofstra University School of Law	NY	Private	50.38% 5.64%	2,118 -146	1,067 54	44.74%	2,264	1,013
University of Houston Law Center	TX	Public	32.27% 0.14%	3,232 117	1,043 42	32.13%	3,115	1,001
Howard University School of Law	DC	Private	33.55% 2.39%	1,827 14	613 48	31.16%	1,813	565
University of Idaho College of Law	ID	Public	75.27% 8.50%	639 -5	481 51	66.77%	644	430
University of Illinois College of Law	IL	Public	43.69% 8.95%	1,687 -348	737 30	34.74%	2,035	707
Maurer School of Law	IN	Public	46.86% 3.51%	1,479 95	693 93	43.35%	1,384	600
Robert H. McKinney School of Law	IN	Public	62.29% -2.56%	907 116	565 52	64.85%	791	513
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law	PR	Private	58.41% 7.42%	428 -76	250 -7	50.99%	504	257
University of Iowa College of Law	IA	Public	47.71% 6.43%	1,377 -40	657 72	41.28%	1,417	585
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	IL	Public	69.53% 3.09%	1,749 -24	1,216 38	66.44%	1,773	1,178
University of Kansas School of Law	KS	Public	48.71% -6.62%	700 71	341 -7	55.33%	629	348
University of Kentucky College of Law	KY	Public	52.54% 2.42%	1,043 221	548 136	50.12%	822	412
Lewis & Clark Law School	OR	Private	67.88% 15.86%	934 -229	634 29	52.02%	1,163	605
Liberty University School of Law	VA	Private	56.43% 1.27%	459 -74	259 -35	55.16%	533	294
Duncan School of Law	TN	Private	52.17% -5.30%	621 179	324 70	57.47%	442	254
Paul M. Hebert Law Center	LA	Public	48.93% -3.57%	1,024 -37	501 -56	52.50%	1,061	557
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law	LA	Public	57.64% 3.43%	635 6	366 25	54.21%	629	341
Loyola Law School	CA	Private	33.92% -0.50%	3,464 50	1,175	34.42%	3,414	1,175
Loyola University Chicago School of Law	IL	Private	43.92% 2.17%	3,115 1	1,368 68	41.75%	3,114	1,300
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law	LA	Private	64.71% -1.96%	850 7	550 -12	66.67%	843	562
University of Maine School of Law	ME	Public	58.29% 3.69%	573 29	334 37	54.60%	544	297
Marquette University Law School	WI	Private	45.51% 4.47%	1,059 -91	482 10	41.04%	1,150	472
University of Maryland School of Law	MD	Public	30.18% 0.69%	2,548 79	769 41	29.49%	2,469	728
McGeorge School of Law	CA	Private	61.31% 5.98%	902 -36	553 34	55.33%	938	519
Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law	TN	Public	43.66% 2.44%	584 -88	255 -22	41.22%	672	277
Mercer Law School	GA	Private	46.98% 0.87%	911 -41	428 -11	46.11%	952	439
University of Miami School of Law	FL	Private	32.94% -0.53%	4,144 128	1,365 21	33.47%	4,016	1,344
Michigan State University College of Law	MI	Private	39.37% -4.52%	1,458 9	574 -62	43.89%	1,449	636
University of Michigan Law School	MI	Public	12.58% -0.93%	6,425 172	808 -37	13.51%	6,253	845
University of Minnesota Law School	MN	Public	39.76% 2.59%	2,100 -71	835 28	37.17%	2,171	807
Mississippi College School of Law	MS	Private	67.41% 5.49%	718 1	484 40	61.92%	717	444
University of Mississippi School of Law	MS	Public	43.53% 2.44%	1,082 4	471 28	41.09%	1,078	443
University of Missouri School of Law	MO	Public	52.49% 1.11%	543 -74	285 -32	51.38%	617	317
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law	MO	Public	58.87% 6.77%	564 -56	332 9	52.10%	620	323
Mitchell Hamline School of Law	MN	Private	67.43% 2.52%	1,010 61	681 65	64.91%	949	616
University of Montana School of Law	MT	Public	71.49% 5.40%	498 -24	356 11	66.09%	522	345
University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law	NE	Public	65.90% 4.96%	736 -27	485 20	60.94%	763	465
William S. Boyd School of Law	NV	Public	33.59% -1.85%	917 31	308 -6	35.44%	886	314
New England School of Law	MA	Private	74.29% 3.25%	2,937 12	2,182 104	71.04%	2,925	2,078
University of New Hampshire School of Law	NH	Public	57.38% 5.64%	1,009 -81	579 15	51.74%	1,090	564
University of New Mexico School of Law	NM	Public	53.48% 6.43%	445 -29	238 15	47.05%	474	223
New York Law School	NY	Private	53.11% 1.58%	3,120 -305	1,657 -108	51.53%	3,425	1,765
New York University School of Law	NY	Private	16.76% 1.11%	8,498 -376	1,424 35	15.65%	8,874	1,389
North Carolina Central University School of Law	NC	Public	34.62% -1.11%	1,167	404 -13	35.73%	1,167	417
University of North Carolina School of Law	NC	Public	16.27% 1.66%	2,815 49	458 54	14.61%	2,766	404
University of North Dakota School of Law	ND	Public	62.01% -10.67%	379 2	235 -39	72.68%	377	274
Northeastern University School of Law	MA	Private	37.27% 6.22%	3,775 -102	1,407 203	31.05%	3,877	1,204
Northern Illinois University College of Law	IL	Public	54.48% 2.36%	736 -66	401 -17	52.12%	802	418
Salmon P. Chase College of Law	KY	Public	71.91% 11.33%	502 -13	361 49	60.58%	515	312
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	IL	Private	15.53% 0.48%	6,225 -22	967 27	15.05%	6,247	940
Notre Dame Law School	IL	Private	24.39% -0.19%	2,476 -441	604 -113	24.58%	2,917	717
Shepard Broad Law Center	FL	Private	55.11% 21.70%	1,272 3	701 277	33.41%	1,269	424
Claude W. Pettit College of Law	OH	Private	68.25% 8.82%	400 13	273 43	59.43%	387	230
Michael E. Moritz College of Law	OH	Public	33.08% -4.03%	1,814 181	600 -6	37.11%	1,633	606
Oklahoma City University School of Law	OK	Private	65.40% 3.48%	578 16	378 30	61.92%	562	348
University of Oklahoma College of Law	OK	Public	47.23% 4.71%	902 -227	426 -54	42.52%	1,129	480
University of Oregon School of Law	OR	Public	75.23% 19.97%	1,300 -30	978 243	55.26%	1,330	735
Pace University School of Law	NY	Private	53.34% 1.72%	1,691 -68	902 -6	51.62%	1,759	908
Penn State Dickinson Law	PA	Public	35.37% -1.43%	1,524 217	539 58	36.80%	1,307	481
Penn State Law	PA	Public	36.94% 6.08%	1,914 -507	707 -40	30.86%	2,421	747
University of Pennsylvania Law School	PA	Private	9.88% 0.14%	6,518 -298	644 -20	9.74%	6,816	664
Pepperdine University School of Law	CA	Private	28.18% 0.50%	3,485 -486	982 -117	27.68%	3,971	1,099
University of Pittsburgh Law School	PA	Public	39.45% 6.25%	1,209 -80	477 49	33.20%	1,289	428
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law	PR	Private	39.88% -16.40%	326 -56	130 -85	56.28%	382	215
University of Puerto Rico School of Law	PR	Public	42.35% -6.66%	366 13	155 -18	49.01%	353	173
Quinnipiac University School of Law	CT	Private	58.33% -8.70%	984 -32	574 -107	67.03%	1,016	681
Regent University School of Law	VA	Private	40.88% -0.44%	548 -11	224 -7	41.32%	559	231
University of Richmond School of Law	VA	Private	41.46% 7.79%	1,662 -212	689 58	33.67%	1,874	631
Roger Williams University School of Law	RI	Private	65.19% -2.08%	951 -91	620 -81	67.27%	1,042	701
Rutgers Law School - Camden campus	NJ	Public	38.88% -2.18%	3,251 70	1,264 -42	41.06%	3,181	1,306
Saint Louis University School of Law	NY	Private	61.90% 0.74%	790 -3	489 4	61.16%	793	485
Cumberland School of Law	AL	Private	55.67% -6.48%	697 10	388 -39	62.15%	687	427
University of San Diego School of Law	CA	Private	33.61% -0.87%	3,579 131	1,203 14	34.48%	3,448	1,189
University of San Francisco School of Law	CA	Private	55.23% 8.88%	1,874 -292	1,035 31	46.35%	2,166	1,004
Santa Clara University School of Law	CA	Private	52.43% 0.14%	1,913 -55	1,003 -26	52.29%	1,968	1,029
Seattle University School of Law	WA	Private	52.26% -2.66%	1,569 -46	820 -67	54.92%	1,615	887
Seton Hall University School of Law	NJ	Private	45.58% 5.31%	1,843 -208	840 14	40.27%	2,051	826
University of South Carolina School of Law	SC	Public	34.00% -3.63%	1,888 134	642 -18	37.63%	1,754	660
University of South Dakota School of Law	SD	Public	76.16% 8.70%	302 -36	230 2	67.46%	338	228
South Texas College of Law	TX	Private	44.04% -0.30%	2,023 -79	891 -41	44.34%	2,102	932
Gould School of Law	CA	Private	12.52% -0.18%	4,850 -1,017	607 -138	12.70%	5,867	745
Southern Illinois University School of Law	IL	Public	60.47% 3.76%	549 87	332 70	56.71%	462	262
Dedman School of Law	TX	Private	32.69% -1.22%	2,175 -78	711 -53	33.91%	2,253	764
Southern University Law Center	LA	Public	53.46% -6.25%	1,025 -15	548 -73	59.71%	1,040	621
Southwestern Law School	CA	Private	49.85% -0.50%	2,018 163	1,006 72	50.35%	1,855	934
St. John's University School of Law	NY	Private	41.48% 4.03%	2,447 81	1,015 129	37.45%	2,366	886
St. Mary's University School of Law	TX	Private	35.94% -14.33%	2,279 960	819 156	50.27%	1,319	663
St. Thomas University School of Law	FL	Private	51.44% -14.04%	1,351 760	695 308	65.48%	591	387
University of St. Thomas School of Law	MN	Private	72.17% 32.26%	539 -1,944	389 -602	39.91%	2,483	991
Stanford Law School	CA	Private	7.26% 0.38%	4,863 -19	353 17	6.88%	4,882	336
Stetson University College of Law	FL	Private	38.39% 7.44%	2,136 -106	820 126	30.95%	2,242	694
Suffolk University Law School	MA	Private	64.30% 3.59%	2,899 64	1,864 143	60.71%	2,835	1,721
Syracuse University College of Law	NY	Private	42.59% 0.88%	2,259 -2	962 19	41.71%	2,261	943
Beasley School of Law	PA	Public	39.40% 2.85%	1,949 -300	768 -54	36.55%	2,249	822
University of Tennessee College of Law	TN	Public	30.21% -2.97%	1,526 206	461 23	33.18%	1,320	438
Texas A&M University School of Law	TX	Public	14.64% -1.69%	4,126 109	604 -52	16.33%	4,017	656
University of Texas School of Law	TX	Public	14.90% 0.34%	5,684 -641	847 -74	14.56%	6,325	921
Thurgood Marshall School of Law	TX	Public	39.65% 1.48%	1,748 3	693 27	38.17%	1,745	666
Texas Tech University School of Law	TX	Public	38.08% 1.28%	1,434 -55	546 -2	36.80%	1,489	548
University of Toledo College of Law	OH	Public	61.59% 17.91%	492 -62	303 61	43.68%	554	242
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center	NY	Private	50.49% -0.91%	1,214 -105	613 -65	51.40%	1,319	678
Tulane University School of Law	LA	Private	48.01% 4.72%	1,860 -4	893 86	43.29%	1,864	807
University of Tulsa College of Law	OK	Private	43.17% -17.27%	556 -38	240 -119	60.44%	594	359
University at Buffalo Law School	NY	Public	41.08% -2.96%	930 58	382 -2	44.04%	872	384
University of Massachusetts School of Law	MA	Public	67.27% 7.91%	1,057 -92	711 29	59.36%	1,149	682
UNT Dallas College of Law	TX	Public	30.06% -3.24%	1,271 157	382 11	33.30%	1,114	371
S.J. Quinney College of Law	UT	Public	30.20% -1.75%	904 -57	273 -34	31.95%	961	307
Vanderbilt University Law School	TN	Private	16.76% 2.23%	5,554 -263	931 86	14.53%	5,817	845
Vermont Law School	VT	Private	64.19% 3.25%	1,036 168	665 136	60.94%	868	529
Villanova University School of Law	PA	Private	22.50% 6.03%	2,351 -618	529 40	16.47%	2,969	489
University of Virginia School of Law	VA	Public	11.46% -1.42%	5,610 -421	643 -134	12.88%	6,031	777
Wake Forest University School of Law	NC	Private	31.47% -1.51%	2,116 315	666 72	32.98%	1,801	594
Washburn University School of Law	KS	Public	66.10% 16.77%	469 -50	310 54	49.33%	519	256
Washington and Lee University School of Law	VA	Private	31.44% -1.27%	2,023 -22	636 -33	32.71%	2,045	669
Washington University School of Law	MO	Private	17.16% -0.86%	5,554 43	953 -40	18.02%	5,511	993
University of Washington School of Law	WA	Public	34.67% 4.38%	2,336 -335	810 1	30.29%	2,671	809
Wayne State University Law School	MI	Public	27.41% -8.08%	1,058 207	290 -12	35.49%	851	302
West Virginia University College of Law	WV	Public	45.13% 3.99%	534 -47	241 2	41.14%	581	239
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School	MI	Private	46.15% -2.00%	1,207 -145	557 -94	48.15%	1,352	651
Western New England University School of Law	MA	Private	59.82% -3.72%	667 28	399 -7	63.54%	639	406
Western State College of Law	CA	Private	45.14% 0.53%	782 -34	353 -11	44.61%	816	364
Widener Law Commonwealth	PA	Private	65.00% 4.82%	720 52	468 66	60.18%	668	402
Willamette University College of Law	OR	Private	69.34% 10.41%	737 -13	511 69	58.93%	750	442
Marshall-Wythe School of Law	VA	Public	27.31% -18.70%	2,248 707	614 -95	46.01%	1,541	709
University of Wisconsin Law School	MI	Public	35.58% 0.40%	1,616 -425	575 -143	35.18%	2,041	718
University of Wyoming College of Law	WY	Public	55.09% 4.13%	481 -39	265	50.96%	520	265
Yale Law School	CT	Private	5.58% -0.14%	4,412 283	246 10	5.72%	4,129	236
Jacksonville University College of Law	FL	Private	Jacksonville University College of Law is a new law school and no admission date to display.
Widener Law Delaware	DE	Private	67.83% 2.14%	1,088 33	738 45	65.69%	1,055	693

2024 Law School Acceptance Rate and Changes from Last Year