Tightest Law Schools to Admit
This page compares the top 10 Tightest Law Schools to Admit. 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 5.58%. Stanford Law School and Harvard Law School also have lower acceptance rate of 7.26%. and 9.58% respectively.
Important Statistics of Tightest Law Schools To Admit
The 2025 average tuition & fees of Tightest Law Schools to Admit are $76,282 for state residents and $76,882 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2024-2025. The average GPA of the schools is 3.91 and the average LAST score is 172. The average acceptance rate is 10.44%.
- Columbia Law School has the highest tuition & fees of $81,292 and University of Michigan Law School has the lowest tuition & fees of $72,584.
- Yale Law School has the highest LSAT score of 175 and Gould School of Law has the lowest score of 169.
- Yale Law School has the highest GPA of 3.96 and University of Michigan Law School has the lowest GPA of 3.85.
- Yale Law School has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 5.58% and University of Chicago Law School has the lowest rate of 12.78%.
- Harvard Law School has the most law school students of 2,031 and Stanford Law School has the least enrolled students of 682.
Tightest Law Schools to Admit Comparison Table
The following table compares Tightest Law Schools to Admit with important law schools facts. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar exam passage data for 2022-2023.
| 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 |
$76,369 | class="bold"5.58% | 3.96 | 175 | 705 | 179 | 96.79% |
| 2 | Stanford Law School private, Stanford, CA |
$73,713 | class="bold"7.26% | 3.95 | 173 | 682 | 157 | 96.70% |
| 3 | Harvard Law School private, Cambridge, MA |
$78,692 | class="bold"9.58% | 3.93 | 174 | 2,031 | 455 | 96.10% |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania Law School private, Philadelphia, PA |
$76,934 | class="bold"9.88% | 3.92 | 172 | 1,048 | 231 | 96.25% |
| 5 | Duke University School of Law private, Durham, NC |
$75,618 | class="bold"10.51% | 3.87 | 170 | 868 | 231 | 94.44% |
| 6 | University of Virginia School of Law public, Charlottesville, VA |
$77,700 ($74,700) |
class="bold"11.46% | 3.94 | 171 | 960 | 277 | 96.50% |
| 7 | Columbia Law School private, New York, NY |
$81,292 | class="bold"12.23% | 3.90 | 173 | 1,748 | 363 | 93.72% |
| 8 | Gould School of Law private, Los Angeles, CA |
$78,038 | class="bold"12.52% | 3.88 | 169 | 1,436 | 178 | 82.42% |
| 9 | University of Michigan Law School public, Ann Arbor, MI |
$72,584 ($69,584) |
class="bold"12.58% | 3.85 | 171 | 978 | 275 | 97.27% |
| 10 | University of Chicago Law School private, Chicago, IL |
$77,877 | class="bold"12.78% | 3.94 | 173 | 686 | 180 | 97.10% |
*The pass rate is based on the first time bar exam takers.
