Law Schools Ranked by Acceptance Rate

1 Yale University (CT) — 8%
2 Stanford University (CA) — 10%
3 Harvard University (MA) — 16%
4 University of Pennsylvania — 18%
5 University of Virginia — 18%
6 Columbia University (NY) — 20%
7 University of Chicago (IL) — 21%
8 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor — 22%
9 Cornell University (NY) — 22%
10 University of California--Berkeley — 23%
11 Duke University (NC) — 23%
12 Northwestern University (Pritzker) (IL) — 24%
13 University of Southern California (Gould) — 24%
14 University of Texas--Austin — 25%
15 George Mason University (VA) — 25%
16 Georgetown University (DC) — 26%
17 University of California--Irvine — 26%
18 New York University — 27%
19 University of California--Los Angeles — 27%
20 Washington University in St. Louis (MO) — 27%
21 University of Arizona (Rogers) — 27%
22 Vanderbilt University (TN) — 29%
23 Boston University (MA) — 29%
24 University of Notre Dame (IN) — 30%
25 University of Alabama — 30%
26 University of Georgia — 30%
27 University of California--Davis — 30%
28 Georgia State University — 30%
29 Florida International University — 30%
30 University of Florida (Levin) — 31%
31 University of Pittsburgh (PA) — 31%
32 Fordham University (NY) — 32%
33 Villanova University (PA) — 32%
34 University of Washington — 33%
35 University of Houston (TX) — 33%
36 University of Nevada--Las Vegas — 33%
37 Emory University (GA) — 34%
38 George Washington University (DC) — 34%
39 Boston College (MA) — 34%
40 Florida State University — 34%
41 Northeastern University (MA) — 34%
42 University of Colorado--Boulder — 35%
43 William & Mary Law School (VA) — 36%
44 University of Richmond (VA) — 37%
45 Chapman University (Fowler) (CA) — 38%
46 Valparaiso University (IN) — 38%
47 Pennsylvania State University--
Carlisle (Dickinson) — 39%
48 Case Western Reserve University (OH) — 39%
49 Loyola Marymount University (CA) — 39%
50 Ohio Northern University (Pettit) — 39%
51 University of Oklahoma — 40%
52 St. John's University (NY) — 40%
53 University of San Diego (CA) — 40%
54 Howard University (DC) — 40%
55 University of the District of Columbia (Clarke) — 40%
56 Washington and Lee University (VA) — 41%
57 Arizona State University (O'Connor) — 41%
58 University of Iowa — 41%
59 Brigham Young University (Clark) (UT) — 41%
60 Temple University (Beasley) (PA) — 41%
61 Baylor University (TX) — 41%
62 University of Tennessee--Knoxville — 41%
63 Pennsylvania State University--University Park — 41%
64 CUNY (NY) — 41%
65 University of Wisconsin--Madison — 42%
66 Ohio State University (Moritz) — 42%
67 Pepperdine University (CA) — 42%
68 Elon University (NC) — 42%
69 University of La Verne (CA) — 42%
70 University of Kentucky — 43%
71 Regent University (VA) — 43%
72 Indiana University--Bloomington (Maurer) — 44%
73 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill — 44%
74 Southern Methodist University (Dedman) (TX) — 44%
75 University of Connecticut — 44%
76 Stetson University (FL) — 45%
77 University of Mississippi — 45%
78 University of Tulsa (OK) — 45%
79 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign — 46%
80 Loyola University Chicago (IL) — 46%
81 Texas Tech University — 46%
82 Southwestern Law School (CA) — 46%
83 Florida Coastal School of Law — 46%
84 University of Minnesota — 47%
85 Wake Forest University (NC) — 47%
86 University of South Carolina — 47%
87 Belmont University (TN) — 47%
88 University of Utah (Quinney) — 48%
89 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey — 48%
90 University of New Mexico — 48%
91 Drexel University (Kline) (PA) — 48%
92 Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (NY) — 49%
93 University of California (Hastings) — 49%
94 Seton Hall University (NJ) — 49%
95 Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) (OH) — 49%
96 Texas Southern University (Marshall) — 49%
97 University of Cincinnati (OH) — 50%
98 North Carolina Central University — 50%
99 University of Maryland (Carey) — 51%
100 University of Denver (Sturm) (CO) — 51%
101 Michigan State University — 51%
102 University of Hawaii--Manoa (Richardson) — 51%
103 Hofstra University (Deane) (NY) — 51%
104 Northern Illinois University — 51%
105 Brooklyn Law School (NY) — 52%
106 Syracuse University (NY) — 52%
107 University of Memphis (Humphreys) (TN) — 52%
108 Campbell University (NC) — 52%
109 Nova Southeastern University (Broad) (FL) — 52%
110 Atlanta's John Marshall Law School (GA) — 52%
111 University of Kansas — 53%
112 The Catholic University of America (DC) — 53%
113 Pace University (Haub) (NY) — 53%
114 Mercer University (George) (GA) — 53%
115 University of Dayton (OH) — 53%
116 Faulkner University (Jones) (AL) — 53%
117 Florida A&M University — 53%
118 University of Missouri — 54%
119 University of Oregon — 54%
120 University of Maine — 54%
121 Western State Col. of Law at Argosy U. (CA) — 54%
122 Ave Maria School of Law (FL) — 54%
123 St. Thomas University (FL) — 54%
124 Tulane University (LA) — 55%
125 University of Arkansas--Fayetteville — 55%
126 Wayne State University (MI) — 55%
127 University at Buffalo--SUNY (NY) — 55%
128 New York Law School — 55%
129 University of Toledo (OH) — 55%
130 Mississippi College — 55%
131 Barry University (FL) — 55%
132 American University (Washington) (DC) — 56%
133 University of Missouri--Kansas City — 56%
134 University of Arkansas--Little Rock (Bowen) — 56%
135 University of San Francisco (CA) — 56%
136 University of New Hampshire School of Law — 57%
137 West Virginia University — 57%
138 University of Baltimore (MD) — 57%
139 Quinnipiac University (CT) — 57%
140 University of Akron (OH) — 57%
141 University of Detroit Mercy (MI) — 57%
142 Western New England University (MA) — 57%
143 Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge (Hebert) — 58%
144 Albany Law School (NY) — 58%
145 University of Miami (FL) — 59%
146 Marquette University (WI) — 59%
147 Gonzaga University (WA) — 59%
148 Touro College (Fuchsberg) (NY) — 59%
149 University of Nebraska--Lincoln — 60%
150 Duquesne University (PA) — 61%
151 University of Idaho — 61%
152 DePaul University (IL) — 61%
153 Drake University (IA) — 61%
154 Widener University (Commonwealth) (PA) — 61%
155 California Western School of Law — 61%
156 Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) (OR) — 62%
157 Santa Clara University (CA) — 62%
158 University of Montana — 62%
159 Widener University Delaware — 62%
160 Saint Louis University (MO) — 63%
161 Washburn University (KS) — 63%
162 St. Mary's University (TX) — 63%
163 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA) — 63%
164 Indiana University--Indianapolis (McKinney) — 64%
165 University of St. Thomas (MN) — 64%
166 Liberty University (VA) — 64%
167 University of Massachusetts--
Dartmouth — 64%
168 University of North Dakota — 64%
169 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) — 65%
170 Appalachian School of Law (VA) — 65%
171 Southern University Law Center (LA) — 65%
172 University of Wyoming — 66%
173 Suffolk University (MA) — 66%
174 Golden Gate University (CA) — 66%
175 Seattle University (WA) — 67%
176 Mitchell Hamline School of Law (MN) — 67%
177 South Texas College of Law Houston — 67%
178 University of Louisville (Brandeis) (KY) — 69%
179 University of South Dakota — 69%
180 The John Marshall Law School (IL) — 69%
181 Northern Kentucky University (Chase) — 69%
182 Capital University (OH) — 70%
183 Charleston School of Law (SC) — 71%
184 New England Law Boston (MA) — 71%
185 Oklahoma City University — 71%
186 Roger Williams University (RI) — 71%
187 Southern Illinois University--Carbondale — 71%
188 Creighton University (NE) — 72%
189 Samford University (Cumberland) (AL) — 73%
190 Loyola University New Orleans (LA) — 74%
191 Willamette University (Collins) (OR) — 76%
192 Vermont Law School — 79%
193 Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School — 86%*