Best Law Schools In the USA

A career in law starts with finding the school that fits you best. With the U.S. News rankings of the top law schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size and test scores.

ame	Tuition and fees	Enrollment(full-time)	Change Column             Employed 10 months after graduation2                                        Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)                                        Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)                                        GPA (25th-75th percentile)                                        Employed at graduation2                                        Peer assessment score (out of 5)                            LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)	Change Column             Employed 10 months after graduation2                                        Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)                                        Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)                                        GPA (25th-75th percentile)                                        Employed at graduation2                                        Peer assessment score (out of 5)                            Acceptance rate
#1	Yale University  New Haven, CT	$58,050 per year (full-time)	614	Locked	Locked
#2Tie	Harvard University  Cambridge, MA	$58,242 per year (full-time)	1,767	Locked	Locked
#2Tie	Stanford University  Stanford, CA	$56,274 per year (full-time)	572	Locked	Locked
#4Tie	Columbia University  New York, NY	$62,700 per year (full-time)	1,165	Locked	Locked
#4Tie	University of Chicago  Chicago, IL	$56,916 per year (full-time)	617	Locked	Locked
#6	New York University  New York, NY	$59,330 per year (full-time)	1,395	Locked	Locked
#7	University of Pennsylvania  Philadelphia, PA	$58,918 per year (full-time)	753	Locked	Locked
#8Tie	University of California—​Berkeley  Berkeley, CA	$48,679 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,630per year (out-of-state, full-time)	935	Locked	Locked
#8Tie	University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor  Ann Arbor, MI	$53,112 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,112per year (out-of-state, full-time)	932	Locked	Locked
#8Tie	University of Virginia  Charlottesville, VA	$54,000 per year (in-state, full-time); $57,000per year (out-of-state, full-time)	934	Locked	Locked
#11	Duke University  Durham, NC	$57,717 per year (full-time)	668	Locked	Locked
#12	Northwestern University (Pritzker)  Chicago, IL	$58,398 per year (full-time)	658	Locked	Locked
#13	Cornell University  Ithaca, NY	$59,900 per year (full-time)	588	Locked	Locked
#14	Georgetown University  Washington, DC	$55,255 per year (full-time)	1,725	Locked	Locked
#15	University of Texas—​Austin  Austin, TX	$33,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,244per year (out-of-state, full-time)	949	Locked	Locked
#16	Vanderbilt University  Nashville, TN	$51,360 per year (full-time)	538	Locked	Locked
#17	University of California—​Los Angeles  Los Angeles, CA	$45,284 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,778per year (out-of-state, full-time)	974	Locked	Locked
#18	Washington University in St. Louis  St. Louis, MO	$51,626 per year (full-time)	684	Locked	Locked
#19	University of Southern California (Gould)  Los Angeles, CA	$58,022 per year (full-time)	598	Locked	Locked
#20Tie	Boston University  Boston, MA	$49,330 per year (full-time)	672	Locked	Locked
#20Tie	University of Iowa  Iowa City, IA	$24,177 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,021per year (out-of-state, full-time)	387	Locked	Locked
#22Tie	Emory University  Atlanta, GA	$51,510 per year (full-time)	836	Locked	Locked
#22Tie	University of Minnesota  Minneapolis, MN	$42,231 per year (in-state, full-time); $50,373per year (out-of-state, full-time)	632	Locked	Locked
#22Tie	University of Notre Dame  Notre Dame, IN	$52,372 per year (full-time)	581	Locked	Locked
#25Tie	Arizona State University (O'Connor)  Tempe, AZ	$27,074 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,794per year (out-of-state, full-time) Source: https://about.asu.edu/rankings