Best Law Schools
Ranked in 2013 | Best Law Schools Rankings Methodology
A career in law starts with finding the school that fits you best. With U.S. News's rankings of the top law schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size, and test scores.
| Rank | School name | Tuition & Fees | Enrollment (full-time) |
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)
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Acceptance rate
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Employed 9 months after graduation 2
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Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)
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Bar passage rate (first-time test takers)
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GPA (25th-75th percentile)
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Employed at graduation 2
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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| #26 |
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA |
$27,344 per year (in-state, full-time); $47,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 517 | ||||||||
| #26 |
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA |
$43,462 per year (full-time) | 457 | ||||||||
| #28 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
$29,948 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,918 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 557 | ||||||||
| #29 |
Arizona State University (O'Connor)
Tempe, AZ |
$26,267 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,815 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 577 | ||||||||
| #29 |
Boston University
Boston, MA |
$44,168 per year (full-time) | 740 | ||||||||
| #31 |
Boston College
Newton, MA |
$43,170 per year (full-time) | 759 | ||||||||
| #31 |
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
$21,556 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,066 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 741 | ||||||||
| #33 |
College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe)
Williamsburg, VA |
$27,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,800 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 618 | ||||||||
| #33 |
University of Georgia
Athens, GA |
$18,058 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,480 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 663 | ||||||||
| #33 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
$21,347 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,043 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 690 | ||||||||
| #36 |
Ohio State University (Moritz)
Columbus, OH |
$27,497 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,449 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 605 | ||||||||
| #36 |
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC |
$39,920 per year (full-time) | 465 | ||||||||
| #38 |
Fordham University
New York, NY |
$49,526 per year (full-time) | 1,206 | ||||||||
| #38 |
University of Arizona (Rogers)
Tucson, AZ |
$27,288 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,298 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 407 | ||||||||
| #38 |
University of California–Davis
Davis, CA |
$49,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $58,815 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 569 | ||||||||
| #41 |
George Mason University
Arlington, VA |
$24,623 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,561 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 442 | ||||||||
| #41 |
University of Maryland (Carey)
Baltimore, MD |
$26,093 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,710 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 711 | ||||||||
| #41 |
University of Utah (Quinney)
Salt Lake City, UT |
$21,113 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,142 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 381 | ||||||||
| #44 |
Brigham Young University (Clark)
Provo, UT |
$21,900 per year (full-time) | 420 | ||||||||
| #44 |
University of Colorado–Boulder
Boulder, CO |
$31,495 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,281 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 509 | ||||||||
| #46 |
University of Florida (Levin)
Gainesville, FL |
$21,421 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,786 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 960 | ||||||||
| #47 |
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
$38,497 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,917 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 627 | ||||||||
| #48 |
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL |
$19,731 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,744 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 658 | ||||||||
| #48 |
Southern Methodist University (Dedman)
Dallas, TX |
$44,017 per year (full-time) | 527 | ||||||||
| #48 |
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA |
$45,240 per year (full-time) | 743 |
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