Best Law Schools
Ranked in 2016 | Best Law Schools Rankings Methodology
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| Rank | School name | Tuition and fees | Enrollment (full-time) |
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)
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Acceptance rate
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Employed 10 months after graduation2
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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 graduation2
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Peer assessment score (out of 5)
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#25Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 64 out of 100.
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George Washington University
Washington, DC |
$54,114 per year (full-time) | 1,469 | ||||||||
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#25Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 64 out of 100.
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Indiana University—Bloomington (Maurer)
Bloomington, IN |
$31,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,800 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 538 | ||||||||
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#28Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 63 out of 100.
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University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL |
$22,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 431 | ||||||||
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#28Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 63 out of 100.
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University of California—Irvine
Irvine, CA |
$44,765 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,259 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 334 | ||||||||
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#30Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 61 out of 100.
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Boston College
Newton, MA |
$48,670 per year (full-time) | 694 | ||||||||
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#30Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 61 out of 100.
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Ohio State University (Moritz)
Columbus, OH |
$29,131 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,081 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 523 | ||||||||
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#30Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 61 out of 100.
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University of California—Davis
Davis, CA |
$47,339 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,590 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 494 | ||||||||
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#33Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 60 out of 100.
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College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe)
Williamsburg, VA |
$30,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,800 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 645 | ||||||||
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#33Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 60 out of 100.
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University of Georgia
Athens, GA |
$19,476 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,524 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 576 | ||||||||
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#33Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 60 out of 100.
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University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
$31,962 per year (in-state, full-time); $44,124 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 496 | ||||||||
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#33Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 60 out of 100.
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University of Wisconsin—Madison
Madison, WI |
$21,378 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,074 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 519 | ||||||||
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#37
Overall Score: Overall Score: 59 out of 100.
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Fordham University
New York, NY |
$54,116 per year (full-time) | 956 | ||||||||
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#38Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 58 out of 100.
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Brigham Young University (Clark)
Provo, UT |
$11,970 per year (LDS member, full-time); $23,940 per year (Non-LDS member, full-time) | 392 | ||||||||
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#38Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 58 out of 100.
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University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC |
$23,041 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,672 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 657 | ||||||||
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#40Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 57 out of 100.
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University of Arizona (Rogers)
Tucson, AZ |
$24,500 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,000 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 359 | ||||||||
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#40Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 57 out of 100.
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University of Colorado—Boulder
Boulder, CO |
$31,864 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,650 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 555 | ||||||||
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#40Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 57 out of 100.
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University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL |
$41,328 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,078 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 477 | ||||||||
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#40Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 57 out of 100.
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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC |
$42,738 per year (full-time) | 492 | ||||||||
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#40Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 57 out of 100.
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Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA |
$46,497 per year (full-time) | 314 | ||||||||
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#45Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 54 out of 100.
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George Mason University
Arlington, VA |
$25,351 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,737 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 329 | ||||||||
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#45Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 54 out of 100.
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Southern Methodist University (Dedman)
Dallas, TX |
$49,962 per year (full-time) | 560 | ||||||||
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#45Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 54 out of 100.
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University of Utah (Quinney)
Salt Lake City, UT |
$25,752 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,908 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 322 | ||||||||
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#48Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 52 out of 100.
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University of Florida (Levin)
Gainesville, FL |
$22,299 per year (in-state, full-time); $38,904 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 961 | ||||||||
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#48Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 52 out of 100.
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University of Maryland (Carey)
Baltimore, MD |
$30,177 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,657 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 514 | ||||||||
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#50Tie
Overall Score: Overall Score: 51 out of 100.
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Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL |
$20,683 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,695 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 565 | ||||||||
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