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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| #80 |
University of Hawaii–Manoa (Richardson)
Honolulu, HI |
$18,094 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,486 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 261 | ||||||||
| #76 |
Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge (Hebert)
Baton Rouge, LA |
$18,618 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,006 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 634 | ||||||||
| #76 |
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO |
$18,649 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,677 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 402 | ||||||||
| #86 |
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS |
$18,664 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,474 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 441 | ||||||||
| #105 |
Florida International University
Miami, FL |
$18,841 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,086 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 346 | ||||||||
| #58 |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY |
$19,404 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 402 | ||||||||
| #21 |
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL |
$19,660 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,920 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 487 | ||||||||
| #48 |
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL |
$19,731 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,744 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 658 | ||||||||
| #68 |
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK |
$19,763 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,188 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 505 | ||||||||
| #56 |
Temple University (Beasley)
Philadelphia, PA |
$19,788 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,718 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 688 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
Northern Illinois University
De Kalb, IL |
$19,811 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,129 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 322 | ||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||
| Rank Not Published |
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH |
$21,507 per year (in-state, full-time); $33,056 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 309 | ||||||||
| #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 | ||||||||
| #98 |
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC |
$21,688 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,398 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 632 | ||||||||
| #119 |
Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall)
Cleveland, OH |
$21,749 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,816 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 375 | ||||||||
| #44 |
Brigham Young University (Clark)
Provo, UT |
$21,900 per year (full-time) | 420 | ||||||||
| #105 |
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX |
$22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,148 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 688 | ||||||||
| #86 |
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Buffalo, NY |
$22,624 per year (in-state, full-time); $37,114 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 598 | ||||||||
| #119 |
University of Akron
Akron, OH |
$23,085 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,268 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 299 | ||||||||
| #58 |
University of Connecticut
Hartford, CT |
$23,244 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,012 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 447 | ||||||||
| #80 |
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH |
$23,536 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,044 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 386 | ||||||||
| #134 |
University of Maine
Portland, ME |
$23,610 per year (in-state, full-time); $34,680 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 266 |
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