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Law school acceptance rates run from single digits at the most selective schools to over 50% at the most accessible ABA-approved schools. As of the 2025 cycle, the highest-acceptance ABA law schools include Willamette (61.42%), Gonzaga (51.14%), Campbell (50.68%), Nova Southeastern (47.32%), and Washburn (46.45%), based on the 2025 ABA Standard 509 reports. Your own odds depend on how your LSAT and GPA compare to each school's medians.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Every figure on this page was verified in August 2026 against the sources listed below.
Across ABA-approved law schools the acceptance rate spans a wide range: the most selective schools admit well under 15% of applicants, while the most accessible admit more than half. The single number that matters for you is not the national average but each target school's rate paired with its median LSAT and GPA, because admissions is driven mainly by those two numbers. As of the most recent LSAC Volume Summary, the 2026 cycle had drawn 82,483 applicants submitting 579,830 applications, up 7.9% in applicants year over year.
The most accessible ABA law schools admit a majority of applicants and typically post lower median LSAT scores. The table lists the current highest-acceptance schools with the two numbers that decide your odds.
Law schoolAcceptance rateMedian LSATMedian GPAWillamette University61.42%154See the school's 2025 ABA 509 reportGonzaga University51.14%1553.55Campbell University50.68%1563.51Nova Southeastern University47.32%1553.52Washburn University46.45%1553.68
Every figure in this table is drawn from each school's most recent ABA Standard 509 Information Report.
A law school's acceptance rate is the number of applicants it admits divided by the number who applied in a given cycle, as reported each year in the school's ABA Standard 509 Information Report. It is not the same as the yield rate, which measures how many admitted students enroll. A low acceptance rate signals selectivity, but two schools with the same rate can have very different median LSAT and GPA numbers, so read the rate alongside those medians.
Use acceptance rates to sort your list into reach, target, and likely schools, but anchor each label to your LSAT and GPA against that school's medians rather than the headline rate alone. A school where your LSAT sits above the 75th percentile is a likely admit even if its overall rate looks low. A balanced list usually mixes a few reaches with several targets and at least two likely schools.
Your law school admission chances depend mostly on how your LSAT score and undergraduate GPA compare to each school's published medians. Applicants at or above both medians are admitted at high rates; those below both face long odds. Run your specific numbers against each target school's ABA 509 medians to estimate your odds.
Most law school applicants apply to roughly 8 to 12 schools, split across reach, target, and likely categories based on how their LSAT and GPA compare to each school's medians. Applying to a balanced range in that count gives you real options without spreading your applications too thin.
There is no universal cutoff; each ABA law school publishes 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT and GPA figures in its Standard 509 report, and your target should be at or above a school's medians. As a benchmark, median LSATs run from 153 at the most accessible schools to 174 at the most selective, and median GPAs from 3.35 to 3.97, based on the 2025 ABA Standard 509 reports.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026