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Catholic University's Columbus School of Law is an ABA-approved law school in Washington, DC. Its current U.S. News rank and its median LSAT and GPA are published in the U.S. News law school ranking and the school's ABA Standard 509 report; Lovare has not independently verified those current figures, so confirm them directly in those two sources.
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.
Catholic University's Columbus School of Law is an ABA-approved law school in Washington, DC. Its current position in the U.S. News rankings, along with the admissions and outcome figures that matter most, is summarized below.
MetricValue (2026 cycle)U.S. News rankSee the U.S. News law school rankingMedian LSATSee the school's ABA 509 reportMedian GPASee the school's ABA 509 reportAcceptance rateSee the school's ABA 509 reportFirst-time bar passageSee the school's ABA 509 reportEmployment (JD-required, 10 months)See the school's ABA 509 report
Catholic University's Columbus School of Law is not among the schools captured in Lovare's verified 2026-27 reference; read its rank from the current U.S. News law school ranking and its median LSAT, median GPA, acceptance rate, bar passage, and employment from the school's ABA Standard 509 report.
A U.S. News rank reflects a weighted blend of reputation surveys, selectivity (median LSAT, median GPA, and acceptance rate), and graduate outcomes (first-time bar passage and employment). Because U.S. News revises those weights periodically and publishes them in its annual methodology, Catholic Law can shift a few spots between editions without any real change in its program.
Applicants weighing Catholic Law usually compare it with American University Washington College of Law, Howard, and George Washington. In the U.S. News 2026-27 ranking, George Washington is 26th (tie), with a median LSAT of 168 and median GPA of 3.86 in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 report; American University and Howard report their own positions in the U.S. News ranking and their medians in their ABA Standard 509 reports.
Whether Catholic Law is a reach, target, or likely school depends entirely on your numbers. If your LSAT and GPA are at or above its medians, Catholic Law is a realistic target and a possible scholarship source; if they sit below both, treat it as a reach. Build a balanced list around it, and if you are close to its median LSAT, a focused prep plan can move you from reach to target.
'T14' is shorthand for the top fourteen U.S. law schools in U.S. News, a group stable for decades: Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Penn, Virginia, Michigan, Berkeley, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, and Georgetown. Employers nationwide recognize these degrees, which is why the fourteen-school cutoff carries real weight for applicants.
'Best' depends on your goals, but by U.S. News the strongest law schools are the T14, with Stanford, Chicago, and Yale usually at the top. For most applicants the practical best choice balances a school's rank against scholarship money, the market where its graduates get hired, and bar-passage and employment rates. In the U.S. News 2026-27 ranking, Stanford is 1st, with Chicago and Yale tied at 2nd.
U.S. News ranks law schools with a weighted formula that blends peer and lawyer reputation surveys, selectivity measures like median LSAT and GPA, and outcome measures like bar passage and employment. The exact weights are revised periodically, so treat the ordering as one input, not a verdict.
There is no fixed cutoff, but the practical target is Catholic Law's published medians. Catholic University's Columbus School of Law reports its median LSAT and GPA, with 25th and 75th percentiles, in its ABA Standard 509 report; Lovare has not verified the current figures, so read them there and aim at or above the medians to be competitive.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026