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Law schools sorted by median undergraduate GPA range from the highest, near the top of the 4.0 scale, down to schools that admit strong applicants well below that. The current highest-median-GPA schools include about 196 ABA-approved law schools. Judge your odds by comparing your GPA and LSAT to each school's medians.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Figures on this page were verified in August 2026 or point readers to the current source.
The law schools with the highest median undergraduate GPAs are concentrated among the most selective, with medians near the top of the 4.0 scale. These are the same schools that report the highest median LSATs, because the two numbers move together in a competitive admissions market. The current leaders are about 196 ABA-approved law schools.
The table ranks schools by median undergraduate GPA and shows the 25th and 75th percentiles alongside the median LSAT, the numbers admissions actually weighs. Every figure comes from each school's ABA Standard 509 Information Report.
The current ranking is best read directly from the source. See the U.S. News Best Law Schools list for the up-to-date order, and each school's ABA Standard 509 report for its median LSAT, GPA, and acceptance rate.
Each ABA-approved law school publishes a Standard 509 Information Report every year, listing the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile GPAs and LSATs for its entering class. Those reports are the authoritative source, and rankings by GPA simply sort that data. Note that the GPA in these reports is the LSAC-recalculated figure, not students' original transcript GPAs.
Use the ranking to see where your GPA falls relative to each school's median, then sort schools into reach, target, and likely tiers. A GPA above a school's 75th percentile makes it a likely admit on that metric, while a GPA below the 25th makes it a reach unless your LSAT is exceptional. Build a balanced list across those tiers rather than clustering at one end.
A pass/fail grade usually does not affect the GPA these rankings use, because a Pass carries no grade points. LSAC generally excludes a plain Pass when it recalculates your undergraduate GPA, so pass/fail electives neither raise nor lower the number a school compares to its median.
LSAC recalculates your undergraduate GPA through the Credential Assembly Service, converting every graded course to a standard 4.0 scale and counting failed and repeated classes. The medians in these rankings are built from that recalculated figure, so your own comparison should use your LSAC GPA, not your transcript GPA.
It depends on your target schools' medians, which this ranking lays out. Being at or above a school's median GPA makes you competitive there, while a GPA below its 25th percentile makes the school a reach unless your LSAT is high. Match both numbers to set realistic targets.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026