LSAT Scores by Law School: The One Chart

LSAT scores by law school, grouped by each school's own published median rather than by any ranking, because we hold verified 509 numbers and do not hold a verified ranking. Across 33 schools the medians run from 162 to 175 and the 25th percentiles from 157 to 171.

What is the average LSAT by ranking tier?

We are going to answer a slightly different question, and say why. Tier lists depend on a published ranking, and we do not hold a verified ranking source, so grouping schools by someone's tier would be sourcing the most important column of the chart to nothing.

Instead the chart below groups the 57 schools in our verified data set by their own published LSAT median, taken from each school's ABA 509 report for the 2025 reporting year and last checked on July 26, 2026. The grouping is the data rather than an opinion about it.

Read it as a map of where scores actually land, which is what you needed a tier chart for in the first place.

Median 173 and above. 10 of the 57 verified schools.

SchoolLSAT 25thLSAT medianLSAT 75thAcceptance rate509 yearWashU16517517619.0%2025Chicago1711741769.7%2025Yale1711741774.1%2025Harvard1711741769.2%2025Columbia16917317511.8%2025Penn Carey1671731748.1%2025UVA16817317510.2%2025Northwestern16717317512.3%2025Cornell16817317518.2%2025Stanford1711731766.1%2025

Median 170 to 172. 12 of the 57 verified schools.

SchoolLSAT 25thLSAT medianLSAT 75thAcceptance rate509 yearNYU16917217413.4%2025Texas16617217314.0%2025Georgetown16617117315.8%2025Duke16917117212.9%2025Michigan1681711738.6%2025UCLA16617117212.1%2025Minnesota16617117326.7%2025Boston University16417017112.1%2025Vanderbilt16717017113.3%2025Notre Dame16617017116.1%2025Berkeley16717017214.8%2025BYU16817017222.8%2025

Median 167 to 169. 11 of the 57 verified schools.

SchoolLSAT 25thLSAT medianLSAT 75thAcceptance rate509 yearGeorge Mason16216917115.9%2025USC16516917011.2%2025UF Levin16516917016.5%2025Texas A&M16116917012.1%2025Georgia15916917112.7%2025GW16216817027.2%2025Fordham166168170not in our verified set2025Boston College1621681698.5%2025UNC16516816911.2%2025Ohio State16316816924.6%2025Wisconsin16116716919.1%2025

Median 166 and below. 24 of the 57 verified schools.

SchoolLSAT 25thLSAT medianLSAT 75thAcceptance rate509 yearWake Forest16316616824.6%2025Emory16216616830.1%2025Temple Beasley16216516824.4%2025Cardozo16216516729.6%2025Maryland Carey15616416626.1%2025St. John's15616416623.0%2025Villanova Widger15916416625.9%2025American15716216333.3%2025Brooklyn Law15816116444.0%2025Seton Hall15816116434.3%2025Loyola Chicago15916116328.2%2025Tulane15916116440.0%2025Rutgers15515816133.5%2025Howard15315616024.1%2025New England Law14915315761.3%2025Western New England14915315651.9%2025Mississippi College14815215559.8%2025Florida A&M14915215534.7%2025Vermont Law14815215758.5%2025NC Central14915115439.1%2025Texas Southern14815015233.1%2025Roger Williams14715015461.3%2025Southern University14514715056.5%2025Cooley14514715152.9%2025

What LSAT do you need for a top 50 school?

We cannot answer that as asked, because top 50 requires a ranking we do not hold and will not borrow silently. What we can tell you is the shape of the distribution above.

Across all 57 verified schools the medians run from 147 to 175, and the published 25th percentiles run from 145 to 171. That is the working range.

If a specific ranking matters to your decision, take its list and look each school up in the tables above. That way the ranking is yours and the numbers are the schools' own.

The spread column nobody reads

The gap between a school's 25th percentile and its median is the most decision-relevant number on a page like this, and it is almost never shown. A wide gap means the school admits meaningfully below its median; a narrow gap means it does not.

WashU publishes the widest spread in our verified set, a 165 twenty-fifth percentile against a 175 median, ten points. Duke publishes one of the narrowest, 169 against 171, two points.

Same score, two very different applications. A 168 is comfortably inside WashU's published band and below Duke's, and no ranking-based tier chart would have told you that.

School25th to median spreadLSAT 25thLSAT medianWashU10 points165175Georgia10 points159169Texas A&M8 points161169Maryland Carey8 points156164St. John's8 points156164George Mason7 points162169GW6 points162168Penn Carey6 points167173Northwestern6 points167173Boston University6 points164170

Where these school numbers come from

Every school figure on this page comes from that school's own ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosure Report for the 2025 reporting year, collected into our verified data sheet and last checked on July 26, 2026. Each school's 509 URL is recorded against its row in that sheet.

That sheet covers 57 law schools with published LSAT bands, spanning medians from 147 to 175. It is not all 196 ABA-approved schools, and this page does not pretend otherwise. If a school you care about is missing here, it means we have not verified it yet rather than that it does not qualify.

We do not name a school on a score page unless we hold its verified 509 numbers. That rule costs us some pages and it is the reason the tables here are shorter than the ones you will find elsewhere.

Verified as of July 26, 2026

Every LSAC figure on this page was taken from LSAC's own pages and last checked on July 26, 2026. Prices, dates and policies move without notice, so the source link sits next to each number rather than in a bibliography at the bottom.

Where LSAC has not published something, this page says so in those words rather than filling the hole with a plausible number. That is the difference between a gap and a guess, and only one of them is safe to plan around.

FAQ

What LSAT do you need for a top 50 school?

We do not hold a verified ranking source, so we do not publish tier answers. Across our 33 verified schools the published medians run from 162 to 175, which is the working range.

What is the average LSAT by ranking tier?

This page groups schools by their own published LSAT median rather than by a ranking, because the ranking would be unsourced. The four bands are 173 and above, 170 to 172, 167 to 169, and 166 and below.

Why group by median instead of by ranking?

Because the grouping would otherwise be the least verifiable column on the page. Grouping by each school's own published median makes the chart traceable to 509 reports.

What is the widest LSAT spread in your data?

WashU, at ten points: a 165 twenty-fifth percentile against a 175 median. Duke is among the narrowest at two points, 169 against 171.

Are all ABA law schools in this chart?

No. It covers the 33 schools with published LSAT bands in our verified data set, not all 196 ABA-approved schools. A school missing here has not been verified rather than excluded on merit.

Written by Ali, Georgetown Law, founder of Lovare Institut.

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