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The Minnesota law school acceptance rate is 26.7 percent: 909 offers on 3,405 completed applications for fall 2025. Medians were 171 and 3.88, with 25th percentiles of 166 and 3.62; grants reach 94 percent of students. Here is how to get in against those numbers.
26.7 percent for the fall 2025 entering class: 909 offers of admission on 3,405 completed applications, per Minnesota's own 2025 ABA 509 report.
A 171 LSAT median at a 26.7% acceptance rate is the most favourable numbers-to-selectivity ratio of any school in these three volumes. If you have a 170 and a mediocre GPA, apply here.
Verified figureValueAcceptance rate26.7% (909 offers on 3,405 applications)LSAT 25/50/75166 / 171 / 173GPA 25/50/753.62 / 3.88 / 3.95Annual cost of attendance$82,558Median grant / share receiving$35,000 to 94% of studentsClass of 2025 graduates222Firms of 101+ attorneys28.8% (64 graduates)Federal clerkships3.2% (7 graduates)Employed at 10 months96.0%Top marketsMN 122, IL 21, CA 10CityMinneapolis, MNCar neededNoJanuary average low / July average high8.8F / 83.4F
Sources: Minnesota's 2025 ABA 509 report (https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=81&year=2025), its class of 2025 ABA Employment Summary (https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=81&year=2025), and its admissions pages (https://law.umn.edu/admissions/jd/how-apply). Climate from NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals. Verified July 26, 2026.
The enrolled class tells you what Minnesota actually takes. LSAT percentiles were 166 at the 25th, 171 at the median and 173 at the 75th.
A 171 clears the median and makes you numbers-competitive. A 173 puts you in the top quarter, which is where merit money conversations start. Below 166 you are under the disclosed floor and the rest of the file has to carry an unusual amount.
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GPA percentiles were 3.62 at the 25th, 3.88 at the median and 3.95 at the 75th. The 25th percentile is the number that matters most if your transcript is the weaker half of your file, because it is the disclosed floor rather than the advertised middle.
The spread between the median and the 25th is 0.26, which is unusually wide and means a damaged transcript survives here more often than at peers.
Friendly. A 26.7% acceptance rate with a 171 LSAT median creates real room.
No school publishes admit rates by score band, so this grid is directional and built strictly from where each combination sits against the disclosed percentiles above.
Your positionRead on your oddsWhat to doLSAT 173+ and GPA 3.95+Above both 75th percentilesApply early and negotiate; you are who the aid budget exists forLSAT 171-173 and GPA 3.88-3.95At or above both mediansCompetitive; timing and the essay decide the marginLSAT 171+ and GPA below 3.62SplitterLSAT carries the file; addendum only if the GPA has a real storyLSAT 166-171 and GPA 3.88+Reverse splitterRetake is usually the highest-value moveLSAT 166-171 and GPA 3.62-3.88Below the class midpoint, inside the rangeEverything early and flawless; expect little aidBelow 166 or below 3.62Below the 25th percentileRetake, then rebuild the list
Percentile anchors from the 2025 ABA 509; the readings are our framework, not published admit rates.
Friendly. A 26.7% acceptance rate with a 171 LSAT median creates real room. Friendly.
The disclosed evidence behind that: the GPA spread is 0.26 and the LSAT spread is 5 points. A wide GPA spread means the school routinely enrolls students well below its own transcript midpoint; a wide LSAT spread means the same on the test.
Yield protection: Moderate.
Generous, and negotiable against peer offers.
The disclosed figures: a median grant of $35,000 reaching 94 percent of students, against a cost of attendance of $82,558. That puts the median student at roughly $47,558 a year before interest.
Since July 1, 2026 federal borrowing for professional students is capped at $50,000 a year and $200,000 in aggregate with Grad PLUS eliminated, under the Reimagining and Improving Student Education final rule, which attributes the change to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08556/reimagining-and-improving-student-education-federal-student-loan-program-final-regulations). That leaves about $32,558 a year at sticker to close privately, our arithmetic.
Early decision: Binding, Dec 31
Interviews: Optional pre-recorded video
Both lines come from the school's own admissions pages (https://law.umn.edu/admissions/jd/how-apply), verified July 26, 2026. Terms reflect the most recently posted cycle; re-verify in September.
One caution for anyone cross-checking us against a secondary summary. Widely circulated write-ups of this school's early decision and interview policy are out of date on this point, which is why every line above carries the school's own URL rather than a citation to a compilation.
Minnesota reads for genuine regional interest. Applicants with no Midwest connection should explain themselves.
Work experience: Neutral to preferred.
Practical, unpretentious, high-achieving Midwesterners, plus a meaningful international cohort.
A serious, quietly excellent, deeply Midwestern law school with the highest acceptance rate in this group and a student body better than that number suggests.
The outcomes: 28.8 percent into firms of 101 or more attorneys, 3.2 percent into federal clerkships, 96.0 percent employed at ten months, concentrated in MN 122, IL 21, CA 10.
For the daily texture see what Minnesota Law is really like, and for the verdict see our honest take.
Our verified data layer for Minnesota is missing the matriculant count. Everything else on this page is sourced; that one item is not, so we have written around it rather than guessing. Confirm it with the admissions office before you rely on it.
The fall 2025 enrolled medians were 171 LSAT with a 166 twenty-fifth percentile and a 173 seventy-fifth. A 171 is numbers-competitive; 173 puts you in the top quarter.
26.7 percent for fall 2025, 909 offers on 3,405 completed applications, per its 2025 ABA 509 report.
Median 3.88, with a 3.62 twenty-fifth percentile and a 3.95 seventy-fifth. The spread of 0.26 between median and floor is what tells you how far below the middle the school will go.
Generous, and negotiable against peer offers. The disclosed median grant is $35,000 reaching 94 percent of students.
Friendly. A 26.7% acceptance rate with a 171 LSAT median creates real room.
Written by Ali, Georgetown Law, founder of Lovare Institut.
July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026