How to Get Into Florida State Law School: LSAT, GPA & Admissions (2026)

To learn how to get into Florida State Law School, start with two numbers. According to FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 entering class posted an LSAT median of 166, on a band of 158 to 167, and a GPA median of 3.93, on a band of 3.6 to 3.99. Reach both medians and you are competitive at FSU Law, not yet admitted.

By Ali Unar, Georgetown Law, Founder of Lovare Institut. Ali Unar is a Georgetown Law student and the founder of Lovare Institut, an admissions and LSAT-prep practice built on primary-source law school data. Verified August 2026. The admissions figures on this page come from FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, the employment figures from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and the bar and outcome figures from FSU Law's ABA bar-passage report and the school's own pages.

FSU Law is far more selective than its reputation suggests, and it is the tightest admit in this set of profiles. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT sits within two points of FSU Law's 166, that is 164 to 168, ranked by acceptance rate, FSU Law is the 3rd most selective of the 33, per Lovare's analysis of the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. Only two schools at the same LSAT level admit a smaller share of applicants than FSU Law's 15.97% rate, which comes from 433 offers made against 2,711 applications in FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Pair that selectivity with a 166 LSAT median, a 3.93 GPA median, a 26.7% large-firm placement share, and a Florida-anchored job market, and the thesis of this page is that FSU Law is a top-value public school that admits like a far more prestigious one.

FSU Law at a glance: LSAT, GPA, acceptance rate and cost

FSU Law admissions run genuinely selective. According to FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the fall 2025 LSAT median is 166, the GPA median is 3.93, and the acceptance rate is 15.97%, the lowest in this set, while 78% of students receive grants. FSU Law bills tuition per credit hour, so no annual sticker appears in the 509. The table below gathers the core FSU Law numbers.

MetricFSU Law (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)158 / 166 / 167GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.6 / 3.93 / 3.99Acceptance rate15.97%Applications2,711Offers of admission433Matriculants from the pool153First-year class153Full-time tuition and feesBilled per credit hour; the 2025 ABA 509 prints no annual full-time figureLiving expenses$23,180Share receiving grants78%Median grant$15,464Full-tuition and above-full-tuition awards50 full-tuition, 66 above-full-tuition (116 total)Conditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage85.35%Employed at ten months91.1% (174 of 191)

Source: FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, FSU Law's ABA bar-passage report, and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024. FSU Law bills tuition per credit hour, and the 509 prints no single annual full-time tuition figure and no combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page does not quote either. Verified August 2026.

What LSAT and GPA do you really need to get into FSU Law?

For FSU Law, the realistic target is a 166 LSAT and a 3.93 GPA, the fall 2025 medians in FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. The middle 50% runs a wide 158 to 167 on the LSAT and a high 3.6 to 3.99 on GPA. Below the 158 LSAT quartile or the 3.6 GPA quartile, the other number has to carry the FSU Law file.

FSU Law reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 158, 166, and 167, and a GPA spread of 3.6, 3.93, and 3.99, in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Read the two rows together and the pattern is distinctive: the GPA band is compressed and very high, with even the 25th percentile student carrying a 3.6 and the median at 3.93, while the LSAT band is unusually wide, opening a full eight points from the 158 quartile to the 166 median. In practice, FSU Law holds a near-uniform high GPA class but tolerates a broad range of LSAT scores. The median admit to FSU Law carries a 166 LSAT and a 3.93 GPA.

A realistic profile at FSU Law therefore starts at those two medians, with the GPA the number to protect. A 166 LSAT and a 3.93 GPA place an applicant at the center of the fall 2025 class, per FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, which makes for a competitive file rather than a safe one. Because the GPA band is so tight and high, a record below the 3.6 quartile is a real disadvantage at FSU Law, while the wide LSAT band means a strong GPA can pair with an LSAT well under the median and still land inside the class.

On the splitter question, FSU Law is reverse-splitter friendly, and strikingly so. The GPA spread from the 25th percentile to the median is 0.33 and the LSAT spread is a wide 8 points, per FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, so the school gives a high GPA substantial room to offset a lower LSAT. A splitter carries a high LSAT with a lower GPA; a reverse-splitter carries a high GPA with a lower LSAT. Because FSU Law is reverse-splitter friendly, a 3.99 GPA can pull an LSAT toward the 158 quartile into contention more readily than a 167 LSAT can rescue a GPA below 3.6. The practical takeaway for an applicant to FSU Law is that a strong undergraduate record is the single most valuable asset, though a median-or-better LSAT still strengthens the case for admission and for scholarship money.

Is FSU Law harder to get into than its reputation?

Yes, considerably. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT is within two points of FSU Law's 166, FSU Law ranks 3rd most selective by acceptance rate, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA 509 data. Its 15.97% rate is tighter than all but two schools at the same LSAT level, so FSU Law admits like a far more prestigious school than its public-regional profile implies.

To size up FSU Law fairly, compare it only against schools with a similar academic profile. Among the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of FSU Law's 166, that is a median of 164 to 168, ranked by acceptance rate, FSU Law is the 3rd most selective of the group, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA Standard 509 data. In plain terms, only two schools in that LSAT band admit a smaller share of applicants than FSU Law's 15.97% rate, computed from 433 offers against 2,711 applications in FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, while the other 30 admit a larger share.

The verdict is that FSU Law is meaningfully harder to get into than its reputation as a regional public school suggests. The engine behind that selectivity is yield. FSU Law extends only 433 offers to enroll a 153-seat class, and it fills that class efficiently, so it can hold a 166 LSAT median and a 3.93 GPA median while admitting fewer than one applicant in six. For an applicant, the honest read is that FSU Law should be treated as a reach-to-target school even for someone sitting right at the medians, and the reverse-splitter with a high GPA is the profile that fits its admissions pattern best.

How much does FSU Law cost, and how much scholarship money will you get?

FSU Law bills tuition per credit hour, and its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure prints no single annual full-time tuition figure, so this page does not state one. What the disclosure does report is living expenses of $23,180 and a strong aid picture: 78% of students receive grants, the median grant is $15,464, and FSU Law funds 50 full-tuition and 66 above-full-tuition awards. Its scholarships are not conditional.

Start with the honest limitation. Unlike most schools in this set, FSU Law does not report an annual full-time tuition and fees figure in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, because FSU Law bills tuition on a per-credit-hour basis. That means a clean annual sticker, and therefore a net-tuition-after-grant figure, cannot be derived from the 509 without inventing a credit-hour assumption, and this page will not do that. Any single all-in annual number quoted elsewhere for FSU Law is someone's arithmetic rather than a figure FSU Law reports. The 509 does list living expenses of $23,180 separately.

The aid picture, by contrast, is clear and strong. According to FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, 78% of students receive grant aid, with grant amounts at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $5,737, $15,464, and $20,640. FSU Law also reports 50 full-tuition awards and 66 above-full-tuition awards, 116 awards at or above full tuition in total, from that same disclosure. Because FSU Law bills per credit hour, the full-tuition and above-full-tuition awards are the cleanest way to read the top of its aid ladder: those 116 awards cover a student's tuition entirely or more.

One point in the applicant's favor: FSU Law's scholarships are not conditional, per its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, so a grant cannot be cut for landing in the bottom half of the first-year curve. Combined with first-year academic attrition of just 1.0% in the same disclosure, the aid an admit is offered at FSU Law is money they can plan around for all three years, even though the per-credit-hour billing means the annual dollar cost has to be confirmed with the school directly rather than read off the 509.

What are your real chances off the FSU Law waitlist?

FSU Law does not publish waitlist offers or admits, so the honest proxy is implied yield, matriculants divided by offers, which is 35.3% for fall 2025 per FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. A 35.3% yield is on the higher side, so FSU Law fills most of its class from first-round offers and leans less on its waitlist. Waitlist odds there are correspondingly slim.

Here is the reasoning in full. FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports 433 offers of admission and 153 matriculants drawn from the applicant pool, which is an implied yield of 35.3%. No ABA disclosure, FSU Law's included, publishes how many applicants are admitted from the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield is the honest proxy for waitlist movement. The logic runs as follows: a higher yield means a school fills more of its class from first-round offers and has less unfilled space to backfill from a waitlist, which makes waitlist admission harder.

A 35.3% yield puts FSU Law on the higher side, which is consistent with a school that admits selectively and enrolls a large share of the students it admits. For a waitlisted applicant to FSU Law, the practical read is that movement is possible but limited: a concise letter of continued interest and prompt responsiveness are worth the effort, while counting on an FSU Law waitlist spot to convert would be a mistake. The stronger approach is to keep other offers active rather than assume FSU Law will reach deep into its waitlist to fill seats it has largely filled already.

Where do FSU Law graduates actually work?

FSU Law is a Florida-concentrated school with the strongest large-firm placement in this set. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 78.0% of FSU Law graduates took first jobs in Florida and 81.2% stayed within the top three markets. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers hired 26.7%, a strong share, while federal clerkships took 1.0%.

The single most useful fact about FSU Law's employment outcomes is heavy Florida concentration. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, FSU Law placed 149 graduates in Florida, 3 in Alabama, and 3 in the District of Columbia, its three largest markets. Florida alone absorbed 78.0% of the class, and the top three markets together took 81.2%, per the same ABA Employment Summary. An FSU Law degree, in practice, is a Florida credential first and foremost, with only thin representation in any single out-of-state market.

By employer type, FSU Law is a genuine large-firm feeder, which sets it apart from most regional public schools. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 26.7% of FSU Law graduates taking jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers, the highest large-firm share in this set of profiles, while federal clerkships took 1.0% of the class, per the same summary. That 26.7% large-firm share means better than one FSU Law graduate in four starts in the kind of firm that pays the top salaries in the Florida market, and it is concentrated in Florida rather than spread nationally.

Overall placement is strong. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 174 of 191 FSU Law graduates employed at the ten-month mark, a 91.1% employment rate, and FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure reports first-year academic attrition of 1.0%. The reason to weigh FSU Law on concentration is that its outcomes are unusually specific and well aligned with the Florida market: a 78.0% Florida share paired with a 26.7% large-firm share makes FSU Law an outstanding bet for a student who wants Florida BigLaw or Florida regional practice, and a weaker fit for someone set on a specific out-of-state market with no Florida tie.

When are FSU Law's application deadlines?

FSU Law's specific application deadlines and any Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so both should be confirmed directly on FSU Law's admissions site. What is dated here is the admissions data itself, drawn from FSU Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure and verified in August 2026. Applying early in a rolling cycle is the safer play.

A word on timing strategy for FSU Law. Because the numbers on this page show FSU Law extending only 433 offers to fill a 153-seat class at a 15.97% acceptance rate, the practical advice at a selective school with a high yield is to submit a complete application early in the cycle, when seats and scholarship funds are both more plentiful. This profile does not state a specific FSU Law deadline or Early Decision policy, because those terms are not confirmed here, and this page does not guess at dates; the safe step is to read the current calendar on FSU Law's own admissions pages.

One caveat applies to every date decision. Application cycle dates and Early Decision rules shift from year to year, and a policy that held in one cycle can move in the next. The admissions figures cited throughout this FSU Law profile reflect the 2025 ABA 509 disclosure as verified in August 2026, but the current deadlines are a live detail to confirm on FSU Law's site before you rely on them, because a profile like this one is a planning aid, not the school's official calendar of record.

Frequently asked questions about getting into FSU Law

Is a 166 LSAT good enough for FSU Law?

A 166 is exactly FSU Law's LSAT median, per FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, so it is good enough to be competitive but not to feel safe. Half of the fall 2025 class scored at or above 166, inside a wide 158 to 167 band. Paired with a GPA near the 3.93 median, a 166 makes an applicant a strong candidate at FSU Law.

What GPA do you need to get into FSU Law?

FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports a GPA median of 3.93, with a 25th percentile of 3.6 and a 75th percentile of 3.99. The middle half of the fall 2025 class sits in a tight, high 3.6 to 3.99 band. Aim for at least 3.6, because FSU Law holds a near-uniform high GPA class and rewards a strong record more than most schools at its LSAT level.

What is FSU Law's acceptance rate?

FSU Law's acceptance rate is 15.97%, computed as 433 offers against 2,711 applications in FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the lowest rate in this set. Among the 33 schools within two LSAT points of its 166 median, that rate ranks 3rd most selective, per Lovare's analysis, so FSU Law admits a smaller share than almost all of its LSAT peers. Roughly one applicant in six receives an offer.

How many people apply to FSU Law each year?

FSU Law received 2,711 applications for its fall 2025 entering class, according to FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. From that pool, FSU Law extended 433 offers of admission and enrolled 153 matriculants, building a first-year class of 153. The distance between 2,711 applications and 433 offers is what produces the selective 15.97% acceptance rate.

How much does FSU Law cost?

FSU Law bills tuition per credit hour, and its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure prints no single annual full-time tuition figure, so this page will not state one. The disclosure does list living expenses of $23,180. On aid, 78% of FSU Law students receive grants with a $15,464 median, and the annual dollar cost of tuition should be confirmed directly with FSU Law given the per-credit-hour billing.

Does FSU Law give scholarships?

Yes. FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports that 78% of students receive grant aid, with grant amounts of $5,737, $15,464, and $20,640 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. FSU Law funds 50 full-tuition awards and 66 above-full-tuition awards, and because its scholarships are not conditional, an award cannot be cut for first-year grades.

What is FSU Law's bar passage rate?

FSU Law's ABA bar-passage report shows a first-time pass rate of 85.35% for the 2024 exam year in its largest jurisdiction, Florida. The ultimate pass rate, measured two years out for the 2022 cohort, is 95.17%, per the same report. The large majority of FSU Law graduates who sit for a bar exam pass on the first attempt, and almost all pass within two years.

Where do FSU Law graduates work?

Most FSU Law graduates stay in Florida. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Florida taking 149 graduates (78.0%), Alabama 3, and the District of Columbia 3, so the top three markets account for 81.2% of the class. An FSU Law degree points strongly toward the Florida legal market, with only thin reach into any single out-of-state market.

Can a splitter get into FSU Law?

FSU Law is reverse-splitter friendly, so a high GPA is the asset that travels furthest. Its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure shows a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.33 against a wide LSAT spread of 8 points, so FSU Law forgives a lower LSAT when the GPA is high more readily than the reverse. A traditional high-LSAT, low-GPA splitter has a narrower path at FSU Law than a reverse-splitter does.

How selective is FSU Law compared with schools at the same LSAT?

FSU Law is more selective than almost all schools at its LSAT level. Among the 33 schools with a median LSAT within two points of its 166, ranked by acceptance rate, FSU Law's 15.97% ranks 3rd most selective, per Lovare's analysis of 2025 ABA 509 data. A high yield lets FSU Law hold that selective rate while still enrolling a class with a 166 LSAT median and a 3.93 GPA median.

Is FSU Law worth it?

For a Florida-bound student, yes. Although FSU Law bills tuition per credit hour and reports no annual sticker in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure, 78% of students receive grants and 116 awards fund tuition in full or more, while the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 91.1% of graduates employed at ten months and a 26.7% large-firm share, the strongest in this set. That outcome profile makes FSU Law a strong value.

What LSAT and GPA give the best shot at an FSU Law scholarship?

Numbers at or above FSU Law's 75th percentiles give the best shot: a 167 LSAT and a 3.99 GPA, per FSU Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Because FSU Law funds 50 full-tuition and 66 above-full-tuition awards and its upper-quartile grant reaches $20,640, a top-quartile profile is well positioned for a full-tuition or above-full-tuition award at FSU Law.

What is FSU Law's employment rate?

The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 174 of 191 FSU Law graduates employed at the ten-month mark, a 91.1% employment rate. Of those, a strong 26.7% took jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers and 1.0% took federal clerkships, per the same summary. FSU Law's first-year academic attrition is 1.0% in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure.

What is FSU Law's first-year attrition rate?

FSU Law reports first-year academic attrition of 1.0% in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, meaning almost no one who starts is dismissed for grades. Combined with an ultimate bar pass rate of 95.17% for the 2022 cohort, per FSU Law's ABA bar-passage report, the data shows students admitted to FSU Law overwhelmingly finish and go on to pass the bar.

Sources

Every figure on this page is drawn from primary disclosures, listed here so readers can verify each one directly.

FSU Law 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=36&year=2025

FSU Law ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=36&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=36&year=2024

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