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

The short answer to how to get into Temple Law School is to reach the medians in Temple Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure: a 165 LSAT and a 3.76 GPA. The middle 50 percent of the fall 2025 class scored 162 to 168 on the LSAT and held a 3.59 to 3.9 GPA. Clear both and you are competitive.

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 Temple Law School'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-passage figures from Temple Law's ABA bar-passage report, alongside the school's own published admissions pages.

The single most distinctive fact about Temple Law School is its value. Temple Law is a public school whose resident full-time tuition and fees run $34,137 in Temple Law's 2025 ABA 509, well below the private-school norm, and even nonresidents pay $50,545, still under many private peers. On top of that low base, 85% of students receive grants with a $31,334 median award. Yet the outcomes hold up: in the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 28.0% of Temple Law School graduates went to large firms of 101 or more lawyers, and Temple Law's first-time bar passage was 90.28%. A strong Philadelphia legal career at a public-school price is the reason to read on.

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

Temple Law School posts a 165 LSAT median, a 3.76 GPA median, and a 24.38% acceptance rate in Temple Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Full-time tuition and fees run $34,137 for residents and $50,545 for nonresidents, with living expenses of $27,812 listed separately. The table below collects the headline numbers.

MetricTemple Law School (fall 2025 entering class unless noted)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)162 / 165 / 168GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.59 / 3.76 / 3.9Acceptance rate24.38%Applications3,043Offers of admission742Matriculants from the applicant pool232First-year class237 (208 full-time, 29 part-time)Full-time tuition and feesResident $34,137 / nonresident $50,545Living expenses$27,812Share receiving grants85%Grant amount (25th / 50th / 75th)$22,271 / $31,334 / $41,500Full-tuition awards4 full-tuition, plus 21 above full tuitionConditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage (2024, Pennsylvania)90.28%Ultimate bar passage (2022 cohort)94.83%First-year academic attrition0.0%Employed at ten months (Class of 2024)95.6% (215 of 225)Top market (Class of 2024)Pennsylvania, 59.6% of graduatesLarge firms, 101 or more lawyers (Class of 2024)28.0% of graduatesFederal clerkships (Class of 2024)2.7% of graduates

Source: Temple Law School's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report for the fall 2025 entering class, with employment from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 and bar passage from Temple Law's ABA bar-passage report. The 509 prints resident and nonresident tuition and living expenses separately and does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page does not sum them into an all-in figure.

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

Temple Law School reports an LSAT spread of 162 to 168 and a GPA spread of 3.59 to 3.9 in its 2025 ABA 509. A 165 LSAT and a 3.76 GPA sit at both medians and make you competitive. Below the 162 LSAT or the 3.59 GPA, you need a clear compensating strength on the other number.

Temple Law School reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 162, 165, and 168, and a GPA 25th, 50th, and 75th of 3.59, 3.76, and 3.9 for the fall 2025 entering class, per Temple Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The median is the fiftieth percentile: half of the enrolled class scored above 165 on the LSAT and above 3.76 in GPA, and half below. A median is a target rather than a cutoff, but at Temple Law School both medians define the center of the class and are the numbers to aim for.

The LSAT band at Temple Law School is a touch wider on the high side than the low side. From the 25th percentile of 162 to the median of 165 is a three-point gap, and from the median to the 75th of 168 is a further three points, a symmetric six-point interquartile range. A 162, the bottom quartile, is a genuine admit range at Temple Law School, but a score there wants a GPA at or above the median to reassure the committee, while a 168 puts you in the top quarter of the class on the LSAT.

The GPA band runs from 3.59 at the 25th percentile to 3.9 at the 75th, a spread of 0.31. A 3.59 is a strong college record that still sits in the bottom quarter of the Temple Law School class, so an applicant at that GPA benefits from an LSAT at or above the 165 median. Read the two bands together and they describe a class with strong LSATs grouped tightly around 165 and a GPA range that rewards a high transcript, which points to how Temple Law treats an imbalanced file.

That shape makes Temple Law School splitter friendly. Lovare's read of the 509 spreads shows a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.17 against an LSAT 25th-to-median spread of three points, so the school gives a little more room on GPA than the LSAT band alone would suggest. A splitter-friendly school forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high; a reverse-splitter-friendly school forgives a lower LSAT when the GPA is high. Temple Law School leans splitter friendly, so a high LSAT paired with a GPA in the low 3.6s has a real path. If your LSAT is your stronger number, Temple Law School is a school where it can carry the file.

Is Temple Law School harder to get into than its reputation?

Temple Law School sits just about where its reputation places it. Temple Law is a respected regional school known for trial advocacy, and among the 33 schools clustered at its 165 LSAT median, it ranks 15th most selective, squarely in the middle. Its 24.38% acceptance rate is neither a bargain nor a wall relative to its band.

Reputation places Temple Law School among the strong public and regional schools of the mid-Atlantic, with a national reputation in trial advocacy and litigation training. Its 165 LSAT median fits that standing. The admit rate confirms it rather than complicating it. Lovare built a peer band of the 33 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Temple Law's 165, that is, a median of 163 to 167, then ranked them by acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. By that ranking, Temple Law School is 15th most selective of the 33, close to the exact middle of the group.

Here is what a 15th-of-33 placement means for an applicant. Temple Law School admits a share of applicants that is typical for schools at its LSAT level, so its 24.38% acceptance rate is not concealing either unusual selectivity or unusual generosity. A file that matches the Temple Law School medians faces roughly the odds you would expect at a 165-median school, no better and no worse. That is a useful baseline: it means you can read Temple Law's published numbers at face value without the kind of caveat that a distorted admit rate would require.

The honest verdict is that Temple Law School is exactly as selective as it looks. An applicant at or near the 162/165/168 LSAT and 3.59/3.76/3.9 GPA figures should treat Temple Law School as a target, and should weigh it primarily on value and Philadelphia outcomes rather than on any gap between reputation and admit rate, because for Temple Law there is no meaningful gap to exploit.

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

Temple Law School charges $34,137 in resident full-time tuition and fees and $50,545 for nonresidents, per Temple Law's 2025 ABA 509, plus $27,812 in living expenses. Eighty-five percent of students receive grants, with a $31,334 median award. On the nonresident sticker, a median-grant recipient nets about $19,211 in tuition and fees before living costs.

Temple Law School is a public school, and the price structure shows it. Temple Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees of $34,137 for Pennsylvania residents and $50,545 for nonresidents, plus $27,812 in living expenses. The 509 prints these figures separately and does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page will not sum them into an invented all-in number. The resident rate is the headline: at $34,137, Temple Law School charges roughly half of what a full-freight private school of similar standing lists.

Aid then lowers the price further. According to the same 509, 85% of Temple Law School students receive grant aid, with awards at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $22,271, $31,334, and $41,500. Temple Law School reports 4 full-tuition awards and, notably, 21 awards above full tuition, meaning those recipients receive a grant that exceeds tuition and covers part of living costs. That is an unusually deep top end of the aid distribution for a public school and a real draw for the strongest applicants.

For a typical recipient, the math is concrete. Against the $50,545 nonresident sticker, a student receiving Temple Law School's median grant of $31,334 nets about $19,211 in tuition and fees before living costs, using figures from Temple Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. A Pennsylvania resident starts from the far lower $34,137 base, so a resident receiving the median grant nets dramatically less than the nonresident figure. Just as important, the aid is stable: Temple Law School does not use conditional scholarships, so an award is not tied to a first-year GPA or class-rank threshold and cannot be cut if your grades slip. The grant Temple Law School quotes at admission is the grant you keep.

What are your real chances off the Temple Law School waitlist?

Temple Law School does not disclose waitlist offers or admits, and no ABA report does. The honest proxy is implied yield: 232 matriculants against 742 offers is a 31.3% yield. That is a moderate yield, so Temple Law fills most of its class from first-round offers while leaving some room for waitlist movement in a given cycle.

Here is the reasoning in full. Temple Law School enrolled 232 matriculants from 742 offers in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, an implied yield of 31.3%. No ABA disclosure, Temple 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. When a little under a third of admitted students enroll, a school fills the bulk of its class from first-round offers but still holds room that a waitlist can fill as admits decline.

A 31.3% yield is moderate, which puts Temple Law School in the middle of the range. It is higher than a school that yields only a quarter of its offers and leans hard on its waitlist, and lower than a school that yields close to half and barely moves its list. For a waitlisted applicant to Temple Law School, that means real but limited hope: some cycles will see the list move, others less so, and the outcome depends on how Temple Law's yield lands that year.

If you land on the Temple Law School waitlist, the play is standard: send a concise letter of continued interest naming Temple Law School as a top choice, add any new LSAT score or improved grades, and keep another acceptance in hand. Do not build your plan around a Temple Law School waitlist spot, but do not discount it either, because a moderate yield leaves the door open.

One honest note on the class figures. Temple Law's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure lists 232 matriculants from the applicant pool but a first-year class of 237, made up of 208 full-time and 29 part-time students. The gap reflects the part-time program and students who arrive through paths other than this single cycle's full-time pool. The 31.3% implied yield is computed from the 232 pool matriculants against the 742 offers, which is the correct comparison for reasoning about this cycle's waitlist odds at Temple Law School.

Where do Temple Law School graduates actually work?

In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Temple Law School placed 59.6% of graduates in Pennsylvania and 76.0% across its top three markets. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers took 28.0%, and 2.7% won federal clerkships. Temple Law is a Philadelphia-anchored school with a solid large-firm share and a moderately regional reach.

Temple Law School is a Philadelphia school first. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Temple Law placed 134 of its 225 graduates in Pennsylvania, 20 in New Jersey, and 17 in New York. That is a 59.6% top-market share and a 76.0% top-three share. Nearly six in ten Temple Law School graduates begin their careers in Pennsylvania, and the mid-Atlantic trio of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York absorbs about three quarters of the class, with the New York market giving Temple Law more reach into the corridor than a purely local school would have.

Concentration matters more than the raw employment rate because the rate barely separates strong schools. Temple Law School reported 215 of 225 graduates employed at ten months, or 95.6%, in the same ABA Employment Summary, which is excellent but common across the top of the market. What distinguishes schools is geography. If you want Philadelphia or the surrounding mid-Atlantic, Temple Law School points its network squarely there. If your target is the South, the Midwest, or the West Coast, the 76.0% top-three concentration is an honest signal that Temple Law's reach thins outside the corridor.

On firm outcomes, Temple Law School holds its own for a public school. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 28.0% of Temple Law graduates taking jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers. Better than a quarter of the class enters big-firm practice, which is a strong figure for a school at Temple Law's price point and a meaningful part of the value case, since it means large-firm salaries are within reach without a private-school tuition bill.

Federal clerkships round out the picture. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 2.7% of Temple Law School graduates entering federal clerkships, a modest share consistent with a school whose center of gravity is private practice and public-interest work in the Philadelphia market rather than the national clerkship pipeline. Taken together, the outcome data describes Temple Law School as a strong regional engine: high employment, a solid large-firm share, and a network concentrated in Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic.

When are Temple Law School's application deadlines?

Temple Law School's specific application deadlines and Early Decision terms were not part of the primary disclosures behind this page, and the ABA 509 does not publish them. Rather than state a date this page cannot verify, the honest guidance is to confirm the current deadlines and any Early Decision terms directly on Temple Law School's admissions site.

The ABA Standard 509 Information Report that anchors the admissions figures on this page reports class-level data such as LSAT and GPA percentiles, offers, and matriculants, but it does not publish an application deadline calendar. Temple Law School's Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so this page will not state whether an Early Decision round is binding, when it closes, or what deposit it carries. Those details belong to the school's own admissions page, which is the source of record.

The practical advice for Temple Law School applicants is the advice that holds at almost every school with a rolling-style cycle: apply early, because reading files as they arrive tends to reward applicants who complete early over equally qualified applicants who finish late. Note too that Temple Law School runs both a full-time and a part-time program, so confirm which track's deadlines apply to you. The specific dates shift from year to year, so confirm the current Temple Law School deadlines and Early Decision terms on the school's admissions page. The statements on this page are dated and were verified in August 2026.

Frequently asked questions about getting into Temple Law School

Is a 165 LSAT good enough for Temple Law?

A 165 is exactly the LSAT median at Temple Law School, per Temple Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, where the middle 50 percent scored 162 to 168. A 165 puts you at the fiftieth percentile, competitive but not a lock. Pair it with a GPA at or above the 3.76 median and you are a strong candidate at Temple Law School.

What GPA do you need for Temple Law?

Temple Law School reports a GPA median of 3.76, with a 25th-to-75th range of 3.59 to 3.9, in its 2025 ABA 509. Aim for 3.76 or higher to sit at the center of the class. A GPA as low as 3.59 is still within the admitted range at Temple Law School, but at that level it wants LSAT support at or above the 165 median to carry the file.

What is Temple Law's acceptance rate?

Temple Law School admitted 24.38% of applicants for the fall 2025 class, extending 742 offers against 3,043 applications, according to Temple Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Among the 33 schools sharing its 165 LSAT median, that rate ranks Temple Law School 15th most selective, placing it squarely in the middle of its band rather than at either extreme.

How many people apply to Temple Law?

Temple Law School received 3,043 applications for the fall 2025 entering class, made 742 offers, and enrolled 232 matriculants from the pool for a first-year class of 237, per Temple Law's 2025 ABA 509. That first-year class includes 208 full-time and 29 part-time students, and the pool-to-offer ratio is what produces Temple Law School's 24.38% acceptance rate.

How much does Temple Law cost?

Temple Law School lists full-time tuition and fees of $34,137 for residents and $50,545 for nonresidents, plus $27,812 in living expenses, in its 2025 ABA 509. Temple Law School does not publish a single cost-of-attendance total, so these are best read separately. The resident rate makes Temple Law School one of the lower-priced strong schools in its band.

Does Temple Law give scholarships?

Yes, broadly. Temple Law School reports that 85% of students receive grant aid, with awards of $22,271, $31,334, and $41,500 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, plus 4 full-tuition awards and 21 above full tuition, per Temple Law's 2025 ABA 509. The awards are not conditional, so a grant at Temple Law School cannot be cut if your grades slip.

What is Temple Law's bar passage rate?

Temple Law School posted a 90.28% first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024 in its largest jurisdiction, Pennsylvania, according to Temple Law's ABA bar-passage report. Its ultimate pass rate, measured two years out for the 2022 cohort, was 94.83%. Both figures are strong, and they mean nearly all Temple Law School graduates who sit for the bar ultimately pass it.

Where do Temple Law graduates work?

Most work in Pennsylvania. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Temple Law School placed 134 graduates in Pennsylvania, 20 in New Jersey, and 17 in New York, a 59.6% top-market share and 76.0% across the top three. Temple Law School is anchored in the Philadelphia market with meaningful reach into the wider mid-Atlantic corridor.

Can a splitter get into Temple Law?

A splitter has a real path. Lovare reads Temple Law School as splitter friendly, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.17 against a narrower LSAT spread of three points in the 2025 ABA 509. That means Temple Law School forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high, so a strong-LSAT applicant with a GPA in the low 3.6s is more viable at Temple Law School than the reverse profile.

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

Temple Law School is middle of the pack. Among the 33 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of its 165, ranked by acceptance rate in the 2025 ABA 509, Temple Law ranks 15th most selective of 33. In plain terms, Temple Law School admits about the share of applicants you would expect at a 165-median school, neither unusually generous nor unusually tough.

Is Temple Law worth it?

The value case is strong. Temple Law School pairs a $34,137 resident sticker with 85% grant reach, and in the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 it placed 95.6% of graduates in jobs and 28.0% at large firms. Add a 90.28% first-time bar pass rate, and Temple Law School delivers a strong Philadelphia legal career at a public-school price, which is its central selling point.

What LSAT and GPA give the best shot at a Temple Law scholarship?

Scores above the medians. Temple Law School reports a median grant of $31,334 and, notably, 21 awards above full tuition in its 2025 ABA 509, so the top of its aid distribution is deep. An LSAT above 165 and a GPA above 3.76, toward the 168 and 3.9 upper quartiles, position you for the largest awards at Temple Law School, including the above-full-tuition grants.

Does Temple Law use conditional scholarships?

No. Temple Law School reports in its 2025 ABA 509 that it does not award conditional scholarships, which are awards tied to a first-year GPA or class-rank threshold. That means a grant at Temple Law School is not at risk if your first-year grades fall below a cutoff, so the award you are offered at admission is the award you keep across all three years.

Does Temple Law have a part-time program?

Yes. Temple Law School's fall 2025 first-year class of 237 includes 208 full-time and 29 part-time students, per Temple Law's 2025 ABA 509. The part-time track lets students who are working or have other commitments spread the coursework over a longer schedule. Confirm the current part-time curriculum and deadlines on Temple Law School's admissions page, since those terms were not part of this page's sources.

Sources

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

Temple Law School 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report, fall 2025 entering class: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=129&year=2025

Temple Law School ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=129&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=129&year=2024

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