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

The short answer to how to get into Touro Law School is to reach the medians in Touro Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure: a 153 LSAT and a 3.35 GPA. The middle 50 percent of the entering class scored 151 to 156 on the LSAT and held a 3.05 to 3.66 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. Every figure on this page comes from Touro Law School's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class), the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and the school's own published pages.

The most distinctive fact about Touro Law School is how squarely it feeds the New York legal market, and how much cost and first-year risk you take on to reach it. According to the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 81.6% of Touro Law School graduates went to work in New York, the deepest single-market concentration among the schools in this New England and New York group, and 7.5% entered large firms of 101 or more lawyers, the strongest large-firm share of that group. The honest counterweights are real. Touro Law School's 2025 ABA 509 lists full-time tuition and fees of $62,150 and an unusually high living-expense figure of $52,602, it reports first-year academic attrition of 7.0%, one of the higher rates you will see, its scholarships are conditional, and its first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024 was 61.69%. The thesis of this page is that Touro Law School is a genuine New York-market school with a strong local network, but its cost, its first-year attrition, and its bar number mean you should go in with eyes open and a budget that assumes the caveats.

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

Touro Law School posts a 153 LSAT median, a 3.35 GPA median, and a 45.6% acceptance rate in its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. Full-time tuition and fees run $62,150 and living expenses $52,602, while 76% of students receive grants. The table below collects Touro Law's headline admissions, cost, and outcome numbers for the fall 2025 entering class.

MetricTouro Law School (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)151 / 153 / 156GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.05 / 3.35 / 3.66Acceptance rate45.6%Applications1,462Offers of admission667Matriculants223First-year class223 (153 full-time, 70 part-time)Full-time tuition and fees$62,150Living expenses$52,602Share receiving grants76%Median grant$22,000 (25th $10,000, 75th $35,000)Conditional scholarshipsYesFirst-time bar passage61.69% (exam year 2024, New York)Employed at ten months91.8% (135 of 147)

Source: Touro Law School's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class), with employment from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 and bar passage from Touro Law School's ABA bar-passage report. The 509 prints tuition and living expenses separately and does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so this page does not compute one.

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

Touro Law School reports an LSAT spread of 151 to 156 and a GPA spread of 3.05 to 3.66 in its 2025 ABA 509. A 153 and a 3.35 sit at both medians. Below the 151 LSAT or the 3.05 GPA, an applicant to Touro Law School needs a clear compensating strength on the other number.

Touro Law School reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 151, 153, and 156, and a GPA 25th, 50th, and 75th of 3.05, 3.35, and 3.66 for the fall 2025 entering class, per its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The median is the fiftieth percentile: half of enrolled students at Touro Law School scored above 153 on the LSAT and held a GPA above 3.35, and half below. A median is a target rather than a cutoff, and at Touro Law School the bands sit low enough that a broad range of applicants is competitive.

Read the bands as ranges rather than gates. A 153 LSAT lands you right at the Touro Law School median, a 156 reaches the 75th percentile, and a 151 sits at the 25th, which is a real admit zone rather than an automatic rejection. The GPA range runs from a 3.05 lower quartile through a 3.35 median to a 3.66 upper quartile, so a transcript in the low 3.0s keeps you in the competitive zone at Touro Law School. An applicant at or above both medians is competitive on the numbers, while an applicant below one median leans on the other to carry the file.

That trade-off has a direction, though a narrow one. Lovare reads Touro Law School as splitter friendly, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.3 and an LSAT 25th-to-median spread of just two points, computed from the 2025 ABA 509. 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. Touro Law School leans splitter, so a solid LSAT paired with a GPA below 3.05 has a path. The tight two-point LSAT band is the key signal: Touro Law School holds a narrow LSAT range, so a score at or above 153 does real work, and there is limited room to slide much below the 151 lower quartile without a standout GPA.

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

Touro Law School is somewhat harder to get into than its accessible reputation suggests. Lovare's band analysis places Touro Law School 17th most selective of the 51 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of its 153, using acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509. That puts it in the upper third of its band, more selective than most schools posting the same median LSAT.

Reputation tends to file Touro Law School as an accessible New York-area school, and the selectivity number is a modest corrective. Lovare built a peer band of the 51 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Touro Law's 153, that is a median of 151 to 155, then ranked them by acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures. Touro Law School comes in 17th most selective of the 51, in the upper third of a large band. Among schools at the same median LSAT, Touro Law School admits a smaller share than roughly two thirds of its peers.

The mechanism is a large pool against a moderate class. Touro Law School received 1,462 applications and extended 667 offers for a first-year class of 223, per its 2025 ABA 509. A big applicant pool lets Touro Law School hold a 45.6% acceptance rate while filling a class of that size. The honest verdict is that Touro Law School is a realistic target for an applicant near the 153 and 3.35 medians, a touch more selective than its reputation implies, and competitive rather than a safety. An applicant below either median needs a genuinely strong offsetting number at Touro Law School.

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

Touro Law School lists full-time tuition and fees of $62,150 and an unusually high living-expense figure of $52,602 in its 2025 ABA 509. Grants reach 76% of students, with a median award of $22,000, so a median-grant recipient nets about $40,150 in tuition and fees before living costs. Because Touro Law School uses conditional scholarships, that discount is not guaranteed to last.

Start with the sticker. Touro Law School's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure lists full-time tuition and fees at $62,150, plus $52,602 in living expenses, a living figure that reflects the high cost of the New York metropolitan area and is among the largest in this guide. The 509 prints tuition and living separately and does not publish a single combined cost-of-attendance total, so any all-in annual number quoted elsewhere is someone's arithmetic rather than a figure Touro Law School reports, and this page will not manufacture one. What is clear is that the total money at stake to attend Touro Law School is high, driven as much by living costs as by tuition.

Aid reaches most students, but the median award is modest against the sticker. According to the same 509, 76% of Touro Law School students receive grant aid, with awards at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $10,000, $22,000, and $35,000. Touro Law School reports 5 full-tuition awards and no awards above full tuition. For a typical recipient the math still leaves a large balance: against the $62,150 sticker, a student on Touro Law School's median grant of $22,000 nets about $40,150 in tuition and fees before living costs, using figures from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. Even the 75th-percentile award of $35,000 leaves roughly $27,150 in tuition. The aid at Touro Law School softens the sticker rather than erasing it.

Now two conditions that compound the risk. First, Touro Law School uses conditional scholarships, per its 2025 ABA 509, so a merit award can be reduced or lost if your first-year grades fall below the school's threshold. Second, and unusually, Touro Law School reports first-year academic attrition of 7.0% in the same 509, one of the higher first-year attrition rates in this guide. Read those two facts together: a Touro Law School student who starts on aid faces a first year in which both the scholarship and, for some, continued enrollment are on the line. Before you enroll, read the retention terms in your Touro Law School award letter, learn the exact class-rank or GPA threshold, and budget for the high living costs and the possibility of paying closer to the full $62,150 in later years.

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

Touro Law School does not disclose waitlist offers or admits, and no ABA report does. The honest proxy is implied yield: 223 matriculants against 667 offers is a 33.4% yield in the 2025 ABA 509. That is a moderate yield, which means Touro Law School fills much of its class from first-round offers while leaving some room for waitlist movement.

Here is the reasoning in full. Touro Law School enrolled 223 matriculants from 667 offers in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, an implied yield of 33.4%. No ABA disclosure, Touro Law's included, publishes how many applicants are admitted off the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield is the honest proxy for waitlist movement. When about a third of admitted students enroll, a school extends more offers than seats it expects to fill and may use a waitlist to complete the class.

A 33.4% yield is moderate, which leaves the door somewhat ajar for a waitlisted applicant to Touro Law School. It signals that many admitted students choose other options, so Touro Law School has reason to keep a waitlist active in a cycle where its class does not fill entirely from first-round deposits. If you land on the Touro Law School waitlist, the play is the standard one: send a concise letter of continued interest naming Touro Law School as a top choice, add any new LSAT score or improved grades, and keep another acceptance in hand as your anchor.

One clean note on the class figures. Touro Law School's 2025 ABA 509 disclosure lists 223 matriculants and a first-year class of 223, split into 153 full-time and 70 part-time students, so there is no gap between the pool and the class to reconcile. The 33.4% implied yield is computed from those 223 matriculants against the 667 offers, which is the correct comparison for reasoning about waitlist odds at Touro Law School.

Where do Touro Law School graduates actually work?

Touro Law School is a concentrated New York placement school, the most New York-heavy in this group. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 81.6% of Touro Law School graduates went to work in New York and 87.8% across the top three markets. Large firms of 101 or more lawyers took 7.5%, and Touro Law School reported no federal clerkships in the class, a 0.0% share.

Lead with the concentration, because it defines a Touro Law School degree. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Touro Law School placed 120 of its graduates in New York, 7 in New Jersey, and 2 in the District of Columbia. That is an 81.6% top-market share and an 87.8% top-three share, one of the most single-market-concentrated placement profiles among the schools in this guide. More than four in five graduates practice in New York, which tells you precisely where a Touro Law School network runs deepest, on Long Island and across the wider New York market.

The overall employment rate is solid, and the large-firm share is a genuine strength for a school at this LSAT level. Touro Law School reported 135 of 147 graduates employed at ten months, or 91.8%, in the same ABA Employment Summary, and 7.5% of graduates entered large firms of 101 or more lawyers, the highest large-firm share among the schools in this group. If your goal is New York practice with a real shot at a larger firm, Touro Law School places into that market more effectively than its median might suggest.

The clerkship line deserves an honest flag. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows no Touro Law School graduates taking federal clerkships, a 0.0% share. An applicant set on a federal clerkship should read that zero directly: for the Class of 2024, Touro Law School did not place a graduate into one. The strength of a Touro Law School degree is New York-market practice across firms of varying sizes, government, and public-interest work, not a federal clerkship pipeline.

When are Touro Law School's application deadlines?

This page's sources do not specify Touro Law School's application deadlines or its Early Decision terms. Both should be confirmed directly on Touro Law School's admissions page rather than taken from any date this page cannot verify. The guidance here is dated: it reflects what was verifiable in August 2026.

Because the school's Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, Touro Law School applicants should treat the school's own admissions page as the authority on deadlines, decision rounds, and whether any early or binding option exists. Rather than state a specific date that this page's primary sources do not support, the honest approach is to point you to Touro Law School directly. Cycle dates shift from year to year, so confirm the current timeline on Touro Law School's site before you plan around it.

What the numbers do support is a timing strategy. Touro Law School received 1,462 applications and extended 667 offers for a first-year class of 223, per its 2025 ABA 509 disclosure. Because the school uses conditional scholarships that reward a strong file and the median grant is modest against a high sticker, an early and complete application is generally the stronger position for competing on aid, regardless of the exact deadline. Apply to Touro Law School when your file is ready and your LSAT is at its best, and verify the current dates on the school's site.

Frequently asked questions about getting into Touro Law School

Is a 153 LSAT good enough for Touro Law?

A 153 is exactly the LSAT median at Touro Law School, per its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, where the middle 50 percent scored 151 to 156. A 153 puts you at the fiftieth percentile, so it is a competitive score at Touro Law School. Pair it with a GPA near the 3.35 median and you are a solid candidate.

What GPA do you need for Touro Law?

Touro Law School reports a GPA median of 3.35, with a 25th-to-75th range of 3.05 to 3.66, in its 2025 ABA 509. Aim for 3.35 or higher, though the 25th percentile of 3.05 shows a low-3.0s GPA stays competitive. Because Touro Law School is splitter friendly, a strong LSAT can help carry a GPA below 3.05 at Touro Law School.

What is Touro Law's acceptance rate?

Touro Law School admitted 45.6% of applicants for the fall 2025 class, extending 667 offers against 1,462 applications, according to its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. Among schools at the same 153 median LSAT, Touro Law School is in the upper third, ranking 17th of 51 in its band, so it is a little more selective than the headline rate suggests.

How many people apply to Touro Law?

Touro Law School received 1,462 applications for the fall 2025 entering class, made 667 offers, and enrolled 223 matriculants, per its 2025 ABA 509. That large pool against a moderate class is what produces Touro Law School's 45.6% acceptance rate and its upper-third standing within its LSAT band.

How much does Touro Law cost?

Touro Law School lists full-time tuition and fees of $62,150, plus a high $52,602 in living expenses, in its 2025 ABA 509. Touro Law School does not publish a single cost-of-attendance total in the 509, so tuition and living are best read separately, but the combined money at stake to attend Touro Law School is among the highest in this guide.

Does Touro Law give scholarships?

Yes, to most students. Touro Law School reports that 76% of students receive grant aid, with awards of $10,000, $22,000, and $35,000 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, plus 5 full-tuition awards, per its 2025 ABA 509. The median award is modest against the $62,150 sticker, and the awards are conditional at Touro Law School.

Are Touro Law's scholarships conditional?

Yes. Touro Law School uses conditional scholarships, per its 2025 ABA 509, which means a merit award can be reduced or lost if your first-year grades fall below the school's threshold. Because a curved first-year class places a predictable share of students below any cutoff, read the retention terms in your Touro Law School award letter before you count on the money for years two and three.

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

Touro Law School reports first-year academic attrition of 7.0% in its 2025 ABA 509, one of the higher first-year attrition rates in this guide. That means a meaningful share of first-year students left for academic reasons in the reported year, so an admitted student at Touro Law School should plan for a demanding first year and take the conditional-scholarship terms seriously.

What is Touro Law's bar passage rate?

Touro Law School posted a 61.69% first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024, with New York as the largest jurisdiction, according to its ABA bar-passage report. That means nearly four in ten first-time takers did not pass on the first attempt, so budget for bar prep and a possible retake. The ultimate pass rate for the 2022 cohort was higher at 78.0% at Touro Law School.

Where do Touro Law graduates work?

Overwhelmingly in New York. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows Touro Law School placed 120 graduates in New York, 7 in New Jersey, and 2 in the District of Columbia, an 81.6% top-market share and 87.8% across the top three. With 91.8% of the class employed at ten months and a 7.5% large-firm share, Touro Law School is a focused New York-market school.

Can a splitter get into Touro Law?

A splitter has a path, but a narrow one. Lovare reads Touro Law School as splitter friendly, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.3 and an LSAT spread of two points in the 2025 ABA 509. Touro Law School forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is high, so a high-LSAT applicant with a GPA below the 3.05 lower quartile is more viable at Touro Law School than the reverse.

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

Moderately selective. Touro Law School is 17th most selective of the 51 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of its 153, ranked by acceptance rate in the 2025 ABA 509, per Lovare's analysis. That upper-third standing means Touro Law School admits a smaller share than most schools posting the same median LSAT, despite a headline acceptance rate near 46%.

What are your chances off the Touro Law waitlist?

Moderate. Touro Law School's implied yield is 33.4%, computed from 223 matriculants against 667 offers in its 2025 ABA 509. Because many admitted students enroll elsewhere, Touro Law School may use its waitlist to finish the class, so a focused letter of continued interest and any new score can help at Touro Law School.

Does Touro Law have Early Decision?

This page's sources do not confirm Touro Law School's Early Decision terms, so any binding early option should be verified on the school's admissions page rather than assumed. Because the terms are not confirmed here, the honest answer is to check Touro Law School directly for whether an early or binding round exists and what commitment it carries before you apply.

Is Touro Law worth it?

It depends on your New York plan and how you weigh the caveats. Touro Law School pairs 81.6% New York placement, a 7.5% large-firm share, and 91.8% employment with real cautions: a $62,150 sticker, high living costs, 7.0% first-year attrition, conditional aid, and a 61.69% first-time bar rate, per its 2025 ABA 509 and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024. For a committed New York applicant who wins durable aid and prepares hard for the bar, Touro Law School can fit.

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

Numbers above the medians. Because merit money tracks the strength of your file, an LSAT above the 153 median toward the 156 upper quartile, paired with a GPA above 3.35 toward the 3.66 upper quartile, positions you for the largest awards at Touro Law School, including the 5 full-tuition grants it reports in the 2025 ABA 509. Remember those awards are conditional at Touro Law School, so plan to defend them.

Sources

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

Touro Law School 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=174&year=2025

Touro Law School ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=174&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=174&year=2024

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