How to Get Into University of Kansas Law School: LSAT, GPA & Admissions (2026)

The honest answer to how to get into University of Kansas Law School is to land near the medians in Kansas Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure: a 162 LSAT and a 3.85 GPA, with a middle 50 percent of 158 to 164 and 3.58 to 3.95. Clear both and you are competitive at Kansas Law.

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. Admissions figures on this page come from University of Kansas Law School's 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class), employment from the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, and bar passage and program details from Kansas Law's own published pages.

The most distinctive fact about University of Kansas Law School is how strong its outcomes and its scholarships are for a school this accessible. According to the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 99.2 percent of University of Kansas Law School graduates were employed at ten months, the highest rate in this guide, and Kansas Law's ABA bar-passage report shows a 92.17 percent first-time bar pass rate, also the highest here. On money, Kansas Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure reports 50 full-tuition awards and 25 above-full-tuition awards, an unusually deep pool for a first-year class of 122. Its graduates spread across a genuine two-state Kansas City market rather than a single city. The honest caveats, covered below, are that University of Kansas Law School uses conditional scholarships and reports a 3.0 percent first-year attrition rate, so first-year grades carry real stakes.

University of Kansas Law School at a glance: LSAT, GPA, acceptance rate and cost

University of Kansas Law School posts a 162 LSAT median, a 3.85 GPA median, and a 39.08 percent acceptance rate in Kansas Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. It bills tuition per credit hour, so the 509 prints no annual full-time figure, and 85 percent of students receive grants. The table below collects the headline numbers for the fall 2025 entering class.

MetricUniversity of Kansas Law School (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)158 / 162 / 164GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.58 / 3.85 / 3.95Acceptance rate39.08%Applications1,172Offers of admission458Matriculants from the applicant pool115First-year class122Full-time tuition and feesBilled per credit hour; the 509 prints no annual full-time figureLiving expenses$20,238Share receiving grants85%Median grant$15,000Conditional scholarshipsYes (an award can be cut if grades fall below the school's threshold)First-time bar passage92.17% (exam year 2024, largest jurisdiction Kansas)Employed at ten months99.2% (117 of 118)

Source: University of Kansas 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 first-time bar passage from Kansas Law's ABA bar-passage report. The 509 reports tuition per credit hour 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 University of Kansas Law School?

University of Kansas Law School reports an LSAT spread of 158 to 164 and a GPA spread of 3.58 to 3.95 in its 2025 ABA 509. A 162 and a 3.85 sit at both medians. Below the 158 LSAT or the 3.58 GPA, Kansas Law wants a clear compensating strength on the other number.

University of Kansas Law School reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 158, 162, and 164, and a GPA 25th, 50th, and 75th of 3.58, 3.85, and 3.95 for the fall 2025 entering class, per Kansas Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The median is the fiftieth percentile: half of enrolled students scored above 162 on the LSAT and above 3.85 in GPA, and half below. Treat each median as the center of the admitted class rather than a hard cutoff, because University of Kansas Law School admits students on both sides of both numbers.

The realistic read is straightforward. A 162 LSAT paired with a 3.85 GPA sits a University of Kansas Law School applicant at both medians, a genuinely competitive position. Below the 158 LSAT or below the 3.58 GPA, that is beneath the school's 25th percentile on either axis, Kansas Law will look for a clear compensating strength on the other number. A 158 with a 3.95 can work, and a 3.58 with a 164 can work, but a file low on both is the hard case at University of Kansas Law School.

The shape of the two bands tells you how University of Kansas Law School treats an imbalanced file. Lovare reads Kansas Law as splitter friendly, because the GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.27 is proportionally wider than the four-point LSAT 25th-to-median spread. A splitter-friendly school forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is strong, while a reverse-splitter-friendly school forgives a lower LSAT when the GPA is strong. At University of Kansas Law School, a high-LSAT applicant with a GPA in the 3.6s has a genuine path, so if you test well but your transcript trails, Kansas Law is a sensible target.

One practical note for University of Kansas Law School applicants: because the class is deeply scholarshiped, discussed below, your numbers do double duty. A score at or above the 162 median and toward the 164 upper quartile not only strengthens your admission odds at University of Kansas Law School but also positions you for the school's large pool of full-tuition and above-full-tuition awards, which is where the real money is at Kansas Law.

Is University of Kansas Law School harder to get into than its reputation?

University of Kansas Law School is more accessible than its outcomes suggest. Among the 43 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of Kansas Law's 162, ranked by acceptance rate, University of Kansas Law School is 34th most selective of 43 in the 2025 ABA 509, on the easier-to-enter end of its band despite its strong bar and employment numbers.

Reputation places University of Kansas Law School as the respected public flagship in Lawrence, and its 162 LSAT median fits the solid regional-national tier. Its admissions numbers, though, describe a school that is easier to enter than its top-tier outcomes would lead you to expect. To locate it precisely, Lovare built a peer band of the 43 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Kansas Law's 162, that is a median of 160 to 164, then ranked them by acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures.

By that ranking, University of Kansas Law School comes in 34th most selective of the 43 schools in its band. In plain terms, 33 schools sitting at essentially the same LSAT level admit a smaller share of their applicants than Kansas Law's 39.08 percent, which puts University of Kansas Law School on the more accessible end of its LSAT neighborhood. That gap between accessible admissions and strong outcomes is the opportunity here: a 99.2 percent employment rate and a 92.17 percent first-time bar rate pair with a 39.08 percent admit rate, which is an unusually favorable trade at University of Kansas Law School.

The raw volume supports the read. University of Kansas Law School drew 1,172 applications and made 458 offers for the fall 2025 class, per Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509, a ratio that leaves genuine room for applicants who present clean numbers. When roughly two in five applicants receive an offer, University of Kansas Law School is selective enough to be worth preparing for and open enough to reward that preparation, especially given how well its graduates place.

How much does University of Kansas Law School cost, and how much scholarship money will you get?

University of Kansas Law School bills tuition per credit hour, so its 2025 ABA 509 prints no single annual full-time tuition figure, and this page will not invent one. What the 509 does report is deep aid: a $15,000 median grant, 50 full-tuition awards, and 25 above-full-tuition awards, though the scholarships are conditional at Kansas Law.

University of Kansas Law School reports its tuition on a per-credit-hour basis rather than as an annual full-time figure, and Kansas Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure prints no single annual full-time tuition total. Because the 509 does not report an annual number, this page will not compute one, and it will not sum tuition with the $20,238 in living expenses the 509 lists separately into an all-in cost-of-attendance total that University of Kansas Law School does not publish. Any annual sticker you see quoted elsewhere is someone else's arithmetic, not a figure from the University of Kansas Law School 509.

The aid picture is unusually deep. According to the same 2025 ABA 509, 85 percent of University of Kansas Law School students receive grant money, with grant amounts at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $5,375, $15,000, and $24,700. Kansas Law reports 50 full-tuition awards and 25 awards above full tuition, which for a first-year class of 122 is a striking figure: a large share of the class pays nothing toward tuition or receives more than full tuition. Among the schools in this guide, University of Kansas Law School distributes the most full-tuition awards outright.

Because University of Kansas Law School bills per credit hour and the 509 reports no annual tuition figure, this page cannot compute a net-of-tuition dollar amount the way it can for a school with a fixed annual sticker. What the 509 does establish is that most University of Kansas Law School students receive a substantial discount, with the median award at $15,000 and dozens paying nothing toward tuition. The honest limitation is that the dollar value of a grant depends on the per-credit-hour rate and the credits taken, which the 509 does not resolve into a single annual number for Kansas Law.

Now the consumer warning, which matters at University of Kansas Law School. Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509 reports that its scholarships are conditional, which means a first-year award can be reduced or eliminated if your grades fall below the threshold the school sets, typically a class-rank or GPA cutoff renewed each year. That warning is sharper at University of Kansas Law School than at an unconditional-scholarship school because Kansas Law also reports a 3.0 percent first-year academic attrition rate, higher than several peers in this guide. Before you accept a University of Kansas Law School award, confirm the exact class rank or GPA you must hold, ask how many first-year students actually keep the award, and remember that law school grades are curved, so a first-year award is easiest to lose in a class where everyone was a strong undergraduate.

What are your real chances off the University of Kansas Law School waitlist?

University of Kansas Law School does not disclose waitlist admits, and no ABA report does. The honest proxy is implied yield: 115 matriculants against 458 offers is a 25.1 percent yield at Kansas Law, a low figure that suggests the waitlist can move in cycles where deposits run light.

Here is the reasoning in full. University of Kansas Law School enrolled 115 matriculants from 458 offers in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, an implied yield of 25.1 percent. No ABA disclosure, Kansas Law's included, publishes how many applicants are admitted off the waitlist or how many accept, so implied yield, the share of admitted students who enroll, is the honest proxy for how much a waitlist moves. When only about a quarter of admitted students enroll, University of Kansas Law School extends far more offers than it has seats, which is consistent with a waitlist that becomes active when the class comes in light.

A 25.1 percent yield is low, one of the lowest in this guide, and points to real waitlist hope at University of Kansas Law School. Because Kansas Law's admitted students often hold competing offers from schools across the region, including its Kansas City neighbors, a large share enroll elsewhere, which can leave seats for the waitlist. That is not a guarantee, since yield varies by cycle, but the low base rate is favorable for a waitlisted candidate.

If you land on the University of Kansas Law School waitlist, the play is the standard one: send a concise letter of continued interest naming Kansas Law as a top choice, add any new LSAT score or improved grades, and keep another acceptance in hand as your anchor. A 25.1 percent yield means the University of Kansas Law School waitlist is more than a formality, so a prompt, specific letter of continued interest is worth sending.

One honest footnote on the class figures. Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509 lists 115 matriculants from the applicant pool but a first-year class of 122. The gap reflects students who arrive through paths other than this single cycle's pool, such as admitted students who deferred from a prior year. The 25.1 percent implied yield is computed from the 115 pool matriculants against the 458 offers, which is the correct comparison for reasoning about this cycle's waitlist odds at University of Kansas Law School.

Where do University of Kansas Law School graduates actually work?

In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, University of Kansas Law School placed 41.5 percent of graduates in Kansas and 73.7 percent across its top three markets, with a large second market in Missouri. Large firms of 101-plus lawyers hired 16.1 percent, and 5.9 percent won federal clerkships. Kansas Law feeds a two-state Kansas City market.

University of Kansas Law School has the least single-state-concentrated top market in this guide, and that is a feature of its geography. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Kansas Law placed 49 of its 118 graduates in Kansas, 33 in Missouri, and 5 in Texas. Kansas is the top market at 41.5 percent, but adding the 49 Kansas and 33 Missouri placements gives 82 of 118, or 69.5 percent, across the two states that share the Kansas City metropolitan area. University of Kansas Law School is best understood as a Kansas City regional school that places strongly on both sides of the state line rather than in a single city.

Lead with that market shape rather than the raw employment rate, because the rate is nearly perfect and barely separates schools. University of Kansas Law School reported 117 of 118 graduates employed at ten months, or 99.2 percent, in the same ABA Employment Summary, the highest rate in this guide. What distinguishes University of Kansas Law School is not just that its graduates find work but where: a two-state Kansas City corridor plus a top-three reach of 73.7 percent that leaves more room for out-of-state placement than the single-state schools in this guide.

On firm size, University of Kansas Law School places a solid minority in large firms. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 16.1 percent of Kansas Law graduates taking jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers, a healthy share for a regional public flagship but not a BigLaw-feeder rate. Most University of Kansas Law School graduates enter smaller and midsize firms, government, and business roles across the Kansas City market and greater Kansas.

Federal clerkships are a genuine strength at University of Kansas Law School. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 5.9 percent of Kansas Law graduates entering federal clerkships, the highest clerkship share in this guide. Between a near-total employment rate, a two-state market, and a solid clerkship pipeline, University of Kansas Law School delivers outcomes that outrun its accessible admit rate.

When are University of Kansas Law School's application deadlines?

University of Kansas Law School's specific application deadlines and any Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so confirm both directly on Kansas Law's admissions site. The figures here are dated and verified August 2026, but cycle dates shift, and only the school's own page is authoritative on timing.

This page does not state a specific University of Kansas Law School application deadline, because its sources are the school's ABA disclosures and published data pages rather than a live application calendar, and stating a date this page cannot verify would violate its own accuracy rule. What is verifiable is that Kansas Law, like nearly all ABA law schools, reviews on a rolling basis in practice, which rewards applying early in the cycle while the class and the scholarship budget are still open.

On Early Decision, University of Kansas Law School's ED terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle. If Kansas Law offers a binding Early Decision option, its deadline, its financial terms, and whether it is truly binding should be confirmed on the school's own admissions page rather than assumed from this one. Early Decision is a binding commitment when a school offers it, so it is exactly the kind of term you verify at the source before you rely on it.

The practical guidance for University of Kansas Law School applicants is simple and does not depend on a specific date. Apply as early in the cycle as your best possible LSAT and complete file allow, because rolling review means later applicants compete for fewer remaining seats and a smaller remaining scholarship pool, which matters a great deal at a school like Kansas Law that awards so many full-tuition scholarships. Treat this page as a planning aid verified in August 2026, and treat University of Kansas Law School's admissions site as the authority on the current cycle's deadlines and Early Decision terms.

Frequently asked questions about getting into University of Kansas Law School

Is a 162 LSAT good enough for Kansas Law?

A 162 is exactly the LSAT median at University of Kansas Law School, per Kansas Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, where the middle 50 percent scored 158 to 164. A 162 puts you at the fiftieth percentile, competitive rather than a lock. Pair it with a GPA at or above the 3.85 median and you are a strong candidate at University of Kansas Law School.

What GPA do you need for Kansas Law?

University of Kansas Law School reports a GPA median of 3.85, with a 25th to 75th range of 3.58 to 3.95, in Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509. Aim for 3.85 or higher. Because University of Kansas Law School is splitter friendly, a strong LSAT can help carry a GPA below 3.58, but a transcript near the 3.85 median keeps your file clean at Kansas Law.

What is Kansas Law's acceptance rate?

University of Kansas Law School admitted 39.08 percent of applicants for the fall 2025 class, extending 458 offers against 1,172 applications, according to Kansas Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. That is an open rate, and it places University of Kansas Law School on the more accessible end of its LSAT band even though its outcomes rank at the top of this guide.

How many people apply to Kansas Law?

University of Kansas Law School received 1,172 applications for the fall 2025 entering class, made 458 offers, and enrolled 115 matriculants from the pool for a first-year class of 122, per Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509. That pool against 458 offers is what produces University of Kansas Law School's 39.08 percent acceptance rate.

How much does Kansas Law cost?

University of Kansas Law School bills tuition per credit hour, and Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509 prints no single annual full-time tuition figure, so this page does not compute one. The 509 lists living expenses separately at $20,238. University of Kansas Law School does not publish a combined cost-of-attendance total, so any annual sticker quoted elsewhere is not a figure from the Kansas Law 509.

Does Kansas Law give scholarships?

Yes, deeply. University of Kansas Law School reports that 85 percent of students receive grant money, with awards of $5,375, $15,000, and $24,700 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, plus 50 full-tuition awards and 25 above-full-tuition awards, per Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509. University of Kansas Law School distributes the most full-tuition awards of any school in this guide.

Are Kansas Law scholarships conditional?

Yes. University of Kansas Law School reports in Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509 that its scholarships are conditional, so a first-year award can be reduced or cut if your grades fall below the school's threshold. Because University of Kansas Law School also reports a 3.0 percent first-year attrition rate, confirm the exact retention terms before you accept a Kansas Law award.

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

University of Kansas Law School reports a 3.0 percent first-year academic attrition rate in Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509, higher than several peers in this guide. That figure is modest but not trivial, and paired with conditional scholarships it means first-year grades carry real stakes at University of Kansas Law School, both for staying enrolled and for keeping an award.

What is Kansas Law's bar passage rate?

University of Kansas Law School posted a 92.17 percent first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024, with Kansas as the largest jurisdiction, the highest first-time rate in this guide, according to Kansas Law's ABA bar-passage report. Its ultimate pass rate for the 2022 cohort was 96.81 percent, so bar passage is a clear strength at University of Kansas Law School.

Where do Kansas Law graduates work?

Across a two-state Kansas City market. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows University of Kansas Law School placed 49 graduates in Kansas, 33 in Missouri, and 5 in Texas, a 41.5 percent top market and 73.7 percent across the top three. Adding Kansas and Missouri gives 69.5 percent, so University of Kansas Law School feeds both sides of the Kansas City line.

Do Kansas Law graduates get large-firm jobs?

Some do. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, 16.1 percent of University of Kansas Law School graduates took jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers. That is a healthy share for a regional public flagship but not a BigLaw-feeder rate, so most Kansas Law graduates enter smaller and midsize firms, government, and business roles across the Kansas City region.

Can a splitter get into Kansas Law?

A splitter has a real path. Lovare reads University of Kansas Law School as splitter friendly in Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.27 that is proportionally wider than the four-point LSAT spread. That means University of Kansas Law School forgives a lower GPA when the LSAT is strong, so a high-LSAT, lower-GPA file is more viable than the reverse.

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

Among the 43 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of University of Kansas Law School's 162, ranked by acceptance rate in the 2025 ABA 509, Kansas Law is 34th most selective of 43. Most schools at the same LSAT level admit a smaller share, so University of Kansas Law School sits on the more accessible end of its band despite top-of-guide outcomes.

Is Kansas Law worth it?

For a Kansas City or Kansas career, the value case is very strong. University of Kansas Law School pairs deep aid, including 50 full-tuition awards, with a 99.2 percent employment rate and a 92.17 percent first-time bar rate, per Kansas Law's 2025 ABA 509 and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024. Weigh two honest caveats at University of Kansas Law School: conditional scholarships and 3.0 percent first-year attrition.

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

Scores above the medians. An LSAT above the 162 median toward the 164 upper quartile and a GPA above 3.85 toward the 3.95 upper quartile position you for University of Kansas Law School's large pool of awards, including the 50 full-tuition and 25 above-full-tuition grants Kansas Law reports in its 2025 ABA 509. Just remember those awards are conditional at University of Kansas Law School.

Sources

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

University of Kansas Law School 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=57&year=2025

University of Kansas Law School ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=57&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=57&year=2024

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