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

The honest answer to how to get into University of Nebraska Law School is to land near the medians in Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure: a 160 LSAT and a 3.81 GPA, with a middle 50 percent of 156 to 162 and 3.6 to 3.98. Clear both and you are competitive at Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law's own published pages.

The most distinctive fact about University of Nebraska Law School is that it offers the richest aid in this guide while being honest about what its degree does and does not do. According to Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, the median grant is $20,000, the highest in this guide, the 75th-percentile grant reaches $35,100, and the school reports 30 full-tuition awards, and those scholarships are not conditional, so they cannot be cut for grades. The honest limitation is on the career side: in the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, only 8.5 percent of University of Nebraska Law School graduates went to large firms and 0.0 percent entered federal clerkships, while 63.4 percent stayed in Nebraska. The thesis of this page is that University of Nebraska Law School is a well-funded, stable-aid, in-state value school for students who want to practice in Nebraska, and not the school to choose if your target is a large national firm or a federal clerkship.

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

University of Nebraska Law School posts a 160 LSAT median, a 3.81 GPA median, and a 40.15 percent acceptance rate in Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law School (fall 2025 entering class)LSAT (25th / 50th / 75th)156 / 160 / 162GPA (25th / 50th / 75th)3.6 / 3.81 / 3.98Acceptance rate40.15%Applications1,096Offers of admission440Matriculants from the applicant pool152First-year class154Full-time tuition and feesBilled per credit hour; the 509 prints no annual full-time figureLiving expenses$22,092Share receiving grants85%Median grant$20,000Conditional scholarshipsNoFirst-time bar passage90.54% (exam year 2024, largest jurisdiction Nebraska)Employed at ten months96.1% (147 of 153)

Source: University of Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law School?

University of Nebraska Law School reports an LSAT spread of 156 to 162 and a GPA spread of 3.6 to 3.98 in its 2025 ABA 509. A 160 and a 3.81 sit at both medians. Below the 156 LSAT or the 3.6 GPA, Nebraska Law wants a clear compensating strength on the other number.

University of Nebraska Law School reports an LSAT 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of 156, 160, and 162, and a GPA 25th, 50th, and 75th of 3.6, 3.81, and 3.98 for the fall 2025 entering class, per Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. The median is the fiftieth percentile: half of enrolled students scored above 160 on the LSAT and above 3.81 in GPA, and half below. Treat each median as the center of the admitted class rather than a hard cutoff, because University of Nebraska Law School admits students on both sides of both numbers.

The realistic read is straightforward. A 160 LSAT paired with a 3.81 GPA sits a University of Nebraska Law School applicant at both medians, a solidly competitive position. Below the 156 LSAT or below the 3.6 GPA, that is beneath the school's 25th percentile on either axis, Nebraska Law will look for a clear compensating strength on the other number. A 156 with a 3.98 can work, and a 3.6 with a 162 can work, but a file low on both is the hard case at University of Nebraska Law School.

The shape of the two bands tells you how University of Nebraska Law School treats an imbalanced file. Lovare reads Nebraska Law as splitter friendly, because the GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.21 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 Nebraska Law School, a high-LSAT applicant with a GPA in the low 3.6s has a genuine path, so if you test well but your transcript trails, Nebraska Law is a sensible target.

One practical note for University of Nebraska Law School applicants: the GPA band runs high, from 3.6 at the 25th to 3.98 at the 75th, so a strong transcript is common in the class and a below-3.6 GPA stands out. If your GPA sits under 3.6, plan to bring an LSAT at or above the 160 median to keep your file competitive at University of Nebraska Law School, which also strengthens your case for the school's rich aid discussed below.

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

University of Nebraska Law School is more accessible than its flagship reputation suggests. Among the 42 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of Nebraska Law's 160, ranked by acceptance rate, University of Nebraska Law School is 32nd most selective of 42 in the 2025 ABA 509, on the easier-to-enter end of its band.

Reputation places University of Nebraska Law School as the respected public flagship in Lincoln and the state's dominant law school, and its 160 LSAT median fits the solid regional tier. Its admissions numbers describe a school easier to enter than that reputation implies. To locate it precisely, Lovare built a peer band of the 42 ABA law schools whose median LSAT falls within two points of Nebraska Law's 160, that is a median of 158 to 162, then ranked them by acceptance rate from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures.

By that ranking, University of Nebraska Law School comes in 32nd most selective of the 42 schools in its band. In plain terms, 31 schools sitting at essentially the same LSAT level admit a smaller share of their applicants than Nebraska Law's 40.15 percent, which puts University of Nebraska Law School on the more accessible end of its LSAT neighborhood. For an applicant, that means a well-prepared file at or near the medians has a real, non-lottery chance at University of Nebraska Law School, particularly for a candidate committed to practicing in Nebraska.

The raw volume supports the read. University of Nebraska Law School drew 1,096 applications and made 440 offers for the fall 2025 class, per Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law School is selective enough to be worth preparing for and open enough to reward that preparation. Read Nebraska Law as respected and attainable rather than a reach.

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

University of Nebraska 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 the richest aid in this guide: a $20,000 median grant, a $35,100 grant at the 75th percentile, and 30 full-tuition awards, and those scholarships are not conditional at Nebraska Law.

University of Nebraska Law School reports its tuition on a per-credit-hour basis rather than as an annual full-time figure, and Nebraska 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 $22,092 in living expenses the 509 lists separately into an all-in cost-of-attendance total that University of Nebraska Law School does not publish. Any annual sticker you see quoted elsewhere is someone else's arithmetic, not a figure from the University of Nebraska Law School 509.

The aid picture is the richest in this guide. According to the same 2025 ABA 509, 85 percent of University of Nebraska Law School students receive grant money, with grant amounts at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of $9,510, $20,000, and $35,100. Nebraska Law reports 30 full-tuition awards and no awards above full tuition. The $20,000 median is the highest of any school in this guide, and even the 25th-percentile award of $9,510 is a meaningful discount, so a typical University of Nebraska Law School student receives substantial aid.

Because University of Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law School students receive a large discount, with the median award at $20,000 and 30 students 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 Nebraska Law.

Here is the reassurance that sets University of Nebraska Law School apart from several peers in this guide: its scholarships are not conditional. Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509 reports that its awards are not conditional, so a first-year grant is not tied to a class-rank or GPA threshold and cannot be cut if your grades slip in the first year. The grant University of Nebraska Law School quotes at admission is the grant you keep for all three years. That stability matters more than usual at Nebraska Law, because the school reports a 3.0 percent first-year academic attrition rate, and an unconditional award means at least your funding is secure while you adjust to the first-year curve.

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

University of Nebraska Law School does not disclose waitlist admits, and no ABA report does. The honest proxy is implied yield: 152 matriculants against 440 offers is a 34.5 percent yield at Nebraska Law, a relatively high figure that means the class fills largely from first-round offers and the waitlist moves less.

Here is the reasoning in full. University of Nebraska Law School enrolled 152 matriculants from 440 offers in its 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, an implied yield of 34.5 percent. No ABA disclosure, Nebraska 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 more than a third of admitted students enroll, University of Nebraska Law School fills a large part of its class from first-round offers and needs the waitlist less than a lower-yield school does.

A 34.5 percent yield is on the higher side for the schools in this guide, which points to modest waitlist movement at University of Nebraska Law School. As the dominant law school in its state, Nebraska Law draws a committed, heavily in-state applicant pool, so a larger share of its admits enroll, which leaves fewer open seats for the waitlist. For a waitlisted applicant, that means the odds are real but slimmer than at a school that yields a quarter of its offers.

If you land on the University of Nebraska Law School waitlist, the play is still the standard one: send a concise letter of continued interest naming Nebraska Law as a top choice, add any new LSAT score or improved grades, and keep another acceptance in hand as your anchor. Given the relatively high yield, do not count on a University of Nebraska Law School waitlist offer, but a well-timed letter costs nothing and keeps you in consideration if the class comes in light.

One honest footnote on the class figures. Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509 lists 152 matriculants from the applicant pool and a first-year class of 154, nearly identical, which means almost the entire first-year class came directly from this cycle's pool. The 34.5 percent implied yield is computed from the 152 pool matriculants against the 440 offers, which is the correct comparison for reasoning about this cycle's waitlist odds at University of Nebraska Law School.

Where do University of Nebraska Law School graduates actually work?

In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, University of Nebraska Law School kept 63.4 percent of graduates in Nebraska and 70.6 percent across its top three markets. Large firms of 101-plus lawyers hired 8.5 percent, and 0.0 percent entered federal clerkships. Nebraska Law is an in-state placement engine rather than a large-firm or clerkship feeder.

University of Nebraska Law School places most of its graduates in Nebraska, and the employment data makes both the strength and the limitation clear. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, Nebraska Law placed 97 of its 153 graduates in Nebraska, 6 in Minnesota, and 5 in Illinois. That is a 63.4 percent top-market share and a 70.6 percent top-three share: roughly two in three graduates begin their careers in Nebraska. If you want to practice in Nebraska, University of Nebraska Law School sits at the center of that market as the state's dominant law school.

Now the honest limitation, which is the most important thing an applicant should understand about University of Nebraska Law School outcomes. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows just 8.5 percent of Nebraska Law graduates taking jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers, the lowest large-firm share in this guide, and 0.0 percent entering federal clerkships, meaning the Class of 2024 recorded no federal clerkships at all. University of Nebraska Law School is not a large-firm feeder and, on this class's record, not a federal-clerkship pipeline. If your goal is a large national firm or a federal clerkship, Nebraska Law's Class of 2024 outcomes are a plain signal that those paths are uncommon here.

What University of Nebraska Law School does well is place graduates into Nebraska legal practice: smaller and midsize firms, state and local government, the courts, and business roles across Lincoln, Omaha, and greater Nebraska. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 147 of 153 graduates employed at ten months, or 96.1 percent, so University of Nebraska Law School reliably gets its graduates to work. The distinction is the type of work: dependable in-state employment rather than the large-firm and clerkship track that other schools emphasize.

Read together, the numbers make University of Nebraska Law School an excellent choice for a Nebraska-bound applicant and a poor fit for one set on BigLaw or a federal clerkship. That is not a knock on Nebraska Law, it is a matter of match: the school is built to serve the Nebraska legal market, and its outcomes reflect that mission honestly.

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

University of Nebraska Law School's specific application deadlines and any Early Decision terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle, so confirm both directly on Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law School's ED terms are not confirmed here for the current cycle. If Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 at a school like Nebraska Law that offers such rich aid. Treat this page as a planning aid verified in August 2026, and treat University of Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law School

Is a 160 LSAT good enough for Nebraska Law?

A 160 is exactly the LSAT median at University of Nebraska Law School, per Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure, where the middle 50 percent scored 156 to 162. A 160 puts you at the fiftieth percentile, competitive rather than a lock. Pair it with a GPA at or above the 3.81 median and you are a strong candidate at University of Nebraska Law School.

What GPA do you need for Nebraska Law?

University of Nebraska Law School reports a GPA median of 3.81, with a 25th to 75th range of 3.6 to 3.98, in Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509. Aim for 3.81 or higher. Because University of Nebraska Law School is splitter friendly, a strong LSAT can help carry a GPA below 3.6, but a transcript near the 3.81 median keeps your file clean at Nebraska Law.

What is Nebraska Law's acceptance rate?

University of Nebraska Law School admitted 40.15 percent of applicants for the fall 2025 class, extending 440 offers against 1,096 applications, according to Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA Standard 509 disclosure. That is an open rate, and it places University of Nebraska Law School on the more accessible end of its LSAT band rather than among its most selective peers.

How many people apply to Nebraska Law?

University of Nebraska Law School received 1,096 applications for the fall 2025 entering class, made 440 offers, and enrolled 152 matriculants from the pool for a first-year class of 154, per Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509. That pool against 440 offers is what produces University of Nebraska Law School's 40.15 percent acceptance rate.

How much does Nebraska Law cost?

University of Nebraska Law School bills tuition per credit hour, and Nebraska 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 $22,092. University of Nebraska Law School does not publish a combined cost-of-attendance total, so any annual sticker quoted elsewhere is not a figure from the Nebraska Law 509.

Does Nebraska Law give scholarships?

Yes, generously. University of Nebraska Law School reports that 85 percent of students receive grant money, with awards of $9,510, $20,000, and $35,100 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, plus 30 full-tuition awards, per Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509. The $20,000 median is the highest in this guide, so University of Nebraska Law School is a standout on aid.

Are Nebraska Law scholarships conditional?

No. University of Nebraska Law School reports in Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509 that its scholarships are not conditional, so a first-year award is not tied to a class-rank or GPA threshold and cannot be cut if your grades slip. The grant University of Nebraska Law School quotes at admission is the grant you keep for all three years.

What is Nebraska Law's bar passage rate?

University of Nebraska Law School posted a 90.54 percent first-time bar passage rate for exam year 2024, with Nebraska as the largest jurisdiction, according to Nebraska Law's ABA bar-passage report. Its ultimate pass rate for the 2022 cohort was 91.24 percent. Both figures sit well above the national threshold, so bar passage is a strength at University of Nebraska Law School.

Where do Nebraska Law graduates work?

Mostly in Nebraska. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows University of Nebraska Law School placed 97 graduates in Nebraska, 6 in Minnesota, and 5 in Illinois, a 63.4 percent top-market share and 70.6 percent across the top three. University of Nebraska Law School is the dominant in-state placement engine for the Nebraska legal market.

Do Nebraska Law graduates get large-firm jobs?

Rarely, relatively speaking. In the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024, just 8.5 percent of University of Nebraska Law School graduates took jobs at large firms of 101 or more lawyers, the lowest large-firm share in this guide. Most Nebraska Law graduates enter smaller and midsize firms, government, and business roles, so University of Nebraska Law School is not a large-firm feeder.

Do Nebraska Law graduates get federal clerkships?

Not in the most recent class. The ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024 shows 0.0 percent of University of Nebraska Law School graduates entering federal clerkships that year, meaning the class recorded none. If a federal clerkship is your goal, University of Nebraska Law School's Class of 2024 record is a plain signal that this path is uncommon at Nebraska Law.

Can a splitter get into Nebraska Law?

A splitter has a real path. Lovare reads University of Nebraska Law School as splitter friendly in Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509, with a GPA 25th-to-median spread of 0.21 that is proportionally wider than the four-point LSAT spread. That means University of Nebraska 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 Nebraska Law compared with schools at the same LSAT?

Among the 42 ABA schools whose median LSAT is within two points of University of Nebraska Law School's 160, ranked by acceptance rate in the 2025 ABA 509, Nebraska Law is 32nd most selective of 42. Most schools at the same LSAT level admit a smaller share, so University of Nebraska Law School sits on the more accessible end of its band.

Is Nebraska Law worth it?

For a Nebraska career, the value case is strong. University of Nebraska Law School pairs the richest aid in this guide, a $20,000 median grant and 30 full-tuition awards, with a 90.54 percent first-time bar rate and 96.1 percent employment, per Nebraska Law's 2025 ABA 509 and the ABA Employment Summary for the Class of 2024. The honest caveat is that University of Nebraska Law School is not a large-firm or federal-clerkship feeder.

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

Scores above the medians. An LSAT above the 160 median toward the 162 upper quartile and a GPA above 3.81 toward the 3.98 upper quartile position you for University of Nebraska Law School's largest awards, including the 30 full-tuition grants and the $35,100 upper-quartile award Nebraska Law reports in its 2025 ABA 509. Better still, those awards are not conditional at University of Nebraska Law School.

Sources

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

University of Nebraska Law School 2025 ABA Standard 509 Information Report (fall 2025 entering class): https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/AnnualQuestionnaire/GenerateIndividualDisclosure509Report?schoolId=90&year=2025

University of Nebraska Law School ABA bar-passage report: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/BarPassageOutcomes/GenerateIndividualBarPassageReport?schoolId=90&year=2025

ABA Employment Summary, Class of 2024: https://backend.abarequireddisclosures.org/api/EmploymentOutcomes/GenerateIndividualEQSummaryReport?schoolId=90&year=2024

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