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Last Updated: December 2025

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1 Harvard University 948 1,905 42,084 199,344 92,014
2 Yale University 855 1,798 38,276 202,150 86,148
3 New York University 855 1,760 30,245 130,013 76,109
4 Columbia University School of Law 720 1,283 27,425 94,942 66,678
5 University of Chicago 537 1,001 24,965 103,017 50,982
6 Georgetown University 883 1,661 23,744 80,289 61,996
7 University of Virginia 704 1,230 23,658 65,790 51,781
8 University of California, Berkeley 655 1,225 19,341 75,791 55,873
9 University of California, Los Angeles 659 1,187 19,619 67,586 46,885
10 University of Pennsylvania 563 1,020 19,564 53,246 45,832
11 Stanford University 451 828 16,765 65,532 33,717
12 University of Michigan 570 974 15,741 43,188 39,492
13 George Washington University 544 1,067 13,675 47,314 40,598
14 Duke University 440 824 12,399 43,362 34,295
15 Northwestern University 415 856 11,378 45,560 30,059
16 Vanderbilt University 376 694 11,992 39,461 28,952
17 University of Texas at Austin 359 704 9,557 37,855 20,716
18 Cornell University 332 651 10,064 34,209 29,414
19 Fordham University 396 716 9,632 27,550 24,903
20 University of Minnesota 349 663 8,958 26,791 28,620
21 Boston University 405 751 9,393 25,800 25,419
22 Rutgers University 428 828 7,694 27,580 25,044
23 University of Florida 331 644 7,532 24,736 24,590
24 University of California, Davis 278 483 7,896 19,264 23,458
25 Washington University 311 565 7,423 20,671 21,999
26 University of California, Irvine 269 450 6,447 17,932 19,920
27 University of California, San Francisco 319 610 5,747 21,176 18,261
28 Texas A&M University 318 516 6,604 14,911 20,915
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 267 566 5,048 23,199 17,568
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 296 532 6,166 16,787 16,985
31 Emory University 252 489 5,630 18,933 22,146
32 University of San Diego 196 404 4,912 20,941 12,674
33 University of Colorado Boulder 282 523 5,620 15,567 18,489
34 William & Mary Law School 245 411 5,877 12,909 15,609
35 George Mason University 237 495 4,491 19,312 12,912
36 Ohio State University 237 456 5,082 16,326 14,664
37 Brooklyn Law School 237 423 5,340 14,282 11,979
38 Indiana University Bloomington 258 507 4,601 17,638 15,775
39 Arizona State University 268 568 4,403 18,311 17,387
40 Yeshiva University 248 471 4,650 15,887 14,806
41 Seattle University 175 357 3,769 19,820 11,950
42 University of Southern California 210 397 4,575 14,424 13,948
43 Temple University 257 461 4,978 12,082 16,323
44 American University 264 517 4,360 15,198 17,831
45 Florida State University 208 394 4,606 12,065 15,662
46 University of Notre Dame 230 425 4,245 12,801 13,438
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 221 420 3,942 13,381 10,958
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 189 411 3,319 16,243 13,910
49 Loyola Marymount University 207 391 3,789 10,337 11,711
50 University of Arizona 190 358 3,438 12,258 12,949
51 Brigham Young University 187 311 4,052 8,557 10,738
52 Boston College 210 397 3,347 12,067 9,426
53 University of Denver 219 381 3,749 9,215 12,004
54 University of Miami 185 391 2,869 13,530 12,809
55 University of Maryland 190 343 3,312 10,704 9,715
56 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 152 335 3,007 12,067 10,656
57 University of Pittsburgh 178 369 2,979 12,298 11,115
58 Southern Methodist University 196 343 3,602 8,789 11,247
59 Wake Forest University 167 316 3,066 11,140 10,758
60 University of Utah 171 291 3,321 8,477 11,607
61 Loyola University Chicago 186 353 3,301 9,012 12,859
62 University of Houston 194 435 2,402 13,492 9,790
63 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 146 264 2,750 10,751 10,145
64 University of St. Thomas 120 231 2,735 9,906 8,275
65 Case Western Reserve University 151 311 2,576 11,017 9,614
66 University of Iowa 169 322 2,941 9,243 10,533
67 University of Georgia 164 286 3,240 7,289 8,087
68 Pennsylvania State University 183 361 3,057 8,239 11,097
69 University of Richmond 158 275 2,793 8,507 8,186
70 Pepperdine University 156 331 2,502 9,263 7,916
71 Northeastern University 153 285 2,266 10,081 9,988
72 Lewis & Clark Law School 135 272 2,447 8,528 8,153
73 University of Washington 161 329 2,824 7,207 10,593
74 University of Kansas 110 239 2,261 8,868 7,360
75 University of South Carolina 163 293 2,713 6,781 8,703
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 152 270 2,578 6,704 7,041
77 Wayne State University 142 311 1,914 10,065 6,425
78 Santa Clara University 128 278 2,092 8,876 7,159
79 Hofstra University 133 271 2,077 8,766 5,946
80 Georgia State University 180 352 2,413 7,590 9,337
81 University at Buffalo 156 290 2,274 8,059 11,125
82 Seton Hall University 145 260 2,243 6,523 6,790
83 University of Missouri 136 266 2,086 6,624 5,647
84 DePaul University 98 224 1,548 9,151 8,064
85 Michigan State University 138 244 2,226 5,671 6,622
86 Suffolk University 147 306 1,870 7,417 7,456
87 University of Alabama 139 227 2,159 5,230 6,926
88 University of Connecticut 138 238 2,195 5,169 8,364
89 Washington and Lee University 129 216 2,237 4,576 6,326
90 St. John's University 125 219 2,150 4,937 7,231
91 University of Baltimore 158 289 1,974 5,922 9,625
92 Villanova University 129 257 1,704 7,055 6,885
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 104 253 1,639 7,005 6,015
94 Pace University 126 271 1,744 6,455 8,254
95 Syracuse University 120 242 1,701 6,439 7,127
96 University of San Francisco 99 197 1,527 6,713 7,800
97 New York Law School 125 260 1,513 7,039 7,698
98 University of Cincinnati 105 212 1,391 6,677 4,853
99 Albany Law School 108 220 1,678 5,228 7,243
100 Southwestern Law School 129 237 1,750 4,953 6,906