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Last Updated: November 2025

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1 New York University 32 67 4,562 17,355 10,602
2 Stanford University 36 73 4,547 17,742 7,359
3 Harvard University 32 64 3,854 19,526 7,199
4 University of California, Berkeley 27 65 3,713 14,581 9,294
5 Columbia University School of Law 26 58 3,565 13,471 6,516
6 Yale University 25 65 2,836 16,383 6,580
7 Georgetown University 22 52 2,639 9,800 7,007
8 University of Chicago 25 54 2,627 11,263 5,253
9 University of California, Los Angeles 23 49 2,225 7,968 6,214
10 University of Virginia 22 44 2,067 6,650 4,724
11 Duke University 22 52 1,773 7,904 4,021
12 University of Michigan 23 40 1,809 7,005 4,422
13 Boston University 18 40 1,211 6,712 3,664
14 University of Pennsylvania 22 39 1,550 4,659 3,837
15 University of Texas at Austin 20 32 1,602 3,823 3,882
16 Texas A&M University 15 32 1,423 4,106 4,141
17 Vanderbilt University 22 32 1,437 3,165 4,106
18 Cornell University 16 28 1,102 3,330 3,531
19 University of San Diego 18 34 1,151 4,065 2,111
20 George Mason University 15 34 1,034 3,441 2,259
21 Emory University 18 24 880 1,607 3,913
22 George Washington University 12 34 708 3,908 2,521
23 University of Colorado Boulder 15 24 875 2,071 3,367
24 Rutgers University 16 25 883 2,283 2,780
25 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 13 28 790 2,486 2,956
26 University of Minnesota 14 32 863 2,851 2,028
27 University of California, San Francisco 16 26 931 2,560 1,949
28 Northwestern University 14 28 772 2,540 2,443
29 Yeshiva University 13 28 725 2,519 2,179
30 Loyola Marymount University 13 22 672 2,217 2,424
31 University of Florida 12 26 640 2,492 2,239
32 Indiana University Bloomington 11 28 547 2,421 2,373
33 University of California, Davis 15 23 666 1,524 2,149
34 Temple University 14 22 724 1,403 1,831
35 University of Utah 14 23 705 1,518 1,801
36 Santa Clara University 11 24 528 2,040 2,163
37 University of Denver 14 24 661 1,727 1,737
38 University of California, Irvine 13 22 581 1,751 1,892
39 Boston College 11 28 540 2,405 1,312
40 Fordham University 13 20 612 1,379 1,707
41 American University 12 20 490 1,595 1,994
42 DePaul University 11 25 400 2,076 1,843
43 University of Richmond 12 22 562 1,582 1,459
44 Villanova University 12 21 519 1,984 1,231
45 Washington University 14 22 587 1,326 1,424
46 University of Southern California 12 22 500 1,260 1,843
47 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 23 509 1,557 1,082
48 William & Mary Law School 13 22 559 1,383 979
49 Pennsylvania State University 9 17 418 845 2,119
50 Brooklyn Law School 12 18 518 1,043 1,326
51 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 10 17 421 1,280 1,519
52 Brigham Young University 12 18 537 881 1,245
53 University of Washington 6 19 402 1,191 1,563
54 Arizona State University 9 19 398 1,349 1,409
55 Seattle University 11 22 423 1,448 1,095
56 University of Houston 8 23 358 1,455 1,300
57 Southern Methodist University 10 17 437 1,009 1,276
58 Washington and Lee University 11 14 458 679 1,397
59 Florida State University 13 18 406 1,003 1,313
60 University of Iowa 11 21 405 1,098 1,167
61 Case Western Reserve University 10 19 318 1,404 1,152
62 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 16 400 883 1,197
63 Loyola University Chicago 9 20 335 1,110 1,251
64 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 22 311 1,351 946
65 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 14 214 1,426 1,336
66 Seton Hall University 9 20 298 919 1,316
67 Northeastern University 9 16 322 867 1,208
68 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 14 293 1,354 782
69 University of Missouri 9 14 325 667 1,112
70 University of Miami 8 18 255 1,236 892
71 Suffolk University 6 14 244 703 1,425
72 University of Notre Dame 10 17 332 840 839
73 University of Kansas 7 13 280 656 1,147
74 University of Pittsburgh 7 19 211 1,158 955
75 University of Georgia 10 20 300 1,106 546
76 University of Arizona 9 15 237 884 1,073
77 California Western School of Law 8 10 269 384 1,250
78 Georgia State University 10 15 279 638 926
79 Ohio State University 8 15 225 656 1,139
80 University of Maryland 8 12 275 675 862
81 Southwestern Law School 9 14 266 627 931
82 University of Kentucky 8 12 209 501 1,126
83 New York Law School 7 12 207 668 880
84 St. John's University 8 11 281 455 695
85 University of Baltimore 9 17 229 816 521
86 University of Alabama 8 10 211 403 955
87 Pepperdine University 6 16 160 899 694
88 University at Buffalo 8 13 186 453 933
89 Syracuse University 7 18 150 933 613
90 Wake Forest University 7 14 138 559 1,017
91 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 177 450 923
92 University of Missouri-Kansas City 6 13 167 544 823
93 University of Oklahoma 9 11 226 391 663
94 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 7 14 163 887 454
95 Louisiana State University 8 11 206 345 737
96 University of Oregon 5 12 138 576 807
97 Pace University 5 14 147 701 636
98 Willamette University College of Law 7 17 143 737 597
99 University of Illinois Chicago 6 14 130 603 733
100 Albany Law School 7 13 187 479 531