LSAT Score Range by Law School

The LSAT runs from 120 to 180, but the scores that actually get people into law school are a much narrower band. Below are the real 25th–75th LSAT ranges for all 196 ABA-accredited schools, from the 2025 ABA 509 disclosures.

What LSAT score range do T14 law schools want?

The T14 are the most competitive schools in the country. Their median LSAT scores run from 171 to 174, and the middle 50% of each class sits inside the range shown here.

School	State	25th LSAT	Median LSAT	75th LSAT	Acceptance
The University of Chicago	IL	171	174	176	9.74%
Harvard University	MA	171	174	176	9.2%
Yale University	CT	171	174	177	4.06%
Columbia University	NY	169	173	175	11.84%
Cornell University	NY	168	173	175	18.19%
Northwestern University	IL	167	173	175	12.3%
University of Pennsylvania	PA	167	173	174	8.05%
Stanford University	CA	171	173	176	6.1%
University of Virginia	VA	168	173	175	10.17%
New York University	NY	169	172	174	13.39%
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	166	171	172	12.05%
Duke University	NC	169	171	172	12.88%
Georgetown University	DC	166	171	173	15.75%
University of Michigan	MI	168	171	173	8.57%

Which LSAT score range gets you where?

Schools cluster tightly by median LSAT. Pick the band your score lands in to see how many schools are realistically in play.

Median LSAT range	Schools	Examples
175–180	1	Washington University (St. Louis)
170–174	21	The University of Chicago, Harvard University, Yale University
165–169	26	University of California-Irvine, University of Florida, George Mason University
160–164	43	Baylor University, University of Colorado, Indiana University-Bloomington
155–159	56	University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, Penn State Dickinson Law
150–154	41	The University of Akron, Charleston School of Law, Elon University
145–149	6	Ohio Northern University, Southern Illinois University, Wilmington University School of Law
Below 145	2	Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

LSAT score range for all 196 law schools

Every ABA-accredited school, sorted by median LSAT. The 25th and 75th columns show the middle 50% of each entering class.

#	School	State	25th LSAT	Median LSAT	75th LSAT	Acceptance
1	Washington University (St. Louis)	MO	165	175	176	18.96%
2	The University of Chicago	IL	171	174	176	9.74%
3	Harvard University	MA	171	174	176	9.2%
4	Yale University	CT	171	174	177	4.06%
5	Columbia University	NY	169	173	175	11.84%
6	Cornell University	NY	168	173	175	18.19%
7	Northwestern University	IL	167	173	175	12.3%
8	University of Pennsylvania	PA	167	173	174	8.05%
9	Stanford University	CA	171	173	176	6.1%
10	University of Virginia	VA	168	173	175	10.17%
11	New York University	NY	169	172	174	13.39%
12	University of Texas	TX	166	172	173	13.99%
13	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	166	171	172	12.05%
14	Duke University	NC	169	171	172	12.88%
15	Georgetown University	DC	166	171	173	15.75%
16	University of Michigan	MI	168	171	173	8.57%
17	University of Minnesota	MN	166	171	173	26.7%
18	Boston University	MA	164	170	171	12.08%
19	Brigham Young University	UT	168	170	172	22.8%
20	University of California-Berkeley	CA	167	170	172	14.84%
21	University of Notre Dame	IN	166	170	171	16.07%
22	Vanderbilt University	TN	167	170	171	13.26%
23	University of California-Irvine	CA	166	169	170	14.92%
24	University of Florida	FL	165	169	170	16.52%
25	George Mason University	VA	162	169	171	15.87%
26	University of Georgia	GA	159	169	171	12.72%
27	University of Southern California	CA	165	169	170	11.17%
28	Texas A&M University	TX	161	169	170	12.1%
29	Boston College	MA	162	168	169	8.48%
30	Fordham University	NY	165	168	170	16.22%
31	George Washington University, The	DC	162	168	170	27.21%
32	University of North Carolina	NC	165	168	169	11.19%
33	The Ohio State University	OH	163	168	169	24.62%
34	The University of Alabama	AL	161	167	168	25.63%
35	Southern Methodist University	TX	163	167	168	24.59%
36	Washington and Lee University	VA	161	167	168	22.73%
37	University of Wisconsin	WI	161	167	169	19.12%
38	Emory University	GA	162	166	168	30.09%
39	Florida State University	FL	158	166	167	15.97%
40	University of Illinois	IL	160	166	168	32.93%
41	The University of Utah	UT	162	166	168	25.28%
42	Wake Forest University	NC	163	166	168	24.63%
43	William & Mary Law School	VA	161	166	167	21.97%
44	Arizona State University	AZ	158	165	167	19.78%
45	University of California-Davis	CA	160	165	167	15.97%
46	Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University)	NY	162	165	167	29.56%
47	Temple University	PA	162	165	168	24.38%
48	University of Washington	WA	162	165	167	19.61%
49	Baylor University	TX	159	164	165	18.94%
50	University of Colorado	CO	161	164	167	27.56%
51	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	158	164	166	35.77%
52	University of Iowa	IA	161	164	165	44.28%
53	University of Maryland	MD	156	164	166	26.08%
54	University of Miami	FL	160	164	165	24.65%
55	Northeastern University	MA	161	164	166	24.22%
56	Pepperdine University	CA	161	164	167	23.36%
57	University of Richmond	VA	159	164	167	39.64%
58	St. John's University	NY	156	164	166	23.05%
59	University of Tennessee	TN	160	164	166	24.77%
60	Villanova University	PA	159	164	166	25.93%
61	Wayne State University	MI	157	164	166	24.81%
62	The University of Arizona	AZ	162	163	165	27.91%
63	Chapman University	CA	156	163	164	20.53%
64	University of Houston	TX	160	163	165	22.99%
65	Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles	CA	160	163	165	26.05%
66	University of San Diego	CA	160	163	165	23.51%
67	American University	DC	157	162	163	33.28%
68	Case Western Reserve University	OH	156	162	164	34.8%
69	University of Connecticut	CT	160	162	164	20.05%
70	The University of Kansas	KS	158	162	164	39.08%
71	Michigan State University	MI	158	162	164	26.02%
72	University of Oklahoma	OK	159	162	164	33.36%
73	University of South Carolina	SC	160	162	164	29.9%
74	Belmont University	TN	158	161	163	37.62%
75	Brooklyn Law School	NY	158	161	163	44%
76	University of California College of the Law, San Francisco	CA	158	161	163	27.48%
77	Catholic University of America, The	DC	158	161	163	32.4%
78	Chicago-Kent College of Law (IIT)	IL	156	161	164	38.61%
79	Florida International University	FL	159	161	162	18.77%
80	Lewis & Clark Law School	OR	158	161	166	54.72%
81	Loyola University-Chicago	IL	159	161	163	28.18%
82	University of Missouri	MO	156	161	162	41.98%
83	Seton Hall University	NJ	158	161	164	34.27%
84	Tulane University	LA	159	161	164	39.97%
85	University of Denver	CO	156	160	162	41.33%
86	Drexel University	PA	154	160	162	29.64%
87	Georgia State University	GA	158	160	163	30.57%
88	University of Nebraska	NE	156	160	162	40.15%
89	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	156	160	162	30.78%
90	University of Oregon	OR	157	160	162	54.97%
91	University of Pittsburgh	PA	158	160	163	34.87%
92	University of Cincinnati	OH	156	159	161	32.74%
93	University of Kentucky	KY	156	159	162	40.78%
94	Penn State Dickinson Law	PA	157	159	161	42.99%
95	Santa Clara University	CA	157	159	162	52.58%
96	Seattle University	WA	155	159	162	38.93%
97	University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)	MN	155	159	162	57.62%
98	Stetson University	FL	157	159	162	36.44%
99	Texas Tech University	TX	157	159	160	25.61%
100	Albany Law School	NY	154	158	161	37.45%
101	University of Arkansas	AR	155	158	161	26.63%
102	DePaul University	IL	154	158	160	34.81%
103	University of Hawaii	HI	155	158	162	26.24%
104	University of Maine	ME	154	158	162	37.27%
105	Marquette University	WI	156	158	160	22.11%
106	Regent University	VA	153	158	161	44.32%
107	Rutgers University	NJ	155	158	161	33.54%
108	Syracuse University	NY	154	158	160	34.59%
109	University at Buffalo	NY	155	157	161	42.37%
110	University of Dayton	OH	154	157	160	30.66%
111	Duquesne University	PA	155	157	160	43.23%
112	Hofstra University	NY	154	157	160	40.56%
113	Louisiana State University	LA	155	157	160	38.55%
114	University of Louisville	KY	154	157	161	63.39%
115	Mercer University	GA	155	157	160	37.75%
116	The University of Mississippi	MS	155	157	160	41.96%
117	The University of New Mexico	NM	154	157	161	41.41%
118	New York Law School	NY	154	157	160	39.67%
119	Saint Louis University	MO	154	157	161	56.43%
120	Southwestern Law School	CA	154	157	160	36.47%
121	The University of Tulsa	OK	155	157	160	56.58%
122	Campbell University	NC	152	156	159	50.68%
123	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	154	156	159	41.41%
124	Drake University	IA	153	156	159	54.82%
125	Howard University	DC	153	156	160	24.05%
126	Jacksonville University	FL	154	156	159	35.14%
127	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	154	156	159	45.94%
128	University of Montana	MT	153	156	159	51.41%
129	University of the Pacific (McGeorge)	CA	153	156	160	54.41%
130	Samford University	AL	154	156	160	48.97%
131	University of Wyoming	WY	153	156	160	35.82%
132	Ave Maria School of Law	FL	152	155	158	46.95%
133	University of Baltimore	MD	152	155	158	49.5%
134	California Western School of Law	CA	152	155	158	46.92%
135	City University of New York (CUNY)	NY	152	155	161	28.65%
136	Cleveland State University	OH	152	155	158	34.45%
137	Gonzaga University	WA	153	155	158	51.14%
138	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	152	155	159	55.86%
139	The University of Memphis	TN	152	155	159	41.07%
140	University of New Hampshire	NH	151	155	159	51.96%
141	Nova Southeastern University	FL	152	155	158	47.33%
142	Quinnipiac University	CT	153	155	158	43.1%
143	University of San Francisco	CA	152	155	157	42.38%
144	South Texas College of Law Houston	TX	153	155	158	33.65%
145	Suffolk University	MA	152	155	159	61.85%
146	Washburn University	KS	151	155	159	46.45%
147	West Virginia University	WV	151	155	159	40.34%
148	The University of Akron	OH	151	154	157	58.53%
149	Charleston School of Law	SC	152	154	157	50.2%
150	Elon University	NC	151	154	158	53.21%
151	Liberty University	VA	151	154	158	58.76%
152	Loyola University-New Orleans	LA	151	154	157	50.93%
153	Mitchell/Hamline School of Law	MN	151	154	158	51.4%
154	Northern Kentucky University	KY	152	154	157	58.7%
155	Pace University	NY	151	154	157	44.13%
156	Willamette University	OR	151	154	157	61.42%
157	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	AR	150	153	158	54.89%
158	Creighton University	NE	150	153	156	64.54%
159	University of Idaho	ID	149	153	157	66.76%
160	University of Illinois-Chicago	IL	150	153	156	52.57%
161	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	150	153	156	52.17%
162	New England Law/Boston	MA	149	153	157	61.3%
163	University of North Texas at Dallas	TX	151	153	156	24.22%
164	St. Mary's University	TX	151	153	156	25.98%
165	The University of Toledo	OH	150	153	156	52.52%
166	Touro University	NY	151	153	156	45.62%
167	Western New England University	MA	149	153	156	51.89%
168	Atlanta's John Marshall Law School	GA	150	152	155	32.65%
169	Florida A&M University	FL	149	152	155	34.67%
170	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	MA	149	152	155	52.17%
171	Mississippi Christian University School of Law (MC Law)	MS	148	152	155	59.8%
172	University of Puerto Rico	PR	146	152	156	39.69%
173	University of South Dakota	SD	149	152	156	62.62%
174	St. Thomas University (Florida)	FL	150	152	156	60.25%
175	Vermont Law School	VT	148	152	157	58.53%
176	Western State College of Law (Westcliff University)	CA	150	152	156	43.67%
177	Widener University Delaware Law School	DE	149	152	154	59.68%
178	Capital University Law School	OH	148	151	157	65.9%
179	University of District of Columbia	DC	148	151	153	36.98%
180	North Carolina Central University	NC	149	151	154	n/a
181	University of North Dakota	ND	148	151	155	63.09%
182	Oklahoma City University	OK	149	151	155	51.61%
183	Barry University	FL	148	150	152	55.94%
184	Faulkner University	AL	148	150	154	53.87%
185	Northern Illinois University	IL	148	150	154	44.27%
186	Roger Williams University	RI	147	150	154	61.32%
187	Texas Southern University	TX	148	150	152	33.12%
188	Widener University Commonwealth Law School	PA	147	150	153	60.4%
189	Ohio Northern University	OH	146	149	151	n/a
190	Southern Illinois University	IL	146	149	155	56.22%
191	Wilmington University School of Law	DE	146	149	152	52.01%
192	Cooley Law School	MI	145	147	151	52.91%
193	Southern University	LA	145	147	150	56.55%
194	Appalachian School of Law	VA	145	146	151	60.93%
195	Inter American University of Puerto Rico	PR	140	144	148	50.92%
196	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico	PR	136	139	143	61.54%

Frequently asked questions

What is the LSAT score range?

The LSAT is scored on a scale from 120 to 180. In practice, almost every admitted applicant falls between 140 and 178 — the lowest and highest scores that actually appear in ABA 509 reports. For the 2025 entering class, the median LSAT across all 196 ABA-accredited schools ranged from about 150 to 174.

What LSAT score range do I need for law school?

It depends entirely on the schools you target. The median LSAT at the most selective schools (the T14) is 170 or higher, while the median at many regional schools sits between 152 and 160. Use each school's 25th–75th LSAT range to see where you currently fall.

What is the LSAT score range for T14 law schools?

For the 2025 entering class, T14 median LSAT scores range from 171 to 174. The full 25th–75th LSAT range for each T14 school is in the table above.

What is a "good" LSAT score range?

A 160 places you around the median of the typical ABA law school; a 165+ is competitive at many ranked schools; and a 170+ puts you in range for the T14. Because medians vary so widely, "good" is relative to the schools on your list — compare your score against each school's published 25th–75th range.

How is the 25th–75th percentile LSAT range calculated?

Law schools report the LSAT scores of their entering class to the ABA. The 25th percentile is the score at or above which the lowest quarter of admitted students fell, and the 75th percentile is the score at or above which the top quarter fell. The range between them is the "middle 50%" — the typical spread of scores at that school.