51 states and territories · 196 ABA schools

Law schools by state

Bar admission happens state by state, in-state tuition is decided by residency, and law firm hiring follows regional networks. Those three facts make geography one of the largest variables in a law school decision. Below is where the 196 ABA-approved schools actually are, with the LSAT and tuition range each state covers.

California holds the most ABA-approved law schools at 17, followed by New York (15), Florida (11), Texas (10), Illinois (9). 13 states or territories have exactly one ABA-approved school, which makes the in-state choice a single option rather than a comparison.

The national picture: 42,812 first-year seats, a median LSAT of 159 and a median GPA of 3.67 across school medians, and median full-time non-resident tuition of $54,932.

State	Schools	1L seats	LSAT medians	Tuition range	Highest LSAT median
Alabama	3	477	150 to 167	$39,900 to $48,100	University of Alabama
Arizona	2	376	163 to 165	$31,360 to $52,099	Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Arkansas	2	289	153 to 158	$13,770	University of Arkansas
California	17	4,347	152 to 173	$54,840 to $84,034	Stanford Law School
Colorado	2	484	160 to 164	$44,002 to $63,390	University of Colorado
Connecticut	3	490	155 to 174	$56,610 to $76,636	Yale Law School
Delaware	2	352	149 to 152	n/a	Widener University Delaware
District of Columbia	6	2,130	151 to 171	$24,874 to $83,576	Georgetown Law
Florida	11	2,532	150 to 169	$36,148 to $66,720	Levin College of Law
Georgia	5	1,104	152 to 169	$37,886 to $69,510	University of Georgia
Hawaii	1	140	158	$46,728	William S. Richardson
Idaho	1	197	153	$46,752	University of Idaho
Illinois	9	2,014	149 to 174	$23,667 to $83,316	University of Chicago
Indiana	3	651	155 to 170	$58,000 to $73,430	Notre Dame
Iowa	2	300	156 to 164	$50,920 to $52,191	University of Iowa
Kansas	2	259	155 to 162	n/a	University of Kansas
Kentucky	3	447	154 to 159	$32,000 to $49,836	University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg
Louisiana	4	994	147 to 161	$11,338 to $69,578	Tulane University
Maine	1	104	158	$38,160	University of Maine
Maryland	2	477	155 to 164	$50,624 to $55,844	University of Maryland Francis King Carey
Massachusetts	8	2,570	152 to 174	$41,565 to $77,100	Harvard Law School
Michigan	5	1,106	147 to 171	$42,632 to $79,108	University of Michigan
Minnesota	3	758	154 to 171	$50,998 to $61,845	University of Minnesota
Mississippi	2	339	152 to 157	$26,797 to $37,980	University of Mississippi
Missouri	4	755	156 to 175	$55,260 to $72,792	Washington University School of Law (WashU Law)
Montana	1	95	156	$51,582	Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Nebraska	2	316	153 to 160	n/a	University of Nebraska
Nevada	1	156	160	$46,040	William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas
New Hampshire	1	248	155	$50,000	University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce
New Jersey	2	791	158 to 161	$47,863 to $69,660	Seton Hall University
New Mexico	1	108	157	$43,192	University of New Mexico
New York	15	4,651	153 to 173	$25,640 to $85,368	Columbia Law School
North Carolina	6	1,175	151 to 171	$36,116 to $80,100	Duke Law School
North Dakota	1	97	151	n/a	University of North Dakota
Ohio	9	1,478	149 to 168	$22,359 to $64,600	Moritz College of Law
Oklahoma	3	478	151 to 162	$30,840 to $33,357	University of Oklahoma
Oregon	3	501	154 to 161	$56,600 to $61,434	Lewis & Clark
Pennsylvania	8	1,628	150 to 173	$48,996 to $78,348	University of Pennsylvania Carey
Puerto Rico	3	488	139 to 152	$16,585	University of Puerto Rico
Rhode Island	1	189	150	$47,400	Roger Williams University
South Carolina	2	462	154 to 162	$38,100 to $48,600	University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice
South Dakota	1	88	152	$32,184	University of South Dakota
Tennessee	5	707	153 to 170	$24,354 to $76,440	Vanderbilt University
Texas	10	2,407	150 to 172	$26,331 to $60,844	University of Texas
Utah	2	229	166 to 170	$31,984 to $45,382	J. Reuben Clark
Vermont	1	290	152	$55,382	Vermont Law and Graduate School
Virginia	8	1,289	146 to 173	$40,978 to $76,396	University of Virginia
Washington	3	619	155 to 165	$57,810 to $57,962	University of Washington
West Virginia	1	114	155	$45,666	West Virginia University
Wisconsin	2	442	158 to 167	$51,970 to $53,640	University of Wisconsin
Wyoming	1	74	156	n/a	University of Wyoming

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Data: ABA Standard 509 Information Report (2025), published for consumer disclosure, retrieved from the ABA Required Disclosures portal on 2026-09-01. School locations are taken from the address block each school prints on its own report.

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