State Guide · 5 ABA Schools · 509 data 2025
Georgia law school requirements
Georgia has 5 ABA-approved law schools, with LSAT medians from 152 to 169. Together they took 13,494 completed applications, made 3,714 offers and filled 1,104 first-year seats in 2025. Every number on this page comes from those schools' own ABA Standard 509 reports.
ABA schools
5
2 public, 3 private
LSAT median range
152 to 169
across the state
First-year seats
1,104
from 13,494 applications
Tuition range
$37,886 to $69,510
full time, non-resident
The 5 ABA-approved Georgia law schools
| School | Type | LSAT | GPA | Accept | 1L | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of GeorgiaAthens | Public | 169 | 3.92 | 12.7% | 186 | $38,944 |
| Emory UniversityAtlanta | Private | 166 | 3.82 | 38.7% | 391 | $69,510 |
| Georgia State UniversityAtlanta | Public | 160 | 3.64 | 30.6% | 237 | $37,886 |
| Mercer UniversityMacon | Private | 157 | 3.62 | 37.8% | 152 | $44,782 |
| Atlanta's John MarshallAtlanta | Private | 152 | 3.13 | 32.7% | 138 | $52,536 |
What the state data shows
University of Georgia reports the highest LSAT median in the state at 169, with a 3.92 GPA median and a 12.7% acceptance rate on 4,695 applications. The spread of 17 LSAT points between the top and bottom of the state means a single score can be a stretch at one Georgia school and comfortably above median at another. The national median of school medians is 159, so Georgia's strongest reported median sits 10 points above it.
2 of the 5 schools charge residents less than non-residents, so residency status is worth checking before you apply. The lowest published resident tuition belongs to Georgia State University at $16,162 a year, where the median full-time grant is $7,776. Across the state, published non-resident tuition runs from $37,886 to $69,510, a gap of $31,624 a year before fees, living costs or scholarship.
4 of the 5 schools reporting bar outcomes beat the weighted average pass rate in the jurisdictions where their graduates sat. University of Georgia reports the state's highest first-time pass rate at 90.37% from 187 first-time takers, against a 79.72% jurisdiction average. Bar admission is granted state by state, so the jurisdiction you intend to practise in matters as much as the school.
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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, with bar passage figures from the same portal's Bar Passage Outcomes report for the class of 2024. Restated in our own structure; no ABA document or file is reproduced here.