State Guide · 3 ABA Schools · 509 data 2025
Kentucky law school requirements
Kentucky has 3 ABA-approved law schools, with LSAT medians from 154 to 159. Together they took 2,476 completed applications, made 1,259 offers and filled 447 first-year seats in 2025. Every number on this page comes from those schools' own ABA Standard 509 reports.
ABA schools
3
3 public, 0 private
LSAT median range
154 to 159
across the state
First-year seats
447
from 2,476 applications
Tuition range
$32,000 to $49,836
full time, non-resident
The 3 ABA-approved Kentucky law schools
| School | Type | LSAT | GPA | Accept | 1L | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kentucky J. David RosenbergLexington | Public | 159 | 3.72 | 40.8% | 147 | $49,836 |
| Louis D. BrandeisLouisville | Public | 157 | 3.67 | 63.4% | 145 | $32,000 |
| Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. ChaseHighland Heights | Public | 154 | 3.41 | 58.7% | 155 | $38,454 |
What the state data shows
University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg reports the highest LSAT median in the state at 159, with a 3.72 GPA median and a 40.8% acceptance rate on 1,236 applications. The spread of 5 LSAT points between the top and bottom of the state means a single score can be a stretch at one Kentucky school and comfortably above median at another. The national median of school medians is 159, so Kentucky's strongest reported median sits 0 points above it.
3 of the 3 schools charge residents less than non-residents, so residency status is worth checking before you apply. The lowest published resident tuition belongs to Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase at $24,388 a year, where the median full-time grant is $18,000. Across the state, published non-resident tuition runs from $32,000 to $49,836, a gap of $17,836 a year before fees, living costs or scholarship.
1 of the 3 schools reporting bar outcomes beat the weighted average pass rate in the jurisdictions where their graduates sat. University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg reports the state's highest first-time pass rate at 83.09% from 136 first-time takers, against a 78.83% 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.