Best Law Schools in North America
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Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Law. A graph of 143M citations received by 5.72M academic papers made by 1,666 universities in North America was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.
We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.
1. Harvard University
- Acceptance Rate
- 3%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $19,491
2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Average SAT
- 1440
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 74%
3. Stanford University
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $18,279
4. University of California - Berkeley
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
- Average Aid
- $21,669
- Enrollment
- 45,307
6. University of Washington - Seattle
- Acceptance Rate
- 48%
- Receiving Aid
- 58%
- Average Aid
- $14,731
- Enrollment
- 52,319
7. Columbia University
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $22,058
8. University of Pennsylvania
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,123
9. Yale University
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $18,647
10. Cornell University
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,060
11. University of California - Los Angeles
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Receiving Aid
- 57%
- Average Aid
- $21,766
- Enrollment
- 46,430
12. University of Chicago
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $36,991
13. New York University
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $29,499
14. Pennsylvania State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 55%
- Average SAT
- 1300
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 68%
15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1555
- Average ACT
- 36
- Net Price
- $20,232
16. Johns Hopkins University
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1545
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $24,034
17. University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1425
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 58%
19. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1415
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 64%
20. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 82%
21. Ohio State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
22. University of Texas at Austin
- Acceptance Rate
- 31%
- Average SAT
- 1365
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
23. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Average SAT
- 1440
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 59%
24. University of Southern California
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $36,808
25. Princeton University
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $18,698
26. Michigan State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1260
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
27. Arizona State University - Tempe
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
- Average Aid
- $12,381
- Enrollment
- 80,065
28. University of Maryland - College Park
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1440
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 63%
29. Carnegie Mellon University
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $33,499
30. Duke University
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $23,694
31. University of Pittsburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1375
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 87%
32. University of California-San Diego
- Acceptance Rate
- 24%
- Receiving Aid
- 61%
- Average Aid
- $20,782
- Enrollment
- 42,006
33. Rutgers University - New Brunswick
- Acceptance Rate
- 66%
- Average SAT
- 1375
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 70%
34. University of Arizona
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- Average SAT
- 1255
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
35. University of Florida
- Acceptance Rate
- 23%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
36. University of Virginia
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1470
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 54%
37. University of California - San Francisco
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Enrollment
- 3,140
- Male:Female
- 35:65
- Founded
- 1864
38. Northwestern University
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $22,095
40. University of California - Davis
- Acceptance Rate
- 37%
- Receiving Aid
- 63%
- Average Aid
- $20,548
- Enrollment
- 39,679
41. Boston University
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Average SAT
- 1425
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $27,829
43. Texas A&M University - College Station
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Average SAT
- 1270
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 74%
46. University of Illinois at Chicago
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1225
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 81%
47. University of California - Irvine
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
- Average Aid
- $17,411
- Enrollment
- 35,937
48. Emory University
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Average SAT
- 1490
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $26,680
49. Washington University in St Louis
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $23,432
50. Georgetown University
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1485
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $35,566
51. University of Iowa
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Average SAT
- 1235
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
52. Vanderbilt University
- Acceptance Rate
- 7%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $25,606
53. University of Rochester
- Acceptance Rate
- 39%
- Average SAT
- 1465
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $39,775
54. University of Utah
- Acceptance Rate
- 89%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 99%
56. Georgia Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Average SAT
- 1460
- Average ACT
- 33
- Receiving Aid
- 73%
57. George Washington University
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1410
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $42,723
58. University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- Acceptance Rate
- 64%
- Average SAT
- 1370
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
60. University of California - Santa Barbara
- Acceptance Rate
- 26%
- Receiving Aid
- 59%
- Average Aid
- $20,389
- Enrollment
- 26,420
61. Florida State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 25%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
63. Indiana University - Bloomington
- Acceptance Rate
- 82%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
64. George Mason University
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Average SAT
- 1245
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
65. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Average SAT
- 1335
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 71%
66. Purdue University
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Average SAT
- 1335
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 60%
67. University of Georgia
- Acceptance Rate
- 43%
- Average SAT
- 1320
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
69. University of Notre Dame
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $28,474
70. University of Colorado Boulder
- Acceptance Rate
- 81%
- Average SAT
- 1275
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 68%
71. University of Kentucky
- Acceptance Rate
- 95%
- Average SAT
- 1180
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 96%
72. University of Missouri - Columbia
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
73. University of South Carolina - Columbia
- Acceptance Rate
- 64%
- Average SAT
- 1280
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
74. Iowa State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Average SAT
- 1220
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
76. North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Acceptance Rate
- 47%
- Average SAT
- 1370
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 80%
77. University of Miami
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $36,467
78. Case Western Reserve University
- Acceptance Rate
- 27%
- Average SAT
- 1475
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $38,279
79. University of South Florida
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Average SAT
- 1235
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 90%
80. University of Kansas
- Acceptance Rate
- 88%
- Average SAT
- 1215
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
81. University at Buffalo
- Acceptance Rate
- 68%
- Average SAT
- 1285
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 86%
82. Temple University
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
- Average Aid
- $11,575
- Enrollment
- 33,196
83. Boston College
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Average SAT
- 1488
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $30,559
84. Georgia State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 67%
- Average SAT
- 1135
- Average ACT
- 23
- Receiving Aid
- 95%
86. Brown University
- Acceptance Rate
- 5%
- Average SAT
- 1535
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $26,723
87. University of Connecticut
- Acceptance Rate
- 55%
- Average SAT
- 1330
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
88. Syracuse University
- Acceptance Rate
- 52%
- Average SAT
- 1345
- Average ACT
- 30
- Net Price
- $43,651
90. Providence College
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Average SAT
- 1340
- Average ACT
- 30
- Net Price
- $43,970
91. University of Tennessee - Knoxville
- Acceptance Rate
- 68%
- Average SAT
- 1250
- Average ACT
- 28
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
92. Dartmouth College
- Acceptance Rate
- 6%
- Average SAT
- 1540
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $19,208
93. Wayne State University
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Average SAT
- 1150
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
94. Brigham Young University - Provo
- Acceptance Rate
- 67%
- Average SAT
- 1374
- Average ACT
- 30
- Net Price
- $13,521
95. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
- Acceptance Rate
- 76%
- Average SAT
- 1230
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
96. Tufts University
- Acceptance Rate
- 10%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $30,479
97. University of Cincinnati
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Average SAT
- 1260
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 84%
98. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Average SAT
- 1145
- Average ACT
- 24
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
100. University of Delaware
- Acceptance Rate
- 74%
- Average SAT
- 1275
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 93%