Best Law Schools in North America

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in North America ranked based on their research performance in Law. A graph of 217M citations received by 6.66M academic papers made by 1,703 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

For Law

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Law

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

3. Stanford University

For Law

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Law

#4 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

5. University of Toronto

For Law

#1 in Canada
#6 in the World
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

6. Columbia University

For Law

#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

7. University of Washington - Seattle

For Law

#8 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

8. Yale University

For Law

#10 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

9. University of Pennsylvania

For Law

#11 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

10. University of Chicago

For Law

#12 in the World
Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

11. Cornell University

For Law

#13 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Law

#14 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

13. New York University

For Law

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

14. Johns Hopkins University

For Law

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Law

#18 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

16. Pennsylvania State University

For Law

#19 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

17. University of British Columbia

For Law

#2 in Canada
#20 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Law

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

19. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Law

#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

20. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Law

#23 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

21. Ohio State University

For Law

#26 in the World
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

22. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Law

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Law

#28 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

24. Princeton University

For Law

#29 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

25. University of Southern California

For Law

#31 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

26. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Law

#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

27. University of Maryland - College Park

For Law

#34 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

28. Duke University

For Law

#35 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

29. Michigan State University

For Law

#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

30. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Law

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

31. Northwestern University

For Law

#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

32. University of California-San Diego

For Law

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

33. University of Pittsburgh

For Law

#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

34. Carnegie Mellon University

For Law

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$35,552

35. University of Virginia

For Law

#48 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

36. University of Florida

For Law

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

37. University of Arizona

For Law

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

38. University of California - San Francisco

For Law

#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

39. McGill University

For Law

#3 in Canada
#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

40. University of California - Davis

For Law

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

41. Boston University

For Law

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

42. University of Ottawa

For Law

#4 in Canada
#61 in the World
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

43. Purdue University

For Law

#62 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

45. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Law

#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

46. McMaster University

For Law

#6 in Canada
#68 in the World
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

47. Georgetown University

For Law

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,083

48. University of California - Irvine

For Law

#74 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

49. Washington University in St Louis

For Law

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

50. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Law

#76 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

51. Emory University

For Law

#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

52. University of Rochester

For Law

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

53. Vanderbilt University

For Law

#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

54. University of Iowa

For Law

#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

55. University of Calgary

For Law

#7 in Canada
#85 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

56. Western University

For Law

#8 in Canada
#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

57. George Washington University

For Law

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$46,485

58. University of Utah

For Law

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

59. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Law

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

60. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Law

#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

61. York University

For Law

#9 in Canada
#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

62. Florida State University

For Law

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

63. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Law

#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

64. University of Montreal

For Law

#10 in Canada
#101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
66,972
Founded
1878

65. George Mason University

For Law

#102 in the World
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
79%

66. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Law

#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

67. University of Colorado Boulder

For Law

#110 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

68. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Law

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

69. University of Georgia

For Law

#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
89%

70. University of Notre Dame

For Law

#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1508
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,300

71. University of Missouri - Columbia

For Law

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

73. University of South Carolina - Columbia

For Law

#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
94%

74. University of Kentucky

For Law

#127 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1180
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
97%

75. University of Miami

For Law

#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

76. Case Western Reserve University

For Law

#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

77. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Law

#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

78. University of Kansas

For Law

#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

79. Iowa State University

For Law

#139 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

80. Queen's University

For Law

#12 in Canada
#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
64%
Enrollment
35,612
Founded
1841

81. Brown University

For Law

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,256

82. University of South Florida

For Law

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
89%

83. University at Buffalo

For Law

#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

84. Georgia State University

For Law

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1060
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

85. Temple University

For Law

#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$14,837
Enrollment
29,640

86. Boston College

For Law

#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,519

87. Dartmouth College

For Law

#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,322

88. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Law

#156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

89. University of Connecticut

For Law

#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

91. Syracuse University

For Law

#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$48,215

92. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Law

#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$16,694

93. Tufts University

For Law

#175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,367

94. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Law

#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

95. Wayne State University

For Law

#178 in the World
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

97. Dalhousie University

For Law

#14 in Canada
#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
30,867
Founded
1818

98. University of Cincinnati

For Law

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

99. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Law

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

100. University of Delaware

For Law

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%