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Here are the full 2024-2025 U.S. News law school rankings, with +/- relative to last year.
2024-2025 U.S. News Best Law School Rankings
| Law School | 2024 Ranking | +/- from 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | 1 | - |
| Yale University | 1 | - |
| University of Chicago | 3 | - |
| Duke University | 4 | +1 |
| Harvard University | 4 | +1 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 4 | - |
| University of Virginia | 4 | +4 |
| Columbia University | 8 | - |
| New York University | 9 | -4 |
| Northwestern University | 9 | +1 |
| University of Michigan | 9 | +1 |
| University of California–Berkeley | 12 | -2 |
| University of California–Los Angeles | 13 | +1 |
| Cornell University | 14 | -1 |
| Georgetown University | 14 | +1 |
| University of Minnesota | 16 | - |
| University of Texas–Austin | 16 | - |
| Washington University in St. Louis | 16 | +4 |
| Vanderbilt University | 19 | -3 |
| University of Georgia | 20 | - |
| University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill | 20 | +2 |
| University of Notre Dame | 20 | +7 |
| University of Southern California | 20 | -4 |
| Boston University | 24 | +3 |
| Wake Forest University | 25 | -3 |
| Ohio State University (Moritz) | 26 | -4 |
| Texas A&M University | 26 | +3 |
| Boston College | 28 | +1 |
| Brigham Young University (Clark) | 28 | -6 |
| George Mason University (Scalia) | 28 | +4 |
| University of Florida (Levin) | 28 | -6 |
| University of Utah (Quinney) | 28 | +4 |
| Fordham University | 33 | -4 |
| University of Alabama | 33 | +2 |
| Washington and Lee University | 33 | +7 |
| Arizona State University (O'Connor) | 36 | -4 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 36 | +7 |
| University of Iowa | 36 | -1 |
| University of Wisconsin--Madison | 36 | +4 |
| William & Mary Law School | 36 | +9 |
| George Washington University | 41 | -6 |
| Emory University | 42 | -7 |
| Indiana University--Bloomington (Maurer) | 42 | +3 |
| Southern Methodist University (Dedman) | 42 | +3 |
| University of California--Irvine | 42 | -7 |
| Baylor University | 46 | +3 |
| University of Kansas | 46 | -6 |
| Florida State University | 48 | +8 |
| University of Colorado--Boulder | 48 | +8 |
| University of Washington | 48 | +1 |
| Villanova University (Widger) | 48 | -5 |
| Pepperdine University (Caruso) | 52 | -7 |
| University of Tennessee--Knoxville | 52 | -1 |
| Temple University (Beasley) | 54 | - |
| University of Arizona (Rogers) | 55 | -1 |
| University of California--Davis | 55 | +5 |
| University of Connecticut | 55 | +16 |
| University of Maryland (Carey) | 55 | -4 |
| University of Oklahoma | 55 | -4 |
| Wayne State University | 55 | +1 |
| Loyola Marymount University | 61 | -1 |
| Seton Hall University | 61 | -5 |
| University of Kentucky (Rosenberg) | 61 | -1 |
| University of Missouri | 61 | +10 |
| Yeshiva University (Cardozo) | 61 | +8 |
| University of Richmond | 66 | -6 |
| University of South Carolina | 66 | -6 |
| Florida International University | 68 | -8 |
| Marquette University | 68 | +3 |
| Northeastern University | 68 | +3 |
| Pennsylvania State University--University Park | 68 | +12 |
| St. John's University | 68 | -8 |
| University of Houston Law Center | 68 | -8 |
| University of San Diego | 68 | +10 |
| Drexel University (Kline) | 75 | +5 |
| Georgia State University | 75 | -6 |
| Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law | 75 | +14 |
| Loyola University Chicago | 78 | +6 |
| Tulane University | 78 | -7 |
| University of Cincinnati | 78 | +6 |
| University of Nevada--Las Vegas (Boyd) | 78 | +11 |
| Drake University | 82 | +6 |
| Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) | 82 | +2 |
| Texas Tech University | 82 | -11 |
| University of California College of the Law, San Francisco | 82 | -22 |
| University of Miami | 82 | -11 |
| University of Nebraska--Lincoln | 82 | +7 |
| University of Oregon | 82 | -4 |
| Case Western Reserve University | 89 | -9 |
| University of Denver (Sturm) | 89 | -9 |
| Belmont University | 91 | +14 |
| Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge (Hebert) | 91 | +8 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 91 | -2 |
| Duquesne University | 94 | -5 |
| Saint Louis University (Kline) | 94 | -5 |
| The Catholic University of America | 94 | +28 |
| University of New Mexico | 94 | +2 |
| American University (Washington) | 98 | -9 |
| Indiana University--Indianapolis (McKinney) | 98 | +1 |
| Stetson University | 98 | -14 |
| University of New Hampshire (Pierce) | 98 | +7 |
| University of St. Thomas | 98 | -2 |
| Cleveland State University | 103 | +8 |
| Mercer University (George) | 103 | -4 |
| Rutgers University | 103 | +6 |
| Samford University (Cumberland) | 103 | +28 |
| University of Montana (Blewett) | 103 | -7 |
| Chapman University (Fowler) | 108 | +1 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) | 108 | -9 |
| Michigan State University | 108 | +3 |
| Regent University | 108 | +17 |
| University at Buffalo--SUNY | 108 | +17 |
| University of Dayton | 108 | 3 |
| Brooklyn Law School | 114 | -3 |
| Seattle University | 114 | -3 |
| University of Arkansas--Fayetteville | 114 | -9 |
| Albany Law School | 117 | -12 |
| University of Missouri--Kansas City | 117 | +18 |
| West Virginia University | 117 | -6 |
| Gonzaga University | 120 | -21 |
| Syracuse University | 120 | +2 |
| University of Maine School of Law | 120 | +26 |
| University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) School of Law | 120 | -9 |
| University of Tulsa | 120 | -9 |
| University of Wyoming | 120 | -9 |
| Washburn University | 120 | -9 |
| New York Law School | 127 | -2 |
| University of Hawaii--Manoa (Richardson) | 127 | +8 |
| University of South Dakota (Knudson) | 127 | -5 |
| Hofstra University (Deane) | 130 | +10 |
| Howard University | 130 | -5 |
| Loyola University New Orleans | 130 | -19 |
| Suffolk University | 130 | +3 |
| Campbell University (Wiggins) | 134 | -9 |
| DePaul University | 134 | +1 |
| Pace University (Haub) | 136 | -5 |
| University of Akron | 136 | +14 |
| University of Detroit Mercy | 136 | +5 |
| University of Louisville (Brandeis) | 136 | -37 |
| Liberty University | 140 | -5 |
| University of Baltimore | 140 | -5 |
| University of Memphis (Humphreys) | 140 | -15 |
| Quinnipiac University | 143 | +3 |
| University of Arkansas – Little Rock (Bowen) | 143 | +7 |
| Southwestern Law School | 145 | -4 |
| University of Idaho | 145 | -4 |
| Willamette University College of Law | 145 | +10 |
| Elon University | 148 | -15 |
| University of Toledo | 148 | -15 |
| CUNY School of Law | 150 | +4 |
| Northern Kentucky University (Chase) | 150 | -1 |
| South Texas College of Law Houston | 150 | +12 |
| Creighton University | 153 | +2 |
| Ohio Northern University (Pettit) | 153 | -7 |
| Oklahoma City University | 153 | -3 |
| Northern Illinois University | 153 | -5 |
| St. Mary’s University | 157 | - |
| Santa Clara University | 158 | - |
| New England Law Boston | 159 | -4 |
| University of the Pacific (McGeorge) | 159 | -18 |
| Ave Maria School of Law | 161 | +19 |
| University of Illinois--Chicago | 161 | -6 |
| University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth | 161 | -2 |
| Mitchell Hamline School of Law | 164 | +3 |
| Lincoln Memorial University (Duncan) | 165 | +10 |
| University of San Francisco | 165 | - |
| Widener University--Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) | 165 | -6 |
| Mississippi College | 168 | -3 |
| Touro University (Fuchsberg) | 168 | -1 |
| University of North Dakota | 168 | +12 |
| Vermont Law School | 168 | -4 |
| Roger Williams University | 172 | -1 |
| Southern Illinois University--Carbondale | 172 | +2 |
| St. Thomas University | 172 | +13 |
| University of North Texas--Dallas | 172 | -5 |
| Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School | 176 | -5 |
| Faulkner University (Jones) | 176 | -17 |
| Appalachian School of Law | 178-196 | - |
| Barry University | 178-196 | - |
| California Western School of Law | 178-196 | -3(+) |
| Capital University | 178-196 | -3(+) |
| Charleston School of Law | 178-196 | - |
| Florida A&M University | 178-196 | - |
| Golden Gate University | 178-196 | - |
| Inter-American University | 178-196 | - |
| North Carolina Central University | 178-196 | -3(+) |
| Nova Southeastern University (Broad) | 178-196 | -7(+) |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico | 178-196 | - |
| Southern University Law Center | 178-196 | - |
| Texas Southern University (Marshall) | 178-196 | - |
| University of Puerto Rico | 178-196 | - |
| University of the District of Columbia (Clarke) | 178-196 | - |
| Western Michigan University (Cooley) | 178-196 | - |
| Western New England University | 178-196 | - |
| Western State College of Law at Westcliff University | 178-196 | - |
| Widener University--Delaware | 178-196 | -3(+) |
As always, we would be remiss not to disclaim that rankings should not be a significant factor in where you decide to attend law school—and you should never put much stock in year-to-year changes. You can make your own custom rankings according to your preferences on our site My Rank. It's free and doesn't require a signup!
