LSAT Score Range: How Your Score Compares by Law School

By Bob Verini

The LSAT score range is 120–180, and the official average for the 2024–2025 testing year was approximately 153. But understanding what your score means involves more than comparing it with the national average. Many students want to know their percentile, but the more practical question is: Which law schools could I get into with this score? Comparing your result with the LSAT ranges of students who enrolled at different schools gives you a useful starting point.

Your LSAT score is only one part of your application. Your undergraduate GPA, the college you attended, the rigor of your coursework, extracurricular activities, work experience, recommendations, and personal accomplishments can also matter. Obstacles you have overcome and the experiences described in your application help schools understand the person behind the numbers.

With more than 45 years of LSAT teaching experience, Bob Verini helps students strengthen the part of that application they can still improve through preparation: their LSAT score. Knowing how your current result compares with the schools you are considering can help you decide whether further study or private tutoring would be worthwhile.

How to Read a Law School’s LSAT Score Range

The ranges below run from each school’s 25th-percentile LSAT score to its 75th-percentile score. They describe the middle half of students who enrolled, rather than every student admitted or everyone who applied.

For example, a range of 154–161 means the middle half of enrolled students had scores between those figures. Students also enrolled below and above those numbers. The lower number is not an admissions cutoff, and being within the range does not guarantee acceptance.

Use these ranges to compare schools and build an application list alongside your GPA and the rest of your background. A score near the upper end puts you in a stronger position on the LSAT measure than a score below the lower end, but neither determines the admissions decision by itself.

LSAT Score Ranges by Law School

A

Law schoolLSAT range
Albany Law School154–161
American University Washington College of Law157–163
Appalachian School of Law145–151
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law158–167
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School150–155
Ave Maria School of Law152–158

B

Law schoolLSAT range
Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law148–152
Baylor Law School159–165
Belmont University College of Law158–163
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University162–167
Boston College Law School162–169
Boston University School of Law164–171
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School168–172
Brooklyn Law School158–163

C

Law schoolLSAT range
California Western School of Law152–158
Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law152–159
Capital University Law School148–157
Case Western Reserve University School of Law156–164
Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law158–163
Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law156–164
Charleston School of Law152–157
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology156–164
City University of New York School of Law152–161
Cleveland State University College of Law152–158
Columbia Law School169–175
Cooley Law School145–151
Cornell Law School168–175
Creighton University School of Law150–156

D

Law schoolLSAT range
DePaul University College of Law154–160
Drake University Law School153–159
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law154–162
Duke University School of Law169–172
Duquesne University Thomas R. Kline School of Law155–160

E

Law schoolLSAT range
Elon University School of Law151–158
Emory University School of Law162–168

F

Law schoolLSAT range
Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law148–154
Florida A&M University College of Law149–155
Florida International University College of Law159–162
Florida State University College of Law158–167
Fordham University School of Law165–170

G

Law schoolLSAT range
George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School162–171
George Washington University Law School162–170
Georgetown University Law Center166–173
Georgia State University College of Law158–163
Gonzaga University School of Law153–158

H

Law schoolLSAT range
Harvard Law School171–176
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law154–160
Howard University School of Law153–160

I

Law schoolLSAT range
Indiana University Maurer School of Law158–166
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law152–159
Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law140–148

J

Law schoolLSAT range
Jacksonville University College of Law154–159

L

Law schoolLSAT range
Lewis & Clark Law School158–166
Liberty University School of Law151–158
Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law150–156
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center155–160
Loyola Marymount University Loyola Law School, Los Angeles160–165
Loyola University Chicago School of Law159–163
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law151–157

M

Law schoolLSAT range
Marquette University Law School156–160
Mercer University School of Law155–160
Michigan State University College of Law158–164
Mississippi Christian University School of Law148–155
Mitchell Hamline School of Law151–158

N

Law schoolLSAT range
New England Law | Boston149–157
New York Law School154–160
New York University School of Law169–174
North Carolina Central University School of Law149–154
Northeastern University School of Law161–166
Northern Illinois University College of Law148–154
Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law152–157
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law167–175
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law152–158

O

Law schoolLSAT range
Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law146–151
Oklahoma City University School of Law149–155

P

Law schoolLSAT range
Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law151–157
Penn State Dickinson Law157–161
Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law161–167
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law136–143

Q

Law schoolLSAT range
Quinnipiac University School of Law153–158

R

Law schoolLSAT range
Regent University School of Law153–161
Roger Williams University School of Law147–154
Rutgers Law School155–161

S

Law schoolLSAT range
Saint Louis University School of Law154–161
Samford University Cumberland School of Law154–160
Santa Clara University School of Law157–162
Seattle University School of Law155–162
Seton Hall University School of Law158–164
South Texas College of Law Houston153–158
Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School146–155
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law163–168
Southern University Law Center145–150
Southwestern Law School154–160
St. John’s University School of Law156–166
St. Mary’s University School of Law151–156
St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law150–156
Stanford Law School171–176
Stetson University College of Law157–162
Suffolk University Law School152–159
Syracuse University College of Law154–160

T

Law schoolLSAT range
Temple University Beasley School of Law162–168
Texas A&M University School of Law161–170
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law148–152
Texas Tech University School of Law157–160
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law163–169
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center151–156
Tulane University Law School159–164

U

Law schoolLSAT range
University at Buffalo School of Law155–161
University of Akron School of Law151–157
University of Alabama School of Law161–168
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law162–165
University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law150–158
University of Arkansas School of Law155–161
University of Baltimore School of Law152–158
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco158–163
University of California, Berkeley School of Law167–172
University of California, Davis School of Law160–167
University of California, Irvine School of Law166–170
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law166–172
University of Chicago Law School171–176
University of Cincinnati College of Law156–161
University of Colorado Law School161–167
University of Connecticut School of Law160–164
University of Dayton School of Law154–160
University of Denver Sturm College of Law156–162
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law154–159
University of Florida Levin College of Law165–170
University of Georgia School of Law159–171
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law155–162
University of Houston Law Center160–165
University of Idaho College of Law149–157
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law150–156
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Law160–168
University of Iowa College of Law161–165
University of Kansas School of Law158–164
University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law156–162
University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law154–161
University of Maine School of Law154–162
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law156–166
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law149–155
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law152–159
University of Miami School of Law160–165
University of Michigan Law School168–173
University of Minnesota Law School166–173
University of Mississippi School of Law155–160
University of Missouri School of Law156–162
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law154–159
University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law153–159
University of Nebraska College of Law156–162
University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law156–162
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law151–159
University of New Mexico School of Law154–161
University of North Carolina School of Law165–169
University of North Dakota School of Law148–155
University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law151–156
University of Notre Dame Law School166–171
University of Oklahoma College of Law159–164
University of Oregon School of Law157–162
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School167–174
University of Pittsburgh School of Law158–163
University of Puerto Rico School of Law146–156
University of Richmond School of Law159–167
University of San Diego School of Law160–165
University of San Francisco School of Law152–157
University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law160–164
University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law149–156
University of Southern California Gould School of Law165–170
University of St. Thomas School of Law155–162
University of Tennessee Winston College of Law160–166
University of Texas School of Law166–173
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law148–153
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law153–160
University of Toledo College of Law150–156
University of Tulsa College of Law155–160
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law162–168
University of Virginia School of Law168–175
University of Washington School of Law162–167
University of Wisconsin Law School161–169
University of Wyoming College of Law153–160

V

Law schoolLSAT range
Vanderbilt Law School167–171
Vermont Law and Graduate School148–157
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law159–166

W

Law schoolLSAT range
Wake Forest University School of Law163–168
Washburn University School of Law151–159
Washington and Lee University School of Law161–168
Washington University School of Law in St. Louis165–176
Wayne State University Law School157–166
West Virginia University College of Law151–159
Western New England University School of Law149–156
Western State College of Law at Westcliff University150–156
Widener University Commonwealth Law School147–153
Widener University Delaware Law School149–154
Willamette University College of Law151–157
William & Mary Law School161–167
Wilmington University School of Law146–152

Y

Law schoolLSAT range
Yale Law School171–177

How much difference would a higher LSAT score make?

Suppose you scored 153 and improved to 158. Those five points could change how your application compares with the entering classes at several schools.

At Albany Law School, for example, the 2025 entering class had an LSAT range of 154–161, with a median of 158. A 153 falls below that middle-half range. A 158 places you inside it—and exactly at the school’s median.

That is a concrete change in your position: you would move from below the scores of most enrolled students to matching the class’s midpoint. It would not guarantee admission, but it would make your LSAT score more closely aligned with the students the school enrolled.

Across the 196 schools in these tables, a 153 reaches or exceeds the published 25th-percentile LSAT score at 72 schools. A 158 reaches or exceeds it at 131 schools—59 additional schools. That measures an expansion in your options on the LSAT side of the application, rather than a list of schools where admission suddenly becomes guaranteed.

If an improvement would bring more of your preferred schools within reach, the next question is how to achieve it. Bob Verini’s private LSAT tutoring focuses on identifying where you are losing points and addressing the reasoning, reading, or timing problems behind those mistakes. Your school list can give that preparation a practical purpose: improving your position at the places where you want to apply.

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