Free LSAT Prep / Law Schools / Law Schools Offering Merit Aid Law Schools That Offer Merit Aid: 193 of 196 ABA Schools
Our admissions dataset records whether each school offers merit aid. 193 of the 196 schools do. They are listed below by selectivity, with the numbers merit aid is usually pegged to: the school’s median LSAT and GPA.
Offering merit aid is not the same as offering you merit aid. Awards concentrate on applicants at or above a school’s medians, and amounts and conditions vary by school.
School Median LSAT Median GPA Acceptance rate
Washington University in St. Louis 175
3.96
19%
University of Chicago 174
3.97
9.7%
Columbia University 173
3.92
11.8%
Cornell University 173
3.92
18.2%
Northwestern University 173
3.96
12.3%
University of Pennsylvania 173
3.95
8.1%
University of Virginia 173
3.99
10.2%
New York University 172
3.92
13.4%
University of Texas, Austin 172
3.89
14%
Duke University 171
3.91
12.9%
Georgetown University 171
3.93
15.8%
University of California, Los Angeles 171
3.95
12.1%
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 171
3.88
8.6%
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 171
3.88
26.7%
Boston University 170
3.88
12.1%
Brigham Young University 170
3.95
22.8%
University of California, Berkeley 170
3.92
14.8%
University of Notre Dame 170
3.89
16.1%
Vanderbilt University 170
3.91
13.3%
George Mason University (Scalia) 169
3.93
15.9%
Texas A&M University 169
4.00
12.1%
University of California, Irvine 169
3.80
14.9%
University of Florida (Levin) 169
3.91
16.5%
University of Georgia 169
3.92
12.7%
University of Southern California 169
3.91
11.2%
Boston College 168
3.83
8.5%
Fordham University 168
3.79
16.2%
George Washington U. 168
3.86
27.2%
Ohio State University (Moritz) 168
3.91
24.6%
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 168
3.89
11.2%
Southern Methodist University 167
3.81
24.6%
University of Alabama 167
3.97
25.6%
University of Wisconsin, Madison 167
3.81
19.1%
Washington and Lee University 167
3.75
22.7%
College of William and Mary 166
3.82
22%
Emory University 166
3.82
30.1%
Florida State University 166
3.93
16%
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 166
3.81
32.9%
University of Utah (SJ Quinney) 166
3.87
25.3%
Wake Forest University 166
3.79
24.6%
Arizona State University 165
3.91
19.8%
Cardozo-Yeshiva University 165
3.78
29.6%
Temple University (Beasley) 165
3.76
24.4%
University of California, Davis 165
3.70
16%
University of Washington 165
3.76
19.6%
Baylor University 164
3.77
20.6%
Indiana University, Bloomington 164
3.91
35.8%
Northeastern University 164
3.77
24.2%
Pepperdine University 164
3.85
23.4%
St. John's University 164
3.81
23.1%
University of Colorado, Boulder 164
3.81
27.6%
University of Iowa 164
3.78
44.3%
University of Maryland 164
3.72
26.1%
University of Miami 164
3.79
24.7%
University of Richmond 164
3.81
39.6%
University of Tennessee, Knoxville 164
3.89
24.8%
Villanova University 164
3.80
25.9%
Wayne State U. 164
3.89
24.8%
Chapman University 163
3.70
20.5%
Loyola Law School 163
3.74
26.1%
University of Arizona (Rogers) 163
3.78
27.9%
University of Houston 163
3.79
23%
University of San Diego 163
3.84
23.5%
American University 162
3.63
33.3%
Case Western Reserve U. 162
3.76
34.8%
Michigan State University 162
3.73
26%
University of Connecticut 162
3.78
20.1%
University of Kansas 162
3.85
39.1%
University of Oklahoma 162
3.73
33.4%
University of South Carolina 162
3.67
29.9%
Belmont University 161
3.84
37.6%
Brooklyn Law School 161
3.59
44%
Catholic University of America 161
3.68
32.4%
Florida International U. 161
3.80
18.8%
IIT Chicago-Kent 161
3.72
38.6%
Lewis & Clark (Northwestern) 161
3.59
54.7%
Loyola University Chicago 161
3.70
28.2%
Seton Hall University 161
3.71
34.3%
Tulane University 161
3.67
40%
University of California, Hastings 161
3.71
27.5%
University of Missouri, Columbia 161
3.72
42%
Drexel University (Kline) 160
3.76
29.6%
Georgia State University 160
3.64
30.6%
University of Denver 160
3.66
41.3%
University of Nebraska, Lincoln 160
3.81
40.2%
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 160
3.76
30.8%
University of Oregon 160
3.62
55%
University of Pittsburgh 160
3.54
34.9%
Penn State University (Dickinson) 159
3.71
43%
Santa Clara University 159
3.50
52.6%
Seattle University 159
3.60
38.9%
Stetson University 159
3.63
36.4%
Texas Tech University 159
3.69
25.6%
University of Cincinnati 159
3.80
32.7%
University of Kentucky 159
3.72
40.8%
University of St. Thomas 159
3.72
57.6%
Albany Law School Union U. 158
3.54
37.5%
DePaul University 158
3.61
34.8%
Marquette University 158
3.70
22.1%
Regent University 158
3.68
44.3%
Rutgers Law School (SUNJ) 158
3.66
33.5%
Syracuse University 158
3.60
34.6%
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 158
3.71
26.6%
University of Hawaii 158
3.62
26.2%
University of Maine 158
3.70
37.3%
Duquesne University 157
3.62
43.2%
Hofstra University 157
3.65
40.6%
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 157
3.74
38.6%
Mercer University (GA) 157
3.62
37.8%
New York Law School 157
3.63
39.7%
Southwestern University 157
3.51
36.5%
St. Louis University 157
3.61
56.4%
University at Buffalo 157
3.71
42.4%
University of Dayton 157
3.60
30.7%
University of Louisville (Brandeis) 157
3.67
63.4%
University of Mississippi 157
3.68
42%
University of New Mexico 157
3.56
41.4%
University of Tulsa 157
3.45
56.6%
Campbell University 156
3.51
50.7%
Drake University 156
3.67
54.8%
Howard University 156
3.63
24.1%
Jacksonville University 156
3.48
35.1%
Samford University (Cumberland) 156
3.63
49%
University of Detroit Mercy 156
3.52
41.4%
University of Missouri, Kansas City 156
3.65
45.9%
University of Montana 156
3.64
51.4%
University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 156
3.52
54.4%
University of Wyoming 156
3.55
35.8%
Ave Maria School of Law 155
3.36
47%
California Western 155
3.50
46.9%
Cleveland State University (Marshall) 155
3.50
34.5%
CUNY-Queens College 155
3.54
28.7%
Gonzaga University 155
3.55
51.1%
Indiana University, Indianapolis 155
3.58
55.9%
Nova Southeastern U. 155
3.52
47.3%
Quinnipiac University 155
3.65
43.1%
South Texas College of Law 155
3.41
33.7%
Suffolk University 155
3.58
61.9%
University of Baltimore 155
3.45
49.5%
University of Memphis 155
3.53
41.1%
University of New Hampshire 155
3.50
52%
University of San Francisco 155
3.47
42.4%
Washburn University 155
3.68
46.5%
West Virginia U. 155
3.65
40.3%
Charleston School of Law 154
3.51
50.2%
Elon University 154
3.40
53.2%
Liberty University 154
3.54
58.8%
Loyola University New Orleans 154
3.47
50.9%
Mitchell Hamline 154
3.29
51.4%
Northern Kentucky U. 154
3.41
58.7%
Pace University 154
3.54
44.1%
University of Akron 154
3.51
58.5%
Willamette University 154
3.48
61.4%
Creighton University 153
3.51
64.5%
John Marshall 153
3.40
52.6%
Lincoln Memorial U. 153
3.44
52.2%
New England Sch. of Law 153
3.37
61.3%
St. Mary's University 153
3.49
26%
Touro College (Fuchsberg) 153
3.35
45.6%
University of Arkansas, Little Rock 153
3.41
54.9%
University of Idaho 153
3.54
66.8%
University of Toledo 153
3.53
52.5%
UNT Dallas College of Law 153
3.41
24.2%
Western New England 153
3.27
51.9%
Atlanta's John Marshall Law 152
3.13
32.7%
Florida A&M University 152
3.48
34.7%
Mississippi College 152
3.37
59.8%
St. Thomas University 152
3.42
60.3%
University of Massachusetts 152
3.36
52.2%
University of Puerto Rico 152
3.77
39.7%
University of South Dakota 152
3.47
62.6%
Vermont Law School 152
3.25
58.5%
Western State University 152
3.36
43.7%
Widener (Delaware) 152
3.33
59.7%
Capital University 151
3.44
65.9%
North Carolina Central U. 151
3.31
39.1%
Oklahoma City University 151
3.56
51.6%
University of North Dakota 151
3.48
63.1%
University of the District of Columbia 151
3.28
37%
Barry University 150
3.23
55.9%
Faulkner University (Jones) 150
3.33
53.9%
Northern Illinois University 150
3.41
44.3%
Roger Williams University 150
3.43
61.3%
Texas Southern University 150
3.33
33.1%
Widener (Commonwealth) 150
3.33
60.4%
Ohio Northern University 149
3.34
—
Southern Illinois U. 149
3.38
56.2%
Wilmington University 149
3.13
52%
Southern University 147
3.15
56.6%
Western Michigan (Cooley) 147
3.09
52.9%
Appalachian School of Law 146
3.20
60.9%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico 144
3.39
50.9%
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico 139
3.33
61.5%
Data: ABA Standard 509 disclosures via ILRG, Fall 2025 entering class. Tuition is the 2025-2026 sticker price; all cost figures are estimates, not guarantees.