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Yale Law School

New Haven, CT
Median LSAT
174
No change vs. Class of 2024 (174)
Median GPA
3.96
No change vs. Class of 2024 (3.96) · 15-yr high
Bar-Required Jobs (FTLT)
91%
Class of 2025 Full-time, long-term

Admissions Trends

2011 – 2025
Median LSAT
50th-percentile score, entering class by year
178175173170 201120142017202020232025
Median GPA
50th-percentile GPA, entering class by year
20112025

Insights

Admissions medians reach a 15-year high

Median LSAT is 174 (unchanged) and median GPA is 3.96 (unchanged) for the entering class — both among the strongest marks in Atlas Legis's tracked history (2011–2025).

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Most students receive a scholarship

63% of the school's 615 full-time J.D. students hold some level of tuition scholarship — the largest share falls in the no scholarship tier.

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Admissions Range

Entering class 2024–25
LSAT171 – 174 – 177
160180
Undergraduate GPA3.90 – 3.96 – 4.00
3.54.0
1L Class Size
204
Annual Tuition
$76,636
App. Deadline
2/15/2026
App. Fee
$85

Employment Outcomes

Class of 2025
Bar-Required Jobs (FTLT)
91%
Full-time, long-term · of total graduates
Class of 2025
Any Law Firmincl. BigLaw
42.4%
All Clerkshipsincl. federal
27.6%
Public Interest
14.3%
Government
6.7%
JD Advantage
5.7%
Business & Industry
3.3%
Education
1%
Unemployed, Seeking
0.5%

Share of the total graduating class (ABA denominator).Darker segment = subset already counted in the bar above it.

Scholarship Distribution

615 full-time J.D. students
No scholarship
227
Less than ½ tuition
208
Half to full tuition
93
Full tuition
0
More than full tuition
87

Bars scale to share of all 615 full-time J.D. students.

First-Time Bar Passage

Class of 2024
This School96.5%
ABA Weighted Avg83.57%

Based on 200 first-time takers.

U.S. News Ranking

2026
#2
2026 Overall Rank
↓1 spot
2025 · #1
2026 · #2