Best Colleges for First Professional Degree
in Law

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 12.4%

Annual cost

$80,211/yr

Grad earnings

$99,980

SAT avg

1,510

ACT mid

34

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Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 6.8%

Annual cost

$82,749/yr

Grad earnings

$97,800

SAT avg

1,539

ACT mid

34

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Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia

🏢 Private Reach

Acceptance rate 17.4%

Annual cost

$82,990/yr

Grad earnings

$94,810

SAT avg

1,504

ACT mid

34

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Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 5.7%

Annual cost

$81,353/yr

Grad earnings

$92,538

SAT avg

1,505

ACT mid

34

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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 10%

Annual cost

$84,678/yr

Grad earnings

$92,498

SAT avg

1,501

ACT mid

34

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University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California

🏛 Public Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 11.7%

Annual cost

$42,708/yr

Grad earnings

$92,446

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 4.8%

Annual cost

$86,856/yr

Grad earnings

$91,885

SAT avg

1,554

ACT mid

34

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Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 6.3%

Annual cost

$84,412/yr

Grad earnings

$91,565

SAT avg

1,550

ACT mid

35

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George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 43.5%

Annual cost

$80,727/yr

Grad earnings

$90,873

SAT avg

1,433

ACT mid

32

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University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 50.8%

Annual cost

$76,421/yr

Grad earnings

$89,812

SAT avg

1,313

ACT mid

29

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Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 7.2%

Annual cost

$87,804/yr

Grad earnings

$89,363

SAT avg

1,526

ACT mid

35

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University of Maryland Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

🏛 Public N/A

Acceptance rate N/A

Annual cost

N/A

Grad earnings

$88,174

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

🏢 Private Reach

Acceptance rate 28.7%

Annual cost

$81,533/yr

Grad earnings

$87,989

SAT avg

1,501

ACT mid

34

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Golden Gate University

San Francisco, California

🏢 Private Open Admissions

Acceptance rate 100%

Annual cost

N/A

Grad earnings

$87,434

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 16.9%

Annual cost

$38,132/yr

Grad earnings

$86,863

SAT avg

1,488

ACT mid

34

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University of San Diego

San Diego, California

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 46.8%

Annual cost

$74,879/yr

Grad earnings

$86,522

SAT avg

N/A

ACT mid

N/A

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Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 12%

Annual cost

$83,476/yr

Grad earnings

$86,182

SAT avg

1,530

ACT mid

34

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Fordham University

Bronx, New York

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 56.3%

Annual cost

$77,351/yr

Grad earnings

$85,569

SAT avg

1,412

ACT mid

32

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Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 77.5%

Annual cost

$75,167/yr

Grad earnings

$84,648

SAT avg

1,337

ACT mid

29

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Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Connecticut

🏢 Private Safety

Acceptance rate 77%

Annual cost

$69,666/yr

Grad earnings

$83,759

SAT avg

1,212

ACT mid

N/A

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

🏛 Public Reach

Acceptance rate 17.9%

Annual cost

$33,345/yr

Grad earnings

$83,648

SAT avg

1,473

ACT mid

N/A

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Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts

🏢 Private Highly Selective

Acceptance rate 10.9%

Annual cost

$82,694/yr

Grad earnings

$83,238

SAT avg

1,473

ACT mid

33

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Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

🏢 Private Competitive

Acceptance rate 49.9%

Annual cost

$85,202/yr

Grad earnings

$82,939

SAT avg

1,367

ACT mid

28

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Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

🏢 Private Match

Acceptance rate 55.4%

Annual cost

$67,720/yr

Grad earnings

$82,592

SAT avg

1,296

ACT mid

29

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