Law School App Submission, Acceptance, & Attendance #s- PowerScore

Although applications are up 20% so far in 2021, it never hurts to look at law school acceptance rates from previous years. Once you know how many applications are submitted, how many students are accepted, and the percentage of accepted students that ultimately choose to attend, you’ll get a better understanding of the competitiveness for each school.

We pulled this data from the ABA Required Disclosures site, which we encourage you to visit as you’re researching law schools.

This should help explain some of the data in the chart:

Completed Applications: The number of completed applications that were submitted.
Offers of Admissions: The number of enrollment offers from the school (includes early decision, regular decision, and waitlist).
Acceptance Rate: Percent of applicants that were accepted. A lower number means fewer students were accepted—US News uses this in their rankings.
Enrollees From Applicant Pool: Raw number of applicants who were accepted.
Enrollment Rate From App: Percent of overall applicants who chose to enroll.
Enrollment Rate From Offers: Percent of accepted applicants who chose to enroll. This is also referred to as “yield” and schools prefer to have a high number here.

Applications and Enrollment for Law Schools in 2020

Law School	Completed Applications	Offers Admission	Acceptance Rate	Enrollees From Applicant Pool	Enrollment Rate From App	Enrollment Rate From Offers
University of Akron	751	400	53.26	137	18.24	34.25
University of Alabama	1509	539	35.72	126	8.35	23.38
Albany Law School	1240	628	50.65	181	14.6	28.82
American University	5153	1873	36.35	351	6.81	18.74
Appalachian School of Law	607	272	44.81	72	11.86	26.47
Arizona State University	4734	1240	26.19	233	4.92	18.79
University of Arizona	1460	405	27.74	117	8.01	28.89
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	608	331	54.44	130	21.38	39.27
University of Arkansas, Little Rock	787	397	50.44	156	19.82	39.29
Atlanta'S John Marshall Law School	980	363	37.04	115	11.73	31.68
Ave Maria School of Law	642	331	51.56	115	17.91	34.74
University of Baltimore	1219	672	55.13	226	18.54	33.63
Barry University	1173	692	58.99	252	21.48	36.42
Baylor University	2725	927	34.02	141	5.17	15.21
Belmont University	956	377	39.44	130	13.6	34.48
Boston College	5094	1622	31.84	249	4.89	15.35
Boston University	5719	1426	24.93	251	4.39	17.6
Brigham Young University	455	167	36.7	114	25.05	68.26
Brooklyn Law School	3901	1905	48.83	406	10.41	21.31
California Western School of Law	1615	856	53	233	14.43	27.22
University of California-Berkeley	5667	1220	21.53	335	5.91	27.46
University of California-Davis	3058	1011	33.06	192	6.28	18.99
University of California-Hastings	3319	1283	38.66	368	11.09	28.68
University of California-Irvine	3093	628	20.3	142	4.59	22.61
University of California-Los Angeles	6034	1373	22.75	298	4.94	21.7
Campbell University	698	437	62.61	173	24.79	39.59
Capital University	578	440	76.12	160	27.68	36.36
Cardozo School of Law	3193	1204	37.71	334	10.46	27.74
Case Western Reserve University	1233	575	46.63	112	9.08	19.48
Catholic University of America	1214	508	41.85	118	9.72	23.23
Chapman University	1868	608	32.55	152	8.14	25
Charleston School of Law	1501	827	55.1	195	12.99	23.58
University of Chicago	4971	888	17.86	180	3.62	20.27
Chicago-Kent College of Law IIT	1629	766	47.02	232	14.24	30.29
University of Cincinnati	881	446	50.62	133	15.1	29.82
City University of New York	1761	608	34.53	217	12.32	35.69
Cleveland State University	715	336	46.99	136	19.02	40.48
University of Colorado	2792	1019	36.5	176	6.3	17.27
Columbia University	6986	1166	16.69	377	5.4	32.33
University of Connecticut	1206	544	45.11	165	13.68	30.33
Cornell University	4261	811	19.03	173	4.06	21.33
Creighton University	772	486	62.95	130	16.84	26.75
University of Dayton	1265	458	36.21	163	12.89	35.59
University of Denver	2108	1084	51.42	258	12.24	23.8
Depaul University	1684	842	50	167	9.92	19.83
University of Detroit Mercy	952	511	53.68	199	20.9	38.94
District of Columbia	518	169	32.63	65	12.55	38.46
Drake University	447	309	69.13	100	22.37	32.36
Drexel University	1605	694	43.24	167	10.4	24.06
Duke University	4983	1113	22.34	236	4.74	21.2
Duquesne University	813	467	57.44	163	20.05	34.9
Elon University	812	371	45.69	154	18.97	41.51
Emory University	4030	1298	32.21	252	6.25	19.41
Faulkner University	410	183	44.63	61	14.88	33.33
Florida A&M University	1310	443	33.82	111	8.47	25.06
Florida Coastal School of Law	1010	465	46.04	98	9.7	21.08
Florida International University	1877	513	27.33	159	8.47	30.99
Florida State University	1798	534	29.7	166	9.23	31.09
University of Florida	2853	564	19.77	200	7.01	35.46
Fordham University	5389	1475	27.37	410	7.61	27.8
George Mason University	1820	415	22.8	149	8.19	35.9
George Washington University	7836	2676	34.15	537	6.85	20.07
Georgetown University	9980	2006	20.1	580	5.81	28.91
Georgia State University	1855	530	28.57	214	11.54	40.38
University of Georgia	2486	481	19.35	169	6.8	35.14
Golden Gate University	1189	658	55.34	140	11.77	21.28
Gonzaga University	954	565	59.22	150	15.72	26.55
Harvard University	7448	968	13	445	5.97	45.97
University of Hawaii	675	272	40.3	102	15.11	37.5
Hofstra University	2555	1174	45.95	274	10.72	23.34
University of Houston	2575	865	33.59	229	8.89	26.47
Howard University	1549	530	34.22	150	9.68	28.3
University of Idaho	415	280	67.47	132	31.81	47.14
University of Illinois	1145	487	42.53	157	13.71	32.24
Indiana University - Bloomington	1543	668	43.29	174	11.28	26.05
Indiana University - Indianapolis	881	493	55.96	239	27.13	48.48
Inter American University of Puerto Rico	519	279	53.76	172	33.14	61.65
University of Iowa	1061	640	60.32	165	15.55	25.78
John Marshall Law School	1679	956	56.94	324	19.3	33.89
University of Kansas	563	337	59.86	97	17.23	28.78
University of Kentucky	689	418	60.67	131	19.01	31.34
Lewis And Clark College	1143	694	60.72	184	16.1	26.51
Liberty University	518	287	55.41	109	21.04	37.98
Lincoln Memorial	412	229	55.58	114	27.67	49.78
Louisiana State University	1022	533	52.15	204	19.96	38.27
University of Louisville	593	289	48.74	103	17.37	35.64
Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles	3484	1245	35.73	314	9.01	25.22
Loyola University-Chicago	2620	1163	44.39	250	9.54	21.5
Loyola University-New Orleans	885	564	63.73	197	22.26	34.93
University of Maine	484	224	46.28	76	15.7	33.93
Marquette University	1015	520	51.23	190	18.72	36.54
University of Maryland	2106	767	36.42	202	9.59	26.34
McGeorge School of Law	970	542	55.88	171	17.63	31.55
University of Memphis	716	337	47.07	114	15.92	33.83
Mercer University	844	376	44.55	136	16.11	36.17
University of Miami	3041	1562	51.36	364	11.97	23.3
Michigan State University	1165	690	59.23	186	15.97	26.96
University of Michigan	5417	886	16.36	289	5.34	32.62
University of Minnesota	2088	761	36.45	209	10.01	27.46
Mississippi College	651	456	70.05	149	22.89	32.68
University of Mississippi	954	403	42.24	164	17.19	40.69
University of Missouri	492	273	55.49	115	23.37	42.12
University of Missouri, Kansas City	541	297	54.9	139	25.69	46.8
Mitchell Hamline School of Law	1299	749	57.66	383	29.48	51.13
University of Montana	464	278	59.91	89	19.18	32.01
University of Nebraska	690	457	66.23	128	18.55	28.01
New England Law \| Boston	2452	1729	70.51	381	15.54	22.04
University of New Hampshire	817	465	56.92	176	21.54	37.85
University of New Mexico	502	232	46.22	94	18.73	40.52
New York Law School	3079	1588	51.58	324	10.52	20.4
New York University	8009	1728	21.58	406	5.07	23.5
North Carolina Central University	818	362	44.25	162	19.8	44.75
University of North Carolina	1767	382	21.62	175	9.9	45.81
University of North Dakota	315	209	66.35	81	25.71	38.76
Northeastern University	2798	995	35.56	206	7.36	20.7
Northern Illinois University	662	389	58.76	120	18.13	30.85
Northern Kentucky University	527	344	65.28	123	23.34	35.76
Northwestern University	5302	1018	19.2	237	4.47	23.28
University of Notre Dame	2811	570	20.28	146	5.19	25.61
Nova Southeastern University	1255	596	47.49	191	15.22	32.05
Ohio Northern University	323	160	49.54	59	18.27	36.88
Ohio State University	1657	583	35.18	180	10.86	30.87
Oklahoma City University	593	371	62.56	167	28.16	45.01
University of Oklahoma	735	397	54.01	173	23.54	43.58
University of Oregon	1099	664	60.42	156	14.19	23.49
Pace University	1887	968	51.3	269	14.26	27.79
Pennsylvania State - Dickinson Law	829	320	38.6	84	10.13	26.25
Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law	1825	686	37.59	120	6.58	17.49
University of Pennsylvania	6148	879	14.3	239	3.89	27.19
Pepperdine University	3546	1000	28.2	182	5.13	18.2
University of Pittsburgh	1061	442	41.66	123	11.59	27.83
Pontifical Catholic University Of P.R.	366	200	54.64	149	40.71	74.5
University of Puerto Rico	373	161	43.16	147	39.41	91.3
Quinnipiac University	879	529	60.18	135	15.36	25.52
Regent University	436	224	51.38	97	22.25	43.3
University of Richmond	1361	592	43.5	151	11.09	25.51
Roger Williams University	1022	663	64.87	183	17.91	27.6
Rutgers University	3055	1330	43.54	419	13.72	31.5
Saint Louis University	838	517	61.69	192	22.91	37.14
Samford University	614	415	67.59	149	24.27	35.9
University of San Diego	2928	1143	39.04	246	8.4	21.52
University of San Francisco	1839	896	48.72	104	5.66	11.61
Santa Clara University	2071	1148	55.43	248	11.97	21.6
Seattle University	1408	840	59.66	217	15.41	25.83
Seton Hall University	2028	937	46.2	250	12.33	26.68
University of South Carolina	1370	648	47.3	211	15.4	32.56
University of South Dakota	250	160	64	65	26	40.63
South Texas College of Law, Houston	1977	903	45.68	359	18.16	39.76
University of Southern California	5327	915	17.18	183	3.44	20
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	456	227	49.78	91	19.96	40.09
Southern Methodist University	1847	753	40.77	203	10.99	26.96
Southern University	962	593	61.64	322	33.47	54.3
Southwestern Law School	1883	880	46.73	320	16.99	36.36
St. John's University	2486	1022	41.11	242	9.73	23.68
St. Mary's University	1398	815	58.3	247	17.67	30.31
St. Thomas University (Florida)	1198	622	51.92	235	19.62	37.78
St. Thomas, University Of (Minnesota)	577	399	69.15	155	26.86	38.85
Stanford University	3807	399	10.48	161	4.23	40.35
Stetson University	1746	909	52.06	292	16.72	32.12
Suffolk University	1975	1370	69.37	399	20.2	29.12
Syracuse University	2042	798	39.08	226	11.07	28.32
Temple University	2208	796	36.05	210	9.51	26.38
University of Tennessee	1137	379	33.33	115	10.11	30.34
Texas A&M University	2795	627	22.43	159	5.69	25.36
University of Texas, Austin	5584	1029	18.43	288	5.16	27.99
Texas Southern University	1755	534	30.43	164	9.34	30.71
Texas Tech University	1403	517	36.85	147	10.48	28.43
University of Toledo	462	303	65.58	124	26.84	40.92
Touro College	1306	650	49.77	206	15.77	31.69
Tulane University	1511	806	53.34	218	14.43	27.05
University of Tulsa	577	346	59.97	126	21.84	36.42
University of Buffalo, SUNY	907	407	44.87	158	17.42	38.82
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth	1122	629	56.06	141	12.57	22.42
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	898	279	31.07	119	13.25	42.65
UNT Dallas College of Law	1039	356	34.26	125	12.03	35.11
University of Utah	822	275	33.45	89	10.83	32.36
Vanderbilt University	5184	1170	22.57	169	3.26	14.44
Vermont Law School	733	473	64.53	134	18.28	28.33
Villanova University	1953	581	29.75	176	9.01	30.29
University of Virginia	5458	767	14.05	281	5.15	36.64
Wake Forest University	1790	322	17.99	71	3.97	22.05
Washburn University	463	234	50.54	110	23.76	47.01
Washington and Lee University	1993	732	36.73	118	5.92	16.12
Washington University	4545	923	20.31	221	4.86	23.94
University of Washington	2162	746	34.51	166	7.68	22.25
Wayne State University	871	319	36.62	116	13.32	36.36
West Virginia University	441	280	63.49	111	25.17	39.64
Western Michigan University	1414	619	43.78	167	11.81	26.98
Western New England University	618	372	60.19	130	21.04	34.95
Western State College of Law	441	189	42.86	85	19.27	44.97
Widener University-Delaware	1139	714	62.69	246	21.6	34.45
Widener-Commonwealth	597	336	56.28	114	19.1	33.93
Willamette University	612	393	64.22	113	18.46	28.75
William and Mary Law School	2332	981	42.07	227	9.73	23.14
University of Wisconsin	1569	666	42.45	241	15.36	36.19
University of Wyoming	430	245	56.98	74	17.21	30.2
Yale University	3539	262	7.4	168	4.75	64.12

Applications and Enrollment for Law Schools in 2020

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