Law schools use your percentile ranking to determine where your score places you in comparison to your competition. More than 50 percent of test takers receive scores between 145 and 159, although this range represents less than one-quarter of the possible scaled scores. A score of 160 or above would put you in an elite group.
| Rank | Law School | GPA | LSAT |
| 1 | Yale University (CT) | 3.86-3.95 | 167-174 |
| 2 | Stanford University (CA) | 3.70-3.92 | 165-170 |
| 3 | Harvard University (MA) | 3.74-3.93 | 166-172 |
| 4 | Columbia University (NY) | 3.45-3.78 | 165-172 |
| 5 | New York University | 3.55-3.80 | 167-171 |
| 6 | University of Chicago | 3.36-3.75 | 167-171 |
| 7 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | 3.35-3.71 | 163-168 |
| University of Virginia | 3.50-3.80 | 163-169 | |
| 9 | University of California–Berkeley | 3.63-3.89 | 161-168 |
| 10 | Duke University (NC) | 3.37-3.71 | 161-168 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 3.33-3.76 | 161-166 | |
| 12 | Cornell University (NY) | 3.33-3.71 | 163-166 |
| 13 | Northwestern University (IL) | 3.31-3.72 | 163-168 |
| 14 | Georgetown University (DC) | 3.37-3.76 | 164-169 |
| 15 | University of Texas–Austin | 3.49-3.82 | 158-165 |
| 16 | University of California–Los Angeles | 3.50-3.79 | 161-166 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt University (TN) | 3.41-3.83 | 160-164 |
| 18 | University of Southern California | 3.30-3.68 | 160-165 |
| 19 | University of Minnesota–Twin Cities | 3.33-3.82 | 160-164 |
| 20 | University of Iowa | 3.14-3.73 | 155-162 |
Source: USNews Law School Rankings