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Largest law schools by degrees awarded

206 law schools in the fifty states and DC awarded 36,426 law degrees to first majors from July 2024 to June 2025, by NCES’s count. Georgetown University awarded the most, 703.

Law degrees awarded · July 2024 to June 2025, NCES’s 2025–26 collection

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Law degrees awarded, July 2024 to June 2025, NCES’s 2025–26 collection
RankNamelaw degrees
1Georgetown University (DC)703
2Harvard University (MA)603
3George Washington University (DC)569
4Suffolk University (MA)487
5Columbia University in the City of New York (NY)457
6Fordham University (NY)420
7New York University (NY)417
8American University (DC)401
9University of Miami (FL)383
10Brooklyn Law School (NY)355
10University of California College of the Law-San Francisco (CA)355
12University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (MI)343
13University of California-Los Angeles (CA)330
14Mitchell Hamline School of Law (MN)329
15New England Law-Boston (MA)327
16South Texas College of Law Houston (TX)325
17New York Law School (NY)312
17Widener University (PA)312
19The University of Texas at Austin (TX)307
20Loyola Marymount University (CA)305
21University of Virginia-Main Campus (VA)304
22Yeshiva University (NY)303
23Northwestern University (IL)292
24Arizona State University Campus Immersion (AZ)290
25Southwestern Law School (CA)289
25Stetson University (FL)289
27University of Denver (CO)286
28University of California-Berkeley (CA)283
28University of Houston (TX)283
30University of Illinois Chicago (IL)277
31Washington University in St Louis (MO)274
32Loyola University Chicago (IL)263
33Pace University (NY)261
34Hofstra University (NY)260
35University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)252
36University of Pennsylvania (PA)251
37St. John's University-New York (NY)249
38Barry University (FL)241
39University of San Diego (CA)234
40Southern University and A & M College (LA)231
41Duke University (NC)230
42Illinois Institute of Technology (IL)229
42University of Southern California (CA)229
44Southern Methodist University (TX)225
45University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (MN)222
46Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (PA)221
47Emory University (GA)220
47Michigan State University (MI)220
49Boston University (MA)215
49University of Chicago (IL)215
49University of Florida (FL)215
52Rutgers University-Newark (NJ)214
53Tulane University of Louisiana (LA)213
54Boston College (MA)212
54Charleston School of Law (SC)212
56Yale University (CT)211
57Indiana University-Indianapolis (IN)208
57Nova Southeastern University (FL)208
57St. Mary's University (TX)208
57Syracuse University (NY)208
57University of Maryland, Baltimore (MD)208
62California Western School of Law (CA)205
63Seattle University (WA)204
63University of Baltimore (MD)204
63University of California-Davis (CA)204
66Seton Hall University (NJ)203
67St. Thomas University (FL)202
68Gonzaga University (WA)201
68Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College (LA)201
70Santa Clara University (CA)200
71William & Mary (VA)199
72Cornell University (NY)197
73Georgia State University (GA)196
74CUNY School of Law (NY)195
75University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law (NH)192
75University of South Carolina-Columbia (SC)192
77Albany Law School (NY)190
78Stanford University (CA)188
79University of Detroit Mercy (MI)186
80Temple University (PA)184
80University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NC)184
80Villanova University (PA)184
83Campbell University (NC)183
83Pepperdine University (CA)183
85University of Washington-Seattle Campus (WA)181
86University of Mississippi (MS)178
87Marquette University (WI)174
88Loyola University New Orleans (LA)171
88University of Georgia (GA)171
90Roger Williams University School of Law (RI)170
91Vanderbilt University (TN)168
92Saint Louis University (MO)167
93George Mason University (VA)166
94Indiana University-Bloomington (IN)164
94University of Notre Dame (IN)164
96Texas Southern University (TX)163
97University of Iowa (IA)161
98Florida International University (FL)160
98Howard University (DC)160
98University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus (OK)160
101DePaul University (IL)158
101Wake Forest University (NC)158
103Ohio State University-Main Campus (OH)157
103University of Colorado Boulder (CO)157
105Rutgers University-Camden (NJ)156
106University of California-Irvine (CA)155
107Lewis & Clark College (OR)153
107University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (IL)153
109Duquesne University (PA)152
110University of St Thomas (MN)147
111University of the Pacific (CA)146
112The University of Alabama (AL)145
112Touro University (NY)145
112University of Connecticut (CT)145
115University of Nebraska-Lincoln (NE)144
116Case Western Reserve University (OH)143
116Thomas M Cooley Law School (MI)143
118Mercer University (GA)142
118University of Oregon (OR)142
120Samford University (AL)141
120University at Buffalo (NY)141
120University of Akron Main Campus (OH)141
123Oklahoma City University (OK)140
124Texas Tech University (TX)136
125Elon University (NC)135
125North Carolina Central University (NC)135
125University of Idaho (ID)135
128Cleveland State University (OH)133
128Drexel University (PA)133
130Florida State University (FL)132
130Vermont Law and Graduate School (VT)132
132Chapman University (CA)130
133University of Arkansas at Little Rock (AR)128
133Wayne State University (MI)128
135Brigham Young University (UT)127
135Texas A&M University-College Station (TX)127
137University of Cincinnati-Main Campus (OH)126
137University of Kansas (KS)126
137University of Missouri-Kansas City (MO)126
140Capital University (OH)125
141The University of Tennessee-Knoxville (TN)124
142Baylor University (TX)123
142Quinnipiac University (CT)123
142University of Missouri-Columbia (MO)123
145University of Louisville (KY)122
145University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus (PA)122
147University of Nevada-Las Vegas (NV)119
147University of North Texas at Dallas (TX)119
149Belmont University (TN)117
149University of Arkansas (AR)117
151University of Richmond (VA)116
152Drake University (IA)115
152University of San Francisco (CA)115
154University of Tulsa (OK)114
155Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FL)113
155University of Kentucky (KY)113
157The Catholic University of America (DC)112
157University of the District of Columbia (DC)112
159Creighton University (NE)110
159Washington and Lee University (VA)110
161Northern Illinois University (IL)109
162Lincoln Memorial University (TN)108
162Willamette University (OR)108
164Purdue University Global (IN)107
165Atlanta's John Marshall Law School (GA)105
166Mississippi Christian University (MS)104
166Regent University (VA)104
168University of New Mexico-Main Campus (NM)102
169Liberty University (VA)101
169University of Hawaii at Manoa (HI)101
171University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (MA)99
172Northern Kentucky University (KY)97
173University of Memphis (TN)96
173Washburn University (KS)96
175University of Arizona (AZ)95
176University of Dayton (OH)92
176University of Toledo (OH)92
176University of Utah (UT)92
176Westcliff University (CA)92
180West Virginia University (WV)91
181University of La Verne (CA)88
182University of Southern Maine (ME)87
183Western New England University (MA)85
184Ave Maria School of Law (FL)81
184The University of Montana (MT)81
186University of South Dakota (SD)80
187Faulkner University (AL)76
188Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (IL)75
189University of North Dakota (ND)73
190University of West Los Angeles (CA)68
191Thomas Jefferson School of Law (CA)64
191University of Wyoming (WY)64
193Massachusetts School of Law (MA)62
194Ohio Northern University (OH)49
195Appalachian School of Law (VA)43
195Golden Gate University (CA)43
195Trinity Law School (CA)43
198The Colleges of Law at Ventura (CA)40
199San Joaquin College of Law (CA)36
200Taft University System (CO)18
201Abraham Lincoln University (CA)14
201The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara (CA)14
203Jacksonville University (FL)13
203Northcentral University (CA)13
205Humphreys University (CA)10
206Cal Northern School of Law (CA)8
Not rankedInter American University of Puerto Rico-School of Law (PR)198
Not rankedPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce (PR)147
Not rankedUniversity of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (PR)124

Puerto Rico and the other territories are listed beneath the ranking with their degrees and no national rank, as every ranking on this hub sets them apart from the fifty states and DC.

Law schools by state

49 of the fifty states and DC have at least one, ranked by the law degrees their law schools awarded; each links to its own ranking. 2 have none in NCES’s file: Alaska and Delaware.

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Law schools by state, law degrees awarded, 2024–25
RankStateLaw schools
1New York15
2California29
3Massachusetts8
4District of Columbia6
5Florida11
6Texas10
7Illinois9
8Pennsylvania8
9Virginia8
10Ohio9
11North Carolina6
12Michigan5
13Georgia5
14Louisiana4
15Minnesota3
16Missouri4
17Indiana4
18Tennessee5
19Washington3
20New Jersey3
21Connecticut3
22Colorado3
23Wisconsin2
24Oklahoma3
25Maryland2
26South Carolina2
27Oregon3
28Arizona2
29Alabama3
30Kentucky3
31Mississippi2
32Iowa2
33Nebraska2
34Arkansas2
35Kansas2
36Utah2
37New Hampshire1
38Rhode Island1
39Idaho1
40Vermont1
41Nevada1
42New Mexico1
43Hawaii1
44West Virginia1
45Maine1
46Montana1
47South Dakota1
48North Dakota1
49Wyoming1
AlaskaNone
DelawareNone

What this data cannot show

  • A law school here is a college that awarded at least one degree in NCES's program 22.0101, Law, at NCES's doctor's professional-practice level.
  • How a college is organized or accredited is not in NCES’s completions file: a college is of this type because of the degrees it reported, and a university’s whole count is here whichever of its schools awarded them.
  • First majors only. NCES counts a graduate with two majors under each; this counts each degree once, under the first.
  • Colleges that awarded the same number share a rank.
  • The 2025–26 collection is NCES’s newest. Its first release is provisional: institutions’ corrections arrive with the revised file about a year later. NCES imputes the awards of an institution that did not respond, and this table does not mark which.
  • Every institution in NCES’s file that awarded these degrees has a college page here, and is in the table.

Sources

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