5 Best Pennsylvania Law Schools

There are 9 ABA-accredited law schools in Pennsylvania, and 5 schools were ranked in top 100 U.S. law school ranking with academic excellence.

You can compare all law schools at Pennsylvania law school comparison page.

The below list compares important statistics between the 5 best law schools and all law schools in Pennsylvania.

The average LSAT Score of the best law schools is 163.6, which is 3.0 points higher than average score of all Pennsylvania law schools.
The average GPA of the best law schools is 3.73, which is 0.07 points higher than average GPA of all Pennsylvania law schools.
The average acceptance rate is 29.08%, which is 8.49% lower than average rate of all Pennsylvania law schools.
The average yield is 27.96%, while all Pennsylvania law schools's yield is 26.83%
In average, 809 students enrolled in ech best law school, which is larger than Pennsylvania' average (643).
The students to faculty ratio of the best law schools is 4.6 to 1, which means that a faculty can focus on smaller number of students than other Pennsylvania law schools (5.3 to 1).
The average bar exam pass rate of the best law schools is 86.90%, which is higher than Pennsylvania' average (81.76%).

Pennsylvania Best Law Schools Comparison

The following table compares the 5 best Pennsylvania law schools with important statistics.

Pennsylvania Best Law Schools Overview
School	U.S. Law School Ranking	Founded	Tuition & Fees	LSAT	GPA	Population	Students to Faculty
University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolPrivatePhiladelphia, PA	6	1850	$76,934	172	3.92	1,048	4 to 1
Villanova University School of LawPrivateVillanova, PA	38	1953	$58,615	164	3.80	777	7 to 1
Beasley School of LawPublicPhiladelphia, PA	61	1895	$46,776	163	3.65	967	4 to 1
University of Pittsburgh Law SchoolPublicPittsburgh, PA	79	1850	$50,634	160	3.56	559	3 to 1
Drexel University School of LawPrivatePhiladelphia, PA	93	2006	$54,600	159	3.70	693	5 to 1

Pennsylvania Best Law Schools Statistics over the Past 5 Years

The tables below compare tuition, admission statistics, bar exam pass over the past 5 years. The data used is from 2020 to 2024, except bar exam pass rate from 2019 to 2023.

Tuition Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
University of Pennsylvania Law School	$68,606	$68,760	$70,690	$73,008	$76,934
Villanova University School of Law	$46,548	$48,001	$49,335	$51,228	$56,215
Beasley School of Law	$42,244	$42,314	$43,348	$44,554	$46,776
University of Pittsburgh Law School	$45,946	$45,934	$47,250	$48,914	$50,634
Drexel University School of Law	$1,960	$48,120	$49,733	$51,120	$54,600

LSAT Score Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
University of Pennsylvania Law School	170	170	171	172	172
Villanova University School of Law	159	160	162	163	164
Beasley School of Law	161	161	163	163	163
University of Pittsburgh Law School	158	159	160	161	160
Drexel University School of Law	157	156	158	159	159

Undergraduate GPA Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
University of Pennsylvania Law School	3.89	3.89	3.9	3.9	3.92
Villanova University School of Law	3.6	3.63	3.7	3.76	3.8
Beasley School of Law	3.56	3.57	3.6	3.63	3.65
University of Pittsburgh Law School	3.49	3.51	3.51	3.55	3.56
Drexel University School of Law	3.47	3.56	3.59	3.72	3.7

Undergraduate Bar Exam Pass Rate Comparison over Past 5 Years
School	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
University of Pennsylvania Law School	96.67%	97.07%	95.3%	96.46%	93.77%
Villanova University School of Law	76.25%	87.38%	86.81%	88.24%	80.9%
Beasley School of Law	83.41%	83.64%	87.56%	81.58%	83.06%
University of Pittsburgh Law School	83.47%	83.05%	84.33%	77.23%	76.47%
Drexel University School of Law	74.78%	76.98%	84.03%	78.31%	71.88%