Best Graduate Part-time Law Programs in US 2018
Ranked in 2017 by US News
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
| Rankings | Overall Law School Program Data | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Part-time score | Peer assessment score (5.0 highest) | LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) (part-time) | Acceptance rate (part-time) | Enrollment (part-time) |
| #1 | Georgetown University (Washington, DC) | 100 | 4.2 | 157-168 | 5.8% | 242 |
| #2 | George Washington University (Washington, DC) | 80 | 3.6 | 152-163 | 23.6% | 209 |
| #3 | Fordham University (New York, NY) | 76 | 3.3 | 156-164 | 28.2% | 169 |
| #4 | George Mason University (Arlington, VA) | 66 | 2.8 | 157-163 | 14.4% | 153 |
| #4 | University of Maryland (Carey) (Baltimore, MD) | 66 | 3.0 | 154-161 | 33.2% | 112 |
| #6 | American University (Washington) (Washington, DC) | 62 | 2.9 | 151-158 | 47.2% | 242 |
| #6 | Temple University (Beasley) (Philadelphia, PA) | 62 | 2.8 | 155-161 | 34.9% | 153 |
| #6 | University of Houston (Houston, TX) | 62 | 2.8 | 152-159 | 15% | 100 |
| #9 | Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA) | 59 | 2.7 | 155-160 | 26.3% | 167 |
| #10 | University of Denver (Sturm) (Denver, CO) | 58 | 2.8 | 152-158 | 52.9% | 107 |
| #11 | Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA) | 57 | 2.6 | 153-158 | 21% | 179 |
| #11 | Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) (Portland, OR) | 57 | 2.5 | 149-160 | 54.3% | 132 |
| #11 | University of Connecticut (Hartford, CT) | 57 | 2.7 | 152-158 | 33.1% | 104 |
| #14 | Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) | 56 | 2.6 | 151-160 | 40% | 86 |
| #14 | University of San Diego (San Diego, CA) | 56 | 2.7 | 152-160 | 33.1% | 98 |
| #16 | Brooklyn Law School (Brooklyn, NY) | 53 | 2.6 | 153-159 | 26.4% | 284 |
| #16 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ ) | 53 | 2.5 | 150-157 | 33.1% | 237 |
| #16 | Texas A&M University (Fort Worth, TX) | 53 | 2.2 | 156-161 | 11.4% | 129 |
| #19 | University of Nevada—Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV) | 52 | 2.5 | 152-157 | 27.8% | 93 |
| #19 | Yeshiva University (Cardozo) (New York, NY) | 52 | 2.7 | 151-157 | 52.3% | 78 |
| #21 | Seattle University (Seattle, WA) | 50 | 2.5 | 150-159 | 52.9% | 134 |
| #22 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) (Chicago, IL) | 49 | 2.6 | 150-158 | 51.1% | 131 |
| #22 | Seton Hall University (Newark, NJ) | 49 | 2.4 | 147-157 | 44.6% | 156 |
| #24 | New York Law School (New York, NY) | 46 | 2.2 | 148-152 | 40.5% | 242 |
| #24 | St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO) | 46 | 2.3 | 150-154 | 40.4% | 69 |
| #24 | Stetson University (Gulfport, FL) | 46 | 2.1 | 150-157 | 39.6% | 133 |
| #24 | Suffolk University (Boston, MA) | 46 | 2.2 | 147-155 | 57% | 346 |
| #24 | The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) | 46 | 2.3 | 151-157 | 46.7% | 119 |
| #29 | DePaul University (Chicago, IL) | 45 | 2.3 | 149-153 | 50.8% | 141 |
| #29 | University of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD) | 45 | 2.1 | 147-154 | 46% | 247 |
| #29 | University of Hawaii—Manoa (Richardson) (Honolulu, HI) | 45 | 2.4 | 151-155 | 40.4% | 65 |
| #32 | Indiana University—Indianapolis (McKinney) (Indianapolis, IN) | 44 | 2.5 | 149-156 | 72.1% | 240 |
| #32 | Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA) | 44 | 2.4 | 152-164 | 44.6% | 121 |
| #34 | University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (Sacramento, CA) | 43 | 2.0 | 147-155 | 69.9% | 115 |
| #34 | Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) | 43 | 1.9 | 153-161 | 40.6% | 49 |
| #36 | St. John's University (Jamaica, NY) | 42 | 2.2 | 148-157 | 32.6% | 114 |
| #37 | Florida International University (Miami, FL) | 41 | 1.8 | 148-156 | 22.3% | 86 |
| #38 | Chapman University (Fowler) (Orange, CA) | 40 | 1.9 | 156-159 | 21.6% | 26 |
| #38 | Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) | 40 | 2.5 | 144-153 | 54.5% | 82 |
| #38 | Mitchell Hamline School of Law (St. Paul, MN) | 40 | 2.0 | 145-154 | 60.4% | 510 |
| #38 | Southwestern Law School (Los Angeles, CA) | 40 | 1.9 | 149-154 | 39.2% | 258 |
| #38 | University of Arkansas—Little Rock (Bowen) (Little Rock, AR) | 40 | 2.1 | 145-156 | 22.5% | 101 |
| #43 | University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) | 39 | 2.1 | 148-155 | 54.4% | 99 |
| #44 | Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) (Cleveland, OH) | 38 | 1.9 | 151-153 | 43.3% | 87 |
| #44 | Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA) | 38 | 1.9 | 151-157 | 41.3% | 88 |
| #44 | Hofstra University (Deane) (Hempstead, NY) | 38 | 2.1 | 147-154 | 25.5% | 24 |
| #44 | University of Toledo (Toledo, OH) | 38 | 1.9 | 149-157 | 41.2% | 45 |
| #48 | Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT) | 36 | 1.9 | 149-153 | 45.8% | 63 |
| #48 | University of Missouri—Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) | 36 | 2.3 | N/A | 45.2% | 43 |
| #50 | Loyola University New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) | 33 | 2.1 | 142-150 | 67.6% | 99 |
| #50 | University of Akron (Akron, OH) | 33 | 1.8 | 149-154 | 41.2% | 144 |
| #52 | Pace University (Haub) (White Plains, NY) | 31 | 1.9 | 147-152 | 29.7% | 48 |
| #52 | Touro College (Fuchsberg) (Central Islip, NY) | 31 | 1.6 | 146-150 | 32.5% | 156 |
| #54 | Widener University Delaware (Wilmington, DE) | 30 | 1.7 | 145-150 | 54.2% | 137 |
| #55 | CUNY (Long Island City, NY) | 29 | 2.2 | 148-153 | 32.2% | 95 |
| #55 | Nova Southeastern University (Broad) (Fort Lauderdale, FL) | 29 | 1.7 | 144-150 | 37.5% | 161 |
| #57 | Golden Gate University (San Francisco, CA) | 28 | 1.7 | 144-151 | 58.8% | 94 |
| #57 | New England Law Boston (Boston, MA) | 28 | 1.6 | 146-154 | 53.4% | 185 |
| #57 | Western New England University (Springfield, MA) | 28 | 1.5 | 146-151 | 52.3% | 95 |
| #57 | Widener University (Commonwealth) (Harrisburg, PA) | 28 | 1.7 | 145-154 | 63.4% | 69 |
| #61 | St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX) | 27 | 1.8 | 145-151 | 51.7% | 170 |
| #61 | The John Marshall Law School (Chicago, IL) | 27 | 1.9 | 145-151 | 56.9% | 267 |
| RNP | Barry University (Orlando, FL) | N/A | 1.2 | 145-153 | 41.1% | 188 |
| RNP | California Western School of Law (San Diego, CA) | N/A | 1.7 | 145-152 | 58.6% | 75 |
| RNP | Campbell University (Raleigh, NC) | N/A | 1.6 | 150-152 | 43.5% | 30 |
| RNP | Capital University (Columbus, OH) | N/A | 1.6 | 144-151 | 69.1% | 138 |
| RNP | Charleston School of Law (Charleston, SC) | N/A | 1.4 | 141-152 | 26% | 53 |
| RNP | Florida Coastal School of Law (Jacksonville, FL) | N/A | 1.2 | 142-147 | 41.1% | 75 |
| RNP | North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC) | N/A | 1.7 | 144-156 | 23.3% | 96 |
| RNP | Northern Kentucky University (Chase) (Highland Heights, KY) | N/A | 1.6 | 145-154 | 70.5% | 133 |
| RNP | Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK) | N/A | 1.6 | 143-147 | 64.4% | 53 |
| RNP | Regent University (Virginia Beach, VA) | N/A | 1.4 | 144-153 | 34.1% | 29 |
| RNP | South Texas College of Law Houston (Houston, TX) | N/A | 1.7 | 148-152 | 40% | 237 |
| RNP | Southern University Law Center (Baton Rouge, LA) | N/A | 1.4 | 140-144 | 62.2% | 166 |
| RNP | Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego, CA) | N/A | 1.3 | 142-147 | 78.7% | 136 |
| RNP | University of Detroit Mercy (Detroit, MI) | N/A | 1.7 | 143-149 | 51.1% | 93 |
| RNP | University of Massachusetts—Dartmouth (North Dartmouth, MA) | N/A | 1.5 | 147-152 | 51% | 63 |
| RNP | University of the District of Columbia (Clarke) (Washington, DC) | N/A | 1.6 | 146-151 | 32.2% | 135 |
| RNP | Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Lansing, MI) | N/A | 1.2 | 138-146 | 94.3% | 1,024 |
| RNP | Western State College of Law at Argosy University (Irvine, CA) | N/A | 1.3 | 145-151 | 48.4% | 125 |
| RNP | Whittier College (Costa Mesa, CA) | N/A | 1.5 | 143-146 | 50.4% | 116 |
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