Law Schools for a 153 LSAT: Safety, Target & Reach
With a 153 LSAT, of the 196 ABA-accredited U.S. law schools that publish an LSAT band, 61 are a Target (your score sits inside their middle 50%), 11 are a Safety (you're at or above their 75th percentile), and 124 are a Reach. Classification uses each school's official ABA Standard 509 LSAT 25th/75th percentiles.
Safety / Target / Reach here is LSAT-based. Exhibit's interactive Match Me tool weighs LSAT and undergraduate GPA together; see the methodology for the full rule.
Target — 61 schools (showing 60 of 61)
Your LSAT falls inside the school's published middle-50% band.
| # | Law school | State | LSAT 25/50/75 | Median GPA | First-time bar | JD employment | Resident tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regent University School of Law | Virginia | 153/158/161 | 3.68 | 88.18% | 96.1% | $40,600 |
| 2 | Campbell University School of Law | North Carolina | 152/156/159 | 3.51 | 85.37% | 90.1% | $51,840 |
| 3 | Drake University School of Law | Iowa | 153/156/159 | 3.67 | 85.71% | 89.5% | $50,920 |
| 4 | Howard University School of Law | District of Columbia | 153/156/160 | 3.63 | 76.77% | 70.3% | $39,780 |
| 5 | University of Montana School of Law | Montana | 153/156/159 | 3.64 | 82.05% | 85.9% | $24,582 |
| 6 | University of the Pacific School of Law | California | 153/156/160 | 3.52 | 70.55% | 79.7% | $62,678 |
| 7 | University of Wyoming School of Law | Wyoming | 153/156/160 | 3.55 | 78.21% | 87.5% | $16,704 |
| 8 | Ave Maria School of Law | Florida | 152/155/158 | 3.36 | 65.88% | 84% | $49,500 |
| 9 | University of Baltimore School of Law | Maryland | 152/155/158 | 3.45 | 70.71% | 85.8% | $33,944 |
| 10 | California Western School of Law | California | 152/155/158 | 3.50 | 62.91% | 79% | $64,720 |
| 11 | City University of New York School of Law | New York | 152/155/161 | 3.54 | 65.67% | 80.7% | $15,450 |
| 12 | Cleveland State University School of Law | Ohio | 152/155/158 | 3.50 | 75.45% | 80.3% | $29,766 |
| 13 | Gonzaga University School of Law | Washington | 153/155/158 | 3.55 | 79.74% | 81.8% | $57,962 |
| 14 | Indiana University-Indianapolis School of Law | Indiana | 152/155/159 | 3.58 | 73.87% | 84.9% | $29,812 |
| 15 | University of Memphis School of Law | Tennessee | 152/155/159 | 3.53 | 73.4% | 91.5% | $18,634 |
| 16 | University of New Hampshire School of Law | New Hampshire | 151/155/159 | 3.50 | 79.49% | 81.2% | $42,000 |
| 17 | Nova Southeastern University School of Law | Florida | 152/155/158 | 3.52 | 67.37% | 77.3% | $49,350 |
| 18 | Quinnipiac University School of Law | Connecticut | 153/155/158 | 3.65 | 73.68% | 88.6% | $56,610 |
| 19 | University of San Francisco School of Law | California | 152/155/157 | 3.47 | 74.56% | 84.2% | $59,800 |
| 20 | South Texas College of Law Houston | Texas | 153/155/158 | 3.41 | 91.13% | 87.3% | $42,960 |
| 21 | Suffolk University School of Law | Massachusetts | 152/155/159 | 3.58 | 79.37% | 89.4% | $62,610 |
| 22 | Washburn University School of Law | Kansas | 151/155/159 | 3.68 | 71.11% | 92.9% | $27,028 |
| 23 | West Virginia University School of Law | West Virginia | 151/155/159 | 3.65 | 78.3% | 80.2% | $26,370 |
| 24 | University of Akron School of Law | Ohio | 151/154/157 | 3.51 | 72.09% | 89.5% | $22,359 |
| 25 | Charleston School of Law | South Carolina | 152/154/157 | 3.51 | 74.07% | 81.4% | $48,600 |
| 26 | Elon University School of Law | North Carolina | 151/154/158 | 3.40 | 76.81% | 88.9% | $45,333 |
| 27 | Liberty University School of Law | Virginia | 151/154/158 | 3.54 | 84.82% | 92% | $43,150 |
| 28 | Loyola University-New Orleans School of Law | Louisiana | 151/154/157 | 3.47 | 68.98% | 86.4% | $55,024 |
| 29 | Mitchell/Hamline School of Law | Minnesota | 151/154/158 | 3.29 | 70.98% | 83.7% | $55,300 |
| 30 | Northern Kentucky University School of Law | Kentucky | 152/154/157 | 3.41 | 73.85% | 84.4% | $24,388 |
| 31 | Pace University School of Law | New York | 151/154/157 | 3.54 | 68.55% | 88.9% | $56,648 |
| 32 | Willamette University School of Law | Oregon | 151/154/157 | 3.48 | 66.67% | 76.2% | $56,600 |
| 33 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law | Arkansas | 150/153/158 | 3.41 | 73.53% | 84.1% | $13,770 |
| 34 | Creighton University School of Law | Nebraska | 150/153/156 | 3.51 | 72.6% | 90.3% | $44,718 |
| 35 | University of Idaho School of Law | Idaho | 149/153/157 | 3.54 | 68.38% | 85.4% | $27,516 |
| 36 | University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law | Illinois | 150/153/156 | 3.40 | 60.14% | 80.3% | $36,192 |
| 37 | Lincoln Memorial University School of Law | Tennessee | 150/153/156 | 3.44 | 63.73% | 83.6% | $43,210 |
| 38 | New England Law/Boston | Massachusetts | 149/153/157 | 3.37 | 79.18% | 67.6% | $62,896 |
| 39 | University of North Texas at Dallas School of Law | Texas | 151/153/156 | 3.41 | 72.53% | 84.2% | $16,298 |
| 40 | St. Mary's University School of Law | Texas | 151/153/156 | 3.49 | 65.84% | 86.2% | $44,910 |
| 41 | University of Toledo School of Law | Ohio | 150/153/156 | 3.53 | 72.27% | 74.5% | $26,446 |
| 42 | Touro University School of Law | New York | 151/153/156 | 3.35 | 61.69% | 84.8% | $61,000 |
| 43 | Western New England University School of Law | Massachusetts | 149/153/156 | 3.27 | 77.23% | 69% | $50,320 |
| 44 | Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | Georgia | 150/152/155 | 3.13 | 68.42% | 83.2% | $52,536 |
| 45 | Florida A&M University School of Law | Florida | 149/152/155 | 3.48 | 75.38% | 79.6% | $13,224 |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth School of Law | Massachusetts | 149/152/155 | 3.36 | 58.33% | 78.6% | $31,766 |
| 47 | Mississippi College School of Law | Mississippi | 148/152/155 | 3.37 | 63.41% | 92.2% | $37,980 |
| 48 | University of Puerto Rico School of Law | Puerto Rico | 146/152/156 | 3.77 | 58.27% | 68.5% | $8,845 |
| 49 | University of South Dakota School of Law | South Dakota | 149/152/156 | 3.47 | 72.6% | 86.6% | $12,076 |
| 50 | St. Thomas University (Miami) School of Law | Florida | 150/152/156 | 3.42 | 80.89% | 79.4% | $44,730 |
| 51 | Vermont Law School | Vermont | 148/152/157 | 3.25 | 64.93% | 77.7% | $55,382 |
| 52 | Western State, Westcliff University School of Law | California | 150/152/156 | 3.36 | 63.64% | 91.4% | $54,840 |
| 53 | Widener University Delaware Law School | Pennsylvania | 149/152/154 | 3.33 | 66.3% | 90.8% | $56,550 |
| 54 | Capital University Law School | Ohio | 148/151/157 | 3.44 | 72.22% | 84.3% | $45,066 |
| 55 | North Carolina Central University School of Law | North Carolina | 149/151/154 | 3.31 | 55.94% | 78.1% | $13,444 |
| 56 | University of North Dakota School of Law | North Dakota | 148/151/155 | 3.48 | 68.35% | 83.6% | $17,139 |
| 57 | Oklahoma City University School of Law | Oklahoma | 149/151/155 | 3.56 | 75.2% | 82.6% | $32,103 |
| 58 | Faulkner University School of Law | Alabama | 148/150/154 | 3.33 | 71.43% | 78.4% | $39,900 |
| 59 | Northern Illinois University School of Law | Illinois | 148/150/154 | 3.41 | 57.14% | 77.6% | $23,667 |
| 60 | Roger Williams University School of Law | Rhode Island | 147/150/154 | 3.43 | 57.06% | 82.8% | $47,400 |
Safety — 11 schools
Your LSAT is at or above the school's 75th percentile.
| # | Law school | State | LSAT 25/50/75 | Median GPA | First-time bar | JD employment | Resident tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of District of Columbia School of Law | District of Columbia | 148/151/153 | 3.28 | 65.57% | 71.2% | $12,438 |
| 2 | Barry University School of Law | Florida | 148/150/152 | 3.23 | 68.62% | 72.8% | $42,000 |
| 3 | Texas Southern University School of Law | Texas | 148/150/152 | 3.33 | 72.36% | 57.3% | $19,202 |
| 4 | Widener University Commonwealth Law School | Pennsylvania | 147/150/153 | 3.33 | 54% | 84.8% | $54,375 |
| 5 | Ohio Northern University School of Law | Ohio | 146/149/151 | 3.34 | 68.42% | 87.8% | $33,900 |
| 6 | Wilmington University School of Law | Delaware | 146/149/152 | 3.13 | — | — | $24,302 |
| 7 | Cooley Law School | Michigan | 145/147/151 | 3.09 | 51.54% | 74.1% | $45,820 |
| 8 | Southern University School of Law | Louisiana | 145/147/150 | 3.15 | 60.33% | 54.1% | $11,338 |
| 9 | Appalachian School of Law | Virginia | 145/146/151 | 3.20 | 63.16% | 65.1% | $41,000 |
| 10 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law | Puerto Rico | 140/144/148 | 3.39 | 48.18% | 61.9% | $16,585 |
| 11 | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law | Puerto Rico | 136/139/143 | 3.33 | 54.9% | 38.8% | $15,660 |
Reach — 124 schools (showing 25 of 124)
Your LSAT is below the school's 25th percentile.
| # | Law school | State | LSAT 25/50/75 | Median GPA | First-time bar | JD employment | Resident tuition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Detroit Mercy School of Law | Michigan | 154/156/159 | 3.52 | 70.83% | 91.6% | $48,480 |
| 2 | University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law | Missouri | 154/156/159 | 3.65 | 84.13% | 87.5% | $22,794 |
| 3 | Samford University School of Law | Alabama | 154/156/160 | 3.63 | 78.81% | 87.8% | $46,334 |
| 4 | Jacksonville University School of Law | Florida | 154/156/159 | 3.48 | 92.3% | 92.3% | $34,800 |
| 5 | University at Buffalo School of Law | New York | 155/157/161 | 3.71 | 85.71% | 94.9% | $26,430 |
| 6 | University of Dayton School of Law | Ohio | 154/157/160 | 3.60 | 87.96% | 88% | $40,020 |
| 7 | Duquesne University School of Law | Pennsylvania | 155/157/160 | 3.62 | 88.74% | 90.1% | $58,898 |
| 8 | Hofstra University School of Law | New York | 154/157/160 | 3.65 | 78.91% | 90.1% | $73,344 |
| 9 | Louisiana State University School of Law | Louisiana | 155/157/160 | 3.74 | 84.92% | 88.9% | $19,750 |
| 10 | University of Louisville School of Law | Kentucky | 154/157/161 | 3.67 | 75.61% | 93.3% | $27,000 |
| 11 | Mercer University School of Law | Georgia | 155/157/160 | 3.62 | 84% | 93% | $44,782 |
| 12 | University of Mississippi School of Law | Mississippi | 155/157/160 | 3.68 | 73.17% | 88.1% | $19,797 |
| 13 | University of New Mexico School of Law | New Mexico | 154/157/161 | 3.56 | 85.71% | 78% | $19,474 |
| 14 | New York Law School | New York | 154/157/160 | 3.63 | 81.9% | 85.9% | $71,052 |
| 15 | Saint Louis University School of Law | Missouri | 154/157/161 | 3.61 | 83.98% | 93.5% | $55,260 |
| 16 | Southwestern Law School | California | 154/157/160 | 3.51 | 64.93% | 83.4% | $63,160 |
| 17 | University of Tulsa School of Law | Oklahoma | 155/157/160 | 3.45 | 78.99% | 92% | $30,840 |
| 18 | Albany Law School | New York | 154/158/161 | 3.54 | 74.27% | 91.6% | $63,994 |
| 19 | University of Arkansas School of Law | Arkansas | 155/158/161 | 3.71 | 80% | 86.6% | $15,689 |
| 20 | DePaul University School of Law | Illinois | 154/158/160 | 3.61 | 76.02% | 88.4% | $55,328 |
| 21 | University of Hawaii School of Law | Hawaii | 155/158/162 | 3.62 | 76.92% | 91.8% | $23,304 |
| 22 | University of Maine School of Law | Maine | 154/158/162 | 3.70 | 84.42% | 83% | $26,100 |
| 23 | Marquette University School of Law | Wisconsin | 156/158/160 | 3.70 | 50% | 95.4% | $51,970 |
| 24 | Rutgers University School of Law | New Jersey | 155/158/161 | 3.66 | 72.81% | 92.9% | $31,577 |
| 25 | Syracuse University School of Law | New York | 154/158/160 | 3.60 | 82.9% | 90.9% | $64,650 |
FAQ
What law schools can I get into with a 153 LSAT?
A 153 LSAT lands inside the published middle-50% LSAT band (a Target) at 61 of 196 ABA-accredited law schools, and at or above the 75th percentile (a Safety) at 11 more. The tables above list them with bar passage, employment and tuition.
Is a 153 LSAT good?
A 153 is at or above the median class LSAT at 40 of the 196 ABA-accredited schools that report LSAT bands — so it opens 72 schools as a Target or Safety. 'Good' depends on your target schools; use the bands, not a single label.
What are target law schools for a 153 LSAT?
At a 153 LSAT, target schools (your score inside their middle-50% band) include Regent University School of Law, Campbell University School of Law, Drake University School of Law, among 61 in total listed above.
Source: ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosures, most recent reported cycle. Last updated June 26, 2026.