Law Schools for a 170 LSAT: Safety, Target & Reach

With a 170 LSAT, of the 196 ABA-accredited U.S. law schools that publish an LSAT band, 20 are a Target (your score sits inside their middle 50%), 172 are a Safety (you're at or above their 75th percentile), and 4 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 — 20 schools

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	Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law	Missouri	165/175/176	3.96	93.57%	97.8%	$72,792
2	Columbia Law School	New York	169/173/175	3.92	95.85%	97.4%	$85,368
3	Cornell Law School	New York	168/173/175	3.92	96.41%	99.5%	$84,722
4	Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	Illinois	167/173/175	3.96	91.8%	97.3%	$79,772
5	University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	Pennsylvania	167/173/174	3.95	96.7%	99.6%	$78,348
6	University of Virginia School of Law	Virginia	168/173/175	3.99	94.98%	98.7%	$74,078
7	New York University School of Law	New York	169/172/174	3.92	96.72%	99.3%	$83,952
8	University of Texas School of Law	Texas	166/172/173	3.89	95.86%	99.4%	$38,236
9	UCLA School of Law	California	166/171/172	3.95	94.23%	97%	$59,084
10	Duke University School of Law	North Carolina	169/171/172	3.91	97.48%	98.7%	$80,100
11	Georgetown University Law Center	District of Columbia	166/171/173	3.93	93.05%	95.9%	$83,576
12	University of Michigan Law School	Michigan	168/171/173	3.88	95.57%	97.7%	$76,108
13	University of Minnesota School of Law	Minnesota	166/171/173	3.88	94.09%	95.5%	$51,440
14	Boston University School of Law	Massachusetts	164/170/171	3.88	92.28%	96.7%	$69,870
15	Brigham Young University School of Law	Utah	168/170/172	3.95	90.44%	94.5%	$15,992
16	UC Berkeley School of Law	California	167/170/172	3.92	91.16%	97.2%	$62,532
17	University of Notre Dame School of Law	Indiana	166/170/171	3.89	92.15%	93.9%	$73,430
18	Vanderbilt Law School	Tennessee	167/170/171	3.91	94.51%	98.8%	$76,440
19	George Mason University School of Law	Virginia	162/169/171	3.93	85.96%	97.6%	$24,864
20	University of Georgia School of Law	Georgia	159/169/171	3.92	90.37%	95.9%	$18,044

Safety — 172 schools (showing 25 of 172)

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 California-Irvine School of Law	California	166/169/170	3.80	85.53%	93.5%	$59,080
2	University of Florida School of Law	Florida	165/169/170	3.91	88.55%	94.4%	$19,139
3	University of Southern California School of Law	California	165/169/170	3.91	94.01%	96.5%	$84,034
4	Texas A&M University School of Law	Texas	161/169/170	4.00	95.98%	99.2%	$32,634
5	Boston College School of Law	Massachusetts	162/168/169	3.83	93.82%	95.8%	$72,380
6	Fordham University School of Law	New York	165/168/170	3.79	92.98%	91.2%	$78,078
7	The George Washington University School of Law	District of Columbia	162/168/170	3.86	90.22%	96.8%	$75,420
8	University of North Carolina School of Law	North Carolina	165/168/169	3.89	92.27%	97.3%	$28,082
9	The Ohio State University School of Law	Ohio	163/168/169	3.91	91.95%	93.6%	$35,650
10	University of Alabama School of Law	Alabama	161/167/168	3.97	91.39%	99.3%	$24,980
11	Southern Methodist University School of Law	Texas	163/167/168	3.81	90.2%	98.2%	$60,844
12	Washington and Lee University School of Law	Virginia	161/167/168	3.75	89.36%	92.7%	$57,450
13	University of Wisconsin School of Law	Wisconsin	161/167/169	3.81	80%	95.3%	$36,526
14	Emory University School of Law	Georgia	162/166/168	3.82	88.36%	91.1%	$69,510
15	Florida State University School of Law	Florida	158/166/167	3.93	87.22%	92.4%	$19,952
16	University of Illinois School of Law	Illinois	160/166/168	3.81	93.56%	95.4%	$36,500
17	University of Utah School of Law	Utah	162/166/168	3.87	94.74%	96.8%	$34,721
18	Wake Forest University School of Law	North Carolina	163/166/168	3.79	88.24%	98.7%	$57,920
19	William & Mary School of Law	Virginia	161/166/167	3.82	83.63%	93.5%	$38,734
20	Arizona State University School of Law	Arizona	158/165/167	3.91	87.54%	92.8%	$28,390
21	University of California-Davis School of Law	California	160/165/167	3.70	88.94%	94.6%	$57,460
22	Cardozo, Yeshiva University School of Law	New York	162/165/167	3.78	88.47%	90.8%	$74,438
23	Temple University School of Law	Pennsylvania	162/165/168	3.76	90.28%	95.4%	$32,588
24	University of Washington School of Law	Washington	162/165/167	3.76	91.72%	88.7%	$45,927
25	Baylor University School of Law	Texas	159/164/165	3.77	94.92%	98.2%	$64,639

Reach — 4 schools

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	Stanford Law School	California	171/173/176	3.96	96.5%	91.6%	$77,454
2	University of Chicago Law School	Illinois	171/174/176	3.97	97.42%	98.1%	$83,316
3	Harvard Law School	Massachusetts	171/174/176	3.96	97.86%	97.2%	$77,100
4	Yale Law School	Connecticut	171/174/177	3.96	96.5%	94.8%	$76,636

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FAQ

What law schools can I get into with a 170 LSAT?

A 170 LSAT lands inside the published middle-50% LSAT band (a Target) at 20 of 196 ABA-accredited law schools, and at or above the 75th percentile (a Safety) at 172 more. The tables above list them with bar passage, employment and tuition.

Is a 170 LSAT good?

A 170 is at or above the median class LSAT at 179 of the 196 ABA-accredited schools that report LSAT bands — so it opens 192 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 170 LSAT?

At a 170 LSAT, target schools (your score inside their middle-50% band) include Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law, Columbia Law School, Cornell Law School, among 20 in total listed above.

Source: ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosures, most recent reported cycle. Last updated June 26, 2026.