Law Schools for a 176 LSAT: Safety, Target & Reach

With a 176 LSAT, of the 196 ABA-accredited U.S. law schools that publish an LSAT band, 1 are a Target (your score sits inside their middle 50%), 195 are a Safety (you're at or above their 75th percentile), and 0 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 — 1 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	Yale Law School	Connecticut	171/174/177	3.96	96.5%	94.8%	$76,636

Safety — 195 schools (showing 25 of 195)

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	Washington University (St. Louis) School of Law	Missouri	165/175/176	3.96	93.57%	97.8%	$72,792
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	Columbia Law School	New York	169/173/175	3.92	95.85%	97.4%	$85,368
5	Cornell Law School	New York	168/173/175	3.92	96.41%	99.5%	$84,722
6	Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	Illinois	167/173/175	3.96	91.8%	97.3%	$79,772
7	University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School	Pennsylvania	167/173/174	3.95	96.7%	99.6%	$78,348
8	Stanford Law School	California	171/173/176	3.96	96.5%	91.6%	$77,454
9	University of Virginia School of Law	Virginia	168/173/175	3.99	94.98%	98.7%	$74,078
10	New York University School of Law	New York	169/172/174	3.92	96.72%	99.3%	$83,952
11	University of Texas School of Law	Texas	166/172/173	3.89	95.86%	99.4%	$38,236
12	UCLA School of Law	California	166/171/172	3.95	94.23%	97%	$59,084
13	Duke University School of Law	North Carolina	169/171/172	3.91	97.48%	98.7%	$80,100
14	Georgetown University Law Center	District of Columbia	166/171/173	3.93	93.05%	95.9%	$83,576
15	University of Michigan Law School	Michigan	168/171/173	3.88	95.57%	97.7%	$76,108
16	University of Minnesota School of Law	Minnesota	166/171/173	3.88	94.09%	95.5%	$51,440
17	Boston University School of Law	Massachusetts	164/170/171	3.88	92.28%	96.7%	$69,870
18	Brigham Young University School of Law	Utah	168/170/172	3.95	90.44%	94.5%	$15,992
19	UC Berkeley School of Law	California	167/170/172	3.92	91.16%	97.2%	$62,532
20	University of Notre Dame School of Law	Indiana	166/170/171	3.89	92.15%	93.9%	$73,430
21	Vanderbilt Law School	Tennessee	167/170/171	3.91	94.51%	98.8%	$76,440
22	University of California-Irvine School of Law	California	166/169/170	3.80	85.53%	93.5%	$59,080
23	University of Florida School of Law	Florida	165/169/170	3.91	88.55%	94.4%	$19,139
24	George Mason University School of Law	Virginia	162/169/171	3.93	85.96%	97.6%	$24,864
25	University of Georgia School of Law	Georgia	159/169/171	3.92	90.37%	95.9%	$18,044

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FAQ

What law schools can I get into with a 176 LSAT?

A 176 LSAT lands inside the published middle-50% LSAT band (a Target) at 1 of 196 ABA-accredited law schools, and at or above the 75th percentile (a Safety) at 195 more. The tables above list them with bar passage, employment and tuition.

Is a 176 LSAT good?

A 176 is at or above the median class LSAT at 196 of the 196 ABA-accredited schools that report LSAT bands — so it opens 196 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 176 LSAT?

At a 176 LSAT, target schools (your score inside their middle-50% band) include Yale Law School, among 1 in total listed above.

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